Kwathi emva kweminyaka emibili epheleleyo u -Abisalomu wayenabagundi bezimvu eBali Hasori eliseduze no -Efrayimi; u-Abisalomu wamema onke amadodana enkosi.

futhi ikhanda lakhe nezinwele zakhe kumhlophe njengoboya bezimvu , njengeqhwa, namehlo akhe enjengamalangabi omlilo,

Ufuna uboya bezimvu nefilakisi; usebenza ngezandla ezivumayo.

Wozani-ke, sithethe indaba , usho uJehova ; noma izono zenu zibomvu kakhulu, ziyakuba mhlophe njengeqhwa ; noma zibomvu njengokububende, ziyakuba njengoboya bezimvu.

Ngokuba inundu iyakubadla njengengubo , nebhu libadle njengoboya bezimvu, kodwa ukulunga kwami kuyakuma kuze kube phakade , nensindiso yami ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.

Ngisabheka, kwabekwa izihlalo zobukhosi , kwahlala omdala wezinsuku ; izambatho zakhe zazimhlophe njengeqhwa , izinwele zekhanda lakhe zinjengoboya bezimvu obuhlanzekileyo ; isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi sasingamalangabi omlilo, amasondo aso engumlilo ovuthayo.

Ulibo lwamabele akho, nolwewayini lakho, nolwamafutha akho, nezandulela zoboya bezimvu zakho uyakumnika khona.

Awuyikugqoka ingubo eyizinhlobonhlobo zezintanjana , uboya bezimvu buhlanganisiwe nelineni.

Emva kwezinsuku eziningi yafa indodakazi kaShuwa umkaJuda ; eseduduzekile uJuda wakhuphuka , waya kubo abagundi bezimvu zakhe eThimna, yena kanye nomhlobo wakhe uHira wase-Adulamu.

Lawa madoda angabelusi bezimvu , ngokuba ayengamadoda emfuyo ; aselethile izimvu zawo, nezinkomo zawo, nakho konke anakho.

IDamaseku lalingumthengi wakho ngenxa yobuningi bemisebenzi yakho , ngobuningi bayo yonke ingcebo, linewayini laseHeliboni noboya obumhlophe bezimvu.

Kuyakuthi lapho bengena emasangweni egceke elin gaphakathi, bembathiswe izambatho zelineni , uboya bezimvu bungabathinti , lapho bekhonza emasangweni egceke elingaphakathi nasendlini.

Ngokuba unina ufebile, ngokuba wathi : Ngiyakulandela izithandwa zam i ezinginika isinkwa sami namanzi ami , uboya bami bezimvu nefilakisi lami , amafutha ami nokuphuza kwami.

Ngalokho ngiyakubuye ngithabathe amabele ami ngesikhathi sawo , newayini lami elisha ngenkathi yalo , ngisuse uboya bami bezimvu nefilakisi lami lokusibekela ubunqunu bakhe.

uma ukhalo lwakhe lungangibusisanga , uma engafudunyezwanga nguboya bezimvu zami;

noma sisezintanjeni eziqondileyo noma sikwezinqamulayo , ezelineni noma ezoboya bezimvu , noma sisesikhumbeni , noma sisentweni eyenziwe ngesikhumba,

Lowo ungumthetho wesifo sochoko engutsheni yoboya bezimvu noma kweyelineni noma ezintanjeni ez iqondileyo n oma kwezinqamulayo noma entweni yesikhumba wokusho ukuthi kuhlambulukile noma kungcolile.