11 Ekuvukeni kukaDavide ngentsasa elandelayo ilizwi likaNdikhoyo laliselifikile *kumshumayeli uGadi, imboni kaDavide, lisithi:
12 “Hamba uye kuthi kuDavide: ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Ndikubekela izinto ezintathu. Khetha ibe nye kuzo, ndize ke mna ndikwenze loo nto.’ ”
13 UGadi ke waya kuDavide, wafika wamxelela esithi: “Khetha phakathi kweminyaka esixhenxe yendlala ezweni lakho, okanye iinyanga ezintathu ubalekana neentshaba zakho xa zona zikusukela, okanye iintsuku ezintathu kukho isibetho sikabhubhani ezweni lakho. Cingisisa ugqibe, undinike impendulo emandiyise kulowo undithumileyo.”
14 UDavide waphendula wathi kuGadi: “Ndisengxakini enkulu. Kodwa ke kubhetele siwele ezandleni zikaNdikhoyo, kuba inkulu inceba yakhe. Ewe, andikunqweneli ukuwela ezandleni zabantu.”
15 Ngoko ke uNdikhoyo wathumela isibetho sikabhubhani kwaSirayeli. Saqalisa kwangentsasa yangaloo mini, kwada kwaya kutsho kwelaa xesha wayelimisele. Kwafa amashumi asixhenxe amawaka abantu ukusukela kwaDan kuye kutsho eBheshebha.
16 Kwathi xa isithunywa sikaNdikhoyo sasisolula isandla siza kutshabalalisa iJerusalem, uNdikhoyo wazijika iimbono zakhe ngenxa yaloo ntlekele, waza wathi kwisithunywa esasitshabalalisa abantu: “Kwanele! Sirhoxise isandla sakho.” Oku kwenzeke xa kanye isithunywa sasingakwisanda sokubhula sika-Aravena umJebhusi.
17 Akusibona uDavide eso sithunywa sasibhubhisa abantu, wathi kuNdikhoyo: “Ndim owonileyo wenza ubugwenxa. Aba bantu bona banjengeegusha; akukho nto bayenzileyo. Isandla sakho masohlwaywe mna kunye nomzi kabawo.”