25 Wabhekisa ngezantsi kukumkani, wamxelela, waza ukumkani wathi: “Xa ehamba yedwa uzisa iindaba zovuyo.” Eso sigidimi saya sisondela ngokusondela.
26 Ubuye wabona esinye isigidimi loo mlindi, wabhekisa kumgcini-masango wathi: “Nantso nenye indoda isiza ibaleka iyodwa.”Uthe ukumkani: “Nalowo usekwaza neendaba ezimnandi.”
27 Uthe umlindi: “Ukubaleka kwakhe lo ungaphambili ngathi nguAhimazi unyana kaZadoki.”Ukumkani wathi: “Kowu, lilunga lomfo elo; usiphathele iindaba zovuyo.”
28 UAhimazi wabhekisa kukumkani wathi: “Izinto zihamba kakuhle!” Wafika wakhahlela ejongise ubuso emhlabeni, wathi, “Mbonge uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho! Uboyisile abo bebeyivukela inkosi yam ukumkani!”
29 Ukumkani wathi: “Ngaba usindile umfana uAbhasalom?”Uphendule wathi uAhimazi: “Mhlekazi, ngokuya bendithunywa nguJowabhi iphakathi lakho, ndibone kukho isiphithi-phithi, phofu andingetsho ukuba bekutheni na.”
30 Ukumkani wathi: “Khawume bucala ulinde.” Wahamba ke, waya kuma bucala.
31 Ke kaloku wafika umKushe, wathi kukumkani: “Ndize neendaba zovuyo, mhlekazi, nkosi yam! Namhlanje uNdikhoyo ukugwebele waboyisa bonke abo bebekuvukela.”