2. Kahoo, banna bohle ba Iseraele ba tloha ho Davida, ba latela Sheba, mora Bikri; banna ba Juda ba mpa ba kgomarela morena wa bona, ba tloha le yena Jordane, ba mo isa Jerusalema.
3. Davida a fihla tlung ya hae Jerusalema; morena a nka basadi ba leshome ba direthe, bao a neng a ba siile ho mo lebella ntlo, a ba bea moo ba bolokwang teng, a nna a ba fepa, a mpa a se ke a hlola a kena ho bona; ba nna ba dula ba kwaletswe, ba phela ba mokgwa wa bahlolohadi, ho isa tsatsing la ho shwa ha bona.
4. Ebile morena o re ho Amasa: Mmemele banna ba Juda ka tshiu tse tharo, le wena o ke o be teng.
5. Kahoo, Amasa a ya mema Juda, a mpa a dieha, a tlola nako eo a e beetsweng.
6. Ka baka leo, Davida a re ho Abishai: Jwale, Sheba, mora Bikri, o tla re senyetsa ho feta Absalome; eya, wena le bahlanka ba monga hao, o mo phallele, esere mohlomong a bona metse e marako, a re phonyohela jwalo.
7. Ha ho le jwalo, banna ba Joabe ba ya le yena, hammoho le Bakerethe le Bapelethe, le bahale bohle, ba tloha Jerusalema ho phallela Sheba, mora Bikri.