Vatongi
15 Nekufamba kwenguva, mumazuva ekukohwa gorosi, Samsoni akashanyira mudzimai wake aine mbudzi diki. Akati: “Ndinoda kupinda muimba yekurara* mune mudzimai wangu.” Asi baba vemudzimai wake vakamurambidza kupinda. 2 Baba vacho vakati: “Ndakafunga kuti haumudi.+ Saka ndakamupa muperekedzi wako.+ Munin’ina wake haana kunaka kumupfuura here? Tora zvako iyeye.” 3 Zvisinei, Samsoni akati kwavari: “Iye zvino handingapiwi mhosva nevaFiristiya kana ndikavaitira zvakaipa.”
4 Saka Samsoni akaenda, akabata makava 300. Akabva atora mwenje, akasunganidza miswe yemakava acho achiaita maviri maviri, achiisa mwenje mumwe chete pakati pemiswe miviri yega yega. 5 Akabva abatidza mwenje yacho, akaregedzera makava acho achienda muminda yaiva nezvirimwa zvakanga zvisati zvakohwewa zvevaFiristiya. Akapisa zvinhu zvese nemoto kubvira kuchisote kusvikira kuzvirimwa zvakanga zvisati zvakohwewa, uyewo minda yemizambiringa neminda yemiorivhi.
6 VaFiristiya vakabvunza kuti: “Ndiani aita izvi?” Vakaudzwa kuti: “NdiSamsoni, mukuwasha wemurume wekuTimna, nekuti murume wacho akatora mudzimai waSamsoni, akamupa muperekedzi wake.”+ VaFiristiya vakabva vaenda vakapisa mukadzi wacho nababa vake nemoto.+ 7 Samsoni akabva ati kwavari: “Kana zviri izvo zvamunoita, handisi kuzomira kusvikira ndakutsivai.”+ 8 Akabva auraya vakawanda chaizvo, mumwe pashure pemumwe, achibva aenda, akatanga kugara mubako redombo* reEtamu.
9 Gare gare vaFiristiya vakauya, vakadzika musasa muJudha, uye vaifamba vachipararira muRehi.+ 10 Varume veJudha vakabva vati: “Nei mauya kuzotirwisa?” ivo vakapindura vachiti: “Tauya kuzotora* Samsoni, kuti timuitirewo zvaakatiitira.” 11 Saka varume veJudha 3 000 vakaenda kubako redombo* reEtamu vakati kuna Samsoni: “Hauzivi here kuti vaFiristiya vari kutitonga?+ Saka nei watiitira izvi?” Akabva ati kwavari: “Zvavakandiitira ndizvo zvandakavaitirawo.” 12 Asi vakati kwaari: “Tauya kuzokutora* kuti tikuendese kuvaFiristiya.” Samsoni akabva ati: “Ndipikirei kuti hamuzondirwisi.” 13 Ivo vakati kwaari: “Aiwa, tichangokusunga chete, tokuendesa kwavari, asi hatizokuurayi.”
Saka vakamusunga netambo itsva mbiri vakabva naye kudombo racho. 14 Paakasvika kuRehi, vaFiristiya vakashevedzera nemufaro pavakamuona. Mweya waJehovha wakabva wamupa simba,+ tambo dzaiva mumaoko ake dzikabva dzaita seshinda dzakatsva nemoto, uye zvisungo zvake zvakanyunguduka zvichibva mumaoko ake.+ 15 Akabva awana shaya yedhongi gono rakanga richangofa; akatambanudza ruoko rwake, akaitora, akauraya varume 1 000 nayo.+ 16 Samsoni akabva ati:
“Neshaya yedhongi, ndavaita murwi mumwe chete, mirwi miviri!
Neshaya yedhongi ndauraya varume 1 000.”+
17 Paakapedza kutaura, akabva arasa shaya yacho, akatumidza nzvimbo iyoyo kuti Ramati-rehi.*+ 18 Akabva ava nenyota kwazvo, uye akashevedzera kuna Jehovha, akati: “Ndimi maita kuti mushumiri wenyu akunde vanhu vakawanda kudai. Iye zvino ndofa nenyota uye ndowira mumaoko evanhu vasina kuchecheudzwa here?” 19 Saka Mwari akatsemura gomba raiva muRehi, mvura ikayerera ichibuda mariri.+ Paakainwa, simba rake rakadzoka, muviri wake ukasimbazve. Ndokusaka akatumidza nzvimbo yacho kuti Eni-hakore,* iyo iri muRehi.