7 Watsi lomLevi nakatsi uvukela kutsi asale ahamba, uyisetala wamncenga; ngako wase uyahlala ngalobo busuku.
Inkhosi yaphendvula yatsi: “Cha, msa wami, akukafaneli sihambe sonkhe, singaba ngumtfwalo kuwe.” Kwala nome Absalomu asamncenga, kodvwa wachubeka wala kuhamba naye, noko wambusisa.
Ngako base bahlala phansi bobabili, badla, banatsa ndzawonye. Emvakwaloko loyise walentfombatana watsi: “Ngiyacela, sale ulala kulobusuku balamuhla, khona utetijabulisa.”
Ekuseni ngelilanga lesihlanu lomLevi watsi uyavuka asatilungiselela kutsi ahambe, uyisetala wakhe watsi: “Ase uticabule, sewuhlale kuze kusuluke lilanga!” Ngako baphindza bahlala phansi bobabili badla.