26 Mlinzi akamwona mtu mwingine anakimbia, akaita tena langoni akisema, “Tazama, mtu mwingine anakimbia peke yake!” Mfalme akasema, “Naye analeta habari.”
27 Yule mlinzi akasema, “Naona kuwa yule anayekimbia zaidi ni Ahimaasi mwana wa Sadoki.” Mfalme akasema, “Huyo ni mtu mwema, anatuletea habari njema.”
28 Ndipo Ahimaasi akamwambia mfalme kwa sauti kubwa, “Mambo yote ni sawa.” Akainama mbele ya mfalme, akasujudu na kusema, “Na atukuzwe Mwenyezi-Mungu, Mungu wako, ambaye amekukomboa kutoka watu walioinua mikono yao dhidi yako, bwana wangu mfalme.”
29 Mfalme akamwambia, “Je, kijana Absalomu hajambo?” Ahimaasi akasema, “Wakati Yoabu aliponituma mimi mtumishi wako, niliona kulikuwa na kelele nyingi, lakini sikufahamu maana yake.”
30 Mfalme akasema, “Kaa kando, na usimame hapo.” Basi, Ahimaasi akaenda kando na kusimama kimya.
31 Ndipo na yule Mkushi akafika; naye akasema, “Kuna habari njema kwako bwana wangu mfalme! Maana Mwenyezi-Mungu leo hii amekukomboa kutoka nguvu za wale wote walioinuka dhidi yako.”
32 Mfalme akamwuliza, “Je kijana Absalomu hajambo?” Mkushi akasema, “Maadui wako, bwana wangu mfalme, pamoja na wote wanaoinuka dhidi yako wakikutakia mabaya, wawe kama huyo kijana Absalomu.”