16 Batisheba wakakotama na kusindamira themba, ndipo themba likati: “Kasi pempho lako ndakuti wuli?” 17 Iyo wakati: “Fumu yane, ndimwe mukalapa pamaso pa Yehova Chiuta winu kwa muteŵeti winu kuti: ‘Mwana wako Solomoni ndiyo waŵenge themba pamanyuma pane, ndipo ndiyo wakhalenge pa chitengo chane.’+ 18 Kweni wonani, Adoniya waŵa themba, ndipo fumu yane themba mukumanya chilichose chara.+ 19 Wakoma ng’ombe, nyama zakututuŵa na mberere zinandi na kuchema ŵana wose ŵa themba, Abiyatara wasembe, na Yowabu mulongozgi wa ŵankhondo.+ Kweni wandamucheme Solomoni muteŵeti winu.+ 20 Sono, fumu yane themba, maso gha Israyeli yose ghali kwa imwe kuti muŵaphalire uyo wakhalenge pa chitengo cha fumu yane themba. 21 Tikopa kuti para fumu yane themba yagona na ŵasekuru ŵake, ine na mwana wane Solomoni tingawoneka ŵakuwukira.”