1 Ha Davida a se a fetafetile tlhoro ya thaba, a bona Siba, mohlanka wa Mefiboshete, a etla nqa ho yena, a kganna ditonki tse pedi, tse qhanehilweng. Di ne di bofile dinkgwa tsa bohobe tse makgolo a mabedi, le diphaphatha tse lekgolo tsa mangangajane a morara, le masihla a lekgolo a ditholwana tse jewang hlabula, le lekuka la veine.
2 Kgosi ya re ho Siba: “O tlilo etsang ka dintho tsee?”Siba a re: “Ditonki tsena di tla palangwa ke ba lelapa la kgosi; bohobe bona, le ditholwana tsena tse jewang hlabula, ke dijo tsa bahlankana, mme veine yona e tla nowa ke ba tla kgathala ha ba le lehwateteng.”
3 Kgosi ya re: “Mora wa monga hao o kae?”Siba a re ho kgosi: “O dula Jerusalema, hobane o re: <Kajeno ntlo ya Iseraele e nkgutliseditse mmuso wa ntate.> ”
4 Yaba kgosi e re ho Siba: “Tsohle tseo e leng tsa Mefiboshete ke tsa hao.”Siba a re: “Oho, monga ka, kgosi ya ka, ke isa hlompho ho wena; ako nkgauhele.”
5 Ha kgosi Davida a fihla Bahurime, a bona ho etla monna wa lelapa la ntlo ya Saule, lebitso la hae e le Shimei, mora wa Gera. A tla a ntse a hlapaolana.
6 Monna enwa a kurutlela Davida ka majwe, a kurutlela le bahlanka bohle ba kgosi Davida, le batho bohle, le bahale bohle ba neng ba mo teetse hare.
7 Shimei ha a hlapaola Davida o ne a re: “Tloha mona! Tloha mona, wena mmolai towe ya kgopo!
8 Morena o o ahlolela madi wohle ao o a tsholotseng, a bana ba ntlo ya Saule, eo o ikgapetseng mmuso wa hae; jwale Morena o neile mora wa hao, Abosalome, mmuso ona, mme wena o kgatilwe ke bokgopo ba hao, hobane o mmolai!”
9 Yaba Abishai, mora wa Seruya, o re ho kgosi: “Ke hobaneng ha ntja e shweleng ee, e ntse e hlapaola monga ka, kgosi? Ako ntumelle nke ke ye ho yona, ke yo e kgaola hloohwana ena!”
10 Kgosi ya re: “Taba ya ka le lona ke efe, lona bara ba Seruya? Mo tloheleng a nne a hlapaolane, hobane Morena o itse ho yena: <Hlapaola Davida!> Jwale ke mang ya ka reng ho yena: <Ke hobaneng ha o etsa tjee?> ”
11 Davida a re ho Abishai, le ho bahlanka ba hae bohle: “Haesita mora wa ka, ya tswileng lethekeng la ka, e le yena ya batlang ho mpolaya, jwale le re Mobenjamine eo yena a ke ke a tjhatjhehela ho mpolaya hobaneng? Mo tloheleng a hlapaolane, hobane Morena o mo laetse jwalo.
12 Mohlomong Morena o tla bona matshwenyeho a ka, mme ka letsatsi lena a mputse ka botle bakeng sa mahlapa ana a Shimei.”
13 Yaba Davida le banna ba hae ba tswela pele leetong la bona. Shimei yena a sika le leralla, a tsamaya a ntse a hlapaolana, a kurutlela Davida ka majwe, a ntse a kgopholaka marole.
14 Kgosi le batho bohle ba neng ba ena le yona ba fihla ba kgathetse, mme ba phomola hona moo.
15 Abosalome le setjhaba sohle, le banna ba Iseraele, ba fihla Jerusalema, ba ena le Ahitofele.
16 Ha Hushai wa Moareke, motswalle wa Davida, a fihla ho Abosalome, a re ho yena: “Re phelele kgosi! Re phelele kgosi!”
17 Abosalome a re ho Hushai: “Na o hlile o rata motswalle wa hao? Ke hobaneng o sa tsamayeng le yena?”
18 Hushai a re ho Abosalome: “Tjhe, eo Morena le setjhaba sena sa Iseraele ba mo kgethileng, ke yena eo ke tla etsa thato ya hae, mme ke yena eo ke tla ba le yena.
19 Ebe ke ne nka sebeletsa mang, haese mora wa hae? Ke tla o sebeletsa jwalokaha ke ile ka sebeletsa ntatao.”
20 Jwale Abosalome a re ho Ahitofele: “Ako re eletse hore na re etse jwang.”
21 Ahitofele a re ho Abosalome: “Eya o kene dikobong tsa basadi ba ntatao ba mafielo, bao a ba siileng hore ba hlokomele lelapa. Ha Baiseraele ba utlwa hore o kgopisitse ntatao, balatedi ba hao bohle ba tla tiya moko.”
22 Yaba bahlanka ba Abosalome ba mo hlomela tente kahodima ntlo, mme a kena dikobong tsa basadi ba ntatae ba mafielo, moo Baiseraele ba ntseng ba mmona.
23 Mehleng eo, keletso eo Ahitofele a neng a fana ka yona e ne e nkuwa eka ke boporofeta bo tswang ho Modimo. Dikeletso tsohle tsa Ahitofele di bile jwalo ho Davida le ho Abosalome.