Davida le Siba
1Ha Davida a se a feta-fetile tlhōrō ea thaba, a bona Siba, mohlanka oa Mefiboshete, a e-tla nq'a ho eena, a khanna litonki tse peli, tse qhanehiloeng. Li ne li bofile linkhoa tsa bohobe tse makholo a mabeli, le liphaphatha tse lekholo tsa mangangajane a morara, le masihla a lekholo a litholoana tse jeoang hlabula, le lekuka la veine.
2Khosi ea re ho Siba: “U tlil'o etsa'ng ka lintho tsee?”
Siba a re: “Litonki tsena li tla palangoa ke ba lelapa la khosi; bohobe bona, le litholoana tsena tse jeoang hlabula, ke lijo tsa bahlankana, 'me veine eona e tla nooa ke ba tla khathala ha ba le lehoatateng.”
3Khosi ea re: “Mora oa mong'a hao o kae?”
Siba a re ho khosi: “O lula Jerusalema, hobane o re: ‘Kajeno ntlo ea Iseraele e nkhutliselitse 'muso oa ntate.’ ”
4Eaba khosi e re ho Siba: “Tsohle tseo e leng tsa Mefiboshete ke tsa hao.”
Siba a re: “Oho, mong'a ka, khosi ea ka, ke isa hlompho ho uena; ak'u nkhauhele.”
Davida le Shimei
5Ha khosi Davida a fihla Bahurime, a bona ho e-tla monna oa lelapa la ntlo ea Saule, lebitso la hae e le Shimei, mora oa Gera. A tla a ntse a hlapaolana. 6Monna enoa a kurutlela Davida ka majoe, a kurutlela le bahlanka bohle ba khosi Davida, le batho bohle, le bahale bohle ba neng ba mo teetse hare. 7Shimei ha a hlapaola Davida o ne a re: “Tloha mona! Tloha mona, uena 'molai tooe ea khopo! 8Morena o u ahlōlela mali 'ohle ao u a tšolotseng, a bana ba ntlo ea Saule, eo u ikhapetseng 'muso oa hae; joale Morena o neile mora oa hao, Abosalome, 'muso ona, 'me uena u khatiloe ke bokhopo ba hao, hobane u 'molai!”
9Eaba Abishai, mora oa Seruea, o re ho khosi: “Ke hobane'ng ha ntja e shoeleng ee, e ntse e hlapaola mong'a ka, khosi? Ak'u ntumelle nke ke ee ho eona, ke e'o e khaola hloohoana ena!”
10Khosi ea re: “Taba ea ka le lōna ke efe, lōna bara ba Seruea? Mo tloheleng a 'ne a hlapaolane, hobane Morena o itse ho eena: ‘Hlapaola Davida!’ Joale ke mang ea ka reng ho eena: ‘Ke hobane'ng ha u etsa tjee?’ ”
11Davida a re ho Abishai, le ho bahlanka ba hae bohle: “Haesita mora oa ka, ea tsoileng lethekeng la ka, e le eena ea batlang ho mpolaea, joale le re Mobenjamine eo eena a ke ke a chachehela ho mpolaea hobane'ng? Mo tloheleng a hlapaolane, hobane Morena o mo laetse joalo. 12Mohlomong Morena o tla bona matšoenyeho a ka, 'me ka letsatsi lena a mputse ka botle bakeng sa mahlapa ana a Shimei.”
13Eaba Davida le banna ba hae ba tsoela pele leetong la bona. Shimei eena a sika le leralla, a tsamaea a ntse a hlapaolana, a kurutlela Davida ka majoe, a ntse a khōphōlaka marōle. 14Khosi le batho bohle ba neng ba e-na le eona ba fihla ba khathetse, 'me ba phomola hona moo.
Abosalome o fihla Jerusalema
15Abosalome le sechaba sohle, le banna ba Iseraele, ba fihla Jerusalema, ba e-na le Ahitofele. 16Ha Hushai oa Moareke, motsoalle oa Davida, a fihla ho Abosalome, a re ho eena: “Re phelele khosi! Re phelele khosi!”
17Abosalome a re ho Hushai: “Na u hlile u rata motsoalle oa hao? Ke hobane'ng u sa tsamaeeng le eena?”
18Hushai a re ho Abosalome: “Che, eo Morena le sechaba sena sa Iseraele ba mo khethileng, ke eena eo ke tla etsa thato ea hae, 'me ke eena eo ke tla ba le eena. 19Ebe ke ne nka sebeletsa mang, haese mora oa hae? Ke tla u sebeletsa joalokaha ke ile ka sebeletsa natat'ao.”
20Joale Abosalome a re ho Ahitofele: “Ak'u re eletse hore na re etse joang.”
21Ahitofele a re ho Abosalome: “E-ea u kene likobong tsa basali ba ntat'ao ba mafielo, bao a ba siileng hore ba hlokomele lelapa. Ha Baiseraele ba utloa hore u khopisitse ntat'ao, balateli ba hao bohle ba tla tiea moko.” 22Eaba bahlanka ba Abosalome ba mo hlomela tente kaholim'a ntlo, 'me a kena likobong tsa basali ba ntat'ae ba mafielo, moo Baiseraele ba ntseng ba 'mona.
23Mehleng eo, keletso eo Ahitofele a neng a fana ka eona e ne e nkuoa eka ke boporofeta bo tsoang ho Molimo. Likeletso tsohle tsa Ahitofele li bile joalo ho Davida le ho Abosalome.