¹ Go ne ga diragala morago ga se gore Abosalomo a ipaakanyetse kolotsana ya ntwa le dipitse, ka banna ba le masome a matlhano ba mo patile. ² Abosalomo o ne a tsoga makuku mme a bo a ema fa thoko ga tsela e e yang kwa kgorong ya toropokgolo. Fa motho ope a na le kgang go e tsisa fa pele ga kgosi go atlholwa, foo Abosalomo o ne a mmitsa mme a bo a re, ''O tswa kwa toropokgolong efe?'' Mme motho o tla bo a araba a re, ''Motlhanka wa gago o tswa kwa mongweng wa merafe ya Iseraele.'' ³ Jalo Abosalomo o tla bo a mo raya a re, ''Bona, kgang ya gago e molemo ebile e tlhamaletse, mme ga go na ope yo o rebotsweng ke kgosi go reetsa kgang ya gago.'' ⁴ Abosalomo a tlatsa, ''Ke eletsa gore ke ka bo ke tlhomiwa go nna moatlhodi mo lefatsheng, gore motho mongwe le mongwe yo o nang le kgotlhang kgotsa kgang a tle kwa go nna, mme ke mo neele katlholo!'' ⁵ Jalo ga diragala gore fa motho mongwe le mongwe a tla kwa go Abosalomo go mo fa tlotlo, Abosalomo o ne a otlolola letsogo la gagwe a mo tshwara a bo a mo atla. ⁶ Abosalomo o ne a itshwara jaana mo go Iseraele otlhe yo o neng a tla kwa kgosing go atlholelwa kgang. Jalo Abosalomo a utswa dipelo tsa banna ba Iseraele. ⁷ Go ne ga diragala kwa bokhutlong jwa dingwaga tse 4 gore Abosalomo a reye kgosi a re. ''Tsweetswee ntetlelele ke tsamae mme ke ye go duela maikano a ke a ikanetseng Modimo Yahweh kwa Heberone. ⁸ Gonne motlhanka wa gago o dirile maikano fa ke nna kwa Geshuru kwa Aramo, ke re, 'Fa e le ruri Modimo Yahweh a ka mpusetsa kwa Jerusalema, foo ke obamela Modimo Yahweh.'' ⁹ Jalo kgosi a mo raya a re, ''Tsamaya ka kagiso.'' ¹⁰ Jalo Abosalomo a ema ka dinao a ya Heberone. Mme Abosalomo a romela batsayaditlholwa go ralala merafe yotlhe ya Iseraele, a re, ''Fela jaaka le tla bo le utlwa modumo wa torompeta, foo le bue le re, 'Abosalomo ke kgosi kwa Heberone.''' ¹¹ Abosalomo o logile mo Jerusalema le banna ba le makgolo a mabedi ba ba neng ba laleditswe. Ba tsamaile ka bosenang-molato jwa bone, ba sa itse se Abosalomo a se rulagantseng. ¹² Fa Abosalomo a santse a ntsha ditlhabelo, a roma bangwe go bitsa Ahithofele go tswa toropong ya gagabo ya Gilo. O ne a le mogakolodi wa ga Tafita. Matlhale a ga Abosalomo a ne a le maatla, gonne batho ba neng ba sala Abosalomo morago ba ne ba oketsega ka iketlo. ¹³ Morongwa a tla kwa go Dafite a re, ''Dipelo tsa banna ba Iseraele di setse Abosalomo morago.'' ¹⁴ Jalo Dafite a raya batlhanka ba gagwe ba ba neng ba na le ene kwa Jerusalema a re, ''Emang ka dinao mme re sieng, eseng jalo ga go na ope wa rona yo o tla falolang mo go Abosalomo. Baakanyetsang go tswa ka bonako, eseng jalo o tloga a re tshwara ka bonako, mme a tloge a tsise sebetso mo go rona, a bo a tlhasela toropokgolo ka bogale jwa tshaka.'' ¹⁵ Batlhanka ba kgosi ba raya kgosi ba re, ''Bona , batlhanka ba gago ba ipaakanyeditse go dira sengwe le sengwe se mong wa rona kgosi a se akanyang.'' ¹⁶ Kgosi a tswa mme ba lelapa la gagwe ba mo sala morago, mme kgosi a tlogela basadi ba le lesome, ba e neng e le dinyatsi, go tlhokomela ntlo ya bogosi. ¹⁷ Morago ga fa kgosi a sena go tswa le batho ba ba neng ba mo setse morago, ba ema kwa ntlong ya bofelo. ¹⁸ Sesole sotlhe sa gagwe se ne sa tsamaya le ene, mme fa pele ga gagwe ga tsamaya Bacherethi botlhe le Bapherethi botlhe, le Bahite botlhe - banna ba le makgolo a marataro ba ba neng ba mo sala morago go tswa kwa Gathe. ¹⁹ Foo kgosi a raya Itai wa Mogiti a re, ''Ke eng le wena o tsamaya le rona? Boa mme o nne le kgosi Abosalomo, gonne o motswakwa ebile o motshabi. Boela morago kwa gaeno. ²⁰ Ka go bo o dule maabane fela jaana, ke eng ke tla go dira gore o kailekalile mo le rona? Ga ke itse le gore ke ya kae. Jalo boa mme o tseye bagaeno o tsamae le bone. A bineelo le boikanyego di tsamae le wena.'' ²¹ Mme Itai a araba kgosi a re, ''Jaaka Modimo Yahweh a tshela, gape le jaaka mong wa me kgosi a tshela, ammaaruri gongwe le gongwe kwa mong wa me kgosi a go yang, motlhanka wa gago o tla ya teng, go sa kgthatsege gore go raya go tshela kgotsa go swa.'' ²² Jalo Dafite a raya Itai a re, ''Tswelela pele o tsamae le rona.'' Jalo Itai wa Mohite a tsamaya le kgosi, gammogo le banna ba gagwe le malapa a a neng a na le ene. ²³ Lefatshe lotlhe le ne la lela ka lentswe le le kwa godimo jaaka batho botlhe ba feta ba kgabaganya mokgatsha wa Kitirone, le jaaka kgosi le ene a ne a kgabaganya. Batho botlhe ba ne ba tsamaya mo tseleng e e yang kwa sekakeng. ²⁴ Le Satoko a na le Balefi botlhe, ba rwele letlole la kgolagano la Modimo, ba ne ba le teng. Ba baya letlole fa fatshe, mme Abiathara a ba tlatsa. Ba leta go fitlha batho botlhe ba sena go feta ba tswa mo toropokgolo. ²⁵ Kgosi a raya Satoko a re, ''Rwalelang letlole la Modimo le lebusetseng morago kwa toropokgolong. Fa ke ka bona botsalano mo matlhong a Modimo Yahweh, o tla mpusetsa morago kwano a bo a mpontsha letlole gape le lefelo la fa a nnang teng. ²⁶ Mme fa a re, 'Ga ke itumele ka wena,' bona, ke fano, a a ntire sepe se se lebegang se le molemo mo go ene.'' ²⁷ Kgosi a boa a raya Satoko wa moperesiti a re, ''A ga o yo o bonang mo moweng? Boela mo motseng mogolo ka kagiso, wena le barwa ba gago ba babedi, morwao Ahimase, le Jonathane morwa Abiathara. ²⁸ Bona, ke tla leta kwa matsibogong a Araba go fitlha lefoko le tla go tswa kwa gowena go nkitsise sengwe.'' ²⁹ Jalo Satoko le Abiathara ba rwalela letlole morago go tsena mo Jerusalema, mme ba nna koo. ³⁰ Mme Tafita a palama Thaba ya Letlhware a sa rwala ditlhako a lela, mme a khurumeditse tlhogo ya gagwe. Monna mongwe le monwe wa batho ba ba neng ba na le ene a khurumetsa tlhogoya gagwe, mme ba tsamaya ba lela ba palama. ³¹ Mongwe a bolelela Dafite a re, ''Ahithofele mo gare ga diingaodi tse di nang le Abosalomo.'' Jalo Dafite a rapela, ''O, Modimo Yahweh, tsweetswee fetola kgakololo ya ga Ahithofele go nna boeleele.'' ³² Ga diragala gore fa Dafite a fitlha kwa godimo ga tsela, kwa Modimo a kileng a bo a obamelwa teng, Hushai wa Moaraki a tla go mo kopantsha a gagotse jase ya gagwe ebile a rwele mmu mo tlhogong. ³³ Dafite a mo raya a re, ''Fa o ka tsamaya le nna, o tla nna morwalo mo go nna. ³⁴ Mme fa o ka boela kwa toropokgolong wa raya Abosalomo wa re, 'Ke tla nna motlhanka wa gago, kgosi jaaka ke ne ke le motlhanka wa ga rraago mo nakong e e fetileng, jalo ke tla nna motlhanka wa gago jaanong,' foo o tla ntlhakatlhakanyetsa kgakololo ya ga Ahithofele. ³⁵ A gape o tla bo o sena le Stoko le Abiathara ba baperesiti? Jalo sepe se o se utlwang mo ntlong ya bogosi ya kgosi, o tshwanetse go se bolelela Satoko le Abiathara ba baperesiti. ³⁶ Tlhomamisa gore ba na le barwa ba bone koo, Ahimase morwa Satoko le Jonathane morw Abiathara. O tshwanetse go nthomelela ka seatla sa bone sengwe le sengwe se o se utlwang.'' ³⁷ Jalo Hushai, tsala ya ga Dafite a tsena mo toropokgolong jaaka Abolsalomo a ne a goroga a bo a tsena mo Jerusalema.