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

¹And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

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

²[And it was told] the Gazathites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they surrounded [him], and laid wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning light we will kill 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 lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

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

⁴And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was 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 lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Persuade him, and see in what his great strength is, and with what we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to overpower him; and we will each give thee eleven hundred silver-pieces.

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

⁶Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee.

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

⁷And Samson said to her, If they should bind me with seven fresh cords which have not been dried, then should I be weak, and be as another man.

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

⁸Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound 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.

⁹Now she had liers in wait abiding in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he broke the cords, as a thread of tow is broken when it touches the fire; and his strength was not known.

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

¹⁰And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mightest be bound.

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

¹¹And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes, with which no work has been done, then should I be weak, and be as another man.

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

¹²And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like 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 said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what thou mightest be bound. And he said to her, If thou shouldest weave 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 fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and tore out the pin of the beam, and the web.

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

¹⁵Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy great strength.

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

¹⁶And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto 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.

¹⁷and he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I am a Nazarite of God from my mother's womb; if I should be shaven, then my strength would go from me, and I should be weak, and be like all mankind.

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 saw that he had told her all his heart, and she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this time, for he has told me all his heart. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought 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 made him sleep upon her knees, and called a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to overpower him, and his strength went from 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 said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him.

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

²¹And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.

²²Asi vhudzi romusoro wake rakatanga kurebazve shure kokuveurwa kwake.

²²But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.

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

²³Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.

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

²⁴And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.

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

²⁵And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they set him between the pillars.

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

²⁶And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Let loose of me, and suffer me to feel the pillars upon which the house stands, that I may 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.

²⁷Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and upon the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport.

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

²⁸And Samson called to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may take one vengeance upon the Philistines for my two eyes.

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

²⁹And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (and he supported himself upon them), the one with his right hand and the other 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 said, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself with might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain 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 came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.