9. Afika axabana odwa kuwo wonke loo mmandla. Kwakukho athi: “UDavide wawasindisa kwiintshaba zawo amaSirayeli, wawahlangula esandleni samaFilistiya. Ngoku ubaleke uAbhasalom, walishiya lodwa ilizwe.
10. UAbhasalom esamthambisa waba ngukumkani wethu, ngoku ufele edabini. Ke kutheni kuthe cwaka nje malunga nokuphuthunywa kukakumkani uDavide?”
11. Ukumkani uDavide wathumela kooZadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli, wathi: “Thethani namadoda amakhulu akwaJuda nithi: ‘Kutheni nina nibe ngabokugqibela ukubuyisela ukumkani kwibhotwe lakhe? Kaloku okuthethwayo ngamaSirayeli onke kufikile kukumkani endlwini yakhe.
12. Kanti nina niyazalana naye, niligazi lakhe.’
13. Yithini kuAmasa mna naye siyazalana, yaye uThixo uya kuba nento andenzayo, nditsho nokuba iqatha kangakanani, ukuba andimenzi injengele yomkhosi wam yonke imihla yobomi bam esikhundleni sikaJowabhi.”
14. Loo mlomo kaDavide wazitsalela kuye iintliziyo zamadoda onke akwaJuda, aba mxhelo-mnye, aza athumela kukumkani athi: “Buyela ekhaya, wena kunye nabo bonke abantu abanawe.”
15. Wabuya ukumkani, waya kufika kumlambo iJordan, wahlangatyezwa ngamadoda akwaJuda, awayeze kumkhawulela eGiligali amkhaphe ukuwela loo mlambo.
16. Kwangelo xesha uShimeyi unyana kaGera wakwaBhenjamin eBhawurim, waphuthuma ukuya kuhlangabeza ukumkani uDavide eJordan.
17. Wayehamba newaka lamadoda esizwe sakwaBhenjamin. UZibha, isicaka sakwakumkani uSawule, naye wayeze noonyana bakhe bolishumi linantlanu kunye namashumi amabini ezicaka, bakhawuleza bafika eJordan apho engekafiki ukumkani.
18. Bawuwela umlambo ukuya kuphuthuma iqela likakumkani, bancede nakuloo nto ukumkani afuna yenziwe.Kuthe xa ukumkani ezilungiselela ukuwela iJordan, weza uShimeyi, wazikhahlela phambi kwakhe,
19. wathi: “Mhlekazi, ndixolele into endakwenza yona ngamhla uyishiya iJerusalem. Musukuba sandixhiba, ungabi sayicinga konke loo nto.
20. Ndiyazi ukuba ndakona, mhlekazi. Yiyo ke loo nto ndingowokuqala kwindlu kaJosefu ukuza kufika apha, ndikukhawulele namhlanje.”
21. Kwathetha uAbhishayi, unyana kaZeruya, wathi: “Makabulawe uShimeyi lo ngokuqalekisa umthanjiswa *kaNdikhoyo.”
22. UDavide wathi: “Yintoni endidibanisa nani, bonyana bakaZeruya? Kutheni le nto nifana neentshaba kum namhlanje? Kaloku ndim ngoku ukumkani wakwaSirayeli; ngoko ke akukho mSirayeli uya kubulawa namhlanje.”
23. Uqhube wathi ebhekisa kuShimeyi: “Akuyi kufa.” Waza ke ukumkani wathembisa oku ngesifungo.
24. Kufike uMefibhoshete, umzukulwana kaSawule, naye eze kukhawulela ukumkani. Wayengazange azihlambe iinyawo, achebe amabhovu, nezambatho sezawagqibela kudala amanzi, okoko wemkayo eJerusalem uDavide kude kuze kuba yile mini abuya noloyiso.
25. Uthe akufika evela eJerusalem, wathi kuye ukumkani: “Mefibhoshete, kwakutheni ukuze ungahambi nam?”