22. Ndipo Yoabu anagwa nkhope yace pansi, namlambira, nadalitsa mfumuyo; nati Yoabu, Lero mnyamata wanu ndadziwa kuti munandikomera mtima, mbuye wanga mfumu, popeza mfumu yacita copempha mnyamata wace.
23. Comweco Yoabu ananyamuka namka ku Gesuri, nabwera naye Abisalomu ku Yerusalemu.
24. Ndipo mfumu inati, Apambukire ku nyumba yaiye yekha, koma asaone nkhope yanga. Comweco Abisalomu anapambukira ku nyumba ya iye yekha, wosaona nkhope ya mfumu.
25. Ndipo m'lsrayeli monse munalibe wina anthu anamtama kwambiri cifukwa ca kukongola kwace monga Abisalomu; kuyambira ku mapazi kufikira pakati pa mutu wace mwa iye munalibe cirema.
26. Ndipo pometa tsitsi lace amameta potsiriza caka, cifukwa tsitsi linamlemerera, cifukwa cace atalimeta anayesa tsitsi la pa mutu wace, napeza masekeli mazana awiri, monga mwa muyeso wa mfumu.
27. Ndipo kwa Abisalomu kunabadwa ana amuna atatu ndi mwana wamkazi mmodzi, dzina lace ndiye Tamara, iye ndiye mkazi wokongola nkhope.