1 Bakeng sena, ha hlaha monna wa Beliale, bitso la hae e le Sheba, mora Bikri, monna wa Benjamine; a letsa terompeta, a re: Ha re na kabelo ho Davida, hape ha re na lefa ho mora Jese; oho Iseraele, e mong le e mong a boele tenteng ya hae.
2 Kahoo, banna bohle ba Iseraele ba tloha ho Davida, ba latela Sheba, mora Bikri; banna ba Juda ba mpa ba kgomarela morena wa bona, ba tloha le yena Jordane, ba mo isa Jerusalema.
3 Davida a fihla tlung ya hae Jerusalema; morena a nka basadi ba leshome ba direthe, bao a neng a ba siile ho mo lebella ntlo, a ba bea moo ba bolokwang teng, a nna a ba fepa, a mpa a se ke a hlola a kena ho bona; ba nna ba dula ba kwaletswe, ba phela ba mokgwa wa bahlolohadi, ho isa tsatsing la ho shwa ha bona.
4 Ebile morena o re ho Amasa: Mmemele banna ba Juda ka tshiu tse tharo, le wena o ke o be teng.
5 Kahoo, Amasa a ya mema Juda, a mpa a dieha, a tlola nako eo a e beetsweng.
6 Ka baka leo, Davida a re ho Abishai: Jwale, Sheba, mora Bikri, o tla re senyetsa ho feta Absalome; eya, wena le bahlanka ba monga hao, o mo phallele, esere mohlomong a bona metse e marako, a re phonyohela jwalo.