17 “‘Nxa umuntu angalala lodadewabo, indodakazi kayise loba indodakazi kanina, abone ubunqunu bayo layo ibone ubunqunu bakhe, lokhu kulihlazo.+ Kumele babulawe phambi kwabantu bakibo. Wenze into elihlazo kudadewabo* kumele ajeziswe ngenxa yecala lakhe.

22 “‘Uqalekisiwe umuntu olala lodadewabo, indodakazi kayise loba indodakazi kanina.’+ (Bonke abantu bazaphendula bathi, ‘Ameni!’)

10 U-Amnoni wasesithi kuThamari: “Letha ukudla ngapha endlini yokulala, ungiphe khona ngesandla sakho ngidle.” Yikho uThamari wathatha izinkwa ayeziphekile ezazibunjwe njengenhliziyo, wangena lazo lapho okwakulele khona umfowabo. 11 Wathi emqhubela zona ukuthi adle, u-Amnoni wambamba wathi kuye: “Lala lami dadewethu.” 12 Kodwa yena wathi: “Hatshi mfowethu ungangenzi ihlazo elinjalo ngoba lokho akwenziwa ko-Israyeli!+ Ungenzi into embi kangaka.+