25 Nawe uyamati Abneri, umsa waNeri; abetele kutakukuyenga nekubukisisa kuphuma nekungena kwakho, kuze atekuhlolisisa kahle konkhe lokwentekako.”
Wabaphendvula watsi: “Cha, nitele kutawuhlola tikhala leningalingenela ngato lelive letfu.”
Lomunye emkhatsini wenu kufanele amlandze, nine labanye nitawuvalelwa esitokisini kuze kubonakale kahle kutsi kuliciniso yini loko lenikushoko. Nakungenjalo, ngiyanisola, ngifunga Faro, kutsi nine nitinhloli.”
Josefa wawakhumbula emaphupho akhe ngabo, wase utsi kubo: “Nine nitinhloli, nitewuhlola tikhala leningalingenela ngato lelive letfu.”
baholi bema-Amoni bakhuluma kuHanuni, inkhosi yabo, batsi: “Ucabanga kutsi Davide uhlonipha uyihlo ngalokutfumela emadvodza akakhe lapha kuwe kutsi atekulilela? Utsi Davide akatfumeli lamadvodza kuwe kutsi atewuhlamahlama lelidolobha, alihlole, bese ayalibhubhisa?”
Ngako Jowabe wahamba waya enkhosini, wafike watsi: “Wenteni? Buka, Abneri ufike lapha. Umyekeleleni ahambe? Manje sewuhambile!
Jowabe wesuka lapho watfumela titfunywa talandzela Abneri, tamncandza tambuyisa asasemtfonjeni waseSira. Kodvwa Davide abengakwati loko.
Watsi kube Abneri efike eHebroni, Jowabe wamdvonsela nganhlanye esangweni, kwaba shangatsi kukhona lafuna kutsi akukhulume ngasemasitseleni. Khona lapho, wabe sewumgwaza esiswini, wafa. Ngako Abneri wabulawelwa kutsi naye abebulale Asaheli, umnakaboJowabe.
ngize ngifike nginitsatse nginimikise eveni lelifanana nelenu, live lelinalokutinhlavu, nalelineliwayini lelisha, live lesinkhwa neletivini, live letihlahla temincumo neluju lwetinyosi: Khetsani kuphila kunekufa.’ “Ningamlaleli Hezekiya, ngobe uyanedukisa nakatsi: ‘Simakadze utasikhulula.’
Simakadze uyawulondvolota kuphuma kwakho nekungena kwakho, kusukela manje kuze kube phakadze.
“Kodvwa ngiyati kutsi uhlalaphi, ngikwati nawungena nome uphuma, nekutsi ungibhodlela kanjani.
iphume ingene embikwaso, isihole ngekusikhipha nekusingenisa, kuze sive saSimakadze singafani netimvu letingenamelusi.”
Kwaba nekuvungatela lokukhulu ngaye emkhatsini weticumbi. Labanye batsi: “Ulungile mosi lomuntfu,” labanye batsi: “Lomuntfu uyaganga, ngobe wedukisa bantfu.”
BaFarisi baphendvula batsi: “Nani senedukisiwe?
Ngako-ke ngeke utilandvulele, wena muntfu-ndzini, nome ngabe ungubani wena lowehlulelako; ngobe ngekwehlulela lomunye utilahla wena, ngobe nawe lowehlulelako uyakwenta kona loko.
“Niyawubusiswa naningena, nibusiswe nome niphuma.