¹Zvino Samusoni wakaenda Gaza, akaonapo mukadzi waiva chifeve akapinda kwaari.

¹And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;

²VaGaza vakaudzwa, zvichinzi, Samusoni wasvika pano. Ivo vakamukomba, vakamuvandira usiku hwose pasuwo reguta, vakaramba vanyerere usiku hwose, vachiti, Mangwana kana kwaedza tichamuuraya.

²[it is told] to the Gazathites, saying, `Samson hath come in hither;` and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, `Till the light of the morning — then we have slain him.`

³Samusoni akavata kusvikira pakati pousiku, akamuka pakati pousiku, akabata masasa esuwo reguta, namatanda aro maviri, akaavhomora pamwechete nomuzariro waro, akaaisa pamafudzi ake, ndokuatakurira kugomo riri pamberi peHebhuroni.

³And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which [is] on the front of Hebron.

⁴Zvino pashure akada mukadzi wakange agere pamupata weSoreki, wainzi Dherira.

⁴And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name [is] Delilah,

⁵Madzishe avaFirisitia akakwira kumukadzi, akati kwaari, Munyengetedze, uone kuti tingamukunda sei, kuti timusunge timumanikidze; ipapo mumwe nomumwe wedu uchakupa mashekeri esirivha ane gumi ramazana nezana rimwe.

⁵and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, `Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], and wherein we are able for him — and we have bound him to afflict him, and we — we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.`

⁶Zvino Dherira akati kuna Samusoni, Ndiudze hako kuti simba rako guru rinobvepi, uye kuti ungasungwa neiko, umanikidzwe.

⁶And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power [is], and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.`

⁷Samusoni akati kwaari, Kana vakandisunga namarunda matsva manomwe achigere kuomeswa, ndichashaiwa simba, ndikava somumwe munhu.

⁷And Samson saith unto her, `If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.`

⁸Ipapo madzishe avaFirisitia akamuvigira marunda matsva manomwe achigere kuomeswa, iye akamusunga nawo.

⁸And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.

⁹Zvino wakange ana vavandiri vakanga vakavandira muimba yomukati. Akati kwaari, Samusoni, vaFirisitia vasvika! Iye akadambura marunda, sezvinodamburwa rwonzi rworuchinda kana rwanzwa moto. Naizvozvo simba rake harina kuzikamwa.

⁹And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known.

¹⁰Ipapo Dherira akati kuna Samusoni, Tarira, wandidadira, nokundirevera nhema; zvino chindiudza hako kuti ungasungwa nei?

¹⁰And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.`

¹¹Akati kwaari, Kana vakangondisunga havo namabote matsva, asina kumbobatisa, ndichashaiwa simba, ndikava somumwe munhu.

¹¹And he saith unto her, `If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.`

¹²Ipapo Dherira akatora mabote matsva, akamusunga nawo, akati kwaari, Samusoni, vaFirisitia vasvika! Vavandiri vakanga vakavandira muimba yomukati. Ipapo akaadambura pamaoko ake soruchinda.

¹²And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.

¹³Dherira akati kuna Samusoni, Kusvikira zvino wakange uchingondidadira, uchindirevera nhema; chindiudza hako kuti ungasungwa nei? Akati kwaari, Kana ukarukira mhotsi nomwe dzevhudzi romusoro wangu pamwechete nomucheka unorukwa.

¹³And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.` And he saith unto her, `If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.`

¹⁴Iye akarisunga nembambo, akati kwaari, Samusoni, vaFirisitia vasvika! Ipapo akapepuka pahope dzake, akavhomora mbambo yedanda pamwechete nomucheka wakarukwa.

¹⁴And she fixeth [it] with the pin, and saith unto him, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web.

¹⁵Iye akati kwaari, Zvino ungataura seiko uchiti, Ndinokuda, kana moyo wako usinganditendi? Zvino wandidadira katatu, usingandiudzi kuti simba rako guru rinobvepi?

¹⁵And she saith unto him, `How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power [is].`

¹⁶Zvino wakati achingomutambudza mazuva ose namashoko ake, achigombedzera, moyo wake ukanetswa kusvikira pakufa.

¹⁶And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death,

¹⁷Akamuudza nomoyo wake wose akati kwaari, Musoro wangu hauna kutongoveurwa nechisvo, nekuti ndiri muNaziri waMwari kubva padumbu ramai vangu; kana ndikaveurwa, simba rangu richabva kwandiri, ndingashaiwa simba, ndikaita somumwe munhu.

¹⁷that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, `A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I [am] from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.`

¹⁸Zvino Dherira wakati aona kuti wamuudza nomoyo wake wose, akatuma munhu kundodana madzishe avaFirisitia, akati, Kwirai henyu kuno nguva ino, nekuti wandiudza nomoyo wake wose. Ipapo madzishe avaFirisitia vakakwira kwaari, vakauya nemari mumaoko avo.

¹⁸And Delilah seeth that he hath declared to her all his heart, and she sendeth and calleth for the princes of the Philistines, saying, `Come up this time, for he hath declared to me all his heart;` and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her, and bring up the money in their hand.

¹⁹Iye akamuvatisa pamabvi ake, akadana munhu kuzoveura mhotsi nomwe dzevhudzi romusoro wake; akatanga kumumanikidza; simba rake rikabva kwaari.

¹⁹and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him;

²⁰Akati, Samusoni, vaFirisitia vasvika! Ipapo Samusoni akapepuka pahope dzake, akati, Ndichabuda nguva inowo sapane dzimwe nguva, ndikazvisunungura, asi wakange asingazivi kuti lehovha wakange abva kwaari.

²⁰and she saith, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `I go out as time by time, and shake myself;` and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him.

²¹Zvino vaFirisitia vakamubata, vakamutumbura meso, vakaburuka naye Gaza, ndokumusunga nezvisungo zvendarira, akauya mutirongo.

²¹And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

²²Asi vhudzi romusoro wake rakatanga kurebazve shure kokuveurwa kwake.

²²And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,

²³Zvino madzishe avaFirisitia akaungana pamwechete kuzobayira Dhagoni mwari wavo chibayiro chikuru, ndokufara; nekuti vakati, Mwari wedu wakaisa mumaoko edu muvengi wedu Samusoni.

²³and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, `Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.`

²⁴Zvino vanhu vakati vachimuona, vakarumbidza mwari wavo, nekuti vakati, Mwari wedu wakaisa mumaoko edu muvengi wedu, nomuparadzi wenyika yedu, wakauraya vazhinji vedu.

²⁴And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, `Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.`

²⁵Zvino moyo yavo yakati yofara, vakati, Chidanai Samusoni, atitambire. Vakandodana Samusoni mutirongo, akatamba pamberi pavo, vakamuisa pakati pembiru.

²⁵And it cometh to pass, when their heart [is] glad, that they say, `Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;` and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars.

²⁶Zvino Samusoni akati kumukomana wakange akabata ruoko rwake, Nditendere kuti ndibate mbiru dzakatsigira imba, ndisendamire padziri.

²⁶And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, `Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.`

²⁷Zvino imba yakanga izere navarume navakadzi; namadzishe avaFirisitia akanga arimo ose; napamusoro pedenga pakanga pana varume navakadzi vanenge zviuru zvitatu, vakanga vachitarira kutamba kwaSamusoni.

²⁷And the house hath been full of men and of women, and thither [are] all the princes of the Philistines, and on the roof [are] about three thousand men and women, who are looking on the playing of Samson.

²⁸Ipapo Samusoni akadana kuna Jehovha akati, Ishe Mwari, ndirangarirei henyu, ndisimbisei henyu nguva ino chete, imwi Mwari, nditsivirwe meso angu maviri kuvaFirisitia.

²⁸And Samson calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this time, O God; and I am avenged — vengeance at once — because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.`

²⁹Samusoni akabata mbiru mbiri dzapakati, dzakanga dzakatsigira imba, akadzisunda, imwe noruoko rwake rworudyi neimwe noruoko rwake rworuboshwe.

²⁹And Samson turneth aside [to] the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, [to] the one with his right hand, and one with his left;

³⁰Ipapo Samusoni akati, Ngandife hangu pamwechete navaFirisitia. Akakotama nesimba rake rose, imba ikawira pamusoro pamadzishe, napamusoro pavanhu vaivamo. Naizvozvo vakafa vaakauraya pakufa kwake, vakanga vari vazhinji kuna vakaurawa naye achiri mupenyu.

³⁰and Samson saith, `Let me die with the Philistines,` and he inclineth himself powerfully, and the house falleth on the princes, and on all the people who [are] in it, and the dead whom he hath put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death in his life.

³¹Zvino hama dzake, navose veimba yababa vake, vakaburuka, vakamutora, vakakwira naye, ndokumuviga pakati peZora neEshitaori, paguva raManowa, baba vake. Iye wakatonga vaIsiraeri makore ana makumi maviri.

³¹And his brethren come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.