18 Ngako-ke inkhosi yababita lababelekisi, yababuta yatsi: “Nikwentelani loku? Anitibulali ngani letinswane letibafana?”
Absalomu wakhuluma kuletinceku takhe, watsi: “Lalelani! Utakutsi Amnoni nasanatse waze wativa asamnandzi, ngitsi kini: ‘Jubani Amnoni afe,’ nibombulala. Ningesabi, ngobe leligunya nalamandla ninikwa ngimi. Cinani nibe nesibindzi.”
Kodvwa babelekisi besaba Nkulunkulu, ngako abazange bawente lomyalo wenkhosi, babengatibulali letinswane letibafana.
Babelekisi bayiphendvula inkhosi batsi: “Bafati bemaHebheru abafanani nebafati bemaGibhithe. Bafati bemaHebheru banemandla, babeleka masinyane umbelekisi asengakefiki.”
Njengobe livi lenkhosi liyabusa, ngubani longasho kuyo atsi: “Yini lena loyentako?”