15 Waya uNatan endlwini yakhe.UYehova wamhlisela isifo umntwana abemzalelwe uDavide ngumkaUriya; wagula kakhulu.
16 UDavide wambongoza uThixo ngenxa yenkwenkwe leyo; uDavide wazila ukudla, waqungquluza emhlabeni bonke ubusuku.
17 Asuka ema amadoda amakhulu endlu yakhe, emvusa emhlabeni; akavuma, akadla sonka nawo.
18 Kwathi ngomhla wesixhenxe, wafa umntwana. Boyika abakhonzi bakaDavide ukumxelela ukuba umntwana ufile; ngokuba babesithi, Yabonani, oko umntwana ebesahleli, sathetha naye, àkaliphulaphula ilizwi lethu; sòthini na ukuthi kuye, Ufile umntwana, aze enze into embi?
19 Wabona uDavide ukuba abakhonzi bakhe bayasebezelana, waqonda uDavide ukuba ufile umntwana; wathi uDavide kubakhonzi bakhe, Ufile na umntwana?
20 Bathi, Ufile. Wesuka uDavide emhlabeni, wazihlamba, wazithambisa, wanxiba ngubo zimbi, waya endlwini kaYehova, waqubuda; weza endlwini yakhe, wabiza ukudla; babeka phambi kwakhe, wadla.
21 Bathi abakhonzi bakhe kuye, Yintoni na le nto uyenzileyo? Oko ebesahleli umntwana, wazila ukudla, walila; akuba efile umntwana, uvukile wadla ukudla.