23 U-Ahithofeli wathi ebona ukuthi abalamukelanga icebo lakhe, wabophela isihlalo kubabhemi wakhe wagada waya emzini wakhe edolobheni lakibo.+ Wafika wabiza imuli yakhe+ wayitshela lokho ayefuna basale bekwenza, wasesiyazibophela.+ Wafa wangcwatshwa emangcwabeni abokhokho bakhe.

14 UJowabi wasesithi: “Angisoze ngidlalise isikhathi ngikhuluma lawe!” Ngakho wathatha imitshoko emithathu wagwaza u-Abhisalomu enhliziyweni esaphila elenge esihlahleni.

3 UJudasi owayemthengisile uthe ebona ukuthi uJesu wayesegwetshelwe ukufa wazisola kakhulu, wasebuyisela inhlamvu zesiliva ezingu-30 kubaphristi abakhokhelayo labadala,+

5 Ngakho waphosela inhlamvu zesiliva ethempelini, wasuka lapho wayazibophela.+

16 “Madoda, bafowethu, bekumele ugcwaliseke umbhalo owawuphrofethwe ngumoya ongcwele usebenzisa uDavida, lowo owawumayelana loJudasi+ owakhokhela labo ababopha uJesu.+

18 (Ngakho indoda le yathenga insimu ngembadalo eyayithola ngokwenza okungalunganga+ futhi yawa yatshaya phansi ngekhanda, isisu sayo sadubuka, wonke amathumbu ayo achitheka.+