Morena a eketsa a re ho moprista Tsadoke: Na ha o utlwisise? Ipoelle hae ka kgotso, le Akimaatse mora hao, le Jonathane mora Abiathare, bara ba lona ba babedi.
Yaba Hushai o re ho baprista Tsadoke le Abiathare: Akitofele o eleditse Absalome le baholo ba Iseraele ka keletso e itseng, nna ke ba eleditse ka keletso e itseng.
Haele Jonathane le Akimaatse, ba ne ba eme Ene-Rogele. Morwetsana a ya, a ba bolella hore ba ye, ba tsebise morena Davida. Hobane ba ne ba tshaba ho bonwa ha ba kena motseng.
Bahlanka ba Absalome ba fihla ha mosadi eo, ba re: Ba kae boAkimaatse le Jonathane? Mosadi a re ho bona: Ba tshetse molatswana. Ba batla, ba se ke ba fumana letho, ba ba ba kgutlela Jerusalema.
Akimaatse, mora Tsadoke, a boela a re ho Joabe: Leha ho ka ba jwang le jwang, a nke ke mathe le nna kamora Kushi. Joabe a re: O pheheletseng ho matha, mora ka, athe taba eo o e isang hase e ka o fumantshang teboho?
morena o romile le yena moprista Tsadoke, le moporofeta Nathane, le Benaia mora Jehojada, le Bakerethe le Bapelethe, mme ba mo kallisitse esele ya morena.
Asaria, moprista e moholo, wa lesika la Tsadoke, a mmolella, a re: Haesale kabelo e ntshwang e qala ho tliswa ka tlung ya Jehova, re jele, re bile re kgotshe, mme re bile re siile ho hongata; hobane Jehova o hlohonolofaditse setjhaba sa hae; mme se setseng ke setha seo se seholo.