13 Sitfunywa sefika sabika kuDavide, satsi: “Tinhlitiyo tawo onkhe emadvodza aka-Israyeli setiku-Absalomu.”
Absalomu watiphatsa kanjena kuwo onkhe ema-Israyeli labefika atewucela kusitwa yinkhosi; ngaleyo ndlela wateba tonkhe tinhlitiyo temadvodza aka-Israyeli.
Bonkhe bantfu bakubona loko bajabula; empeleni, konkhe lokwakwentiwa yinkhosi kwabajabulisa.
Maye, Simakadze, setinyenti titsa tami! Sebanyenti labo labangivukelako.
Bantfukatana bafanana nemoya nje, tikhulu nato tilite lelite. Nome bafakwa esikalini kanyekanye, balula kunemoya.
Leticumbi letatihamba embikwakhe naletatimlandzela tatimemeta titsi: “Hosana kuyo iNdvodzana yaDavide! Ubusisiwe lotako egameni leNkhosi! Hosana kulelisetulu kakhulu!”
Philatu wababuta watsi: “Ngenteni-ke ngaloJesu lekutsiwa nguKhristu?” Bonkhe baphendvula batsi: “Mbetsele esiphambanweni!”
Batsi bomalume bakhe nabakusho loko bakuphindzaphindza kutakhamiti taseShekhemu, tabona kuncono kulandzela Abimeleki, ngobe tatitsi: “Ungumnaketfu.”