Samsoni nentfombi yaseThimna
1Samsoni wehlela eveni laseThimna, wafike khona wabona intfombi leyayingumFilisti. 2Watsi nasabuya khona, wafike wakhuluma kuboyise nenina, watsi: “Ngibone intfombi lengumFilisti lena kulaseThimna, ngitsatseleni yona ibe ngumkami.”
3Boyise nenina bambuta batsi: “Kute yini tintfombi lapha emkhatsini wetihlobo takho nasemkhatsini wato tonkhe tive takini? Sewungadzimate uye esiveni semaFilisti lesingasoki nekusoka uyewutsatsa khona umfati?”
Kodvwa Samsoni waphendvula uyise, watsi: “Ngitsatsele yena. Uyatsandzeka emehlweni ami.” 4Batali baSamsoni bebangati kutsi loko kwakuvela kuSimakadze labenguyena afunana nelitfuba lekuhlasela emaFilisti, ngobe ngaleso sikhatsi emaFilisti abebusa sive sema-Israyeli. 5Samsoni wehlela eThimna wahamba naboyise nenina. Batsi nase basondzele ngasemasimini emivini yaseThimna, kwachamuka libhongwana lelibhubesi lita kuSamsoni, libhodla. 6Moya waSimakadze wehlela etikwakhe ngemandla lamakhulu kangangekutsi lelibhubesi walibamba walidladlabula ngetandla takhe, kwaba shangatsi udladlabula lizinyane lembuti. Kodvwa akazange abatjele boyise nenina kutsi sewenteni endleleni yakhe. 7Ngako wehla wayawukhuluma nalentfombatana; yatsandzeka kakhulu emehlweni akhe.
8Kwatsi ngemalanga nje wase uyehla ayawushada nalentfombi yakhe; asesendleleni asaya khona, wase uphambukela kulesidvumbu salelibhubesi labelibulele. Wakhandza kunelibulo letinyosi neluju kulesidvumbu, 9wase utapa lamakhekheba aletinyosi; wahambe atidla endleleni. Watsi kube abakhandze boyise nenina, wabapha nabo letinyosi, batidla. Kodvwa akazange abatjele kutsi letinyosi utitape esidvunjini selibhubesi.
10Uyise wehla wayawubona lentfombi ekhaya kubo. Samsoni wenta lidzili lapho, njengobe kwakulisiko kutsi umkhwenyane ente lidzili. 11Watsi kube efike, wanikwa emajaha langema-30 kutsi atemhlalisa.
12Samsoni watsi kuwo: “Ase nginiphice. Nanitawucombelela kahle angakapheli emalanga lasikhombisa alelidzili, ngitaninika tembatfo telineni letingema-30 netimphahla tekwembatsa letingema-30. 13Nanehluleka kucombelela kahle, kufanele ninginike nine tembatfo telineni letingema-30 netimphahla tekwembatsa letingema-30.”
Lamajaha atsi: “Siphice. Shangatsi ngabe sewusiphicile.”
14Wabatjela watsi:
“Kulokudlanako kwaphuma lokudliwako;
kulokunemandla kwaphuma lokunongotelako.”
Kwaze kwaphela emalanga lamatsatfu solomane bangakacombeleli kahle.
15Ngelilanga lesine bakhuluma kumkaSamsoni, batsi: “Ncenga lendvodza yakho wena, khona itesichazela inshokutsini yalesiphicaphicwana sayo, ngaphandle kwaloko sitawushisa wena kanye nawo wonkhe umndeni weyihlo, nife. Kantsi nisimemele kutesikhuthuza lapha kini?”
16Ngako-ke umkaSamsoni watijika kuSamsoni, akhala, atsi: “Uyangenyanya! Awungitsandzi ngeliciniso. Uphice bantfu bakitsi, kodvwa mine awukangitjeli imphendvulo yalesiphicaphicwana.”
Samsoni wamphendvula watsi: “Angizange sengisichazele ngisho nabobabe namake lesi, pho, ngingakuchazelelani-ke wena?” 17Ngako lomfati wakhala embikwakhe onkhe lawo malanga labesikhombisa elidzili. Kwatsi ngelilanga lesikhombisa Samsoni wase uyamchazela, ngobe abechubeka nekumncenga. Lomfati-ke wase uchazela labantfu bakubo lesiphicaphicwana.
18Latsi lingakashoni lilanga lesikhombisa, bantfu bakulelidolobha batsi kuye:
“Yini lenongotela njengeluju?
Yini lenemandla njengelibhubesi?”
Samsoni watsi kubo:
“Kube beningalimi ngalelitfokati
lami, ngabe nanyalo anikasicombeleli
lesiphicaphicwana sami.”
19Ngako Moya waSimakadze wehlela kuye ngemandla lamakhulu. Wehlela kulase-Ashkeloni, wabulala emadvodza akhona aba ngema-30; wawahlubula timphahla tawo, watitsatsa, watinika laba bebacombelele siphicaphicwana sakhe. Ngaleso sikhatsi abesatfukutsele abila, wesuka wahamba wabuyela ekhaya kubo. 20LomkaSamsoni watsatfwa wendziselwa lomunye walamajaha abetemhlalisa ngemtsimba wakhe.
