18. Wayenengubo enemibala, ngokuba amadodakazi enkosi ayeyizintombi ayegqoka izingubo ezinjalo. Leyo nceku yayisimkhiphela phandle, yahluthulela emnyango emva kwakhe.
19. UTamari wayesezithela ngomlotha ekhanda, wayiklebhula ingubo yakhe enemibala owayeyigqokile, wathwala izandla ekhanda, wamuka, ehamba ekliwula.
20. U-Abisalomu umnewabo wathi kuye: “Umnewenu u-Amnoni kade enawe na? Thula, dadewethu; ungumnewenu, ungabeki inhliziyo yakho kule nto.” UTamari wahlala eyisikhwebu nje endlini ka-Abisalomu umnewabo.
21. Isizwile inkosi uDavide zonke lezo zinto yathukuthela kakhulu.
22. U-Abisalomu akakhulumanga okuhle noma okubi, ngokuba u-Abisalomu wamzonda u-Amnoni, lokhu emphoqile udadewabo uTamari.
23. Kwathi emva kweminyaka emibili epheleleyo u-Abisalomu wayenabagundi bezimvu eBali Hasori eliseduze no-Efrayimi; u-Abisalomu wamema onke amadodana enkosi.
24. U-Abisalomu waya enkosini, wathi: “Bheka, inceku yakho inabagundi; mayihambe inkosi nezinceku zayo nenceku yakho.”
25. Inkosi yathi ku-Abisalomu: “Qha, ndodana yami, masingahambi sonke, funa sikusinde.” Wayicindezela; nokho ayivumanga ukuhamba, kodwa yambusisa.
26. U-Abisalomu wayesethi: “Uma kunjalo, makahambe nathi umfowethu u-Amnoni.”Inkosi yathi: “Uyakuhambelani nawe na?”
27. U-Abisalomu wayicindezela, yaze yavuma ukuba u-Amnoni nawo onke amadodana ahambe naye.
28. U-Abisalomu wayala izinceku zakhe ngokuthi: “Bhekani, lapho inhliziyo ka-Amnoni ithokoza ngewayini nalapho ngithi kini: ‘Bulalani u-Amnoni,’ nimbulale ningesabi; angithi mina nginiyalile na? Yimani isibindi, nibe ngamaqhawe.”
29. Izinceku zika-Abisalomu zenza ku-Amnoni njengokuyala kuka-Abisalomu. Amadodana onke enkosi ayesesuka, yileyo naleyo yakhwela umnyuzi* wayo, abaleka.
30. Kwathi besesendleleni, kwafika izwi kuDavide, lithi: “U-Abisalomu ubulele onke amadodana enkosi, akusalanga neyodwa yawo.”