6 Ngokuba ùxelile namhla, ukuba àbanto kuwe abathetheli nabakhonzi; ngokuba ndazile namhla, ukuba ngekulungile emehlweni akho, ukuba úbethe wadla ubomi uAbhisalom, thina safa sonke siphela.
7 Vuka kaloku, uphume, uthethe kakuhle nabakhonzi bakho; ngokuba ndifunga uYehova; ukuba akuthanga uphume, inene, akuyi kuhlala mntu nawe ngobu busuku; kube kubi kuwe oko, ngaphezu kobubi bonke obukufikeleyo, kuthabathela ebuncinaneni bakho kuzise kweli xesha.
8 Wavuka ke ukumkani, wahlala esangweni; kwaxelwa ebantwini bonke, kwathiwa, Nanko ukumkani ehleli esangweni. Beza ke bonke abantu phambi kokumkani.Ke amaSirayeli abesabile, elowo waya ententeni yakhe.
9 Abantu bonke babephikisana ezizweni zonke zakwaSirayeli, besithi, Ukumkani wasisiza esandleni seentshaba zethu, wasisindisa esandleni samaFilisti; ngoku ubalekile kweli lizwe ngenxa ka-Abhisalom;
10 ke uAbhisalom, esamthambisayo ukuba abe phezu kwethu, ufele emfazweni; ke ngoko nithéle cwaka ni na, ukuba ningàmbuyisi nje ukumkani?
11 Ke kaloku ukumkani uDavide wathumela kuTsadoki nakuAbhiyatare ababingeleli, wathi, Thethani kumadoda amakhulu akwaYuda, nithi, Yini na ukuba nibe ngabokugqibela ekumbuyiseleni endlwini yakhe ukumkani, intetho yamaSirayeli onke ifikile nje kukumkani endlwini yakhe?
12 Ningábazalwana bam, nilithambo lam, nenyama yam; yini na ukuba nibe ngabokugqibela ekumbuyiseni ukumkani?