9. Ndipo Yoabu ananena ndi Amasa, Uli bwino mbale wanga? Ndipo Yoabu anagwira ndebvu za Amasa ndi dzanja lace lamanja kuti ampsompsone.
10. Koma Amasa sanasamalira lupanga liri m'dzanja la Yoabu; comweco iye anamgwaza nalo m'mimba; nakhuthula matumbo ace pansi, osamgwazanso; nafa iye, Ndipo Yoabu ndi Abisai mbale wace analondola Seba mwana wa Bikri.
11. Ndipo mnyamata wina wa Yoabu anaima pali iye, nati, Wobvomereza Yoabu, ndi iye amene ali wace wa Davide, atsate Yoabu.
12. Ndipo Amasa analikukunkhulira m'mwazi wace pakati pa mseu. Ndipo pamene munthuyo anaona kuti anthu onse anaima, iye ananyamula Amasa namcotsa pamseu kumka naye kuthengo, nampfunda ndi cobvala, pamene anaona kuti anaima munthu yense wakufika pali iye.
13. Atamcotsa iye mumseu, anthu onse anapitirira kumsata Yoabu kukalondola Seba mwana wa Bikri.
14. Ndipo anapyola mapfuko onse a Israyeli kufikira ku Abeli ndi ku Betimaaka, ndi kwa Aberi onse; iwo nasonkhana pamodzi namlondolanso.
15. Ndipo anadza nammangira misasa m'Abeli wa Betimaaka, naundira nthumbira pa mudziwo, ndipo unagunda tioga; ndipo anthu onse akukhala ndi Yoabu anakumba lingalo kuti aligwetse.
16. Pamenepo mkazi wanzeru wa m'mudzimo anapfuula, kuti, Imvani, imvani; munene kwa Yoabu, Bwerani pafupi kuno kuti ndgankhule nanu.
17. Ndipo anayandikira kwa mkaziyo; ndi mkaziyo anati, Ndinu Yoabu kodi? iye nayankha, Ndine amene. Pamenepo ananena naye, Imvani mau a mdzakazi wanu. Iye nayankha, Ndirikumva.
18. Ndipo iye analankhula, nati, Kale adafunena kuti, Zoonadi adzapempha uphungu ku Abeli; ndipo potero mrandu udafukutha.
19. Inendine wa awo amene ali amtendere ndi okhulupirika m'Israyeli; inu mulikufuna kuononga mudzi ndi mai wa m'Israyeli; mudzamezerang colowa ca Yehova?
20. Ndipo Yoabu anayankha nati, Iai ndi pang'ono ponse, cikhale kutali kwa ine, kuti ndingameze ndi kuononga.