2 Samuweli 18:24-33

UDavide wahlala phansi phakathi kwamasango omabili, umlindi wakhwela ophahleni lwesango odongeni, waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabheka, nanko umuntu egijima yedwa. Umlindi wamemeza watshela inkosi. Inkosi yasisithi: Lapho eyedwa, ulolizwi emlonyeni wakhe. Futhi washesha wasondela. Umlindi wabona enye indoda igijima; umlindi wabiza umlindisango, wathi: “Bheka, nanso indoda igijima iyodwa.” Yathi inkosi: “Naye uletha izindaba.” Umlindi wasesithi: Ngibona ukuthi ukugijima kowokuqala kunjengokugijima kukaAhimayosi indodana kaSadoki. Inkosi yasisithi: Ungumuntu olungileyo, njalo uza lezindaba ezinhle. U-Ahimayo wamemeza wathi enkosini: “Kulungile; Wawa ngobuso bakhe emhlabathini phambi kwenkosi, wathi: “Makabongwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho owakhulula abantu abaphakamisela isandla sabo enkosini yami, inkosi. Inkosi yathi: “Ingabe insizwa u-Abisalomu iphephile na?” U-Ahimaewu wathi: “Lapho uJowabe ethuma inceku yenkosi kanye nami, inceku yakho, ngabona isiyaluyalu esikhulu, kodwa angazi ukuthi kuyini. Inkosi yathi kuye: “Suka ume lapha.” Wasuka wema. Bheka, kwafika uKusi; uKushi wathi: “Thumela, nkosi yami, nkosi, ngokuba uJehova ukuphindisele namuhla kubo bonke abakuvukelayo. Inkosi yathi kuKushi: “Ingabe insizwa u-Abisalomu iphephile na?” UKusi waphendula wathi: “Izitha zenkosi yami, inkosi, nabo bonke abakuvukelayo ukukulimaza, makube njengaleyo nsizwa; Inkosi yathukuthela kakhulu, yakhuphukela ekamelweni elibhekene nesango, yakhala; wahamba, wathi: “Ndodana yami Abisalomu, ndodana yami, ndodana yami Abisalomu! Sengathi ngafela wena, Abisalomu, ndodana yami, ndodana yami!