17. “Jwale lekgabunyane la hao le re: <Ke a o kopa: Lentswe la monga ka, kgosi, le ke le ntshedise. Monga ka, kgosi, o tseba ho hlalohanya bobe le botle, jwaloka lengeloi la Modimo. Morena Modimo wa hao, a ke a be le wena.> ”
18. Kgosi ya araba, ya re ho mosadi eo: “O se ke wa ba wa mpatela ntho efe kapa efe eo ke tla o botsa yona.”Mosadi a re: “Monga ka, kgosi, ha a ke a bue.”
19. Kgosi ya re: “Na Joabe o teng morerong oo?”Mosadi a araba, a re: “Ke hlapanya ka monga ka, ka kgosi e phelang, ha ho kamoo nka latolang kateng seo monga ka, kgosi, a se buileng. Mohlanka wa hao Joabe o ile a ntaela, a re ke tle ke bue mantswe ana wohle.
20. Mohlanka wa hao Joabe o entse hona hore a tle a tle tabeng ena ka lekeke. Empa monga ka o bohlale jwaloka lengeloi la Modimo, mme o tseba tsohle tse etsahalang lefatsheng.”
21. Yaba kgosi e re ho Joabe: “Ho lokile; tsamaya o yo lata mohlankana, Abosalome.”
22. Joabe a itihela fatshe ka sefahleho, a isa hlompho, a lakaletsa kgosi mahlohonolo, mme a re: “Oho, monga ka, kgosi ya ka, kajeno mohlanka wa hao o a tseba hore o mo hauhetse, hobane kgosi e phethahaditse kopo ya mohlanka wa yona.”
23. Joabe a tloha, a ya Geshure, mme a tla le Abosalome, Jerusalema.
24. Yaba kgosi e re: “Ere Abosalome a ye tlung ha hae, feela a se ke a ba a mpona.” Kahoo Abosalome a ya tlung ha hae, mme a se ke a ba a bona kgosi.