Thutan Vaihom Ho 15
1 Khonungin, suhlou chang lhunphat nin Samson’in kelchanou khat ajinu peh dingin ahin choijin ahungin. Hichun aman aseijin, “Keima kajinu indan sunga che–ing ting galuppin kate,” ati. Ahinla ajinu apan analutsah tapon ahi.
Then, after some time, when the days of the wheat harvest were near, Samson arrived, intending to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid from the goats. And when he wanted to enter her bedroom, as usual, her father prohibited him, saying:
2 Numeinu pan anaseijin, “Keiman kagella chu nangman najinu chu nadeilou mong mong ahitai katia, nagol phapenpa komma ajidingin kanapeh ahitai, ahinla ven anaonu hi amanu sanga hoijo louham, amahi kichenpi tan” atin ahi.
“I thought that you would hate her, and therefore I gave her to your friend. But she has a sister, who is younger and more beautiful than she is. And she may be a wife for you, instead of her.”
3 Samson in hitin aseije, “Tunvang Philistine te chunga itobang bol jongleng themmo taponge” ati.
And Samson answered him: “From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines. For I will do harm to you all.”
4 Hijouchun apotdoh in Sial jathum aga man’in amei’u akhit mat matnun hiche akopto khatcheh chu meisel toh ahel kopmin ahi.
And he went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he joined them tail to tail. And he tied torches between the tails.
5 Hijouchun, meiyin ahallin Sial hochu Philistinete loulai changphung lah a chun alhalut’in ahi. Hitichun chaangho chu agale akung pummin ahal lhajengin lengpithei leh Olive thing kisan’in ahal lhah tha jengin ahi.
And setting these on fire, he released them, so that they might rush from place to place. And immediately they went into the grain fields of the Philistines, setting these on fire, both the grain that was already bound for carrying, and what was still standing on the stalk. These were completely burned up, so much so that the flame also consumed even the vineyards and the olive groves.
6 Philistine hochun, “Hichehi koibol bepseo hitam?” atiuvin ahileh “Samson” ahi, Timnah mi apupa chun Samson jinu chu agolphapen patoh kicheng dinga anapeh doh jeh a abol ahi” atiuve. Hijeh chun Philistine techu acheuvin numeinu nule pachu amandoh uvin meijah ahallih tauve.
And the Philistines said, “Who has done this thing?” And it was said: “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another. He has done these things.” And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.
7 Samson akihah sellin “Nanghon hiche hi naboljeh un nachunguva phu kalah tokah a kaki choldoh louding ahi,” ati.
And Samson said to them, “Even though you have done this, I will still fulfill vengeance against you, and then I will be quieted.”
8 Hijeh chun aman lunghangtah in Philistine hochu anokhumin mitamtah athatnin ahi. Hiche jouchun ama achen Etam munnah songpi khatnah chun agachengtan ahi.
And he struck them with a tremendous slaughter, so much so that, out of astonishment, they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And descending, he lived in a cave of the rock at Etam.
9 Philistine ten alethuh un Judah gamsungah ngahmun asemun Lehi khopi kom geijin akithe jao jengun ahi.
And so the Philistines, ascending into the land of Judah, made camp at the place which was later called Lehi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army spread out.
10 Judah mipite chun Philistine hochu adongun “Ipi bolla neihung delkhum uham?” atiuve. Philistine ten adonbut un, “Keiho Samson mandinga hung kahiuve, aman keiho chunga thilse abol hi lethuh dinga kahung’u ahi,” atiuve.
And some from the tribe of Judah said to them, “Why have you ascended against us?” And they responded, “We have come to bind Samson, and to repay him for what he has done to us.”
11 Hichun Judah mite sangthum chu Etam songpi ko homma um Samson chu gamandoh ding in achesuh un ahi. Amahon Samson komma chun “Philistine tehin ichunguva vai ahom u ahi tihi nahet louham-kachung uva hi ipibepseo nabol hitam?” atiuve. Ahin Samson in adonbutnin “Amahon keichunga abol tobang bepma kalethuh ahibouve” ati.
Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam. And they said to Samson: “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why would you want to do this?” And he said to them, “As they have done to me, so I have done to them.”
12 Juda mipi hochun amakomma aseijun,” Keihon nangmahi kantumma Philistine ho khutna pehdoh dinga kahungu ahi,” atiuve.
And they said to him, “We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me.”
13 Samson in aseijin, “Aphai ahinla nangho tah in neitha louna diuvin kitem un” atin Amahon adonbut un “Nathat pouvinge” atiuvin ahi.
They said: “We will not kill you. But we will deliver you tied.” And they bound him with two new cords. And they took him from the rock at Etam.
14 Samson chu Lehi ahunglhun phatnin Philistine ho chun noise tahin kholhang asammun ahin delkhumun ahi. Ahinla Pakai lhagao chu thaneitah in Samson chunga ahung chun, akikanna khaoho chu meiyin patjang akahtan bangin atumtan gamtan ahi.
And when he had arrived at the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines, shouting aloud, had met him, the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him. And just as flax is usually consumed by a hint of fire, so were the ties with which he was bound broken and released.
15 Hijouchun aman sangan khagu thah khat amun, hichu alan Philistine mi sangkhat hichea chun athat tan ahi.
And finding a jawbone which was laying there, that is, the jawbone of a donkey, snatching it up, he put to death a thousand men with it.
16 Samson’in aseije, “Sangan khagu mangchan alom chang’in kajamme, sangan khagu mangchan mi sangkhat kathatnin ahi,” ati.
And he said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, with the jaw of the colt of a donkey, I have destroyed them, and I have struck down a thousand men.”
17 Aman ahaan lasap chu achaiphat in sangan khagu chu apei mangtan ahi. Hiche munchu Ramath Lehi akisahtan ahi.
And when he had completed these words, singing, he threw the jawbone from his hand. And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi, which is translated as ‘the elevation of the jawbone.’
18 Hijouchun ama adangchah lheh jengtan ahileh Pakai kommah akapjah jengin, “Nangin nalhachapa thahat aming chaan galjona loupitah neipetan ahi. Tuahi dangchah a kathia hiche cheptan louho khutna hi kalouding hitam?” ati.
And being very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, and he said: “You have given, to the hand of your servant, this very great salvation and victory. But see that I am dying of thirst, and so I will fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.”
19 Hijeh chun Pathenin Lehi tolgolai komtong khatchu apokeh dahin tui ahung kikhodoh jengtan ahi. Samson’in hichu adonnin akido dohtan ahi. Hijeh chun ahiche munchu “En-hakkore” asahun hichu tuni geijin Lehi munnah aumna laiye.
And so the Lord opened a large tooth in the jawbone of the donkey, and water went out from it. And having drank it, his spirit was revived, and he recovered his strength. For this reason, the name of that place was called ‘the Spring called forth from the jawbone,’ even to the present day.
20 Philistine ten gamsunga vai ana homlaijun Samsonin Israelte chungah kum somni thutan’in ana pangin ahi.
And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, for twenty years.
