21. Yaba Joabe o re ho Kushi: Eya behela morena seo o se boneng. Kushi a inama pela Joabe, a ntoo matha.
22. Akimaatse, mora Tsadoke, a boela a re ho Joabe: Leha ho ka ba jwang le jwang, a nke ke mathe le nna kamora Kushi. Joabe a re: O pheheletseng ho matha, mora ka, athe taba eo o e isang hase e ka o fumantshang teboho?
23. A mpa a re: Leha ho ka ba jwang le jwang, ke rata ho matha. Joabe a re ho yena: Matha. Ebile Akimaatse o matha ka tsela ya lehwatata la Jordane, a ba a feta Kushi.
24. Haele Davida, o ne a dutse pakeng tsa kgoro tse pedi, molebedi a ntse a tsamaya hodima lerako, hodima monyako. Ha a tadima, a bona ho hlaha monna ya mathang a nnotshi.
25. Molebedi a hoeletsa, a tsebisa morena. Morena a re: Ha a le nnotshi, ke ya tlisang ditaba. A nna a tsamaya, a atamela.