18. bonke abakhonzi bakhe behamba ecaleni lakhe, nabancinithi bonke, nezigidimi zonke, nabaseGati bonke: amakhulu amathandathu amadoda, awaye emlandela evela eGati, agqitha phambi kokumkani.
19. Wathi ukumkani kuItayi waseGati, Yini na ukuba nawe uhambe nathi? Buya, uhlale nokumkani; ngokuba ùngowasemzini, ungumfiki, buyela endaweni yakho;
20. ungáthi, ufiké izolo eli, ndikubhadulisè nanamhla, ndikuhambise nathi na, ndisiya apho ndingaya khona nje? Buya, ubuyise abazalwana bakho; inceba nenyaniso ibe nawe.
21. UItayi wamphendula ukumkani, wathi, Ehleli nje uYehova, ihleli nje inkosi yam ukumkani, inene, endaweni eya kuba kuyo inkosi yam ukumkani, nokuba kusekufeni, nokuba kusebomini, úya kuba lapho umkhonzi wakho.
22. Wathi uDavide kuItayi, Hamba ugqithe ke. Wagqitha uItayi namadoda akhe onke, nosapho lonke abenalo.
23. Lonke ilizwe laye lilila ngezwi elikhulu, bewela abantu bonke; ewela nokumkani emlanjaneni oyiKidron; abantu bonke bewela bekhangelene nendlela yentlango.
24. Nanko, uTsadoki nabaLevi bonke benaye, bethwele ityeya yomnqophiso kaThixo, bayibeka phantsi ityeya kaThixo. Wenyuka uAbhiyatare, bada bagqibelela bonke abantu ukuwela, bephuma kuwo umzi.
25. Wathi ukumkani kuTsadoki, Yibuyisele kuwo umzi ityeya kaThixo. Ukuba ndithe ndababalwa nguYehova, wóndibuyisa, andibonise yona kwanekhaya lakhe.
26. Ukuba úthe, Andikunanzile; nanku ndikho, makenze kum ngoko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe.
27. Wathi ukumkani kuTsadoki umbingeleli, Wena mboni, buyela kuwo umzi unoxolo, noAhimahatse unyana wakho, noYonatan unyana ka-Abhiyatare, oonyana benu bobabini kunye nawe.
28. Yabonani, ndozilazila emazibukweni entlango, kude kufike ilizwi elivela kuni lokundixelela.
29. UTsadoki noAbhiyatare bayibuyisela ityeya kaThixo eYerusalem, bahlala khona.
30. UDavide wenyuka eqhineni leminquma, enyuka elila, egqubuthele intloko, ehamba engenazimbadada ezinyaweni zakhe; bonke abantu abenabo begqubuthele elowo intloko yakhe; benyuka, benyuka belila.
31. Kwaxelwa kuDavide, kwathiwa, UAhitofele ukubacebisi baka-Abhisalom. Wathi uDavide, Yehova, khawulitshitshise icebo lika-Ahitofele.
32. Kwathi, akuya kufika uDavide encotsheni, apho bekusakuqutyudwa khona kuThixo, nanko uHushayi umArki emkhawulela, ekrazule ingubo yakhe, enomhlaba entloko.