29 Ngako boSadoki na-Abiyatha batsatsa lelibhokisi lesivumelwane saNkulunkulu balibuyisela emuva eJerusalema, bahlala khona lapho.
Mine ngitawufike ngime ematubukweni ehlane, ngize ngitfole livi leliphuma kini.”
Kodvwa Davide yena wachubeka wenyuka iNtsaba Yemincumo, ahambe akhala; inhloko yakhe yayimbonyiwe, nasetinyaweni angakafaki lutfo. Bonkhe bantfu lababenaye lapho babembonye tinhloko tabo, nabo benyuka bakhala.
Inkhosi Davide, yatfumela lomlayeto kuboSadoki na-Abiyatha, baphristi, lotsi: “Butani baholi bakaJuda nitsi: ‘Nentiwa yini kutsi nibe bekugcina ekubuyiseleni inkhosi Davide esigodlweni sayo, njengobe konkhe lokushiwo kulo lonkhe lema-Israyeli sekufikile etindlebeni tenkhosi, lapho igogobele khona?
Wangena endlini yaNkulunkulu ngesikhatsi kuphetse Abiyatha, umPhristi Lomkhulu, wadla tinkhwa lekwakunikelwe ngato kuNkulunkulu, nome kwakungakavunyelwa ngekwemtsetfo kutsi tidliwe ngulomunye umuntfu ngaphandle kwebaphristi kuphela. Kepha Davide watidla, wapha nalamadvodza labehamba nawo.”