1 Sekwedlule isikhathi, ngesikhathi sokuvunwa kukakolo, uSamsoni wahamba wayovakashela umkakhe, ephethe izinyane lembuzi, wathi: “Ngivumele ngingene ekamelweni lomkami.”
Kodwa umukhwe wakhe akamvumelanga ukuba angene.
2Umukhwe wakhe wathi kuye: “Ngangiqinisekile ukuthi usumlahlile, ngase ngimnika umngani wakho. Udadewabo omncane akamuhle yini kunaye, na? Yini ungathathi yena esikhundleni sakhe, na?”
3USamsoni wathi kubo: “Ngalesi sikhathi, uma ngenza okubi kumaFilisti, angizukuba nacala.”
4USamsoni wahamba wabamba izimpungushe ezingama-300, wathatha izihlonti, wayesenza ukuba izimpungushe zilinganisane ngemisila, wabophela izihlonti phakathi kwemisila yazo.
5Esezithungele izihlonti, wazidedela izimpungushe ukuba zingene phakathi kukakolo wamaFilisti ungakavunwa. Washisa izithungo nezinhlanga zikakolo, izivini nezihlahla zeminqumo.
6 AmaFilisti ayesebuza ethi: “Kwenziwe ngubani lokhu, na?”
Baphendula bathi: “NguSamsoni, umkhwenyana womThimna, ngenxa yokuba umukhwe wakhe uthathe umkaSamsoni wamnika umngani kaSamsoni.”
AmaFilisti enyuka, amshisa yena noyise.
7USamsoni wathi kuwo: “Uma kuyilokhu enikwenzayo, ngiyafunga ukuthi anginakuphumula ngize ngiziphindiselele kini.”
8Wawahlasela ngonya olwesabekayo, wabulala amaningi; wayesehamba wayohlala emfantwini wedwala e-Ethamu.
USamsoni Ubulala Ngomhlathi Wembongolo9AmaFilisti abe esenyuka ayokanisa kwaJuda, asatshalaliswa eLehi.
10Amadoda akwaJuda athi: “Nenyukeleni ukuzolwa nathi, na?”
Aphendula amaFilisti, athi: “Senyukele ukuba sizobopha uSamsoni, ukuze senze kuye njengalokhu enzile kithi.”
11 Kwase kwehla amadoda akwaJuda ayizi-3 000 aya emfantwini wedwala e-Ethamu, athi kuSamsoni: “Awazi yini ukuthi amaFilisti angababusi bethu, na? Pho yini lena oyenzile kithi, na?”
Waphendula wathi: “Ngenze kubo njengalokhu benzile kimi.”
12Athi kuye: “Sehlele ukuba sizokubopha, ukuze sikunikele esandleni samaFilisti.”
USamsoni waphendula wathi: “Fungani kimi ukuthi nina uqobo anizukungihlasela.”
13Athi kuye: “Qha, sizokubopha nje kuphela, bese sikunikela esandleni sawo, asizukukubulala thina.”
Ambopha ngezintambo ezimbili ezintsha, amkhipha edwaleni.
14 Lapho efika eLehi, amaFilisti eza ukuzomhlangabeza ememeza; uMoya kaSimakade wehlela kuye, izintambo ezazisezingalweni zakhe zancibilikisa okwefilakisi lishiswa ngumlilo, izibopho ezazisezandleni zakhe zancibilika zasuka ezandleni zakhe.
15Wathola umhlathi osemusha wembongolo, wawuthatha, wabulala ngawo amadoda ayinkulungwane.
16USamsoni wathi:
“Ngomhlathi wembongolo,
yebo, ngomhlathi wembongolo,
ngibulele amadoda ayinkulungwane.”
17Eseqedile ukukhuluma, wawulahla umhlathi wembongolo, leyo ndawo yabizwa ngokuthi yiRamathi Lehi.
18 Ngaleso sikhathi wayesomile kakhulu, wakhala kuSimakade wathi: “Wenze lokhu kukhululwa okukhulu ngesandla senceku yakho. Sengizakufa yini ukoma bese ngiwela ezandleni zabangasokile, na?”
19UNkulunkulu wavula umgodi eLehi, kwaphuma amanzi kuwo. Esephuzile abuya amandla akhe, wavuseleleka. Ngakho-ke leyo ndawo yabizwa ngokuthi yi-Eni Hakhore, isekhona eLehi kuze kube namuhla.
20 Wehlulela u-Israyeli ngezinsuku zamaFilisti iminyaka engama-20.
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