7 Hushayi waphendvula watsi: “Leseluleko lesibekwe ngu-Ahithofeli asikalungi kwanyalo.
Davide abesatjeliwe kwatsiwa: “Ahithofeli usemkhatsini walabo labenta luzungu lwekutsatsa bukhosi kanye na-Absalomu.” Ngako Davide wathandaza watsi: “Awu, Simakadze, gucula kweluleka kwa-Ahithofeli kube nebulima.”
Kodvwa nawungancandzeka ubuyele edolobheni ufike ukhulume ku-Absalomu utsi: ‘Ngitawuba yinceku yakho, nkhosi; kadze ngiyinceku yeyihlo, kodvwa manje ngitawuba yinceku yakho,’ ngaleyo ndlela utangisita ekugwegwiseni teluleko ta-Ahithofeli.
Ahithofeli waphendvula watsi: “Lala nalamaphovela eyihlo lawashiyela kutsi asale acize lesigodlo, khona atekwati onkhe ema-Israyeli kutsi sewutente sitsa seyihlo, nebalandzeli bakho batawukhutsateka ngaloko.”
Watsi kube efike Hushayi, Absalomu watsi: “Ahithofeli ubeka nasi seluleko. Kufanele sikwente yini loku lakushoko? Nangabe akukalungi, sinike seluleko sakho.”
“Khuluma ubemelele labo labehluleka kutikhulumela. Vikela emalungelo alabo labangenalusito.