23 Waxelelwa ke ukumkani kwathiwa: “Nanku umshumyeli uNatan.” Wangena ke, waya kukumkani, wafika wakhahlela, waqubuda ngobuso bakhe emhlabeni.
24 UNatan wathi: “Ngaba nguwe na, mhlekazi kumkani, othe uAdoniya uya kuba ngukumkani emva kwakho, angene esihlalweni sakho?
25 Kaloku namhlanje uye kwenza idini ngentaphane yeenkomo, amathole atyetyisiweyo, kunye neegusha. Ubamemile bonke oonyana bakho, iinjengele zomkhosi, nombingeleli uAbhiyatare. Ngoku nâbo besela bemana bedanduluka besithi: ‘Khul' ud' ukhokhobe, kumkani Adoniya!’
26 Phofu ke akammemanga umbingeleli uZadoki, nam sicaka sakho, noBhenaya unyana kaJoyada, kunye noSolomon isicaka sakho.
27 Mhlekazi kumkani, ingaba nguwe lo wenze into enje ungazazisanga izicaka zakho ukuba ngubani na oya kungena ahlale esikhundleni sakho xa ungasekho?”
28 Ukumkani uDavide wathi: “Ndibizeleni uBhashebha.” Weza ke, wafika wema phambi kokumkani.
29 Ke kaloku ukumkani wafunga wathi: “Ekho nje *uNdikhoyo, yena owandihlangulayo kuzo zonke iinkathazo,