uSamuweli 2 19:1-8

Kwaxelwa kuYowabhi, kwathiwa, Nanko ukumkani elila, elilela uAbhisalom. Usindiso lwaloo mini lwaba lusizi ebantwini bonke, ngokuba abantu beva ngaloo mini ukuba ukumkani wenze ububi ngonyana wakhe. Ngaloo mini abantu banyebelezela phakathi komzi, njengabasaba emfazweni, njengehlazo. Ukumkani wazigqubuthela ubuso, wadanduluka ukumkani ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Nyana wam, Abhisalom, Abhisalom, nyana wam, nyana wam! Wangena uYowabhi endlwini yokumkani, wathi, Ubenze inqambi namhla ubuso babakhonzi bakho bonke abakusindisileyo namhla, nomphefumlo woonyana bakho, neentombi zakho, nomphefumlo wabafazi bakho; Yehova, nobomi bezithende zakho; Ngokuthanda iintshaba zakho nangokuthiya abahlobo bakho. Ngokuba namhla uthe, Akukhathali ngabathetheli nabakhonzi; ngenxa yokuba namhlanje ndiyabona ukuba ukuba ebesaphila uAbhisalom size sife sonke namhlanje, ngekulungile kuwe. Vuka ke ngoko, uhambe, uthethe kakuhle nabakhonzi bakho; ngokuba ndifunga uYehova, ndithi, ukuba anithanga niphume, inene, akukho mntu uya kuhlala nani ngobu busuku; kuya kuba kubi ngaphezu kobubi bonke obuzayo wena kwasebuncinaneni bakho kude kube ngoku. Wavuka ukumkani, wahlala esangweni. Baxelelwa abantu bonke, kwathiwa, Nanko ukumkani ehleli esangweni. Beza bonke abantu phambi kokumkani; ngokuba oonyana bakaSirayeli babebaleke, elowo waya ententeni yakhe.