3. Phofu kwakukho mfo owayevana noAmnon, owayenguYonadabhi igama; wayengunyana kaShama ongumntakwabo-Davide. UYonadabhi lo wayengumfo onamacebo.
4. UYonadabhi wathi kuAmnon: “Ungunyana kakumkani, kodwa imihla nezolo akukhululekanga; khawutsho, kwenzeke ntoni?”“Hayi, ndifuna uTamare, lo ungudade bomntakwethu uAbhasalom,” utshilo uAmnon.
5. UYonadabhi wathi kuye: “Zenze umntu ongaphilanga, uye kulala. Uze uthi, akufika uyihlo eze kukubona, uthi kuye: ‘Nceda uthumele udade wethu uTamare, eze kundonga. Ndifuna aze kundilungiselela ukutya apha phambi kwam, andityise ngesakhe isandla.’ ”
6. Wazenza ogulayo ke uAmnon, waya kulala.Ukumkani waya kumvelela uAmnon, waza yena wathi kukumkani: “Bawo, ndicela uthumele uTamare udade wethu eze kundenzela amaqebengwane amabini ndijongile, andityise ngesakhe isandla.”
7. UDavide ke wathumela kuTamare ebhotwe esithi: “Khawuye endlwini yomnakwenu uAmnon, umenzele into etyiwayo.”
8. Waya ke uTamare endlwini ka-Amnon umntakwabo, wafika esemandlalweni. Wathatha umgubo waxova, wenza amaqebengwana ejongiwe nguAmnon,
9. wawakhupha epanini, wabeka phambi koAmnon, kodwa akatya.Uvakele uAmnon esithi: “Khupha wonke umntu okule ndlu!” Baphuma bonke abo bantu kuloo ndlu.
10. Uthe kuTamare uAmnon: “Zisa loo maqebengwana apha egumbini lam lokulala, undityise ngesakho isandla.” Wawathatha loo maqebengwana awenzileyo uTamare, wawasa kumntakwabo uAmnon egumbini lakhe lokulala.
11. Kuthe esamnika ukuba atye, wamthi hlasi, wathi: “Yiza silale, dade wethu.”
12. UTamare wathi kuye: “Hayi, mnakwethu, musa ukundinyanzela; ayenziwa into enje kwaSirayeli. Musukulenza eli nyala!