23 Mahosana a Bafilesita a kopana, ho etsetsa Dagone, modimo wa wona, nyehelo e kgolo ya sehlabelo, le ho ithabisa, hobane a ne a re: “Modimo wa rona o neelane ka Samosone, sera sa rona, matsohong a rona.”
24 Ha setjhaba se bona Samosone sa boka modimo wa sona, sa re: “Modimo wa rona o neelane ka sera sa rona matsohong a rona, e leng mosenyi wa naha ya rona, ya ileng a bolaya batho ba rona ba bangata.”
25 Yare ha ba se ba nyakaletse ba re: “Tlisang Samosone, a tlo re bapalla.” Ba tlisa Samosone a etswa tjhankaneng, mme a bapalla moo ba ntseng ba mo shebile. Ba mmea pakeng tsa ditshiya tse pedi.
26 Samosone a re ho moshanyana ya neng a mo tataisa: “Ako ntumelle ke tshware ditshiya tse pedi tse tsheheditseng ntlo, ke tle ke itshetlehe ka tsona.”
27 Ntlo ena e ne e tletse banna le basadi; ho ena le mahosana wohle a Bafilesita. Hodima marulelo a ntlo ena ho ne ho dutse banna le basadi ba dikete tse tharo, ba neng ba lebeletse Samosone ha a bapala.
28 Samosone a ipiletsa ho Morena, a re: “Oho, Morena, ke a o rapela: Ako nkgopole, mme o ke o mmatlafatse ka lekgetlo lena le le leng feela, Modimo, e le hore ke tle ke pheteletse mahlo a ka a mabedi ka Bafilesita.”
29 Samosone a itshwarella ka matla ditshiyeng tse pedi tse bohareng ba ntlo, tse tsheheditseng ntlo. A itshetleha ka tsona, letsoho la hae le letona le tshwere e nngwe, le le letshehadi le tshwere e nngwe.