12 Jwale re tla mo fihlela hohle moo a ka fumanwang teng, re mo wele ka sehloho, jwoloka phoka ha e wela fatshe, ho tle ho se ke ha phonyoha motho, leha e le yena, leha e le e mong wa banna bohle ba nang le yena.
13 Leha a itshabela motseng o mong, Baiseraele bohle ba tla tlisa marapo motseng oo, re o hulele nokeng, ho fihlela ho sa fumanwe lejwe la teng leha le le leng.
14 Yaba Absalome le Baiseraele bohle, ba re: Keletso ya Hushai Moarke e ntle haholo ho fetisa keletso ya Akitofele. Athe ke Jehova ya neng a laetse hore ho senngwe keletso e ntle ya Akitofele, e le hore Jehova a hlahisetse Absalome kotsi.
15 Yaba Hushai o re ho baprista Tsadoke le Abiathare: Akitofele o eleditse Absalome le baholo ba Iseraele ka keletso e itseng, nna ke ba eleditse ka keletso e itseng.
16 Jwale, romelang kapele, le tsebise Davida, hore a se ke a robala bosiu bona nahathothe, a mpe a tshelele mose wane, esere mohlomong morena le setjhaba sohle se leng ho yena ba timetswa.
17 Haele Jonathane le Akimaatse, ba ne ba eme Ene-Rogele. Morwetsana a ya, a ba bolella hore ba ye, ba tsebise morena Davida. Hobane ba ne ba tshaba ho bonwa ha ba kena motseng.
18 Empa mohlankana e mong a ba bona, a tsebisa Absalome. Leha ho le jwalo, ba tsamaya ba babedi, ba potlaka, ba fihla Bahurime ha monna e mong, ya nang le sediba se sekoti lebaleng la hae, ba theohela teng.