16 Ngaloko kumbelesela kwakhe amchukulusha onkhe emalanga, amncenga, Samsoni waze wadzinwa, umphefumulo wakhe wakhatsateka kakhulu.
“Kusola kwami kucondzene nemuntfu yini? Kwentiwa yini kutsi ngingakhoni kubeketela?
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu watsi kuJona: “Unalungelo lini lekutfukutselela lomhlafutfo?” Yena-ke watsi: “Ngenta kahle kutsi ngitfukutsele; ngitfukutsele kutsi angife ngitsi saka!”
Watsi kubo: “Loku kuyingati yami yesivumelwane, lecitselwa labanyenti.
Ase nginitjele naku kutsi: Nome abengeke avuke amnike letinkhwa ngobe angumngani wakhe, kodvwa utamnika konkhe lakudzingako, ngobe abengenamahloni ekumbekela siye ngekumcela.
kodvwa ngaloluhlupho lengilutfola kulomfelokati, kuncono kutsi ngimnike emalungelo akhe, funa achubeke nalokunginakashela, adzimate angiphuphise!’ ”
Ngako-ke umkaSamsoni watijika kuSamsoni, akhala, atsi: “Uyangenyanya! Awungitsandzi ngeliciniso. Uphice bantfu bakitsi, kodvwa mine awukangitjeli imphendvulo yalesiphicaphicwana.” Samsoni wamphendvula watsi: “Angizange sengisichazele ngisho nabobabe namake lesi, pho, ngingakuchazelelani-ke wena?”
Ngako lomfati wakhala embikwakhe onkhe lawo malanga labesikhombisa elidzili. Kwatsi ngelilanga lesikhombisa Samsoni wase uyamchazela, ngobe abechubeka nekumncenga. Lomfati-ke wase uchazela labantfu bakubo lesiphicaphicwana.
Delila watsi kuye: “Ungasho kanjani kimi kutsi ‘Ngiyakutsandza,’ nawungangetsembi? Loku sekwesitsatfu solomane ungenta silima sakho, ungangitjeli imfihlakalo yemandla akho lamakhulu.”
Ngako wamtjela yonkhe inhlitiyo yakhe, watsi: “Tinwele tami atizange setitsintfwe yinsingo, ngobe ngingumNaziri, ngehlukaniselwe Nkulunkulu kusukela ekutalweni kwami. Inhloko yami nayingase ihhulwe, emandla ami angesuka kimi, nami ngingaba butsakatsaka njengabo bonkhe bantfu.”