Judges 16
1 And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Samisoni ki Kesa, ʻo ne mamata ʻi ai ki he fefine angahala, pea ʻalu ia kiate ia.
2 And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, Sampson is come here: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will kill him.
Pea naʻe tala ki he kakai Kesa, ʻo pehē, Kuo haʻu ʻa Samisoni ki heni. Pea naʻa nau ʻāʻi ʻa Samisoni ʻi ai, pea naʻe toka ʻae malumu kiate ia ʻi he pō kotoa ko ia ʻi he matapā ʻoe kolo, ʻonau longo pe ʻi he pō kotoa, ko ʻenau pehē, “ʻI he ʻapongipongi ʻoka ʻaho, te tau tāmateʻi ia.”
3 And Sampson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Chebron, and laid them there.
Pea naʻe mohe ʻa Samisoni ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻuapō, pea ʻi heʻene tuʻuapō, naʻe tuʻu ʻa Samisoni, ʻo ne ʻave ʻae matapā lōua ʻoe kolo, mo hono ongo pou, pea ʻalu mo ia, mo hono fakamaʻu kotoa pē, pea naʻa ne hili ia ki hono uma, pea fua hake kotoa pē ki he tumutumu ʻoe moʻunga ʻoku ʻi he ʻao ʻo Hepeloni.
4 And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in Alsorech, and her name [was] Dalida.
Pea hili ia, pea pehē, naʻe ʻofa ia ki he fefine ʻi he teleʻa ʻo Soleki, ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Tilila.
5 And the princess of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength [is], and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give you each eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae houʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia kiate ia, ʻonau pehē kiate ia, “Ke ke fakakolekole kiate ia, pea vakai pe ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he hā ʻene mālohi lahi, pea ko e hā ʻae meʻa ko ia te mau lavaʻi ai ia, koeʻuhi ke mau haʻi ia pea fakavaivaiʻi ia: pea te mau taki taha ʻatu kiate koe ha konga siliva ʻe taha afe ma teau.”
6 And Dalida said to Sampson, Tell me, I pray you, wherein [is] your great strength, and wherewith you shall be bound that you may be humbled.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tilila kia Samisoni, “ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tala mai kiate au, ʻOku ʻi he hā ʻa ho mālohi lahi, pea ʻe faʻa haʻi koe ʻaki ʻae ha ke fakavaivai koe.”
7 And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samisoni kiate ia, “Kapau tenau haʻi ʻaki au ʻae afo mata ʻe fitu ʻaia naʻe ʻikai tauaki te u vaivai ai ʻo hangē ko ha tangata kehe.”
8 And the princess of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them.
Pea naʻe toki ʻomi kiate ia ʻe he houʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia ʻae afo mata ʻe fitu ʻaia naʻe ʻikai tauaki, pea naʻa ne haʻi ʻaki ia.
9 And the liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, the Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he broke the cords as if any one should break a thread of tow when it has touched the fire, and his strength was not known.
Pea naʻe tuʻu teuteu ʻi ai ʻae kau tangata, ʻo nofo mo ia ʻi he potu fale. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Samisoni kuo hoko ʻae kau Filisitia kiate koe.” Pea naʻe motumotuhi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi afo, ʻo hangē ko e motu ha foʻi filo vaivai ʻoka lave ki ai ʻae afi. Pea ko ia naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ai ʻene mālohi.
10 And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, you have cheated me, and told me lies; now then tell me wherewith you shall be bound.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tilila kia Samisoni, “Vakai, kuo ke manuki kiate au, ʻo lea loi kiate au: ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke tala mai kiate au ʻaia ʻe faʻa haʻi ʻaki koe.”
11 And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man.
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Kapau tenau haʻi au ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maea foʻou ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ngāueʻaki, te u vaivai ai, ʻo hoko ʻo hangē ko e tangata kehe.”
12 And Dalida took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the liers in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he broke them off his arms like a thread.
Ko ia naʻe toe ʻai ʻe Tilila ʻae ngaahi maea foʻou, pea haʻi ʻaki ia, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Samisoni kuo ʻiate koe ʻae kau Filisitia.” Pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae kau toitoi naʻe nofo mo ia ʻi he potu fale. Pea naʻa ne motuhi ia mei hono nima ʻo hangē ha foʻi filo tuitui.
13 And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, you have deceived me, and told me lies; tell me, I entreat you, wherewith you may be bound: and he said to her, If you should weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and should fasten them with the pin into the wall, then shall I be weak as another man.
Pea pehē ʻe Tilila kia Samisoni, “Kuo ke fai manuki pē kiate au pea lea loi mai: tala mai kiate au, ʻe haʻi koe ʻaki ʻae hā?” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Kapau te ke fī ha vāhenga louʻulu ʻe fitu ʻo hoku ʻulu fakataha mo e lalanga.”
14 And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall.
Pea naʻa ne fakamaʻu ʻaki ia ʻae faʻo ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Samisoni kuo ʻiate koe ʻae kau Filisitia.” Pea naʻe ʻā hake ia mei heʻene mohe, pea ne ʻalu ia mo e faʻo ʻoe fuʻu ʻakau, pea mo e lalanga.
15 And Dalida said to Sampson, How say you, I love you, when your heart is not with me? this third time you have deceived me, and have not told me wherein [is] your great strength.
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “ʻOku fēfē hoʻo pehē, ʻOku ou ʻofa kiate koe, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate au hoʻo ʻofa? Kuo ke kākaaʻi au ʻo liunga tolu, pea ʻoku teʻeki siʻi tala kiate au pē ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he hā ʻa hoʻo mālohi lahi.”
16 And it came to pass as she pressed him sore with her words continually, and straitened him, that his spirit failed almost to death.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene taukave ʻene lea kiate ia ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo fakafiuʻi ia, naʻe mamahi ai hono laumālie ʻo tei mate;
17 Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy [one] of God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all [other] men.
Ko ia naʻa ne fakahā kiate ia hono loto kotoa pē, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Naʻe ʻikai hoko ha tele ki hoku ʻulu; he ko e Fakamavahe au ki he ʻOtua mei he manāva ʻo ʻeku faʻē: kapau ʻe tekefua au, pea ʻe mole ai ʻeku mālohi ʻiate au, pea te u hoko ʻo vaivai, pea te u hangē ko e tangata kehe.”
18 And Dalida saw that he told her all his heart, and she sent and called the princess of the Philistines, saying, Come up yet this once; for he has told me all his heart. And the chiefs of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
Pea ʻi he mamata ʻe Tilila kuo ne fakahā kiate ia hono loto kotoa, naʻe fekau ia ʻo ui ke haʻu ʻae houʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia, ʻo ne pehē, “Mou haʻu ke toe tā tuʻo taha, he kuo ne fakahā kiate au ʻa hono loto kotoa.” Pea naʻe haʻu ai ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia kiate ia, pea naʻe ʻomi ʻae ngaahi paʻanga ʻi honau nima.
19 And Dalida made Sampson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him.
Pea naʻa ne fakamohe ia ki hono tui; pea naʻa ne ui ke haʻu ha tangata, ke ne tele ke ʻosi hono tope louʻulu ʻe fitu; pea naʻa ne kamata fakavaivai ia, pea naʻe mole ʻene mālohi ʻiate ia.
20 And Dalida said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord was departed from him.
Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Samisoni, ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻae kau Filisitia.” Pea naʻe ʻā hake ia mei heʻene mohe, pea ne pehē, “Te u ʻalu atu ʻo hangē ko ʻeku faʻa ʻalu, ʻo tupetupeʻi au.” Pea naʻe ʻikai mahalo ʻe ia kuo ʻalu ʻa Sihova ʻiate ia.
21 And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison-house.
Ka naʻe puke ia ʻe he kau Filisitia, ʻonau kapeʻi hono mata, pea naʻe ʻohifo ia ki Kesa, pea haʻi ʻaki ia ʻae meʻa haʻi palasa; pea naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻae momosi meʻa ʻi he fale fakapōpula.
22 And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
Ka naʻe toe kamata tupu hono louʻulu ʻi he hili ʻene tekefua.
23 And the chiefs of the Philistines met to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to make merry; and they said, God has given into our hand our enemy Sampson.
Pea naʻe fakataha ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia koeʻuhi kenau ʻatu ha feilaulau lahi kia Takoni ko honau ʻotua, pea kenau fiefia: he naʻa nau pehē, “Kuo tuku ʻe hotau ʻotua ʻa Samisoni, ko hotau fili ki hotau nima.”
24 And the people saw him, and sang praises to their god; for our god, [said they], has delivered into our hand our enemy, who wasted our land, and who multiplied our slain.
Pea ʻi he mamata kiate ia ʻae kakai, naʻa nau fakamālō ki honau ʻotua: he naʻa nau pehē, “Kuo tuku ʻe hotau ʻotua ki hotau nima ʻa hotau fili, mo e fakaʻauha ʻo hotau fonua, ʻaia naʻa ne tāmateʻi hotau toko lahi.”
25 And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison-house, and let him play before us: and they called Sampson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they struck him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he fiefia ʻo honau loto, naʻa nau pehē, “Ui ke haʻu ʻa Samisoni, koeʻuhi ketau fakavele kata ai.” Pea naʻa nau ui ke haʻu ʻa Samisoni mei he fale fakapōpula; pea naʻa ne fai meʻa fakakata ʻi honau ʻao, pea naʻa nau tuku ia ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo pou.
26 And Sampson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house [rests], and I will stay myself upon them.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samisoni ki he tamasiʻi naʻe puke hono nima, “Tuku au ke u ala ki he ongo pou ʻaia ʻoku faʻaki ki ai ʻae fale, koeʻuhi ke u faʻaki ki ai.”
27 And the house [was] full of men and woman, and there were all the chiefs of the Philistines, and on the roof [were] about three thousand men and woman looking at the sports of Sampson.
Pea ko eni, naʻe fonu ʻae fale ʻi he kau tangata mo e kau fefine; pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki kotoa pē ʻoe kakai Filisitia; pea naʻe nofo ʻi he tuʻafale ʻae kau tangata mo e kau fefine ʻe toko tolu afe nai, ke mamata ki he fai meʻa fakakata ʻa Samisoni.
28 And Sampson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my lord, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes.
Pea naʻe hū ʻa Samisoni kia Sihova, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke manatuʻi au; ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ʻE ʻOtua, ke ke fakamālohi au, ke tuʻo taha ni, koeʻuhi ke u totongi leva ni ki he kakai Filisitia koeʻuhi ko hoku ongo mata.”
29 And Sampson took hold of the two pillars of the house on which the house stood, and leaned on them, and laid hold of one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
Pea naʻe puke ʻe Samisoni ki he ongo pou ʻe ua ʻi loto ʻaia naʻe falala ai ʻae fale, ʻaia naʻa na poupou hake ia, ko e taha ʻi hono nima toʻomataʻu, mo e taha ʻi hono toʻohema.
30 And Sampson said, Let my wife perish with the Philistines: and he bowed himself mightily; and the house fell upon the princes, and upon all the people that were in it: and the dead whom Sampson killed in his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samisoni, “Tuku au ke u mate mo e kakai Filisitia.” Pea naʻa ne tulolo ʻi hono mālohi kotoa; pea naʻe holo ʻae fale ki he ngaahi houʻeiki, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ai. Ko ia ko e mate naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻi heʻene pekia naʻe tokolahi hake ʻiate kinautolu naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻi heʻene moʻui.
31 And his brethren and his father's house went down, and they took him; and they went up and buried him between Saraa and Esthaol in the sepulchre of his father Manoe; and he judged Israel twenty years.
Pea naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa hono ngaahi kāinga mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻi he fale ʻo ʻene tamai, ke toʻo ia, ʻo ʻalu hake mo ia, pea naʻe fai hono putu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Sola mo Esitaoli ʻi he tanuʻanga ʻo ʻene tamai ko Manoa. Pea naʻa ne fakamaauʻi ʻe ia ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu.
