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.
28 UAbhasalom wafika wayalela izicaka zakhe ngelithi: “UAmnon lo nize nimqaphele, nimbone ukuba seleyobile yiwayini, nimgwaze afe ndakutsho kuni ukuthi: ‘Mbulaleni uAmnon!’ Ze ningoyiki, kutsho mna, niyeva! Ze niqine, nikhaliphe.”