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Samsoni Abwezera Afilisti
1 Patapita nthawi, mu nyengo yodula tirigu, Samsoni anatenga kamwana kambuzi ndipo anapita kukacheza kwa mkazi wake. Iye anati, “Ndikufuna kukalowa ku chipinda cha mkazi wanga.” Koma abambo a mkaziyo anamuletsa kutero.
2 Abambo a mkaziyo anati, “Ine ndimaganiza kuti umamuda kwambiri nʼchifukwa chake ndinamupereka kwa mnzako. Kodi mngʼono wake uja sindiye wokongola kupambana iye? Ingotengani ameneyo mʼmalo mwake.”
3 Samsoni anawawuza kuti, “Pano sindikhala wochimwa ndikawachita choyipa chachikulu Afilistiwa.” 4 Choncho Samsoni anapita nakagwira nkhandwe 300 nazimangirira michira ziwiriziwiri ndipo pa fundo iliyonse ya michirayo anamangirira nsakali. 5 Anayatsa nsakalizo kenaka ndi kuzitayira nkhandwe zija mʼminda ya tirigu ya Afilisti, ndipo zinatentha milu ya tirigu, ndi wosadula yemwe pamodzi ndi mitengo ya mpesa ndi ya olivi.
6 Tsono Afilisti anayamba kufunsana kuti, “Ndani wachita izi?” Ena anati, “Ndi Samsoni mkamwini wa munthu wa ku Timna uja chifukwa Mtimunayo anatenga mkazi wake ndi kumupereka kwa mnzake.”
Choncho Afilisti anapita kukatentha mtsikanayo pamodzi ndi abambo ake. 7 Samsoni anawawuza kuti, “Ngati mumachita zangati zimenezi, ndiye ine sindileka mpaka nditakulipsirani.” 8 Choncho Samsoni anamenyana nawo koopsa ndipo anapha ambiri a iwo. Kenaka anakalowa mʼphanga la Etamu, nakhala momwemo.
9 Pambuyo pake Afilisti anakamanga misasa ya nkhondo mʼdziko la Yuda, ndi kuthira nkhondo mʼdera la Lehi. 10 Anthu a fuko la Yuda anafunsa kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani mwabwera kudzamenyana nafe?”
Iwo anayankha kuti, “Tabwera kudzamanga Samsoni ndi kuti timuchite zofanana ndi zimene anatichita.”
11 Ndipo anthu 3,000 a ku Yuda anapita ku phanga la Etamu, ndi kukamufunsa Samsoni kuti, “Kodi iwe sudziwa kuti ife amatilamulira ndi Afilisti? Tsono ndi chiyani chimene watichitachi?”
Iye anayankha kuti, “Ine ndinachita zomwe iwo anandichita.”
12 Iwo anati kwa iye, “Ife tabwera kuti tikumange ndi kukupereka kwa Afilisti.”
Ndipo Samsoni anati, “Lonjezani mwa lumbiro kuti simundipha ndinu.”
13 Iwo anamuyankha kuti, “Ayi, ife sitikupha. Koma tingokumanga ndi kukupereka mʼmanja mwa Afilisti.” Choncho anamumanga ndi zingwe ziwiri zatsopano namutulutsa mʼphanga muja. 14 Samsoni anafika ku Lehi, ndipo Afilisti anamuchingamira akufuwula. Nthawi yomweyo Mzimu wa Yehova unatsika pa iye mwamphamvu ndipo zingwe zimene anamumanga nazo zinasanduka ngati thonje lopsa mʼmoto, zinachita ngati zasungunuka nʼkuchoka mʼmanja mwake. 15 Anapeza chibwano cha bulu amene anali atangofa kumene. Anachitola ndi kuphera nacho anthu 1,000.
16 Ndipo Samsoni anati,
“Ndi chibwano cha bulu,
milu ndi milu ya anthu.
Ndi chibwano cha bulu,
ndapha anthu 1,000.”
17 Atatsiriza kuyankhula, anataya chibwanocho, ndipo malowo anawatcha Ramati-Lehi.
18 Pambuyo pake anamva ludzu kwambiri ndipo anayitana Yehova mopempha kuti, “Inu mwapatsa mtumiki wanu chipulumutso chachikulu chotere. Kodi tsopano ndife ndi ludzu ndi kugwidwa ndi anthu osachita mdulidwewa?” 19 Pamenepo Mulungu anangʼamba nthaka ku Lehi, ndipo madzi anatuluka mʼdzenjemo. Samsoni anamwa madziwo, ndipo mphamvu zake zinabwerera nakhalanso monga analili. Choncho chitsimecho chinatchedwa Eni-Hakore, ndipo chilipobe ku Lehiko mpaka lero.
20 Samsoni anatsogolera Israeli pa nthawi ya Afilisti kwa zaka makumi awiri.

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