3 Mũthamaki agĩcoka akĩmũũria atĩrĩ: “Na mũrũ* wa mwathi waku arĩ kũ?”+ Ziba akĩra mũthamaki ũũ: “Aikarĩte Jerusalemu, nĩ gũkorũo oigĩte atĩrĩ, ‘Ũmũthĩ nyũmba ya Isiraeli nĩ ĩkũnjokeria wathani wa ũthamaki wa baba.’”+ 4 Mũthamaki agĩcoka akĩra Ziba ũũ: “Atĩrĩrĩ, indo ciothe cia Mefiboshethu nĩ ciaku.”+ Ziba akiuga ũũ: “Nĩ ndainamĩrĩra mbere yaku. Reke njĩtĩkĩrĩke maitho-inĩ maku, wee mwathi wakwa mũthamaki.”+