Abahluleli
15:1 Kodwa kwathi ngemva kwesikhatshana, ngesikhathi sokuvuna ukolweni.
ukuthi uSamsoni wahambela umkakhe enezinyane lembuzi; wathi: Ngizangena kweyami
umfazi endlini. Kodwa uyise kamvumelanga ukuthi angene.
2 Uyise wathi: "Bengithi umzondile nokumzonda;
ngalokho ngimnike umngane wakho; udadewabo omncane akamuhle yini
kunaye? ake umthathe esikhundleni sakhe.
15:3 USamsoni wathi kubo: "Manje ngizoba msulwa kunaye
AmaFilisti, nakuba ngiwenza isinengiso.
15:4 USamsoni wahamba, wabamba izimpungushe ezingamakhulu amathathu, wathatha izikhuni ezivuthayo, futhi
waphenduka umsila waya emsileni, wafaka isikhuni phakathi kwemisila emibili.
15:5 Futhi lapho wabeka izikhuni ngomlilo, wabavumela ukuba bangene endaweni
amabele amaFilisti, wazishisa zombili izinsalela, kanjalo namasimu
amabele, kanye nezivini neminqumo.
15:6 AmaFilisti athi, "Ngubani owenze lokhu? Baphendula bathi:
uSamsoni, umkhwenyana womThimna, ngokuba ethathe umkakhe,
wamnika umngane wakhe. AmaFilisti enyuka, ashisa
yena noyise ngomlilo.
" 15:7 USamsoni wathi kubo: "Noma nikwenzile lokhu, kodwa ngizoba
ngiphindisele kini, emva kwalokho ngiyakuyeka.
15:8 Wababulala ezinqeni nasemathangeni ngokuceka okukhulu, wehla.
wahlala esiqongweni sedwala lase-Etamu.
15:9 Khona-ke amaFilisti akhuphuka, futhi bamisa kwaJuda, futhi basakaza
ngokwabo eLehi.
" 15:10 Futhi amadoda akwaJuda athi, "Kungani nikhuphukele ngokumelene nathi? Futhi bona
sathi: Senyukele ukubopha uSamsoni, senze kuye njengoba enze kuye
thina.
15:11 Khona-ke amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu bakwaJuda bakhuphukela esiqongweni sedwala lase-Etamu, futhi
wathi kuSamsoni: “Awazi yini ukuthi amaFilisti ayabusa na?
thina? Yini lena osenze yona na? Wasesithi kubo: Njengoba
benze kimi, nami ngenze njalo kubo.
15:12 Basebesithi kuye, Sehlele ukukubopha, ukuze sikubophe
akunikele esandleni samaFilisti. Wathi uSamsoni kuye
bona, fungani kimi, ukuthi aniyikuwela phezu kwami lina.
15:13 Bakhuluma kuye, bathi: "Qha; kodwa sizokubopha ngokushesha, futhi
akunikele esandleni sabo, kepha asiyikukubulala. Futhi bona
bambopha ngezintambo ezimbili ezintsha, bamenyusa edwaleni.
15:14 Lapho efika eLehi, amaFilisti amemeza ngokumelene naye
UMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kwakhe ngamandla, nezintambo ezaziphezu kwakhe
izingalo zakhe zaba njengefilakisi ishiswe ngomlilo, nezibopho zakhe zaxegiswa
esandleni sakhe.
15:15 Wafumana umhlathi omusha wembongolo, welula isandla sakhe, wabamba.
ngayo, wabulala ngayo inkulungwane yamadoda.
15:16 USamsoni wathi: “Ngomhlathi wembongolo, yinqwaba ngezinqwaba,
umhlathi wembongolo ngibulele inkulungwane yamadoda.
15:17 Kwathi, lapho eseqedile ukukhuluma, waphonsa
wasusa umhlathi esandleni sakhe, wayibiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iRamati-lehi.
" 15:18 Futhi ukoma kakhulu, futhi wabiza uJehova, futhi wathi: "Wena
unike lokhu kukhululwa okukhulu esandleni senceku yakho;
Ngife ngokoma, ngiwele esandleni sabangasokile?
15:19 Kodwa uNkulunkulu wadabula umgodi owawusemhlathini, kwase kuvela amanzi
ngaphandle kwalokho; esephuzile, wabuya umoya wakhe, waphila;
ngalokho-ke waqamba igama layo ngokuthi i-Eni-Hakore, eseLehi kuze kube
namuhla.
15:20 Wahlulela u-Israyeli emihleni yamaFilisti iminyaka engamashumi amabili.