18. Ndipo pamene Delila anaona kuti adamfotokozera mtima wace wonse, anatuma naitana akalonga a Afilisti, ndi kuti, Kwerani nthawi yino, pakuti wandifotokozera za mtima wace wonse. Nakwera akalonga a Afilisti nadza kwa iye nabwera nazo ndalamazo m'dzanja lao.
19. Pamenepo anamgonetsa pa mabondo ace, naitana munthu, nameta njombi zace zisanu ndi ziwiri; nayamba kumzunza, nimcokera mphamvu yaceo
20. Ndipo anati, Afilisti akugwera, Samsoni. Nagalamuka iye m'tulo tace, nati, Ndizituruka ngati nthawi zina, ndi kudzitakasika. Koma sanadziwa kuti Yehova adamcokera.
21. Pamenepo Afilisti anamgwira, namkolowola maso, natsika naye ku Gaza, nammanga ndi maunyolo amkuwa; namperetsa m'kaidi.
22. Koma atammeta tsitsi la pamutu pace linayamba kumeranso.
23. Ndipo anasonkhana akalonga a Afilisti kuperekera Dagoni mulungu wao nsembe yaikuru, ndi kusekerera; pakuti anati, Mulungu wathu wapereka Samsoni mdani wathu m'dzanja lathu.
24. Ndipo pakumuona anthu analemekeza mulungu wao, pakuti anati, Mulungu wathu wapereka m'dzanja lathu mdani wathu, ndiye wakupasula dziko lathu, amene anatiphera ambiri.
25. Ndipo kunali, pakukondwera mitima yao, anati, Kaitaneni Samsoni, atisewerere. Naitana Samsoni m'kaidi; nasewera iye pamaso pao; ndipo anamuika iye pakati pa mizati.
26. Ndipo Samsoni anati kwa mnyamata womgwira dzanja, Ndileke, ndikhudze mizati imene nyumba ikhazikikapo, kuti nditsamirepo.
27. Koma nyumbayi inadzala ndi amuna ndi akazi; ndi akalonga onse a Afilisti anali momwemo ndi patsindwi panali amuna ndi akazi ngati zikwi zitatu akuyang'ana pakusewera Samsoni.
28. Pamenepo Samsoni anaitana kwa Yehova, nati, Yehova, Mulungu, dikupempha mundikumbukile, ndikupemphani, ndi kundilimbitsa, ndikupemphani, nthawi yino yokha, Mulungu, kuti ndidzilipsiriretu tsopano apa Afilisti, cifukwa ca maso anga awiri.