18 Kweni sono, awonani, Adoniya ndiyo karonga, chingana imwe karonga wangu, mureka kuziŵa ichi.
Kweni Absalomu wangutuma mathenga ghakubisika mu mafuku ghose gha ŵaYisraele, wakuti, “Mutakuti, mwavwa kumba kwa mbata, ruŵi imwe mukambenge kuti, ‘Absalomu ndi karonga pa Hebroni!’ ”
Sono Natani wanguti kwaku Betesheba, nyina waku Solomoni, “Kumbi ulivi kuvwa kuti Adoniya mwana waku Hagiti waŵa karonga ndi kuti Davidi mbuyafwe walivi kuchiziŵa ichi?
Wanguti kwaku iyo “Mbuyangu, mungurapiya muŵanda munthukazi winu pa Ambuya Chiuta winu, mungati, ‘Solomoni mwana wako wakawusanga pavuli pangu, ndipo wakajanga pa chitengo changu.’
Wapereka sembe ya ng'ombe, vyakututuŵa, ndi mberere zinandi ukongwa, ndipo wadana ŵana wose ŵa karonga, Abiyatara mzukuru ndi Yoabu mura wa nkhondo; kweni muŵanda winu Solomoni walivi kumudana.
Ndipo Natani wanguti, “Mbuyangu wakawusanga pavuli pangu ndipo wakajanga pa chitengo changu?
Kumbi ichi chachitika ndi mbuyangu karonga ndipo mulivi kuŵanene ŵaŵanda ŵinu yo wakajanga pa chitengo cha mbuyangu karonga pavuli pake?”
Sono Adoniya mwana waku Hagiti wangujitumphuska yija wanguti, “Ine ndikaŵanga karonga,” ndipo wangujirongosole magareta ndi wakukwere pakavalo, ndi ŵanthu machumi ghankhonde ŵakuchimbiya ku urongo kwake.
“Ndipo sono, mwa ŵabali, ndaziŵa kuti munguchita cho mu ujira, ulindimo ŵanguchitiya ŵaraŵara ŵinu nawo.