Abagwebi
14:1 Wehla ke uSamson, waya eTimnata, wabona inkazana eTimnata, yaseTimnata
iintombi zamaFilisti.
14:2 Wenyuka, waxelela uyise nonina, wathi, Ndim
ndabona inkazana eTimnata, ezintombini zamaFilisti
ke ngoko ndithabathele yena, abe ngumfazi wam.
14:3 Bathi kuye uyise nonina, Akubangakho nankazana na?
phakathi kweentombi zabazalwana bakho, naphakathi kwabantu bam bonke, ukuba wena
Uya kuzeka umfazi kumaFilisti angalukileyo na? Wathi uSamson
wathi kuyise, Ndithabathele yona; ngokuba undithanda kakhulu.
14:4 Uyise nonina babengazi ukuba ivela kuYehova le nto yena
wayefuna ithuba nxamnye namaFilisti, kuba ngelo xesha kwakukho uYehova
AmaFilisti ebenobukhosi kwaSirayeli.
14:5 Wehla ke uSamson noyise nonina, baya eTimnati
Yafika ezidiliyeni zaseTimnata; nantso ingonyama entsha igquma
ngokuchasene naye.
14:6 UMoya kaYehova wamfikela ngamandla, wamqwenga njengoko ebenjalo
ibifuna ukuqwenga itakane, ingenanto esandleni; akaxela yona
uyise nokuba ngunina into awayenzayo.
14:7 Wehla wathetha nenkazana leyo; wamkholisa uSamson
kakuhle.
14:8 Wabuya ke, waya kuyithabatha;
nalo isidumbu sengonyama; nalo ibubu leenyosi nobusi phakathi
isidumbu sengonyama.
14:9 Wayithabatha ezandleni zakhe, wadla, waya kweyakhe
uyise nonina, wabanika, badla;
ukuba ubuthabathe ubusi kwisidumbu sengonyama.
14:10 Wehla ke uyise waya kuloo nkazana; uSamson wenza isidlo khona;
ngokuba bebesenjenjalo abafana.
14:11 Kwathi, bakumbona, bazisa amashumi omathathu
abahlobo ukuba babe naye.
14:12 Wathi uSamson kubo, Makhe ndinijike iqhina
wondixela ngeentsuku ezisixhenxe zomthendeleko, ndikufumane
ndininike iingubo zelinen entle ezimashumi mathathu, neengubo zokukhululana ezimashumi mathathu
iimpahla:
14:13 Ukuba anithanga nibe nako ukundicombululela, nondinika iingubo zelinen entle ezingamashumi amathathu, nindinike zona
iimpahla zokukhulula ezingamashumi amathathu. Bathi kuye, Lijike iqhina lakho.
ukuze sive.
14:14 Uthe ke kubo, Kosidlayo kwaphuma ukudla naphaya
eyomeleleyo yaphuma ubumnandi. Ababa nako ukucacisa ngeentsuku ezintathu
iqhina.
14:15 Kwathi ngomhla wesixhenxe, bathi kooSamson
mfazi, yirhwebeshe indoda yakho, isicombululele iqhina
sikutshisa wena nendlu kayihlo ngomlilo; usibizile ukuba sikuthabathe
esinayo? akunjalo?
14:16 UmkaSamson wamlilela wathi, Kodwa undithiyile;
Awundithandi; ubajike iqhina oonyana bam
abantu, kwaye anindixelelanga. Wathi ke yena kuye, Yabona, ndinayo
Akunjalo ubawo nomama, ndikuxelele na?
14:17 Walila phambi kwakhe imihla esixhenxe, emsithweni wabo
Kwathi ngomhla wesixhenxe, wamxelela, kuba wayebuhlungu
Walixela iqhina koonyana babantu bakowabo.
14:18 Athi kuye amadoda aloo mzi ngomhla wesixhenxe, lingekaphumi ilanga
Yehla, Yintoni na enencasa ngaphezu kobusi? Yaye yintoni na enamandla ngaphezu kwengonyama?
Uthe ke kubo, Ukuba beningalimanga ngethokazi lam, ngeningena
ulifumene iqhina lam.
14:19 Wafikelwa nguMoya kaYehova phezu kwakhe, wehla waya eAshkelon.
babulala kubo amashumi omathathu amadoda, baphanga amaxhoba, batshintshisa
iingubo zabacombululi beqhina. Kwaye umsindo wakhe waba
wavutha, wenyuka waya endlwini kayise.
14:20 Ke umkaSamson wanikwa umlingane wakhe abengumlingane wakhe
umhlobo.