10. Malebana le yena le bee banna ba babedi, ba kgopo, ba tle ba mo qose, ba re: <Wena, Nabote, o ile wa nyefola Modimo le kgosi!> Jwale lona le mo hulanyetse kantle ho motse, le mo tlepetse ka majwe a be a shwe.”
11. Banna ba motse oo wa habo Nabote, e leng baholo le mahosana, bao e neng e le baahi ba motse oo, ba phetha taelo eo Jesabele a neng a ba rometse yona, jwalokaha e ne e ngotswe mangolong ao a neng a ba rometse wona.
12. Ba fela ba phatlalatsa letsatsi la ho itima dijo, mme Nabote a bewa setulong se ka sehloohong hara setjhaba.
13. Jwale banna ba babedi, ba kgopo, ba fihla ba dula kapele ho yena, ba mo qosa kapele ho setjhaba, ba re: “Nabote o ile a nyefola Modimo le kgosi!” Yaba ba hulanyetsa Nabote kantle ho motse, ba mo tlepetsa ka majwe, a ba a shwa.
14. Ba romela molaetsa ho Jesabele, ba re: “Nabote o tlepeditswe ka majwe, o shwele!”
15. Ha Jesabele a utlwa hore Nabote o tlepeditswe ka majwe, mme o shwele, a re ho Akabe: “Tsoha, o inkele tshimo ya morara ya Nabote wa Mojesereele, eo a ileng a hana ho o rekisetsa yona ka tjhelete, hobane Nabote e se e le mofu.”
16. Ha Akabe a utlwa hore Nabote o shwele, a ema, a theohela tshimong ya morara ya Nabote wa Mojesereele, a inkela yona.
17. Jwale lentswe la Morena la fihla ho Elia wa Tishebe, la re:
18. “Ema, o theohele Samaria ho Akabe, kgosi ya Iseraele. O tshimong ya morara ya Nabote, moo a theohetseng teng ho ya inkela yona.
19. O tle o fihle o re ho yena: <Morena o bua tjena: Na o fela o bolaile Nabote, o bile o inketse tshimo ya hae?> O boele o re ho yena: <Morena o bua tjena: Hona moo, moo dintja di ileng tsa qaphela madi a Nabote hona teng, le wena madi a hao di tla a qaphela hona teng.> ”
20. Akabe a re ho Elia: “Wa mphumana, wena sera sa ka!”Elia a re: “E, ke o fumane, hobane o ineeletse ho etsa bobe moo Morena a ntseng a o bona.
21. Ke tla o dihela koduwa, ke fedise ditloholo tsa hao. Ke tla bolaya ba batona bohle ba lelapa la Akabe, naheng ya Iseraele; e ka ba makgoba kapa ba lokolohileng.