Noma engena emzini, wonke u -Israyeli uyakuyisa amagoda kulowo muzi , siwuhudulele emfuleni, kungabe kusafunyanwa khona netshana elilodwa.

UDelila wayesethatha amagoda amasha , wambopha ngawo , wathi kuye : AmaFilisti aphezu kwakho , Samsoni. Abaqamekeli babehlezi ekamelweni eliphakathi. Wawagqabula ezingalweni zakhe njengomucwana.

UDelila wayesethi kuSamsoni: Kuze kube manje udlale ngami , wangitshela amanga; ngitshele ukuthi ungaboshwa ngani . Wathi kuye: Uma weluka amagoda ayisikhombisa ekhanda lami nezintambo zakho zokwelukwa.

Wamlalisa ubuthongo emathangeni akhe , wabiza umuntu , waphucula amagoda ayisikhombisa ekhanda lakhe ; waqala ukumhlupha, amandla akhe amuka kuye.

Khona amabutho anquma amagoda esikebhe, asidedela sawa.

Kepha wena ndodana yomuntu , bheka, bayakufaka amagoda kuwe , bakubophe ngawo; awuyikuphumela phakathi kwabo.

Bheka, ngifaka amagoda phezu kwakho , awuyikuphenduka uhlangothi ngohlangothi, uze uqede izinsuku zokuvimbezela kwakho.