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16 Pane imwe nguva Samsoni akaenda kuGaza, akaona pfambi ikoko, akapinda mumba mayo. 2 VaGaza vakaudzwa kuti: “Samsoni auya kuno.” Saka vakamukomba, vakamuhwandira usiku hwese pagedhi reguta. Vakaramba vakanyarara usiku hwese vachiti: “Tichamuuraya pakunenge kwachena.”

3 Asi Samsoni akaramba akarara ikoko kusvikira pakati peusiku. Akabva amuka pakati peusiku, akabata masuo egedhi reguta nemagwatidziro* aro maviri, akaadzura pamwe chete nezariro* racho. Akazviisa pamapfudzi, akakwira nazvo pamusoro pegomo rakatarisana neHebroni.

4 Pashure paizvozvo akadanana nemumwe mukadzi aiva muBani reSoreki, ainzi Dherira.+ 5 Saka madzishe evaFiristiya akaenda kumukadzi wacho akati: “Munyengetedze*+ uone kuti chii chinomupa simba rakawanda kudaro uye kuti tingamukurira sei tomusunga tobva tamukunda. Kana ukadaro, mumwe nemumwe wedu achakupa masirivha 1 100.”

6 Dherira akazotaura naSamsoni achiti: “Ndapota ndiudze kuti simba rako guru rinobva kupi uye kuti chii chaungasungwa nacho kuti munhu akukunde.” 7 Samsoni akati kwaari: “Kana vakandisunga netambo 7 dzisati dzaomeswa dzinoiswa pauta,* ndichapera simba ndoita sezvakangoita munhu wese.” 8 Saka madzishe evaFiristiya akaunzira mukadzi wacho tambo 7 dzepauta dzisati dzaomeswa, akabva amusunga nadzo. 9 Vakabva vahwandira muimba yemukati, uye mukadzi wacho akashevedzera kwaari achiti: “Samsoni, vaFiristiya vasvika!” Akabva adambura tambo dzacho zviri nyore, sekudambuka kunoita katambo kemuti wemufurakisi pakanoenda pedyo nemoto.+ Simba rake harina kuzivikanwa kuti raibva pai.

10 Dherira akabva ati kuna Samsoni: “Wandinyengedza ukandiudza nhema. Ndapota chindiudza kuti chii chingashandiswa kukusunga.” 11 Saka akati kwaari: “Kana vakandisunga netambo itsva dzisati dzamboshandiswa, ndichapera simba ndoita sezvakangoita munhu wese.” 12 Dherira akabva atora tambo itsva akamusunga nadzo akashevedzera achiti: “Samsoni, vaFiristiya vasvika!” (Munguva yese iyi vaya vainge vakahwandira vaiva muimba yemukati.) Akabva adzidambura mumaoko ake seari kudambura shinda.+

13 Pashure paizvozvo Dherira akati kuna Samsoni: “Uri kungoramba uchindinyengedza uchindiudza nhema.+ Ndiudze kuti chii chingashandiswa kukusunga.” Akabva ati kwaari: “Kana ukarukirira mhotsi 7 dzemusoro wangu neshinda yemuruki wemachira, ndichapera simba.” 14 Saka akadzisungirira achishandisa hoko, achibva ashevedzera kwaari achiti: “Samsoni, vaFiristiya vasvika!” Akabva apepuka, akadzura hoko neshinda yacho.

15 Akabva ati kwaari: “Ungataura sei kuti, ‘Ndinokuda,’+ iwo mwoyo wako usiri pandiri? Wandinyengedza katatu aka uye hauna kundiudza kuti simba rako guru rinobva pai.”+ 16 Airamba achimunetsa uye achimumanikidza zuva nezuva, akapedzisira amunetesa* zvekusvika pakuda kufa.+ 17 Saka akazopedzisira amuudza zvese zvaiva mumwoyo make achiti: “Musoro wangu hausati wamboveurwa nechisvo, nekuti ndiri muNaziri waMwari kubva pandakaberekwa.*+ Kana ndikaveurwa, simba rangu richabva kwandiri uye ndichava munhu asina simba ndoita sevamwe varume vese.”

18 Dherira paakaona kuti akanga amuudza zvese zvaiva mumwoyo make, akabva angoshevedza madzishe evaFiristiya,+ achiti: “Uyai iye zvino, nekuti andiudza zvese zviri mumwoyo make.” Saka madzishe evaFiristiya akabva aenda kwaari aine mari. 19 Akamuita kuti abatwe nehope ari pamabvi ake; akabva ashevedza mumwe murume akaita kuti aveure mhotsi 7 dzemusoro wake. Pashure paizvozvo, Dherira akatanga kuva nesimba paari, nekuti simba raSamsoni rakanga richipera. 20 Akabva ashevedzera kuti: “Samsoni, vaFiristiya vasvika!” Akapepuka akati: “Ndichabuda sepane dzimwe nguva+ ndozvisunungura.” Asi haana kuziva kuti Jehovha akanga amusiya. 21 Saka vaFiristiya vakamubata, vakamutushura maziso. Vakabva vaenda naye kuGaza, vakamusunga nezvisungo zviviri zvemumakumbo zvemhangura, uye akatanga kuita basa rekukuya zviyo* mujeri. 22 Asi bvudzi remusoro wake rakatanga kukura zvakare pashure pekunge aveurwa.+

23 Madzishe evaFiristiya akaungana kuti ape chibayiro chikuru kuna mwari wawo Dhagoni+ uye kuti apemberere, nekuti aiti: “Mwari wedu aisa muvengi wedu Samsoni mumaoko edu!” 24 Vanhu pavakamuona, vakarumbidza mwari wavo vakati: “Mwari wedu aisa muvengi wedu mumaoko edu, uyo akaparadza nyika yedu,+ akauraya vanhu vedu vakawanda chaizvo.”+

25 Sezvo vaiva nemufaro mumwoyo yavo, vakati: “Shevedzai Samsoni kuti atifadze.” Saka vakanoshevedza Samsoni mujeri kuti avafadze; vakaita kuti amire pakati pembiru. 26 Samsoni akabva ati kumukomana akanga akamubata ruoko: “Ita kuti ndibate mbiru dzakatsigisa imba, kuitira kuti ndizendame padziri.” 27 (Sezvineiwo, imba yacho yakanga yakazara nevarume nevakadzi. Madzishe ese evaFiristiya aivapo, uye pamusoro pedenga reimba yacho paiva nevarume nevakadzi vanenge 3 000 avo vainge vakatarisa Samsoni vachinakidzwa.)

28 Samsoni+ akabva ashevedzera kuna Jehovha achiti: “Changamire Ishe Jehovha, ndapota ndiyeukei, uye ndisimbisei+ ndapota, panguva ino chete, haiwa Mwari, uye regai nditsive vaFiristiya nekuda kwerimwe remaziso angu maviri.”+

29 Samsoni akabva azvitsigisa nembiru mbiri dzepakati dzaiva dzakatsigisa imba yacho, akazendamira padziri, ruoko rwake rwerudyi rwuri pane imwe uye ruoko rwake rweruboshwe rwuri pane imwe yacho. 30 Samsoni akashevedzera achiti: “Regai ndife* pamwe chete nevaFiristiya!” Akabva asunda nesimba rake rese, imba yacho ikabva yawira madzishe acho nevanhu vese vaivamo.+ Saka akauraya vakawanda pakufa kwake kupfuura vaakanga ambouraya muupenyu hwake.+

31 Gare gare hama dzake nemhuri yese yababa vake vakauya kuzomutora kuti vadzokere naye. Vakaenda naye vakanomuviga pakati peZora+ neEshtaori muguva raManoa+ baba vake. Akanga atonga Israeri kwemakore 20.+