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?> ”