21 Wavutha ngumsindo ukumkani uDavide zakufika kuye ezo ndaba.
22 Yena uAbhasalom wamthiya uAmnon ngenxa yokudlwengula udade wabo, kangangokuba akazange aphinde afune nokuthetha oku naye.
23 Emva kweminyaka emibini uAbhasalom waba netheko lokuhlinzeka abachebi bakwakhe. Wayelenzela eBhali-hazore engasemdeni welakwaEfrayim. Wayememele bonke oonyana bakakumkani kwelo theko.
24 Usuke waya kukumkani uDavide uAbhasalom, wafika wathi: “Mhlekazi, kuyachetywa phaya kwam, ke bendinqwenela ukuba umhlekazi namaphakathi akhe babekho kwitheko eliza kwenziwa.”
25 Ukumkani wathi kuAbhasalom: “Hayi, mfo wam, masingayi sonke, hleze wonganyelwe ngumsebenzi xa silapho sonke.” Waba ngacenga uAbhasalom, akavuma uDavide. Ndaweni yaloo nto suka wamndulula ngokumthamsanqela.
26 Ke uAbhasalom wathi: “Xa ungavumiyo wena, bawo, umntakwethu uAmnon ngewumkhulula yena ahambe nathi.”Ukumkani wathi kuye: “Ahambele ntoni nawe?”
27 Wacenga uAbhasalom, wada wavuma uDavide ukukhulula uAmnon ahambe noonyana bonke bakakumkani.