25 Kgosi ya re ho Sadoke: “Kgutlisetsa areka ya Modimo motseng; haeba Morena a ka nkgauhela, o tla nkgutlisa, mme a mpontshe yona le leaho la hae.
26 Empa haeba Morena a ka re: <Ha o nkgahle,> bona, ke nna enwa, a nketse seo a bonang se lokile.”
27 Kgosi ya boela ya re ho moprista Sadoke: “Na o re o senohe? Ke re o kgutlele motseng ka kgotso, wena le Ahimase, mora wa hao, le Jonathane, mora wa Abiatare; ke ho re lona le bara ba lona ba babedi.
28 Bona, ke tla emisa diphuleng tse lehwatateng, ho fihlela ke fumana molaetsa o tswang ho lona.”
29 Bo-Sadoke le Abiatare ba kgutlisetsa areka ya Modimo Jerusalema, mme ba hlola hona teng.
30 Davida a nyolosa moepa wa Thaba ya Mehlwaare, a ntse a lla. O ne a ikgurumeditse hlooho, a tsamaya a sa rwala letho maotong. Batho bohle ba neng ba ena le yena le bona ba ne ba ikgurumeditse dihlooho, mme ba nyoloha ba ntse ba lla.
31 E mong a bolella Davida, a re: “Ahitofele o teng kahara mahlabaphiyo a Abosalome.”Davida a re: “Oho, Morena, ke a o rapela: Ako nyopise dikeletso tsa Ahitofele.”