USamsoni waya eGaza, wabona lapho isifebe, wangena naso;
Kwasekutshelwa amaGasi ukuthi: USamsoni ufikile lapha. Bamhaqa bamlinda ubusuku bonke esangweni lomuzi, bathula ubusuku bonke, bathi: “Kusasa, uma kusile, sizombulala.”
USamsoni walala kwaze kwaba phakathi kwamabili, wavuka phakathi kobusuku, wathatha iminyango yesango lomuzi nezinsika zombili, wahamba nazo, imigoqo nakho konke, wakuthwala emahlombe akhe, wakuyisa emzini. Esiqongweni sentaba ephambi kweHebroni.
Emva kwalokho wathanda owesifazane esigodini saseSoreki, ogama lakhe lalinguDelila.
Zase zifika kuye izikhulu zamaFilisti, zathi kuye: “Mlinge, ubone ukuthi amandla akhe amakhulu akuphi, nokuthi singamehlula kanjani, ukuze simbophe, simcindezele; siyakukunika, kube yilowo nalowo amashekeli esiliva ayishumi nekhulu.
UDelila wasesithi kuSamsoni: Ngitshele ukuthi angaphi amandla akho amakhulu lokuthi ungabotshwa ngani ukukucindezela.
USamsoni wathi kuye: “Uma bengibopha ngemifino eyisikhombisa engapheli, ngiyakuba buthakathaka, ngibe njengomunye umuntu.”
Izikhulu zamaFilisti zamlethela imifino eyisikhombisa eyomileyo, wambopha ngayo.
Kwakukhona amadoda ayeqamekele futhi ehlezi naye ekamelweni. Wathi kuye: “AmaFilisti aphezu kwakho, Samsoni; Wahlephula izinwele, njengokugqashuka kwentambo lapho ithinta umlilo. Ngakho amandla akhe ayengaziwa.
UDelila wasesithi kuSamsoni: Khangela, udlale ngami, wangiqambela amanga; ngitshele ukuthi ungaboshwa ngani.
Wathi kuye: “Uma bengibopha ngamagoda amasha, angakaze abanjwe, ngiyakuba buthakathaka, ngibe njengomunye umuntu.”
UDelila wayesethatha izintambo ezintsha, wambopha ngazo, wathi kuye: “AmaFilisti akuhaqa, Samsoni; Futhi kwakukhona amanga ayehlala ekamelweni. Wawaklebhula ezingalweni zakhe njengocu.
UDelila wasesithi kuSamsoni: Kuze kube khathesi udlale ngami, wangiqambela amanga; ngitshele ukuthi ungaboshwa ngani. Wathi kuye: “Uma weluka izihluthu eziyisikhombisa zezinwele zekhanda lami kanye nesicucu.”
Wasibophela ngesikhonkwane, wathi kuye: “AmaFilisti aphezu kwakho, Samsoni; Wavuka ebuthongweni bakhe, wahamba nesikhonkwane sogodo nolwembu.
Wathi kuye: “Ungasho kanjani ukuthi: ‘Ngiyakuthanda, uma inhliziyo yakho ingekimi na?’ Udlale ngami kathathu, awungitshelanga ukuthi akuphi amandla akho amakhulu.
Kwasekusithi insuku zonke wamcindezela ngamazwi akhe, wamncenga, waze wakhathazeka umphefumulo wakhe kwaze kwaba sekufeni;
wamtshela inhliziyo yakhe yonke, wathi kuye: “Akuzange kufinyelelwe mpuco ekhanda lami; ngoba ngangingumNaziri kaNkulunkulu kwasesizalweni sikamama.
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