17 Davida, ha a bona lengeloi le bolayang setjhaba, a bolella Jehova, a re: Bona, ke nna ke entseng hampe; nku tseo tsona di entseng? Tsoho la hao le otle nna le ntlo ya ntate!
18 Tsatsing lona leo, Gade a tla ho Davida, a re ho yena: Eya, o hahele Jehova aletare seotlong sa Arauna Mojebuse.
19 Ka polelo ya Gade, Davida a ya, kamoo Jehova a laetseng kateng.
20 Eitse Arauna ha a tadima, a bona morena le bahlanka ba hae ba etla ho yena. Yaba Arauna o tloha, a ya, a inamela fatshe ka sefahleho pela morena.
21 Arauna a re: Morena, monga ka, o tletseng ho mohlanka wa hae? Davida a re: Ke tlile ho reka seotlo ho wena, ke tle ke hahele Jehova aletare teng, hore lefu le tlohe setjhabeng.
22 Arauna a re ho Davida: Morena, monga ka, a nke feela, mme a hlahisetse Jehova kahohle kamoo a ratang kateng. Bona, pholo ke tsena tsa setjheso; hape, mesebetsi ya ho pola le mesebetsi e meng ya dipholo e ka etsa patsi.
23 Morena, Arauna o nea morena tseo tsohle. Arauna a eketsa a re ho morena: Jehova, Modimo wa hao, a ke a o hauhele!