AbAhluleli 14 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

AbaHluleli 14

¹ USamsoni wehlela eThimna, wabona owesifazane eThimna evela phakathi kwamadodakazi amaFilisti.

² Wakhuphuka wabatshela uyise nonina, wathi: “Ngabona owesifazane eThimna emadodakazini amaFilisti; bese umthatha manje abe ngumkami.

³ Uyise nonina bathi kuye: “Akakho yini owesifazane phakathi kwamadodakazi abafowenu naphakathi kwabantu bonke bami ukuba uthathe umfazi kumaFilisti angasokile na? USamsoni wathi kuyise: “Ngithathele yona; ngoba uyangijabulisa.

⁴ Kodwa uyise nonina babengazi ukuthi kwakuvela kuJehova ukuthi wayefuna ithuba lokumelana namaFilisti, ngoba ngaleso sikhathi amaFilisti ayebusa phezu kuka-Israyeli.

⁵ USamsoni noyise nonina baya eThimna, bafika ezivinini zaseThimna; bheka, ibhongo lengonyama lambhongela.

⁶ UMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kwakhe ngamandla, waklebhula izinyane lembuzi, engenalutho esandleni sakhe; kodwa kabatshelanga uyise lonina lokho ayekwenzile.

⁷ Wehla, wakhuluma nowesifazane; wamjabulisa uSamsoni.

⁸ Kwathi emva kwesikhashana wabuya ukuyomthatha, waphenduka ukuze abone isidumbu sengonyama; bheka, kwakukhona uswebezane lwezinyosi noju emzimbeni wengonyama.

⁹ Wathatha esandleni sakhe wadla, wafika kuyise nonina, wabapha, badla; kodwa kabatshelanga ukuthi wayethethe uluju engomeni yesilwane.

¹⁰ Uyise wehlela kowesifazane, uSamsoni walungisa khona ukudla; ngoba izinsizwa zenze njalo.

¹¹ Lapho bembona, baletha abangane abangamashumi amathathu ukuba babe naye.

¹² USamsoni wasesithi kubo: Sengizalinika imfumbe; uma ningangitshela lokhu ngezinsuku eziyisikhombisa zomkhosi, nikuthole, ngiyakuninika izindwangu ezingamashumi amathathu nezingubo ezingamashumi amathathu.

¹³ Kodwa uma ningakwazi ukungichazela, kumelwe ninginike izilenge ezingamashumi amathathu nezinye izingubo ezingamashumi amathathu. Bathi kuye: “Shiya imfumbe yakho, sizwe yona.”

¹⁴ Wathi kubo: “Kodlayo kwaphuma ukudla, kwabanamandla kwaphuma ubumnandi.” Futhi abakwazanga ukuxazulula imfihlakalo ngezinsuku ezintathu.

¹⁵ Kwathi ngosuku lwesikhombisa bathi kumkaSamsoni: “Linga umyeni wakho ukuba asitshele imfihlakalo, funa sikushise wena nendlu kayihlo ngomlilo; usibizele ukuthatha esinakho? Akunjalo?

UmkaSamsoni uyakhala phambi kwakhe

¹⁶ UmkaSamsoni wakhala phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Uyangizonda kuphela, awungithandi; ubekele abantwana babantu bami imfumbe, awungitshelanga yona. Wathi kuye: “Bheka, angibatshelanga ubaba nomame lokho; ngiyakukubikela na?”

¹⁷ Wakhala inyembezi phambi kwakhe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, kusedilini labo; ngosuku lwesikhombisa wamtshela, ngokuba wayemlimazile; wayitshela abantwana babantu bakubo imfihlakalo.

¹⁸ Amadoda omuzi asesithi kuye ngosuku lwesikhombisa lingakatshoni ilanga: Kuyini okumnandi okwedlula uluju? futhi yini enamandla kunengonyama? Wathi kubo: Ukube anilimanga ngenkomo yami, ngabe aniyitholanga imfihlakalo yami.

¹⁹ UMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kwakhe, wehlela e-Ashikeloni, wabulala kubo abantu abangamashumi amathathu, wathatha impango yabo, wanika abachaza imfihlakalo izingubo. Intukuthelo yakhe yavutha, wakhuphukela endlini kayise.

²⁰ Kepha umkaSamsoni wanikwa umngane wakhe abengumngane wakhe;