19 Davide wabona kutsi kukhona tinceku takhe letatikuhleba, wavele wabona kutsi lomntfwana sewufile. Wabuta watsi: “Lomntfwana sewufile yini?” Tavuma tatsi: “Yebo, sewufile.”
Kwatsi ngelilanga lesikhombisa lomntfwanakhe wafa. Tinceku taDavide tesaba kumtjela kutsi umntfwana sewufile, ngobe taticabanga titsi: “Ngesikhatsi lomntfwana asaphila, sakhuluma kuDavide, akazange asilalele. Pho, singamtjela kanjani kutsi lomntfwana sewufile? Angahle ente intfo lebuhlungu.”
Davide wasukuma phansi. Watsi kube ageze, agcobise, antjintje netimphahla takhe, wahamba waya endlini yaSimakadze, wafike wamkhonta. Wabe sewuya endlini yakhe, wabacela kutsi bamnike kudla, wadla.
Umoya waDavide, inkhosi, wawuloku uncokombele kuya ku-Absalomu, ngobe abesadvudvutekile ngekufa kwa-Amnoni.
Asitsandzi, bazalwane, kutsi ningete nati ngalabo labafile, kuze ningadzabuki njengalabo labate litsemba.