18 Absalome, ha a sa phela, o ne a nkile seemahale, a itlhometse sona sekgutlong sa morena ka ho re: Ha ke na mora ya tla hopotsa batho lebitso la ka. Le kajeno lena, se ntse se bitswa seemahale sa Absalome.
19 Yaba Akimaatse, mora Tsadoke, o re: A nke ke mathe, ke isetse morena taba e molemo ya hore Jehova o mo pheteleditse ho dira tsa hae.
20 Joabe a re ho yena: Ho ke ke ha ya wena kajeno; o tla isa ditaba ka tsatsi le leng, empa kajeno lena, o ke ke wa isa ditaba, ka baka la hobane ngwana morena o timetse.
21 Yaba Joabe o re ho Kushi: Eya behela morena seo o se boneng. Kushi a inama pela Joabe, a ntoo matha.
22 Akimaatse, mora Tsadoke, a boela a re ho Joabe: Leha ho ka ba jwang le jwang, a nke ke mathe le nna kamora Kushi. Joabe a re: O pheheletseng ho matha, mora ka, athe taba eo o e isang hase e ka o fumantshang teboho?
23 A mpa a re: Leha ho ka ba jwang le jwang, ke rata ho matha. Joabe a re ho yena: Matha. Ebile Akimaatse o matha ka tsela ya lehwatata la Jordane, a ba a feta Kushi.
24 Haele Davida, o ne a dutse pakeng tsa kgoro tse pedi, molebedi a ntse a tsamaya hodima lerako, hodima monyako. Ha a tadima, a bona ho hlaha monna ya mathang a nnotshi.