AbAhluleli 15 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

AbaHluleli 15

¹ Kwathi emva kwesikhashana, ngesikhathi sokuvuna ukolweni, uSamsoni wahambela umkakhe enezinyane lembuzi; wathi: Ngizongena ekamelweni nomkami. Kodwa uyise kazange avume ukuthi angene.

² Wayesethi uyise: “Bengithi umzonda nokumzonda; ngalokho ngimnike umngane wakho; Akamuhle yini udadewabo omncane kunaye? mthathe esikhundleni sakhe.

³ USamsoni wasesithi ngabo: Khathesi-ke ngizaba msulwa njengamaFilisti, loba ngiwenza okubi kiwo.

⁴ USamsoni wahamba wabamba izimpungushe ezingamakhulu amathathu, wathatha umentshisi, waphendula umsila ngomsila, wafaka umlilo phakathi kwemisila emibili.

⁵ Esethungele izinkuni ngomlilo, wazidedela zangena emabeleni amaFilisti angakavunwa, washisa izithungu nakokolweni ongakavunwa kanye nemivini neminqumo.

⁶ AmaFilisti athi: “Ngubani owenze lokho na? Basebesithi: USamsoni, umkhwenyana womThimina, ngoba wathatha umkakhe, wamnika umngane wakhe. AmaFilisti akhuphuka, amshisa yena noyise ngomlilo.

⁷ USamsoni wasesithi kubo: Lanxa likwenza lokhu, ngizaphindiselwa kini, ngibuye ngiyeke.

⁸ Wabashaya ezinqeni nasezinqeni ngokugalela okukhulu, wehla wahlala esiqongweni sedwala lase-Etamu.

⁹ AmaFilisti akhuphuka amisa kwaJuda, ahlakazeka eLehi.

¹⁰ Abantu bakwaJuda base bethi: “Nisihambeleni na? Bathi: “Senyukela ukubopha uSamsoni, senze kuye njengalokho enzile kithi.”

¹¹ Base benyukela esiqongweni sedwala lase-Etamu abantu abayizinkulungwane ezintathu bakwaJuda, bathi kuSamsoni: “Awukwazi yini ukuthi amaFilisti ayabusa phezu kwethu na? yini lena osenze yona? Wathi kubo: “Njengoba benza kimi, ngenza kanjalo kubo.”

¹² Bathi kuye: “Sehlele ukukubopha, ukuze sikunikele esandleni samaFilisti.” USamsoni wathi kubo: Fungisani kimi, ukuthi aniyikungihlasela nina.

¹³ Bakhuluma kuye, bathi: “Qha; kepha siyakubopha, sikunikele esandleni sabo; kodwa ngokuqinisekile ngeke sikubulale. Basebembopha ngezintambo ezimbili ezintsha, bamenyusela edwaleni.

¹⁴ Lapho efika eLehi, amaFilisti amemeza ngokumelene naye, futhi uMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kwakhe ngamandla, nezintambo ezazisezingalweni zakhe zaba njengefilakisi elishiswe ngomlilo, nezibopho zakhe zagqashuka ezandleni zakhe.

¹⁵ Wafumana umhlathi wembongolo entsha, welula isandla sakhe, wawuthatha, wabulala ngawo inkulungwane yamadoda.

¹⁶ Wayesethi uSamsoni: “Ngomhlathi wembongolo, izinqwaba ngezinqwaba, ngomhlathi wembongolo ngibulale inkulungwane abantu.”

¹⁷ Kwathi eseqedile ukukhuluma, walahla umhlathi esandleni sakhe, wabiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iRamatlehi.

¹⁸ Futhi woma kakhulu futhi wabiza uJehova wathi: “Wena unike lokhu kukhululwa okukhulu esandleni senceku yakho; futhi manje ngizofa ngokoma futhi ngiwele esandleni sabangasokile na?

¹⁹ Kodwa uNkulunkulu wadabula igodi elisemhlathini, kwaphuma amanzi kuyo; kwathi esephuzile, umoya wakhe wabuya, waphila; ngalokho waqamba igama layo ngokuthi i-Eni-Hakore, eseLehi kuze kube namuhla.

²⁰ Wahola u-Israyeli emihleni yamaFilisti iminyaka engamashumi amabili.