Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
I haere ano a Hamahona ki Kaha, a ka kitea e ia tetahi wahine kairau i reira, a haere atu ana ki a ia.
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.”
A ka korerotia ki nga Kahi, ka meatia, Kua tae mai a Hamahona ki konei. Na ka karapotia ia e ratou, ka whanga hoki ratou ki a ia a pau noa te po i te kuwaha o te pa. Na takoto puku ana ratou a pau noa, taua po; i mea hoki, Waiho kia awatea, ka pa tu ai tatou i a ia.
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.
Heoi takoto ana a Hamahona a turuawaenga po; katahi ia ka whakatika i waenganui po, a ka mau i te tatau o te kuwaha o te pa, ki nga pou hoki e rua: na unuhia ake ana, ana tutaki, ana aha; a hikitia ana ki runga ki ona pokohiwi, amohia ana ki te t ihi o te maunga i te ritenga atu o Heperona.
4 Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
A, muri iho ka aroha ia ki tetahi wahine i te awaawa o Horeke, ko Terira tona ingoa.
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.”
Na ka haere nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini ki taua wahine, ka mea ki a ia, Whakawaia ia kia kitea ai no hea tona kaha nui, a ma te aha ia e taea ai e matou, kia herea ai ia e matou, kia whakaitia: a kotahi mano kotahi rau nga hiriwa e hoatu e ten ei, e tenei o matou ki a koe.
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
Na ka mea a Terira ki a Hamahona, Tena, whakaaturia mai ki ahau no hea tou kaha nui, ma te aha hoki e taea ai koe te here, kia whakaitia ai koe?
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.”
Na ka mea a Hamahona ki a ia, Ki te herea ahau e ratou ki nga aka hou e whitu, kahore nei i whakamaroketia, katahi ahau ka kahakore, ka rite ki tetahi atu tangata.
8 So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
Na ka maua e nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini etahi aka hou e whitu ki a ia, he mea kahore ano i whakamaroketia; a herea ana ia e ia ki aua mea.
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.
Na tera i taua wahine, i te ruma i roto, etahi tangata e tauwhanga ana. Na ka mea ia ki a ia, E Hamahona, ko nga Pirihitini, ka eke ki a koe! Na motumotuhia ana e ia nga aka: koia ano kei te miro muka e motu ana ina pa ki te ahi. Heoi kihai i moh iotia tona kaha.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
Na ka mea a Terira ki a Hamahona, Nana, kua tinihangatia ahau e koe, kua teka koe ki ahau; tena ra, whakaaturia mai ki ahau ma te aha koe e mau ai te here?
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.”
A ka mea ia ki a ia, Ki te herea iana ahau ki etahi taura hou kahore ano i meatia ki te mahi, katahi ahau ka kahakore, ka rite ki tetahi atu tangata.
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.
Na ka mau a Terira ki etahi taura hou, ka here i a ia; a ka mea ki a ia, E Hamahona, ko nga Pirihitini, ka eke ki a koe! Na i te ruma i roto nga kaiwhanga e noho ana. Na motuhia ana e ia i ona ringa, ano he miro.
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.”
Na ka mea a Terira ki a Hamahona, He tinihanga tau ki ahau, he korero teka a tae mai nei: whakaaturia ki ahau ma te aha koe e mau ai te here? Ka mea ia ki a ia, Ki te whatua e koe nga makawe e whitu o toku matenga ki roto ki te whenu.
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.
Na titia iho ana e ia ki te titi, a ka mea ki a ia, E Hamahona, ko nga Pirihitini ka eke ki a koe! Na ko tona ohonga ake i tana moe, ka unuhia te titi o te mea whatu me te whenu ano.
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!”
Na ka mea te wahine ki a ia, He aha koe i mea ai, E aroha ana ahau ki a koe, kahore nei hoki tou ngakau i riro mai i ahau? Ka toru enei mamingatanga au i ahau, kihai ano hoki i whakaaturia e koe ki ahau no hea tou kaha nui.
16 Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
Nawai a kahore he ra i kapea tana aki i a ia ki ana kupu, me te tohe ki a ia, a mate noa iho tona wairua i te hoha;
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.”
Katahi ka whakaaturia e ia ki a ia tona ngakau katoa, ka mea ki a ia, Kahore ano i pa noa he heu ki toku mahunga; he Natari hoki ahau ki a Ihowa no te kopu mai ano o toku whaea: ki te heua ahau, katahi ka riro atu toku kaha i ahau, a ka kahakore ahau, ka rite ki te mano o te tangata.
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, no te kitenga o Terira kua whakaaturia tona ngakau katoa ki a ia, ka tono tangata ia ki te karanga i nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini, hei mea, Haere mai ano koa aianei, kua whakaaturia hoki e ia tona ngakau katoa ki ahau. Na ka haere mai nga r angatira o nga Pirihitini ki a ia, me te mau mai i te moni i o ratou ringa.
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.
Na ka whakamoea ia e ia ki runga i ona turi, a ka karanga ki tetahi tangata, a heua ana nga makawe e whitu o tona mahunga; na ka timata tana whakaiti i a ia, a mahue ake ia i tona kaha.
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.
Na ka mea tera, E Hamahona ko nga Pirihitini ka eke ki a koe! Na maranga ana ia i tana moe, ka mea, Ka haere ahau ki waho, ka pera me mua ra, ruru ai i ahau. Heoi kihai ia i matau kua mawehe atu a Ihowa i a ia.
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.
Na ka hopukia ia e nga Pirihitini, a tikarohia ana ona kanohi; a kawea ana ia e ratou ki raro, ki Kaha; na herea ana ia ki nga mekameka parahi; a he huri mira tana mahi i roto i te whare herehere.
22 However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
Heoi kua timata ano nga makawe o tona mahunga te tupu i muri i tona heunga.
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.”
Na ka huihui nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini ki te patu i tetahi whakahere nui ki a Rakona, ki to ratou atua, ki te whakamanamana ano hoki: i mea hoki, Kua homai to tatou hoariri a Hamahona e to tatou atua ki to tatou ringa.
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.”
A, no te kitenga o te iwi i a ia, ka whakamoemiti ki to ratou atua: i mea hoki, Kua homai to tatou hoariri e to tatou atua ki to tatou ringa, te tangata nana to tatou whenua i huna, he tokomaha hoki o tatou i patua e ia.
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 i o ratou ngakau e koa ana, ka mea ratou, Karangatia a Hamahona, hei mea takaro ma tatou. Katahi ka karangatia a Hamahona i roto i te whare herehere, a takaro ana ia i to ratou aroaro: na ka whakaturia ia e ratou ki waenganui o nga pou.
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.”
Na ka mea a Hamahona ki te tamaiti i pupuri nei i a ia ki tona ringa, Tukua ahau kia whawha ki nga pou tokomanawa o te whare hei okiokinga atu moku.
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.
Na, ki tonu te whare i te tane, i te wahine; i reira ano hoki nga rangatira katoa o nga Pirihitini: i runga ano i te tuanui me te mea e toru mano nga tane, nga wahine, e matakitaki ana ki nga mahi takaro a Hamahona.
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.”
Katahi ka karanga a Hamahona ki a Ihowa, ka mea, E te Ariki, e Ihowa, kia mahara ki ahau, whakakahangia hoki ahau, e te Atua, i tenei wa kotahi nei, kia ea tonu aianei ki runga i nga Pirihitini toku mate i oku kanohi e rua.
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,
Na hopukia atu ana e Hamahona nga pou tokomanawa e rua o waenga, i tu ai, i mau ai te whare, ko tetahi ki tona ringa matau, ko tetahi ki tona maui.
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.
Na ka mea a Hamahona, Kia mate tahi ahau me nga Pirihitini. Ko tona tino pikonga iho, me te whakapau ano i tona kaha; heoi hinga ana te whare ki runga ki nga rangatira, ki runga ano hoki ki te iwi katoa i roto. Heoi tini atu i ana i patu ai i to na oranga te hunga i mate i whakamatea nei e ia, i tona matenga.
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.
Katahi ka haere iho ona teina ki raro, ratou ko te whare katoa o tona papa, a tangohia ana ia e ratou, kawea atu ana, tanumia ana ki waenganui o Toraha o Ehetaoro, ki te rua o Manoa, o tona papa. A e rua tekau nga tau i whakarite ai ia mo Iharai ra.
