USamsoni Uyaziphindiselela KumaFilisti
1Sekwedlule 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.
6AmaFilisti 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 Wembongolo
9AmaFilisti 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.”
11Kwase 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.
14Lapho 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.
18Ngaleso 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. 20Wehlulela u-Israyeli ngezinsuku zamaFilisti iminyaka engama-20.
