23 Lapho u-Ahithofeli ebona ukuthi kwakungenziwanga ngokuvumelana neseluleko sakhe, wagibela imbongolo wahamba waya emzini wakhe edolobheni lakubo. + Ngemva kokunikeza umndeni wakhe iziyalezo, + wazilengisa* wafa. + Ngakho wangcwatshwa emathuneni okhokho bakhe.

14 UJowabe waphendula wathi: “Ngeke ngilokhu ngizichithela isikhathi ngawe!” Ngakho wathatha imikhonto* emithathu ngesandla sakhe wagwaza ngayo u-Absalomu esifubeni* esaphila ephakathi kwamagatsha esihlahla esikhulu.

3 Lapho uJuda, owayemkhaphele, ebona ukuthi uJesu ulahliwe, wazisola wabuyisela izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingu-30 kubapristi abakhulu namadoda amadala, +

5 Ngakho waphonsa lezo zinhlamvu zesiliva ethempelini, wasuka wahamba. Wabe eseyozilengisa. +

16 “Madoda, bafowethu, ngoDavide umoya ongcwele washo isiprofetho esimayelana noJuda, kwakudingekile ukuba lowo mBhalo ugcwaliseke. + Lowo Juda nguye owayehola labo ababopha uJesu. +

18 (Ngakho yena kanye lo muntu wathenga isiganga ngenkokhelo yokungalungi, + lapho ewa ngekhanda umzimba wakhe waqhuma,* wonke amathumbu akhe achitheka. +