13 UDavide wammema, waza watya wasela kunye naye, wamnxilisa. Kodwa nangobo busuku akazange agoduke u-Uriya, suka yena waya kulala kwindawo yakhe ngakwizicaka zakomkhulu.
14 Kwakusasa ngengomso uDavide wabhalela uJowabhi incwadi, wayithumela kwangoUriya.
15 Udaba lwalusithi: “U-Uriya lowo uze umbeke ngaphambili emsini apho lishushu idabi, nize nihlehle, aze yena angxwelerhwe afe.”
16 Kwathi ke ekusingqingeni kwakhe isixeko uJowabhi, wambeka kwelona cala linamagorha u-Uriya.
17 Waphuma umkhosi esixekweni, walwa nokaJowabhi. Apho kwawa iqela lamajoni omkhosi kaDavide, wafela apho naye u-Uriya umHeti.
18 Emva koko uJowabhi wathumela ingxelo kuDavide malunga nemfazwe,
19 wasiyalela isigidimi wathi: “Xa ugqibayo ukumbalisela ukumkani ngako konke okwenzeke edabini,