7. Ke uNatan wathi kuDavide: “Loo ndoda nguwe! Utsho uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli ukuthi: ‘Ndakuthambisa, ndakwenza ukumkani wamaSirayeli, ndakuhlangula esandleni sikaSawule.
8. Ndakunika umzi wenkosi yakho, abafazi bayo ndabanikela esifubeni sakho, ndakwenza ukumkani wakwaSirayeli nakwaJuda. Kanti ke ukuba bezinganelanga ezo zinto ndakwenzela zona, bendingakongezayo.
9. Khawutsho, ngani ukuba ulidele ilizwi likaNdikhoyo, khon' ukuze wenze okubi emehlweni akhe? U-Uriya umHeti umbulele ngekrele, wathatha umkakhe, wamenza umkakho. Ewe, umbulalise ngekrele lama-Amon.
10. Kungokunje ikrele alisobe liphele ukudla kulo mzi wakho, kuba undidelile wada wathatha nomka-Uriya umHeti wamenza umfazi wakho.’
11. Utsho ke uNdikhoyo ukuthi: ‘Ndiza kukuvusela isihelegu sento kwalapha phakathi komzi wakho. Abafazi bakho ndiza kubanikela kosondeleyo kuwe, alale nabo kujongiwe, ilanga lihlabe umhlaba.
12. Le nto ubuyenza ngasese wena, mna ndifuna yenziwe emini, ibonwa ngamaSirayeli onke.’ ”
13. Ke uDavide wathi kuNatan: “Ewe, ndonile kuNdikhoyo.”Uthe kuDavide uNatan: “UNdikhoyo usisusile isono sakho. Akuzi kufa.
14. Kodwa ke, ngenxa yokuba iintshaba zikaNdikhoyo uzinike ithuba lokunyelisa ngenxa yale nto uyenzileyo, loo mntwana wakho uza kufa.”
15. Emva koko ke usuke wahamba uNatan, wagoduka.*UNdikhoyo wamfaka isifo umntwana owamfumana ngomka-Uriya uDavide, wagula kakhulu.
16. UDavide usuke wacela ukuba amphilise uThixo, wazila ukutya, wangena endlwini, waqungquluza emhlabeni bonke ubusuku.
17. Amadoda amakhulu endlu yakhe aya kuye, efuna ukumvusa kuloo ndawo wayelele kuyo, suka akavuma yena, akafuna nokutya oku kunye nawo.
18. Wasweleka loo mntwana ngosuku lwesixhenxe, zoyika ukumxelela izicaka zakhe ukuba loo mntwana akasekho, zatsho zisithi: “Singamxelela njani sithi: ‘Umntwana ufile’? Asinguye kanene lo ubengafuni nokuthetha oku nathi engekabhubhi nokubhubha lo mntwana? He bethu, akangesuke enze into embi efile nje umntwana?”
19. Kodwa kuthe akuzibona zisebezelana izicaka, warhana uDavide ukuba lubhubhile olo sana. Uzibuzile ke wathi: “Kwenzeke ntoni? Ufile na umntwana?”“Ewe, mhlekazi, ubhubhile,” zitshilo izicaka.
20. Wavuka ke emhlabeni uDavide, wahlamba. Wathambisa, wanxiba ezinye izambatho, waya kungena endlwini kaNdikhoyo, wanqula. Usuke apho waya endlwini yakhe, wafika wacela into etyiwayo, watya akuba elungiselelwe.