u-Ahithofeli wayengumluleki wenkosi ; uHushayi umArki wayengumngane wenkosi;

Kwathi ukuba uDavide adundubale esiqongweni , lapho kukhulekwa khona kuNkulunkulu, bheka, kwamhlangabeza uHushayi umAr ki, ibhantshi lakhe liklebhukile, enomhlabathi ekhanda lakhe.

UHushayi, umngane kaDavide, wayesengena emzini; u-Abisalomu wangena eJerusalema.

Kwathi lapho uHushayi umArki umngane kaDavide esefikile ku -Abisalomu, uHushayi wathi ku-Abisalomu: Mana njalo, nkosi; mana njalo, nkosi.

Wayesethi uHushayi ku-Abisalomu: Qha, lo okhethwe nguJehova, nayilaba bantu, nangabantu bonke bakwa-Israyeli, ngiyakuba ngowakhe , ngihlale naye.

UHushayi wayesethi kuSadoki naku -Abiyathara abapristi : U-Ahithofeli weluleka u -Abisalomu namalunga akwa-Israyeli kanje nakanje ; mina ngeluleke kanje nakanje.

UHushayi esefikile ku -Abisalomu, u-Abisalomu wakhuluma kuye , wathi: U- Ahithofeli ukhulume kanjalo ; siyakwenza njengokusho kwakhe na ? Uma kungenjalo, khuluma wena.

UHushayi wathi ku -Abisalomu: Isiluleko u-Ahithofeli eluleke ngaso manje asisihle.

Wathi futhi uHushayi : Uyamazi uyihlo nabant u bakhe ukuthi bangamaqhawe nokuthi bacasukile ezinhliziyweni zabo njengebhere elaphucwe amazinyane alo endle ; uyihlo uyindoda yempi , akayikuhlala nabantu.