17 Yaba o mmolella tsohle tse ka pelong ya hae, a re ho yena: Lehare ha le eso ho ka le mpeola hlooho, hobane ke monasari wa Modimo, haesale popelong ya mme; ha nka beolwa, ke hona matla a ka a ka ntlohelang, mme nka fokola, ka ba jwaloka batho ba bang.
18 Jwale, Delila ha a bona hobane o mmoleletse tsohle tse ka pelong ya hae, a romela ho bitsa marena a Bafilesta, a re: Nyolohang kajeno, hobane o mpoleletse tsohle tse ka pelong ya hae. Kahoo, marena a Bafilesta a nyolohela ho yena, a nkile ditjhelete ka matsoho a bona.
19 Eitse hobane Delila a mo robatse mangoleng a hae, a bitsa motho, mme a beola thapo tse supileng tsa moriri wa hlooho ya hae, mme a qala ho mo fokodisa, mme matla a hae a hla a mo tlohela.
20 A re ho yena: Samsone Bafilesta ke bao hodima hao. Yaba o tsoha borokong ba hae, a re: Ke tla phonyoha jwaloka mehla, ke inamolele matsohong a bona; athe ha a tsebe hobane Jehova o mo furaletse.
21 Yaba Bafilesta ba mo tshwara, ba mo honya mahlo, mme ba mo theosetsa Gasa; ba mo tlama teng ka mahlaahlela a mabedi a koporo, mme a nna a soka tshilo ya lelwala teronkong.
22 Empa moriri wa hlooho ya hae wa boela wa mela, jwaloka pele, ha a ne a eso ho beolwe.
23 Yaba marena a Bafilesta a phutheha ho hlabela Dagone, modimo wa bona, sehlabelo se seholo, le ho etsa mokete; ba re: Modimo wa rona o neetse Samsone, sera sa rona, matsohong a rona.