24 Absalomu wahamba waya enkhosini, wafike watsi: “Inceku yakho ihhula timvu tayo. Inkhosi kanye netinceku tayo ingete yahlanganyela natsi yini?”
Emvakwesikhatsi lesidze umkaJuda, indvodzakati yaShuwa, wafa. Kwatsi kube kuphele sikhatsi sekulila, Juda naHira wase-Adulamu benyuka baya kubagundzi betimvu eThimna.
Emvakweminyaka lemibili, batsi bahhuli betimvu baka-Absalomu baseseBhali Hasori, edvute nemnyele waka-Efrayimu, Absalomu wamema onkhe emadvodzana enkhosi.
Inkhosi yaphendvula yatsi: “Cha, msa wami, akukafaneli sihambe sonkhe, singaba ngumtfwalo kuwe.” Kwala nome Absalomu asamncenga, kodvwa wachubeka wala kuhamba naye, noko wambusisa.
Bantfu bayayengana la emhlabeni, tilimi tabo tisheleliswa ngemanga, inkhulumo yabo imphacambili.
Inkhulumo yakhe ishelelisa kwelibhotela, noko inhlitiyo yakhe ifukamele imphi, emavi akhe atsambe kwengca emafutsa, noko atinkemba letilindzele kugwaza.
“ ‘Ngiva kutsi manje sesikhatsi sekuhhula timvu. Ngesikhatsi belusi bakho banatsi, asizange sibaphatse kabi; nangaso sonkhe sikhatsi baseseKhameli kute nome kunye lokwase kwabalahlekela.