4 Abese uchubeka utsi: “Kube kwakhetfwa mine kutsi ngibe ngumehluleli walelive! Ngabe kutsi wonkhe lota kimi nesikhalo lesitsite, bese ngenta konkhe lokusemandleni ami kutsi ngikulungise.”
Lokunye kwakutsi nome ngubani lota kutawukhotsama embikwakhe, Absalomu elule sandla sakhe, ambambe, bese uyamanga.
Nawusembikwenkhosi, ungatenti lohlakaniphile nome utibeke esigabeni salabakhulu;
Ungatidvumisi wena, kodvwa dvunyiswa ngulabanye; dvunyiswa ngulabanye bantfu, hhayi wena.
Babetsembisa inkhululeko, kantsi bona ngekwabo batigcili tekubhubha; ngobe loko lokumehlulako umuntfu, usigcili sako.
Kube mane lesive besiphetfwe ngimi, ngabe ngiyamsusa Abimeleki. Ngabe ngitsi kuye: ‘Khipha imphi yakho yonkhe!’ ”