17 Absalomu wabuta Hushayi watsi: “Ngulona lutsandvo lolukhombisa kumngani wakho kambe lolo? Awukahambi ngani naye lomnganakho?”
Hushayi waphendvula watsi: “Cha, lowo losakhetfwe nguSimakadze, nangulesive, nanguwo onkhe emadvodza aka-Israyeli, mine ngiyawuba wakhe, ngihlale naye.
Watsi nakefika aphuma eJerusalema atewuhlangabeta inkhosi, inkhosi yambuta yatsi: “Awuhambanga ngani nami, wena Mefiboshethi?”
Umngani unelutsandvo ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi; kantsi umnakenu utalelwe kutsi netfwalisane naye tinhlupheko.
Labanye bangani bayakuhlamuka; kodvwa labanye bangani basondzela kakhulu kwengca banakenu bengati.
Kungabe lena nguyona ndlela yini lenibonga ngayo kuSimakadze, nine sive lesilibele nalesingakahlakaniphi? Akusiyena yini longuyihlo, uMdali wenu, lowo lowanenta wanibumba?