Bisisu 16
1 Eso afaega, Sa: masane da Filisidini moilai bai bagade ea dio Ga: isa amoga asili, wadela: i hamosu uda gousa: i. E da amo uda gilisili golai.
One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
2 Ga: isa dunu fi da Sa: masane da esalebe nababeba: le, ilia da amo moilai bai bagade sisiga: le, moilai logo ga: su amoga e gagumusa: oulelu. Ilia da gasi ganodini ouiya: le lelu. Ilia agoane dawa: iou, “Ninia da oulelu, hahabedafa Sa: masane medole legemu.”
People soon found out that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together at the city gate and waited all night. They said to themselves, “When it dawns tomorrow morning, we will kill him [when he tries to leave the city].”
3 Be Sa: masane da golale, gasimogoa wa: legadole, e da moilai logo ga: su bagade (ga: su huluane, ifa amola logo huluane) amo mugululi fasili, gisawane, agolo amoga dunu da Hibalone moilai bai bagade ba: su, amoga gaguli asi.
But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight, he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted it up out of the ground, with its [connecting cross] bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it [many miles] uphill to Hebron.
4 Amalalu, Sa: masane da uda Solege fago amo ganodini esalu ea dio amo Dilaila, ema asigiba: le, lamusa: dawa: iou.
Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, [and started to live with her]. She lived in Sorek Valley [in the Philistia area].
5 Filisidini hina bagade biyale gala da Dilaila ema misini, amane sia: i, “Di Sa: masane hohonoma. Ninia da habodane e lale, la: gima: ne amola ea hou amoga hasalasima: ne, amo hogoi helema. Amalalu, ninia afae afae dima 1,100 silifa fage imunu.”
The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
6 Amaiba: le, Dilaila da Sa: masanema amane sia: i, “Na da dima edegesa. Dia gasa bagade hou da habidili mahabela: ? Dunu da di la: gili, dia gasa hedofamusa: da habodane hamoma: bela: ?”
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong, and tell me how someone can subdue you and tie you up.”
7 Sa: masane da bu adole i, “Ilia da gahe hame bioi gaheabolo dadi gosalo fesuale gala amoga na la: gisia, na da dunu eno defele gasa hame ba: mu.”
Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.”
8 Amaiba: le, Filisidini hina bagade da Dilaila ema gahe hame bioi gaheabolo dadi gosalo fesuale gaguli misi. Amoga, e da Sa: masane la: gi dagoi.
So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
9 Dilaila da sia: beba: le, dunu eno da diasu la: ididili sesei ganodini wamo ouesalebe ba: i. E gasa bagade wele sia: i, “Sa: masane! Filisidini dunu da manebe goea!” Be Sa: masane da amo dadi gosalo hedolo fi. Ilia da gobea ha: i laluga nei dibi agoane hedolowane fi. Amaiba: le, Filisidini dunu da ea gasa bagade wamolegei bai hame dawa: i.
Then she hid the men in one of the rooms in her house. Then [while Samson was sleeping], she tied him up with the bowstrings. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come here to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as easily as though they were strings that had been singed in a fire. So the Philistines did not find out what made Samson so strong.
10 Dilaila da Sa: masane ema amane sia: i, “Di da nama ogogoiba: le, na da gagaoui dunu agoai ba: sa. Nama moloiwane adoma. Dia gasa hedofama: ne, dunu da habodane di la: gima: bela: ?”
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have deceived me and lied to me! Now tell me [the truth, ] how someone can tie you up securely.”
11 E bu adole i, “Ilia da efe gaheabolo (amoga liligi da musa: hame la: gi) amoga na la: gisia, na da eno dunu defele, gasa hame ba: mu.”
Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
12 Amaiba: le, Dilaila da efe gaheabolo lale, Sa: masane la: gi dagoi. Amalalu, e da gasa bagade wele sia: i, “Sa: masane! Filisidini dunu da manebe!” Dunu eno da diasu la: ididili wamo ouesalebe ba: i. Be Sa: masane da amo efe dasai gobea ha: i defele fi.
So again, [she told the Philistine leaders, and] they [came and] hid in the room as they had done before. And again, while Samson was sleeping, she took the new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were threads.
13 Dilaila da Sa: masane ema amane sia: i, “Di da nama bu ogogoiba: le, na da gagaoui dunu agoane ba: sa. Dunu da habodane di lagima: bela: ?” Sa: masane da bu adole i, “Di da na dialumasa fesuale amo amunasuga amunasea amola mae fadegala masa: ne ifa amoga nodomenesisia, na da dunu eno defele gasa hame ba: mu.”
Then Delilah said, “You have deceived me and lied to me [again]! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!” Samson replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with the pin [that makes the threads tight], then I will be as weak as other men.” So again, while Samson was sleeping on her lap, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom,
14 Dilaila da Sa: masane amo ea masele da: iya, fene golama: ne susui. Amalalu, e da ea dialumasa fesuale amo amunasuga amuni. Mae fadegama: ne, e da ifaga nodomenesi. Amalalu, e da bagade wele sia: i, “Sa: masane! Filisidini dunu da manebe!” Be e da nedigili, ea dialuma hinabo amuni amo fadegai dagoi.
and she tightened them with the pin. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up and pulled out the pin, and pulled his hair from the threads on the loom.
15 Amalalu, Dilaila da ema amane sia: i, “Di da habodane nama asigisa amo sia: sala: ? Di da udiana agoane nama ogogoiba: le, na da gagaoui agoane ba: sa. Dia gasa bagade hou amo ea wamolegei bai, da nama hame olelei.”
Then Delilah said to him, “How can you say that you love me when you do not tell me the truth about yourself? You have deceived me three times, and you still have not told me what really makes you so strong!”
16 Eso huluane mae fisili, e da Sa: masanema adole ba: lalu. E da eso huluane sia: ga gegenabeba: le, Sa: masane da hele bagade nabi.
Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
17 Helebeba: le, e da moloiwane ea gasa bagade hou amo ea wamolegei bai ema olelei. E amane sia: i, “Na dialuma hinabo da hamedafa damusu. Na lalelegei eso amoga na da Na: salaide hou hamoma: ne, ilia da na Godema i. Na dialuma hinabo da damui dagoi ba: sea, na da dunu eno defele, gasa hame ba: mu.”
Finally Samson told her the truth. He said, “I have been set apart for God since the day I was born. And because of that, my hair has never been cut. If my hair were shaved off, my strength would be gone, and I would be as weak as other men.”
18 Dilaila da Sa: masane da ema moloidafa olelei dagoi ba: i. Amaiba: le, e da Filisidini hina bagade ema sia: adole iasi, amane, “Afadafa fawane bu misa! E da nama moloiwane olelei!” Amalalu, ilia da misini, muni dabe ema ima: ne gaguli misi.
Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she summoned the Philistine leaders again, saying, “Come back one more time, because Samson has really told me everything [about why he is so strong]”. So the Philistine leaders returned and brought to Delilah the money [that they promised to give her].
19 Dilaila da Sa: masane ea masele da: iya fene golama: ne sususu. Amalalu, e da dunu eno misa: ne wele sia: i. Amo dunu da Sa: masane ea dialuma sa fesuale gala damuni fasi. Amalalu, Dilaila da Sa: masane ougima: ne, ema gadele sia: su. Bai Sa: masane ea gasa da fisi dagoi ba: i.
Again she lulled Samson to sleep, with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and shave off Samson’s hair. As he did that, Samson began to get weaker. And finally his strength was all gone.
20 Amalalu, Dilaila da amane wele sia: i, “Sa: masane! Filisidini dunu da manebe!” E da nedigili, amane dawa: i, “Na da musa: agoane hahawane masunu.” Be Hina Gode da e yolesi dagoi, amo e da hame dawa: iou.
Then [after she tied him up], she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before. I will shake [these ropes] off myself and be free!” But he did not realize that Yahweh had left him.
21 Amalalu, Filisidini dunu da Sa: masane afugili, ea si aduna duga: le fasi. Ilia da e Ga: isa moilaiga oule asili, balase sia: inega la: gili, ema se iasu diasu hawa: hamomusa: logei. E se iasu diasu ganodini gagoma amola widi goudalalu.
So the Philistine men seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza. There they put him in prison and bound him with bronze chains. They made him [turn a millstone to] grind grain [every day].
22 Be ea dialuma hinabo da muni bu heda: lalebe ba: i.
But his hair started to grow again.
23 Filisidini hina bagade huluane da hahawane lolo manusa: amola ilia ogogosu ‘gode’ amo Da: igone ema gobele salasu bagade ima: ne gilisi dagoi. Ilia da amane gesami hea: i, “Ninia ‘gode’ da fidibiba: le, ninia da ninia ha lai dunu Sa: masane hasali.”
[Several months later] the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, “Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!”
And when the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying, “Samson ruined our crops and killed many of our people, but our god has put our enemy into our hands. Our god helped us to capture the one who has killed so many of us!”
25 Ilia da hahawane gilisili hedebeba: le, amane sia: i, “Sa: masane misa: ne wele sia: ma! E da nini hahawane ba: ma: ne hedemu da defea.” Ilia da Sa: masane se iasu diasuga gadili oule misini, ilia da hahawane ba: ma: ne hedema: ne sia: i. Ilia da e da igi dunibugi bagade aduna dogoa leloma: ne sia: i. Filisidini dunu da Sa: masane ba: loba, ilia da ilia ‘gode’ma bagadewane nodomusa: gesami hea: i, amane, “Amo dunu da ninia soge wadela: lesi amola ninia dunu bagohame medole legei. Be ninia ‘gode’ da hamobeba: le, ninia da e hasali dagoi.”
By that time the people were half-drunk. They shouted, “Bring Samson out of the prison! Bring him here so that he can entertain us!” So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. Then they made him stand in the center of the temple. They made him stand between the two pillars that held up the roof.
26 Goi afae da Sa: masane lobolele, oule ahoasu. Sa: masane da ema amane sia: i, “Na da dunibugi amoga diasu da gagui amo digili ba: mu galebe. Na da ilima baligisiagamu hanai galebe.”
Samson said to the servant who was leading him by his hand, “Place my hands against the two pillars. I want to rest against them.”
27 Amo diasu ganodini da dunu amola uda bagohame gilisili esalebe ba: i. Filisidini hina bagade biyale gala huluane esalebe ba: i. Diasu ea figisu da: iya dunu amola uda 3,000 agoane esalebe ba: i. Ilia da Sa: masane ba: lalu amola ilia hahawane ba: ma: ne, e se nabawane hedemusa: bagadewane wele sia: su.
At that time the temple was full of men and women. All the Philistine leaders were also there. And there were about 3,000 people on the roof, watching Samson and making fun of him.
28 Amalalu, Sa: masane da Godema sia: ne gadoi, amane, “Hina Gode Bagadedafa! Dia na bu dawa: loma! Na da ha: giwane Dima edegesa. Di nama na gasa bagade hou bu afaewane nama ima. Amasea, na da afadafa fabeba: le amo Filisidini dunu da na si duga: le fasi ilima dabemu.”
Then Samson prayed, saying, “Yahweh, my Lord, think about me again! Please give me strength one more time, so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!”
29 Amaiba: le, Sa: masane dadunibugibagade aduna diasu dogoa dialu amo afae da lobodafa eno lobo fofadi amoga gaguli, gasawane fusu.
Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars of the temple. He put his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other pillar.
30 E amane wele sia: i, “Na amola Filisidini dunu da gilisili bogomu da defea.” E da gasa bagade fubiba: le, diasu da mugululi, Filisidini hina bagade biyale gala amola dunu huluane amoga fana sa: i. Huluane da bogogia: i. Sa: masane da ea bogoi eso amoga da Filisidini dunu medole legei amo ilia idi da ea esalebe eso amoga medole legei amo ilia idi baligi dagoi.
Then he shouted [to God], “Let me die with the Philistines!”, and he pushed with all his strength. [The pillars collapsed], and the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the other Philistine people, [and they all died]. So Samson killed more people when he died than he had killed all during his life.
31 Ea yolali amola ea sosogo fi dunu eno da ea da: i hodo lala misi. Amo ilia gaguli, ea eda Manoua amo ea bogoi salasu Soula amola Esedoule dogoa sogebi dialu, amoga uli dogone sali. Sa: masane da ode 20amoga Isala: ili dunu ilia ouligisu esalu.
Later his brothers and their relatives went down [from Zorah to Gaza] to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Samson had been Israel’s leader for 20 years.
