1 Samsoni wehlela eveni laseThimna, wafike khona wabona intfombi leyayingumFilisti.
emadvodzana aNkulunkulu atibona letintfombi kutsi tinhle; ase atikhetsela letinye emkhatsini wato atenta bafati bawo.
Kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga kusihlwa Davide wavuka embhedzeni wakhe, wahambahamba etulu endlini yakhe yebukhosi. Watsi aselapho, wabona umfati ageza. Lomfati abemuhle, acedzile.
“Ngenta sivumelwane nemehlo ami kutsi ngingeke ngiyibuke ngenkhanuko intfombi.
Fulatselisa emehlo ami ekubukeni tintfo letingenamsebenti; ngiphe kuphila ngekwelivi lakho.
Wawube sewuyajika ucondza enshonalanga, usuke eBhala uye eNtsabeni iSeyiri, uhambe ugudle licele lelingasenyakatfo neNtsaba iJeyarimu, lekuyiKhesaloni, uchubeke wewuke uye eBhethi Shemeshi, wewelele eThimna.
ne-Eloni, neThimna, ne-Ekroni,
Ngobe konkhe lokuseveni, kuyinkhanuko yenyama, nenkhanuko yemehlo, nekutigabatisa lokulite ngetintfo takulomhlaba. Konkhe loku akuveli kuBabe, kodvwa kwelive.
naMoya waSimakadze wacala kumnyakatisa ngesikhatsi aseMahane Dani, emkhatsini weSora ne-Eshtayoli.
Watsi nasabuya khona, wafike wakhuluma kuboyise nenina, watsi: “Ngibone intfombi lengumFilisti lena kulaseThimna, ngitsatseleni yona ibe ngumkami.”
Ngalelinye lilanga Samsoni wahamba waya kulaseGaza, lapho wafike wabona khona ingwadla, wangena kayo, walala busuku bunye.