4 Karonga wangubenekere chisku chake, ndipo wangubongo ndi mazu gha mkankha, “Owe mwana wangu Absalomu, Owe Absalomu mwana wangu, mwana wangu!”
Ndipo Yoabu mwana waku Zeruya wangupanikizga kuti mtima wa karonga ungurazga kwaku Absalomu.
Kweni Davidi wangukwera mu phiri la ma Olive, uku waliya masozi wachenda, wambura skapato ku marundi wangufuka mutu wake; ndipo ŵanthu wose wo ŵanguŵa nayo pamoza ŵangufuka mitu yawo, ŵaliyanga uku ŵakwera.
Ndipo karonga wangusuzgika ukongwa mu mtima ndipo wangukwere mu chipinda cha pachanya pa chipata wangutenje, wachikwera watinge, “Owe mwana wangu Absalomu, mwana wangu, mwana wangu Absalomu! Mphanyi ndingufwa ine mu malo mwaku iwe, Owe Absalomu mwana wangu, mwana wangu!”
Pa zuŵa liya ŵanthu pakusere mu muzi ŵachitanga kuba nge ndimo ŵangajibiya ŵanthu wo ŵathaŵa ku nkhondo chifukwa cha soni.
Sono Yoabu wangusere mu nyumba ku karonga wanguti, “Mwachitiska soni visku vya ŵanyamata ŵinu msana wale, wo ŵataska umoyo winu, ndi umoyo wa ŵana ŵinu ŵanthurumi ndi ŵana ŵinu ŵanthukazi, umoyo wa ŵawoli ŵinu ndi mbiligha zinu.