31 Yoabu kachola ukae kwa Abisalomu kamuuza, “Habali wasang'hanaji zako waugela moto mgunda wangu?”
Avo, Abisalomu kawalongela wasang'hanaji zake, “Yoabu kana mgunda wa shaili behi na mgunda wangu. Gendeni mukaugele moto.” Avo wasang'hanaji wa Abisalomu waugela moto mgunda wa Yoabu.
Abisalomu kamulongela, “Nikutumila usenga, wize ili nikutume kwa mndewa ukauze, ‘Habali nibwela kulawa Geshuli? Vinoga nahakalile ukuja’. Avo nolonda kumona mndewa, na kamba nina kitala nikomigwe.”