Kepha u -Amnoni wayenomngane ogama lakhe linguJonadaba indodana kaShimeya umfowabo kaDavide ; uJonadaba wayengumuntu onobuqili kakhulu.

Wayesethi uJonadaba kuye: Lala embhedeni wakho, uzishaye ogulayo; lapho eseza uyihlo ukukubona, uthi kuye: Ake kuze uTamari udadewethu , angiphe ukudla, akulungise ukudla emehlweni ami ukuba ngikubone , ngikudle esandleni sakhe.

UJonadaba indodana kaShimeya umfowabo kaDavide waphendula wathi : Inkosi yami mayingathi babulele izinsizwa zonke , amadodana enkosi, lokhu ngu-Amnoni yedwa ofileyo ; ngokuba lokho kwakunqunyiwe ngomlomo ka - Abisalomu kusukela kulolo suku aphoqa ngalo udadewabo uTamari.

UJonadaba wathi enkosini : Bheka, amadodana enkosi ayeza ; kunjalo njengokusho kwenceku yakho.

Kepha bathi : Asiyikuphuza iwayini , ngokuba uJonadaba , indodana kaRekabi ubaba , wasiyala wathi : Aniyikuphuza iwayini , nina namadodana enu, kuze kube nini,

Kepha sihlale ematendeni , salalela, senza njengakho konke uJonadaba ubaba asiyala ngakho.

ngalokho us ho kanje uJehova Sebawoti , uNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli, uthi: UJonadaba indodana kaRekabi akayikunqunyelwa muntu wokuma phambi kwami kuze kube phakade.