8 Empa Abnere, mora Nere, molaodi wa makgotla a Saule, a nka Ishe-Boshethe, mora Saule, a mo tshedisetsa Mahanaime.
9 Teng, a mmea morena wa Gileade, le wa Bageshure le wa Jisreele, le wa Efraime, le wa Benjamine, le wa Baiseraele bohle.
10 Ishe-Boshethe, mora Saule, o ne a le dilemo tse mashome a mane ha a qala ho busa Israele, mme a busa ka lemo tse pedi. Ke ba ntlo ya Juda feela ba kileng ba latela Davida.
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.