9 Afika axabana odwa kuwo wonke loo mmandla. Kwakukho athi: “UDavide wawasindisa kwiintshaba zawo amaSirayeli, wawahlangula esandleni samaFilistiya. Ngoku ubaleke uAbhasalom, walishiya lodwa ilizwe.
10 UAbhasalom esamthambisa waba ngukumkani wethu, ngoku ufele edabini. Ke kutheni kuthe cwaka nje malunga nokuphuthunywa kukakumkani uDavide?”
11 Ukumkani uDavide wathumela kooZadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli, wathi: “Thethani namadoda amakhulu akwaJuda nithi: ‘Kutheni nina nibe ngabokugqibela ukubuyisela ukumkani kwibhotwe lakhe? Kaloku okuthethwayo ngamaSirayeli onke kufikile kukumkani endlwini yakhe.
12 Kanti nina niyazalana naye, niligazi lakhe.’
13 Yithini kuAmasa mna naye siyazalana, yaye uThixo uya kuba nento andenzayo, nditsho nokuba iqatha kangakanani, ukuba andimenzi injengele yomkhosi wam yonke imihla yobomi bam esikhundleni sikaJowabhi.”
14 Loo mlomo kaDavide wazitsalela kuye iintliziyo zamadoda onke akwaJuda, aba mxhelo-mnye, aza athumela kukumkani athi: “Buyela ekhaya, wena kunye nabo bonke abantu abanawe.”
15 Wabuya ukumkani, waya kufika kumlambo iJordan, wahlangatyezwa ngamadoda akwaJuda, awayeze kumkhawulela eGiligali amkhaphe ukuwela loo mlambo.