1. Joabe a bolellwa, ha thwe: “Hela, kgosi e ntse e lla, e hlomohetse Abosalome.”
2. Yaba ho hlola ha letsatsi leo ho fetoha bofifi ho bahlabani bohle, hobane hona letsatsing leo ba ile ba utlwa ho thwe: “Kgosi e hlomohetse mora wa yona.”
3. Ka letsatsi leo bahlabani ba kena motseng ka lenyele, jwaloka bahlabani ba hlabilweng ke dihlong ha ba balehile ntweng.
4. Kgosi ya ikgurumetsa sefahleho, ya bokolla haholo, ya re: “Jo! ngwanaka Abosalome! Jo! ngwanaka, ngwanaka Abosalome!”
5. Jwale Joabe a ya lapeng ho kgosi, a re: “Kajeno o tlontlolotse bahlanka bohle ba hao, ba o pholositseng, ba pholosa le bara ba hao, le baradi ba hao, le basadi ba hao, le basadi ba hao ba mafielo.
6. O rata ba o hloileng, empa o hloile ba o ratang. Kajeno o iponahaditse hore ha o re letho ka mahosana kapa bahlanka. Kajeno ke elellwa hore haeba Abosalome a ne a sa shwa, eba rona bohle re shwele, o ka be o thabile.