AbAhluleli 16 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

AbaHluleli 16 USamsoni uya eGaza

¹ USamsoni waya eGaza, wabona lapho isifebe, wangena naso;

² Kwasekutshelwa amaGasi ukuthi: USamsoni ufikile lapha. Bamhaqa bamlinda ubusuku bonke esangweni lomuzi, bathula ubusuku bonke, bathi: “Kusasa, uma kusile, sizombulala.”

³ USamsoni walala kwaze kwaba phakathi kwamabili, wavuka phakathi kobusuku, wathatha iminyango yesango lomuzi nezinsika zombili, wahamba nazo, imigoqo nakho konke, wakuthwala emahlombe akhe, wakuyisa emzini. Esiqongweni sentaba ephambi kweHebroni.

⁴ Emva kwalokho wathanda owesifazane esigodini saseSoreki, ogama lakhe lalinguDelila.

⁵ Zase zifika kuye izikhulu zamaFilisti, zathi kuye: “Mlinge, ubone ukuthi amandla akhe amakhulu akuphi, nokuthi singamehlula kanjani, ukuze simbophe, simcindezele; siyakukunika, kube yilowo nalowo amashekeli esiliva ayishumi nekhulu.

⁶ UDelila wasesithi kuSamsoni: Ngitshele ukuthi angaphi amandla akho amakhulu lokuthi ungabotshwa ngani ukukucindezela.

⁷ USamsoni wathi kuye: “Uma bengibopha ngemifino eyisikhombisa engapheli, ngiyakuba buthakathaka, ngibe njengomunye umuntu.”

⁸ Izikhulu zamaFilisti zamlethela imifino eyisikhombisa eyomileyo, wambopha ngayo.

⁹ Kwakukhona amadoda ayeqamekele futhi ehlezi naye ekamelweni. Wathi kuye: “AmaFilisti aphezu kwakho, Samsoni; Wahlephula izinwele, njengokugqashuka kwentambo lapho ithinta umlilo. Ngakho amandla akhe ayengaziwa.

¹⁰ UDelila wasesithi kuSamsoni: Khangela, udlale ngami, wangiqambela amanga; ngitshele ukuthi ungaboshwa ngani.

¹¹ Wathi kuye: “Uma bengibopha ngamagoda amasha, angakaze abanjwe, ngiyakuba buthakathaka, ngibe njengomunye umuntu.”

¹² UDelila wayesethatha izintambo ezintsha, wambopha ngazo, wathi kuye: “AmaFilisti akuhaqa, Samsoni; Futhi kwakukhona amanga ayehlala ekamelweni. Wawaklebhula ezingalweni zakhe njengocu.

¹³ UDelila wasesithi kuSamsoni: Kuze kube khathesi udlale ngami, wangiqambela amanga; ngitshele ukuthi ungaboshwa ngani. Wathi kuye: “Uma weluka izihluthu eziyisikhombisa zezinwele zekhanda lami kanye nesicucu.”

¹⁴ Wasibophela ngesikhonkwane, wathi kuye: “AmaFilisti aphezu kwakho, Samsoni; Wavuka ebuthongweni bakhe, wahamba nesikhonkwane sogodo nolwembu.

¹⁵ Wathi kuye: “Ungasho kanjani ukuthi: ‘Ngiyakuthanda, uma inhliziyo yakho ingekimi na?’ Udlale ngami kathathu, awungitshelanga ukuthi akuphi amandla akho amakhulu.

¹⁶ Kwasekusithi insuku zonke wamcindezela ngamazwi akhe, wamncenga, waze wakhathazeka umphefumulo wakhe kwaze kwaba sekufeni;

¹⁷ wamtshela inhliziyo yakhe yonke, wathi kuye: “Akuzange kufinyelelwe mpuco ekhanda lami; ngoba ngangingumNaziri kaNkulunkulu kwasesizalweni sikamama.

¹⁸ UDelila esebonile ukuthi wayemtshelile yonke inhliziyo yakhe, wathumela wabiza izikhulu zamaFilisti, wathi: “Khuphukani ngalesi sikhathi, ngokuba ungibonisile yonke inhliziyo yakhe.” Khona-ke izikhulu zamaFilisti zenyukela kuye zaletha imali ezandleni zazo.

¹⁹ Wamyeka walala emadolweni akhe; wabiza umuntu, waphuca izihluthu eziyisikhombisa zezinwele zekhanda lakhe; waqala ukumcindezela, amandla akhe asuka kuye.

²⁰ Wathi: “AmaFilisti aphezu kwakho, Samsoni; Wavuka ebuthongweni bakhe, wathi: “Ngiyakuphuma njengakuqala ngithuthumele.” Futhi wayengazi ukuthi uJehova wayemukile kuye.

²¹ AmaFilisti amthatha, amkhipha amehlo, amyisa eGaza, ambopha ngamaketanga ethusi; waphela amandla etilongweni.

²² Kodwa izinwele ekhanda lakhe zaqala futhi ukuhluma ngemva kokuba esephuciwe.

²³ Izikhulu zamaFilisti zabuthana ukuba zenze umhlatshelo omkhulu kuDagoni unkulunkulu wazo, zijabule; ngoba bathi: Unkulunkulu wethu unikele isitha sethu uSamsoni esandleni sethu.

²⁴ Abantu sebembonile badumisa unkulunkulu wabo, ngokuba bathi: “Unkulunkulu wethu unikele esandleni sethu isitha sethu nomchithi wezwe lethu, owabulala abaningi bethu.”

²⁵ Lapho izinhliziyo zabo sezithokozile, bathi: “Bizani uSamsoni ukuba asidlalele.” Basebembiza uSamsoni etilongweni; basebemmisa phakathi kwezinsika.

²⁶ USamsoni wathi kumfana owayembambe ngesandla: “Ngivumele ngizwe izinsika indlu emi phezu kwazo, ukuze ngencike kuzo.”

²⁷ Indlu yayigcwele abesilisa nabesifazane; zonke izikhulu zamaFilisti zazilapho; ophahleni kwakukhona amadoda nabesifazane kungathi izinkulungwane ezintathu, bebukela uSamsoni edlala.

²⁸ USamsoni wayesebiza uJehova, wathi: “Nkosi Jehova, ngikhumbule, ungiqinise kube kanye nje, Nkulunkulu, ukuze ngiphindisele kumaFilisti impindiselo yamehlo ami womabili.

²⁹ USamsoni wabamba izinsika ezimbili eziphakathi indlu eyayimi phezu kwazo wamisa phezu kwazo, enye ngesandla sokunene nenye ngesandla sakhe sobunxele.

³⁰ USamsoni wasesithi: Ake ngife lamaFilisti. Wakhothama ngamandla akhe onke; indlu yawela phezu kwezikhulu naphezu kwabo bonke abantu ababe kuyo. Ngakho abafileyo ababulala ekufeni kwakhe babe baningi kunalabo ababulala esaphila.

³¹ Base behla abafowabo nendlu yonke kayise, bamthatha, bamenyusa, bammbela phakathi kweSoreya ne-Eshitawoli ethuneni likayise uManowa. Wabusa u-Israyeli iminyaka engamashumi amabili.