7 Yebo, bengingabalekela khatshana ngihlale enkangala.
7 Ngangizabaleka ngiye kude ngiyehlala enkangala;
Wasesithi uDavida encekwini zakhe zonke ezazilaye eJerusalema: Asibalekeni masinyane, ngoba uba singenzi njalo, kakuyikuphepha lamunye wethu kuAbisalomu. Phangisani, hlezi asifice asehlisele okubi, awuchithe umuzi ngomkhonto.
uJeremiya wasephuma eJerusalema ukuya elizweni lakoBenjamini ukuba amukele isabelo sakhe selifa khona phakathi kwabantu.
Kungathi ngabe ikhanda lami lingamanzi, lamehlo ami angumthombo wenyembezi, ukuba ngikhalele ababuleweyo ebantwini bami emini lebusuku.
Kungathi ngabe ngilendawo yokuhlala enkangala, ukuba ngisuke ebantwini bami, ngibatshiye; ngoba bonke bayizifebe, balixuku labantu abakhohlisayo.
UDavida wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: Ngizaze ngife ngolunye usuku ngibulawa nguSawuli. Okungcono kimi yikuba ngibalekele elizweni lamaFilistiya; uSawuli uzangiyekela angabe esangidinga kulo lonke ilizwe lakoIsrayeli, ngiphephe esandleni sakhe.