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.”