ABahluleli 14:1-20
14 USamsoni wasuka waya eThimina lapho abona khona owesifazana ongumFilisti.*
2 Wasebuyela ngakibo wafika wathi kuyise lonina: “Kulowesifazana engimbone eThimina ngamhawukela. Ngifuna lingithathele yena abe ngumkami.”
3 Kodwa uyise lonina bathi kuye: “Kanti ususwele yini intombi ongayithatha phakathi kwezihlobo zethu lasebantwini bakithi?+ Kambe usungaze uyethatha umfazi kumaFilisti abantu abangasokanga?” Lanxa kunjalo uSamsoni wathi kuyise: “Ngicela lingithathele yena ngoba nguye engimfunayo.”*
4 Uyise lonina babengananzeleli ukuthi nguJehova owayefuna enze njalo, edinga ithuba lokulwa lamaFilisti. Phela yiwo ayebusa ama-Israyeli ngalesosikhathi.+
5 USamsoni wasuka loyise lonina baya eThimina. Uthe efika emasimini amagilebisi eThimina kwathutsha isilwane sibhonga sisiza kuye.
6 Umoya kaJehova wamupha amandla,+ wasebamba isilwane leso wasidabula phakathi ngezandla angathi ngumuntu edabula okulizinyane kwembuzi. Kodwa kazange atshele uyise lonina lokho ayekwenzile.
7 Wamlanda-ke owesifazana ayembonile wakhuluma laye, wabona ukuthi nguye kanye ayemfuna.+
8 Ngelinye ilanga wathi esebuyela ukuthi ayemthatha ahambe laye ngakibo+ waphambuka endleleni efuna ukuyabona isidumbu sesilwane ayesibulele. Uthe efika lapho wabona phakathi kwaso kulenyosi loluju.
9 Ngakho waluthapha uluju lolo ngezandla zakhe wahamba ezidlela. Wathi efica uyise lonina wabapha, kodwa kazange abatshele ukuthi wayeluthaphe esidunjini sesilwane.
10 Uyise kaSamsoni wahamba wayabona owesifazana owayefunwa nguSamsoni. USamsoni wasesenza idili elikhulu khonangale ngoba yikho okwakujayele ukwenziwa ngamajaha ngalezonsuku.
11 Efika bamnika amajaha angu-30 ukuthi abe ngabakhaphi bakhe.
12 USamsoni wasesithi kuwo: “Ngicela ukulilibha. Nxa lingangitshela ukuthi ilibho leli litshoni kungakadluli insuku eziyisikhombisa zedili ngizalinika izembatho zelineni ezingu-30 kanye lezinye izembatho ezinhle ezingu-30.
13 Kodwa nxa lingehluleka ukulichasisa, lina yini eselizangipha izembatho zelineni ezingu-30 kanye lezinye izembatho ezinhle ezingu-30.” Wona amphendula athi: “Tshono ilibho lakho sizwe.”
14 Yikho wathi kuwo:
“Kokudlayo kwaphuma okudliwayo,Kokulamandla kwaphuma okumnandi.”+
Kwedlula amalanga amathathu belokhu besehluleka ukulichasisa ilibho lelo.
15 Ngelanga lesine bathi kunkosikazi kaSamsoni: “Akuncenge umkakho+ asitshele ukuthi ilibho lakhe litshoni. Ungayekela ukwenza njalo sizakutshisa wena layo yonke imuli kayihlo. Kanti lisinxusele ukuthi lizosithathela impahla yethu?”
16 Ngakho umkaSamsoni waya kuye wafika wakhala wathi: “Wena uyangizonda sibili, vele awungithandi ngitsho.+ Ulibhe abantu bakithi kodwa mina awuzange ungitshele ukuthi ilibho lelo litshoni.” USamsoni wasesithi kuye: “Hawu! Kambe sengingalitshela wena mina ngingazange ngilitshele ngitsho labazali bami?”
17 Kodwa yena waqhubeka ekhala phambi kwakhe insuku zonke eziyisikhombisa zedili. USamsoni wacina emtshela ngelanga lesikhombisa ngoba wayelokhu emcindezela, yena wasesuka wayatshela abantu bakibo ukuthi ilibho lelo litshoni.+
18 Ngakho ilanga lingakatshoni* ngosuku lwesikhombisa amadoda asedolobheni lelo afika kuSamsoni athi kuye:
“Kambe kukhona okumnandi kuloluju,Lokulamandla ukwedlula isilwane?”+
USamsoni wawaphendula wathi:
“Aluba kalizange lilime ngethokazi lami,+Belingasoze lilichasise ilibho lami.”
19 Umoya kaJehova wamnika amandla+ wasesuka waya e-Ashikheloni+ wafika wabulala amadoda angu-30 wathatha izembatho zawo, wayazinika labo ababechasise ilibho lakhe.+ Wabuyela endlini kayise ezonde efile.
20 Ngemva kwalokho umkaSamsoni+ wendiselwa kwelinye ijaha elalikhaphe uSamsoni.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ NgesiHebheru, “owesifazana oyindodakazi yamaFilisti.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “ngoba nguye engimbona efanele.”
^ Ezinye inguqulo zithi, “engakangeni exhibeni lomkakhe.”
