2. Abantu baseGaza baxelelwa kwathiwa: “USamson ulapha.” Baza bawurhawula loo mzi ubusuku bonke, bamlalela nasemasangweni esixeko. Bahlala ubusuku bonke, besithi: “Kwakusa ngomso sombulala.”
3. Kambe ke yena uSamson wavuka phakathi kobusuku, waya esangweni lesixeko, wafika wayibamba imigubasi kunye neengcango nomvalo, wasiphula konke. Wayixwaya emagxeni, waya nayo kwinduli ekhangelene neHebron.
4. Kwakhona ke uSamson wathandana nentokazi yentili yaseSoreki egama linguDelila.
5. Ke izikhulu zamaFilistiya zaya kuyo, zathi: “Msondeze uSamson de akuxelele imfihlelo yala mandla akhe angaka, ucebise ukuba singenza kanjani na ukuze simbambe, simbophe, simoyise. Umntu ngamnye kuthi uya kukunika iisiliva ezilishumi elinanye lamakhulu.”
6. Ngoko ke uDelila wacengana noSamson, wathi: “Ndihlebele; uwathatha phi la mandla angaka? Ungabotshwa ngantoni ukuze woyisakale?”
7. USamson wamphendula wathi: “Ukuba ndingabotshwa ngesixhenxe seentsontelo ezingekomi, amandla am angatha, ndifane nabanye abantu.”
8. Izikhulu zamaFilistiya ke zanika uDelila iintsontelo ezisixhenxe ezingekomi, waza ke wambopha ngazo uSamson.
9. Ke kaloku uDelila wayefihle amadoda endlwini apho, waza ke wakhwaza wathi: “Nanga amaFilistiya, Samson!” Ke yena uSamson ezo ntsontelo wazithi gqashu-gqashu okomtya ulenywa ngumlilo. Ngoko ke imfihlelo yamandla akhe yasala ingaziwa mntu.
10. UDelila wathetha noSamson, wathi: “Wena uphoxe ngam, wandixokisa. Khawundixelele ukuba ungabotshwa ngantoni na.”
11. USamson waphendula wathi: “Ukuba banokundibopha ngeentsontelo ezintsha ezingekasebenzi, amandla am angetha, ndifane nabanye abantu.”
12. Ke uDelila wathatha iintsontelo ezintsha, wambopha ngazo uSamson, waza wakhwaza wathi: “Nanga amaFilistiya, Samson!” AmaFilistiya ke ayelalele endlwini apho. Kodwa yena uSamson waziqhawula ezo ntsontelo ezazisezingalweni zakhe zanga yimisonto.
13. UDelila wathi kuSamson: “Nangoku uyawaphoxa ngam, wandixokisa. Khawundixelele ukuba ungabotshwa ngantoni na.”Waphendula ke uSamson wathi: “Ukuba unokwenza amafrerha asixhenxe entloko kum, uze uwaluke kunye nemisonto, uwaqinise ngoluthi lokuluka, ndingetha amandla, ndifane nabanye abantu.”
14. Ke uDelila wathi akulala uSamson wawaluka ngemisonto amafrerha asixhenxe kaSamson ewaqinisa ngoluthi, wakhwaza wathi: “Nanga amaFilistiya, Samson!” Wasuka wavuka uSamson, waluncothula uluthi, wayixhwitha imisonto.
15. UDelila ke wathi kuSamson: “Ungathini ukuthi uyandithanda kodwa akundithembi! Kokwesithathu ngoku uphoxisa ngam, ibe ke nangoku akukandixeleli ukuba uwathatha phi la mandla angaka.”
16. Waza ke wammela imihla ngemihla emcenga.Wada uSamson wakruquka wanga angafa,
17. wamchazela konke, wathi: “Iinwele zam zange zichetywe. Ndanikelwa *ndalilolo likaThixo kwasekuzalweni kwam. Xa zinokuchetywa iinwele zam, angaphela amandla am, ndibe buthathaka nam, ndifane nabanye abantu.”
18. UDelila akuqonda ukuba uxelelwe yonke inyaniso nguSamson, wathumela kwizikhulu zamaFilistiya, wathi: “Yizani kwakhona; undixelele konke.” Ke zeza zimphathele imali leyo.
19. UDelila walalisa uSamson emathangeni akhe, waza ke wabiza umntu, wacheba amafrerha osixhenxe akhe. Ngokwenjenje ke uDelila wamenza waphelelwa ngamandla uSamson.