Abahluleli 15:1-20
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USamsoni uzibuyiselela kumaFilista (1-20)
15 Ngemva kwesikhathi esithileko, ngamalanga wokuvunwa kwekoroyi uSamsoni wakhamba wayokuvakatjhela umkakhe aphethe imbuzana. Wathi: “Ngifisa ukungena ngakumkami ekumbeni yokulala.”* Kodwana umukhwe wakhe azange amvumele bona angene.
2 Umukhwe wakhe wathi: “Ngacabanga ukuthi, ‘Kufuze bona uyamzonda nakanjani.’+ Yeke ngamnikela omunye wabaphekeleli bakho.+ Kghani udadwabo omncani akanajamo ukudlula yena na? Ngibawa uthathe yena esikhundleni sakhe.”
3 Kodwana uSamsoni wathi kibo: “Nje khona amaFilista angekhe angisole ngokuwalimaza.”
4 Yeke uSamsoni wakhamba wayokubamba iimpungutjha ezima-300. Ngemva kwalokho, wathatha iimbani wahlanganisa iimpungutjha ngazimbili ngemisila, wafaka isibani sinye phakathi kwemisila emibili.
5 Ngemva kwalokho, wathungelela iimbani ngomlilo begodu wathumela iimpungutjha emasimini weenthoro wamaFilista. Watjhisa koke ngomlilo, kusukela esitjherifini kuya eenthorweni ezingakavunwa, kuhlanganise namasimu wamadiribe namasimu wama-oliva.
6 AmaFilista abuza: “Ngubani owenze lokhu?” Abikelwa ukuthi: “NguSamsoni, umkhwenyana womTimna, ngombana umTimna uthethe umkaSamsoni wamnikela omunye wabaphekeleli bakhe.”+ Ngalokho amaFilista akhuphuka atjhisa umkaSamsoni noyise.+
7 Yeke uSamsoni wathi kiwo: “Nanenza nje, angekhe ngalisa bekube kulapho ngizibuyiselela kini.”+
8 Ngalokho wenza umonakalo omkhulu ngokubarhayila ngokulandelana, ngemva kwalokho wehla wayokuhlala erholweni* ledwala i-Ethamu.
9 Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi amaFilista akhuphuka, ahloma ikampa kwaJuda begodu bewazulazula eLerhi.+
10 Amadoda wakwaJuda athi: “Kubayini nikhuphuke nazokulwa nathi?” AmaFilista aphendula athi: “Sikhuphukele ukuzokubamba* uSamsoni, sizomenza lokho asenze khona.”
11 Ngalokho amadoda wakwaJuda azii-3 000 ehlela erholweni* ledwala i-Ethamu athi kuSamsoni: “Awazi na ukuthi amaFilista ayasibusa?+ Alo uyenzeleni into le kithi?” Wathi kiwo: “Ngiwenze lokho angenze khona.”
12 Kodwana athi kuye: “Sizele ukuzokubamba* bona sikunikele emaFilistini.” USamsoni wathi: “Fungani kimi ukuthi nina angekhe nithome ningibeke isandla.”
13 Athi kuye: “Awa, thina sizokubopha kwaphela sikunikele kiwo kodwana angekhe sikubulale.”
Yeke ambopha ngeentambo ezitja ezimbili, amkhupha erholweni.
14 Kwathi nakafika eLerhi, amaFilista arhuwelela athabile nawahlangana naye. Ummoya kaJehova wamupha amandla,+ iintambo ebezisezandleni zakhe zaba njengerhara yelineni erhatjulwe mlilo begodu amakhamandela asezandleni zakhe ancibilika.+
15 Nje-ke wafumana ithambo elitjha lomhlathi kadumbana oduna; walula isandla walithatha warhayila ngalo amadoda ayi-1 000.+
16 Yeke uSamsoni wathi:
“Ngethambo lomhlathi kadumbana, iqubi linye, amaqubi amabili!
Ngethambo lomhlathi kadumbana ngirhayile amadoda ayi-1 000.”+
17 Nakaqeda ukukhuluma, walahla ithambo lomhlathelo wabiza indawo leyo ngokuthi yiRamathi-Lerhi.*+
18 Ngemva kwalokho, womela amanzi khulu, wabiza uJehova wathi: “Nguwe onikele isindiso ekulu le esandleni sencekwakho. Kodwana nje kufuze ngibulawe kukoma bengiwele ezandleni zabangakasoki na?”
19 Yeke uZimu wavula imbobo ebeyiseLerhi, kwageleza amanzi kiyo.+ Kwathi angasela, ummoyakhe wabuya* begodu wavuseleleka. Kungebangelo wabiza indawo leyo ngokuthi yi-Eni-Hakhore,* eseLerhi bekube kunamhlanjesi.
20 Wahlulela u-Israyeli emihleni yamaFilista iminyaka ema-20.+
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ Namkha “engaphakathi.”
^ Namkha “erharheni.”
^ Namkha “ukuzokubopha.”
^ Namkha “erharheni.”
^ Namkha “ukuzokubopha.”
^ Kutjho ukuthi “iNdawo ePhakemeko yeThambo lomHlathi.”
^ Namkha “amandlakhe abuya.”
^ Kutjho ukuthi “umThombo woBizako.”
