30 Batsi basesendleleni, umbiko wefika kuDavide utsi: “Absalomu sewubulele onkhe emadvodzana enkhosi, kute nome yinye lesele.”
Ngako lamadvodza aka-Absalomu enta ku-Amnoni njengobe abetjelwe ngu-Absalomu. Bonkhe bantfwabenkhosi basukuma, bagibela iminyuzi yabo babaleka.
Inkhosi yasukuma, yaklebhula tingubo tayo leyayitembetse, yalala phansi emhlabatsini; tonkhe tinceku tayo tatime eceleni kwayo, nato tingubo tato tatiklejuliwe.
Watsi nakayibona, waklebhula timphahla takhe, wakhala, watsi: “Awu, ndvodzakati yami! Ungidzabukisile wangihluphekisa, ngobe ngente sifungo kuSimakadze lengingasoze ngasephula.”