Tikhulu 14 - Siswati 1996 Bible

Samsoni nentfombi yaseThimna

¹ Samsoni wehlela eveni laseThimna, wafike khona wabona intfombi leyayingumFilisti.

² Watsi nasabuya khona, wafike wakhuluma kuboyise nenina, watsi: “Ngibone intfombi lengumFilisti lena kulaseThimna, ngitsatseleni yona ibe ngumkami.”

³ Boyise nenina bambuta batsi: “Kute yini tintfombi lapha emkhatsini wetihlobo takho nasemkhatsini wato tonkhe tive takini? Sewungadzimate uye esiveni semaFilisti lesingasoki nekusoka uyewutsatsa khona umfati?” Kodvwa Samsoni waphendvula uyise, watsi: “Ngitsatsele yena. Uyatsandzeka emehlweni ami.”

⁴ Batali baSamsoni bebangati kutsi loko kwakuvela kuSimakadze labenguyena afunana nelitfuba lekuhlasela emaFilisti, ngobe ngaleso sikhatsi emaFilisti abebusa sive sema-Israyeli.

⁵ Samsoni wehlela eThimna wahamba naboyise nenina. Batsi nase basondzele ngasemasimini emivini yaseThimna, kwachamuka libhongwana lelibhubesi lita kuSamsoni, libhodla.

⁶ Moya waSimakadze wehlela etikwakhe ngemandla lamakhulu kangangekutsi lelibhubesi walibamba walidladlabula ngetandla takhe, kwaba shangatsi udladlabula lizinyane lembuti. Kodvwa akazange abatjele boyise nenina kutsi sewenteni endleleni yakhe.

⁷ Ngako wehla wayawukhuluma nalentfombatana; yatsandzeka kakhulu emehlweni akhe.

⁸ Kwatsi ngemalanga nje wase uyehla ayawushada nalentfombi yakhe; asesendleleni asaya khona, wase uphambukela kulesidvumbu salelibhubesi labelibulele. Wakhandza kunelibulo letinyosi neluju kulesidvumbu,

⁹ wase utapa lamakhekheba aletinyosi; wahambe atidla endleleni. Watsi kube abakhandze boyise nenina, wabapha nabo letinyosi, batidla. Kodvwa akazange abatjele kutsi letinyosi utitape esidvunjini selibhubesi.

¹⁰ Uyise wehla wayawubona lentfombi ekhaya kubo. Samsoni wenta lidzili lapho, njengobe kwakulisiko kutsi umkhwenyane ente lidzili.

¹¹ Watsi kube efike, wanikwa emajaha langema-30 kutsi atemhlalisa.

¹² Samsoni watsi kuwo: “Ase nginiphice. Nanitawucombelela kahle angakapheli emalanga lasikhombisa alelidzili, ngitaninika tembatfo telineni letingema-30 netimphahla tekwembatsa letingema-30.

¹³ Nanehluleka kucombelela kahle, kufanele ninginike nine tembatfo telineni letingema-30 netimphahla tekwembatsa letingema-30.” Lamajaha atsi: “Siphice. Shangatsi ngabe sewusiphicile.”

¹⁴ Wabatjela watsi: “Kulokudlanako kwaphuma lokudliwako; kulokunemandla kwaphuma lokunongotelako.” Kwaze kwaphela emalanga lamatsatfu solomane bangakacombeleli kahle.

¹⁵ Ngelilanga lesine bakhuluma kumkaSamsoni, batsi: “Ncenga lendvodza yakho wena, khona itesichazela inshokutsini yalesiphicaphicwana sayo, ngaphandle kwaloko sitawushisa wena kanye nawo wonkhe umndeni weyihlo, nife. Kantsi nisimemele kutesikhuthuza lapha kini?”

¹⁶ 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?”

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁸ Latsi lingakashoni lilanga lesikhombisa, bantfu bakulelidolobha batsi kuye: “Yini lenongotela njengeluju? Yini lenemandla njengelibhubesi?” Samsoni watsi kubo: “Kube beningalimi ngalelitfokati lami, ngabe nanyalo anikasicombeleli lesiphicaphicwana sami.”

¹⁹ Ngako Moya waSimakadze wehlela kuye ngemandla lamakhulu. Wehlela kulase-Ashkeloni, wabulala emadvodza akhona aba ngema-30; wawahlubula timphahla tawo, watitsatsa, watinika laba bebacombelele siphicaphicwana sakhe. Ngaleso sikhatsi abesatfukutsele abila, wesuka wahamba wabuyela ekhaya kubo.

²⁰ LomkaSamsoni watsatfwa wendziselwa lomunye walamajaha abetemhlalisa ngemtsimba wakhe.