5 Wamitha ke loo mfazi, waza wathumela kuDavide esithi: “Ndikhulelwe.”
6 UDavide usuke wathumela umyalelo kuJowabhi, wathi: “Mthumele kum apha u-Uriya umHeti.” Ke uJowabhi wamthumela kuDavide u-Uriya.
7 Akufika u-Uriya uDavide wambuza ngempilo kaJowabhi, nempilo yomkhosi, nokuba imfazwe iqhuba njani na.
8 Emva koko uDavide uthe ku-Uriya: “Hamba uye endlwini yakho, ukhe uhlambe iinyawo.” Waphuma ke u-Uriya komkhulu, kwalandela isipho esivela kukumkani, sasiwa kwakhe.
9 Akazange agoduke yena u-Uriya; wasuka waya kulala phaya ngasesangweni lakomkhulu kunye nezicaka zikakumkani.
10 Waxelelwa uDavide kwathiwa: “U-Uriya akayanga emzini wakhe.” Waza uDavide wathi ku-Uriya: “Ubuseluhambeni ithuba elide; kutheni ungayanga kulala kwakho nje?”
11 U-Uriya wathi kuDavide: “Ityesi yomnqophiso kunye namadoda omkhosi akwaSirayeli nakwaJuda ahlala ezintenteni, kanti noJowabhi inkosi yam kwakunye namaphakathi akho, mhlekazi, aphaya endle, ube wena usithi mna mandigoduke nditye, ndisele, ndilale nomkam! Uhleli nje, inene, andisokuze ndiyenze into enjalo, mhlekazi.”