Kwabikelwa uJowabe ukuthi: Bheka, inkosi iyakhala, imlilela u-Abisalomu.
Imbongolo yasendle iyakhala yini inotshani na? Inkabi iyakhonya isekudleni kwayo na?
Bexoshwe emzini abafayo bayabubula ; imiphefumulo yabalimeleyo iyakhala, kepha uNkulunkulu akanaki lokho okubi.
Ngalokho inhliziyo yami iyakhala njengehabhu ngoMowabi, nokuphakathi kwami ngeKhiri Heresi.