11 Haele bongata ba tshiu tseo Davida a busitseng ntlo ya Juda ka tsona a le Hebrone, ke dilemo tse supileng tse nang le kgwedi tse tsheletseng.
12 Abnere, mora Nere, ba ena le bahlanka ba Ishe-Boshethe, mora Saule, ba tloha Mahanaime, ba ya Gibeone.
13 Le Joabe, mora Tseruja, ba ena le bahlanka ba Davida, ba tswa, ba ya teana le bona letsheng la Gibeone; bana ba ema ka kwano ho letsha, bao ba ema ka nqane ho letsha.
14 Yaba Abnere o re ho Joabe: Bahlankana a ba ke ba eme, ba bapale pela rona. Joabe a re: Ba ka ema.
15 Ebile ba ema, ba tswela kahare, ba le palo tse lekanang, ba Ishe-Boshethe, mora Saule, e le Babenjamine ba leshome le metso e mmedi; bahlanka ba Davida le bona ba le leshome le metso e mmedi.
16 E mong le e mong a tshwara ka hlooho ya emeng maloka le yena, a mo hlaba ka sabole lehlakoreng, ba wa hammoho; ka baka leo, bitso la teng la rewa Helkathe-Hatsurime (tshimo ya disabole); e pela Gibeone.
17 Tsatsing lona leo, ha lwanwa ntwa e tshabehang haholo; mme Abnere le banna ba Iseraele ba qhalwa ke bahlanka ba Davida.