31 Inkhosi yasukuma, yaklebhula tingubo tayo leyayitembetse, yalala phansi emhlabatsini; tonkhe tinceku tayo tatime eceleni kwayo, nato tingubo tato tatiklejuliwe.
Rubeni watsi ubuyela kulomgodzi wakhandza Josefa angasekho, wadzabula timphahla takhe.
Jakobe wadzabuka wadzimate wadzabula timphahla takhe, wavunula emasaka, walilela lendvodzana yakhe emalanga lamanyenti.
Davide kanye nawo onkhe emadvodza labenawo badzabula tembatfo tabo.
Davide wancengela lomntfwanakhe kuNkulunkulu. Wazila, wangena endlini yakhe, walala phansi emhlabatsini busuku ngebusuku.
Batsi basesendleleni, umbiko wefika kuDavide utsi: “Absalomu sewubulele onkhe emadvodzana enkhosi, kute nome yinye lesele.”
Davide wakhuluma kuJowabe nakubo bonkhe bantfu lababelapho, watsi: “Klebhulani timphahla tenu nembatse emasaka, nihambe nendlule embikwa-Abneri.” Davide, inkhosi, naye cobo lwakhe wahamba emvakweluhlaka lwemngcwabo wa-Abneri.
Watsi kube akuve loko Jobe, wasukuma waklebhula timphahla takhe, wahhula inhloko yakhe. Wesuka lapho watilahla phansi emhlabatsini wakhotsama,
Joshuwa wadzabula tembatfo takhe, wawa ngebuso phansi embikwelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze, kwaze kwaba kusihlwa. Nebaholi baka-Israyeli benta njalo, batitsela ngelutfuli enhloko.