in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well.
ngokubathanda abakuthiyayo, nangokubathiya abakuthandayo. Ngokuba uxelile namhla, ukuba abanto kuwe abathetheli nabakhonzi; ngokuba ndazile namhla, ukuba ngekulungile emehlweni akho, ukuba ubethe wadla ubomi uAbhisalom, thina safa sonke siphela.