USamsoni uyathatha
1USamsoni waya eTimna, wafika lapho wabona intombi emadodakazini wamaFilista. 2Wabuyela kwabo wafese watjela uyise nonina wathi: “Ngibone intombi emaFilisteni eTimna, bengithi ngithathelani yona ibe mkami.”
3Uyise nonina bathi kuye: “Kghani akunamntazana phakathi kweenhlobo zakho namkha ebantwini bekhethwaba bona ungabeze uyokuthatha intombi emaFilisteni angasokiko na?”
Kodwana uSamsoni wathi kuyise: “Ngithathela yona leyo ngombana ngiyo kanye engiyifunako!”
4Uyise nonina gade bangazi bonyana lokho kuvela kuSomnini ngombana gade atjhijila amaFilista. Ngesikhatheso amaFilista gade abusa ama-Israyeli. 5USamsoni wehla noyise nonina baya eTimna, bafika esidiribeni sakhona. Esidiribenapho uSamsoni wabhevumulelwa libhubezi. 6UMoya kaSomnini wehlela ngamandla phezu kwakhe. Wadabula ibhubezelo ngezandla walihlukanisa phakathi inga mumuntu nahlukanisa imbuzana. Kodwana azange atjele uyise nonina ngalokho akwenzileko. 7Wehla wayokhuluma nomntazana loyo, asathathekile ngaye.
8Ngemva kwamalangana uSamsoni wabuya wazothatha umntazana, waphambukela bona ayokubona isidumbu sebhubezi. Qala, gade sele kunesihlaka seenyosi esidunjinapho, kuneliju. 9Watapa iinyosezo wazalisa izandla zakhe, wahlabela phambili, wakhamba agoma. Wafika kuyise nonina, wabanikela elinye leliju, bagoma. Kodwana azange abatjele bona ilijwelo ulithethe esidunjini sebhubezi.
10Ngemva kobana uyise akhulume nebekhabo lomntazana, uSamsoni wenza umnyanya njengombana amasokana bekenza ngesikhatheso. 11Kwathi bona balotjhisane, kwalethwa amatjhumi amathathu wabaphekeleli bonyana bazomhlalisa. 12USamsoni wathi kibo: “Anginenzele isirarejo, nange mbala ningaphumelela ukufumana ipendulo yaso ningitjele yona emalangeni alikhomba womnyanya, ngizaninikela izambatho zangaphakathi ezimatjhumi amathathu nezokugqoka ezimatjhumi amathathu. 13Kodwana nanibhalelwa yipendulo, ngini enizonginikela izambatho zangaphakathi ezimatjhumi amathathu nezokugqoka ezimatjhumi amathathu.”
Bathi kuye: “Yitjho isirarejo sakho sizwe ndoda!”
14Wathi kibo:
“Phakathi komgomi kwaphuma okugonywako,
phakathi konamandla kwaphuma okumnandi.”
Kwaphela amalanga amathathu banganayo ipendulo yesirarejweso.
15Kwathi elangeni lesine bathi emfazini kaSamsoni: “Somasoma indodakho le isitjele bonyana isirarejwesi sitjho ukuthini, nakungasinjalo sizokutjhisa kanye nomuzi kayihlo. Nisimemele ukuzosichakisa, angitjho.”
16UmkaSamsoni wamgona walila kuye wathi: “Ngiyakubona bonyana uyangizonda, awungithandi. Wenze isirarejo nabantu benarha yekhethu awusangitjeli bonyana sitjho ukuthini!”
USamsoni wathi kuye: “Baba-ke, ngingathi ngingakatjeli ubaba nomma bese ngizotjela wena!”
17Wamtomatomela bekwaba lilanga lekhomba lomnyanyabo. Kwathi elangeni lekhomba uSamsoni wamtjela ngombana bekamhlezi emphinjeni. Wasuka lapho wayokutjela abantu benarha yekhabo. 18Abantu bedorobho beza kuSamsoni ngelanga lekhomba ngaphambi kobana kutjhinge ilanga bathi:
“Yini emnandi kuneliju?
Yini enamandla kunebhubezi?”
USamsoni wathi kibo:
“Ukube azange nilime ngethole lami,
beningeze nazi isirarululo sesirarejo sami.”
19UMoya kaSomnini wehlela phezu kwakaSamsoni ngamandla, yena wehlela e-Atjhikheloni wabulala abantu bedorobho abamatjhumi amathathu, wabaphanga. Wathatha izambatho zokugqoka ezimatjhumi amathathu wazinikela labo ababambe isirarejo sakhe. Wabuyela kwabo athukuthele. 20UmkaSamsoni loyo wanikelwa isokana ebegade liyipelesi kaSamsoni emnyanyeni.
