Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
Samson te Gaza la a caeh vaengah pumyoi nu a hmuh hatah a taengla a kun thil.
2 When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
Azzathi rhoek loh, “Samson he la ha pawk coeng,” a ti uh. Te dongah a vael uh tih khoyin puet khopuei vongka ah rhongngol uh. Khoyin puet te hil a phah uh tih mincang khothaih hlanah ng'ngawn pawn ni,” a ti uh.
3 But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
Tedae Samson te khoyin boengli duela yalh tih khoyin boengli ah koep thoo. Te vaengah khopuei vongka kah thohkhaih te rhungsut rhoi neh rhen a tuuk tih thohkalh khaw a phil. Te phoeiah a laengpang ah a tloeng tih Hebron dan kah tlang som la a koh.
4 Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Te tlam te a om phoeiah Sorek soklong kah huta pakhat, a ming ah Delilah te a lungnah.
5 The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
Te vaengah Delilah te Philisti boei rhoek loh a paan uh tih, “Anih te hloih lamtah ba nen lae a thadueng a len tih ba nen lae anih n'na eh ti han so laeh. Te vaengah anih phaep ham ka khit uh saeh lamtah nang te kaimih loh tangka thawngkhat yakhat rhip kam pae uh eh,” a ti nah.
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
Te dongah Samson te Delilah loh, “Me nen lae na thadueng a len tih nang phaep ham te ba nen lae ng'khih eh tite kai taengah bet han thui lah,” a ti nah.
7 Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Tedae anih te Samson loh, “Kai he kuelrhui aka rhae pawh a thingsup yungrhih nen te ng'khit uh koinih ka kha sut vetih hlang mailai banglam ni ka om eh?,” a ti nah.
8 So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
Te dongah Delilah ham Philisti boei rhoek te kuelrhui aka rhae pawh yungrhih te a thingsup la a khuen pa uh tih Samson te a khih.
9 While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
Delilah te imkhui ah a rhongngol doela om tih, “Samson nang pum dongkah Philisti rhoek te,” a ti nah hatah hmai loh a laeh vaengkah hamnak rhui a pat bangla kuelrhui te a bawt. Te dongah a thadueng te ming uh pawh.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
Tedae Samson te Delilah loh, “Kai taengah na omsaa tih kai taengah laithae na thui he. Tahae ah kai ham han thui laeh, ba nen lae ng'khih eh?,” a ti nah.
11 He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Te dongah, “Kai he bitat a saii nah mueh rhuivaeh a thai neh n'khih la n'khih uh atah ka kha sut vetih hlang mailai banglam ni ka om eh?,” a ti nah.
12 So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
Te dongah Delilah loh rhuivaeh a thai te a loh tih Samson a khih. Te phoeiah, “Samson na pum dongkah Philisti rhoek te,” a ti nah. Te vaengah imkhui ah aka rhongngol thil khaw om coeng dae a ban dongkah te rhuihet bangla but a bawt.
13 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Te dongah Samson te Delilah loh, “Tahae duela kai taengah na omsaa tih kai taengah laithae na thui, kai taengah thui laeh, ba nen lae ng'khih eh?,” a ti nah. Te vaengah, “Ka lu kah samtum parhih he hnitah dongah na tah atah,” a ti nah.
14 So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
Te dongah a sam te ciphuem neh khak a hen pah tih, “Samson na pum dongkah Philisti rhoek te,” a ti nah. Te vaengah a ih kung lamkah haenghang tih ciphuem te tampai neh hnitah neh rhen a dueng.
15 “How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
Te phoeiah, “Nang loh, 'Kan lungnah,’ tila metlamlae na thui thai, na lungbuei te kai taengah a om pawt dongah kai taengah voei thum na omsaa tih, me tla na thadueng a len khaw kai taengah na thui moenih,” a ti nah.
16 Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
Tedae Samson te hnin takuem ah a ol neh a kilh tih a toeh a oeih dongah duek ham ni a hinglu long a hnuenah coeng.
17 Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
Te dongah a lungbuei kah boeih te Delilah taengah a thui pah. Te vaengah, “Kai he a nu bung khui lamloh Pathen kah hlangcoelh la ka om dongah thiha loh ka lu a ben moenih. Vo koinih ka thadueng he kai lamloh nong vetih ka tlo ni. Te vaengah hlang boeih banglam ni ka om eh?,” a ti nah.
18 When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
A lungbuei kah aka om boeih te a thui coeng tila Delilah loh a hmuh. Te dongah tah Philisti boei rhoek te a tah tih a khue vaengah, “Anih long he kamah taengah a lungbuei kah boeih te a phoe coeng dongah vai ah halo uh saeh,” a ti nah. Te dongah Philisti boei rhoek loh Delilah taengla halo uh tih a kut dongah tangka hang khuen uh.
19 And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
A khuklu dongah Samson a soei tih hlang a khue. Samson lu dongkah samtum parhih te a vok pah tih Samson te phaep ham te a poeih. Te dongah a thadueng khaw Samson dong lamloh viik nong.
20 Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
Te vaengah, “Samson, na pum dongkah Philisti rhoek te,” a ti nah tih a ih lamkah haenghang. A noek noek vaengkah bangla ka thoo vetih ka khoek bitni a ti. Tedae anih taeng lamloh BOEIPA a nong te amah loh ming pawh.
21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
Te dongah Samson te Philisti rhoek loh a tuuk uh tih a mik a koeih pauh. Gaza la a suntlak puei uh tih rhohum neh a khih uh. Te dongah Samson tah thongtla im ah sum aka kuelh la a khih uh.
22 However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
Tedae a vok vanbangla a lu dongkah a sam loh pahoi a cawn pah.
23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
Te vaengah Philisti boei rhoek loh amamih kah Dagon pathen taengah hmueih puei nawn ham tingtun uh. Te dongah kohoenah neh, “Mamih kah thunkha Samson tah mamih kah pathen loh mamih kut ah m'paek coeng,” a ti uh.
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
Pilnam loh a hmuh vaengah a pathen te a thangthen uh tih, “Mamih kah khohmuen a khah tih mamih rhok aka pung sak, mamih kah thunkha tah mamih kut ah pathen loh m'paek coeng,” a ti uh.
25 And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
A lungbuei a umya a umya uh vaengah ah, “Samson te khue lamtah mamih ham luem lah saeh,” a ti uh. Te dongah thongtla im kah a pael Samson te a khue uh. Samson te amih mikhmuh ah a lawn uh tih tung laklo ah a pai sakuh.
26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
Te vaengah Samson loh a kut dongah aka pangtung camoe pakhat taengah, “Kai ng'khuen lamtah im tung te ka yam lah eh. Te dongah te a naep la ka duem lah eh,” a ti nah.
27 Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.
Te vaengah huta tongpa loh im khuiah muep thet uh tih Philisti boei rhoek boeih tah imphu ah ngoluh. Samson kah luem aka so huta tongpa thawng thum tluk louh.
28 Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
Tedae Samson loh BOEIPA a khue tih, “Ka Boeipa Yahovah aw, kai m'poek laem lamtah tahae ah kai he Pathen loh voeikhat mah n'talong lah saeh, te daengah ni ka mik rhoi ham Philisti soah pakhat la phulohnah neh phu ka loh eh?,” a ti nah.
29 And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
Te vaengah Samson loh im laklung kah tung rhoi taengla hoi uh. Te rhoi dongah tawn uh tih pakhat te a bantang ah, pakhat te a banvoei ah a duel thil.
30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
Te phoeiah Samson loh, “Ka hinglu he Philisti rhoek neh hmaih duek saeh,” a ti tih thadueng neh a tulh. Te dongah boei rhoek neh a khuikah pilnam boeih te im loh a cungku thil. A duek vaengah a ngawn tih aka duek he a hing vaengkah a ngawn lakah a yet ngai om.
31 Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
Te vaengah a mana rhoek neh a napa cako te boeih suntla uh tih rhok a loh uh. Te phoeiah a khuen uh tih Zorah laklo neh Eshtaol laklo kah a napa Manoah phuel ah a up uh. Israel te anih loh kum kul lai a tloek pah.
