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.
25 Molebedi a hoeletsa, a tsebisa morena. Morena a re: Ha a le nnotshi, ke ya tlisang ditaba. A nna a tsamaya, a atamela.
26 Molebedi a bona monna e mong wa bobedi ya mathang; molebedi a ba a memetsa molebedi wa monyako, a re: Ho hlahile monna e mong hape ya mathang a nnotshi. Morena a re: Le yena o tlisa ditaba.
27 Molebedi a eketsa a re: Ke batla ke re, ho matha ha wa pele ho tshwana le ho matha ha Akimaatse, mora Tsadoke. Morena a re: Ke motho ya molemo, o tlisa taba tse molemo.