11 Kuthe esamnika ukuba atye, wamthi hlasi, wathi: “Yiza silale, dade wethu.”
12 UTamare wathi kuye: “Hayi, mnakwethu, musa ukundinyanzela; ayenziwa into enje kwaSirayeli. Musukulenza eli nyala!
13 Khona, mna ndoba yintoni lihlazo lam? Wena kungathiwa usesona sithwangathwanga sakha sakho kwaSirayeli. Ndiyacela ke, thetha nokumkani. Ndiqinisekile uya kuvuma ukundendisela kuwe.”
14 Kodwa akazange afune ukuva uAmnon, waza wamnyanzela, walala naye, kuba wayenamandla kunaye.
15 Emva koko uAmnon wamcaphukela uTamare ngentiyokazi eyaba ngaphezu kothando abenalo kuye ngaphambili. Uvakele selesithi kuye: “Hamba; phum' apha!”
16 “Hayi, andiphumi,” utshilo uTamare. “Yhu, eli hlazo lokundigxotha lingaphezu koqale wandenza lona.”Akayihoyanga yonke loo nto uAmnon,
17 usuke wabiza isicaka sakhe, wathi: “Khupha le ntombazana, imke apha, uze utshixe wakugqiba.”