Judges 16
1 And Samson goes to Gaza, and sees a woman there, a harlot, and goes in to her;
Samsoni alikwenda Gaza na akamwona kahaba huko, naye akalala pamoja naye.
2 [it is told] to the Gazathites, saying, “Samson has come in here”; and they go around and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, “Until the morning light—then we have slain him.”
Watu wa Gaza wakaambiwa, “Samsoni amekuja hapa.” Watu wa Gaza wakazunguka mahali hapo kwa siri, wakamngoja usiku wote katika lango la jiji. Walikaa kimya usiku wote. Wakisema, “Hebu tusubiri mpaka mchana, na kisha tumwuue.”
3 And Samson lies down until the middle of the night, and rises in the middle of the night, and lays hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side-posts, and removes them with the bar, and puts [them] on his shoulders, and takes them up to the top of the hill, which [is] on the front of Hebron.
Samsoni akalala kitandani mpaka usiku wa manane. Usiku wa manane akaamka na akashika mlango wa jiji na miimo yake miwili. Akavivuta kutoka nje, komeo na vyote, akaviweka kwenye mabega yake, akavichukua hadi juu ya kilima, mbele ya Hebroni.
4 And it comes to pass afterward that he loves a woman in the Valley of Sorek, and her name [is] Delilah,
Baada ya hayo, Samsoni alimpenda mwanamke aliyeishi katika bonde la Soreki. Jina lake alikuwa Delila.
5 and the princes of the Philistines come up to her, and say to her, “Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], and wherein we are able for him—and we have bound him to afflict him, and each one of us gives eleven hundred pieces of silver to you.”
Wale wakuu wa Wafilisti wakamwendea, wakamwambia, “mdanganye Samsoni ili uone mahali zilipo nguvu zake kuu, na kwa namna gani tunaweza kumshinda, ili tumfunge na kumtesa. Fanya hili, na kila mmoja wetu atakupa vipande 1, 100 vya fedha.”
6 And Delilah says to Samson, “Please declare to me wherein your great power [is], and with what you are bound, to afflict you.”
Ndipo Delila akamwambia Samsoni, “Tafadhali, niambie ni kwa jinsi gani wewe ni mwenye nguvu sana, na kwa namna gani mtu anaweza kukufunga, ili aweze kukudhibiti?”
7 And Samson says to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of mankind.”
Samsoni akamwambia, “Ikiwa watanifunga na kamba saba safi ambazo hazijakauka, nitakuwa dhaifu na kuwa kama mtu mwingine yeyote.”
8 And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green cords which have not been dried, and she binds him with them.
Basi wakuu wa Wafilisti wakamletea Delila kamba saba ambazo hazijakauka, naye akamfunga Samsoni.
9 And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she says to him, “Philistines [are] on you, Samson!” And he breaks the cords as a thread of tow is broken in its touching fire, and his power has not been known.
Sasa alikuwa na watu waliojificha kwa siri, walikaa katika chumba chake cha ndani. Akamwambia, “Wafilisti wako juu yako, Samsoni!” Lakini akazikata kamba kama uzi wakati unapogusa moto. Na hawakujifunza siri ya nguvu zake.
10 And Delilah says to Samson, “Behold, you have played on me, and speak lies to me; now, please declare to me with what you are bound.”
Ndipo Delila akamwambia Samsoni, “Ndivyo ulivyonidanganya mimi na kuniambia uongo. Tafadhali, niambie kwa namna gani unaweza kufungwa.”
11 And he says to her, “If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work has not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of mankind.”
Akamwambia, “Ikiwa watanifunga na kamba mpya ambayo haijawahi kutumika kwa kazi, nitakuwa dhaifu na kama mtu mwingine yeyote.”
12 And Delilah takes thick bands, new ones, and binds him with them, and says to him, “Philistines [are] on you, Samson!” And the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaks them from off his arms as a thread.
Basi Delila alichukua kamba mpya akamfunga pamoja naye, akamwambia, “Wafilisti wako juu yako Samsoni!” Watu waliokuwa wakisubiri walikuwa ndani ya chumba cha ndani. Lakini Samsoni akaondoa kamba kutoka mikono yake kama kilikuwa kipande cha uzi.
13 And Delilah says to Samson, “Until now you have played on me, and speak lies to me; declare to me with what you are bound.” And he says to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.”
Delila akamwambia Samsoni, “Mpaka sasa umenidanganya na kuniambia uongo. Niambie kwa namna gani unaweza kufungwa.” Samsoni akamwambia, 'Ikiwa utavifuma vifungo saba vya nywele zangu na kuvifunga kwenye kitambaa, kisha kufunga kwenye msumari, nitakuwa kama mtu mwingine yeyote.”
14 And she fixes [it] with the pin and says to him, “Philistines [are] on you, Samson!” And he awakens out of his sleep, and pulls out the pin of the loom, and with the web.
Alipokuwa amelala, Dalila akavifuma vifungo saba vya nywele zake akavifunga ndani ya kitambaa na kuzifunga kwenye msumari, akamwambia, “Wafilisti wako juu yako, Samsoni!” Aliamka kutoka usingizini akang'oa kitambaa na pini zilizokuwa zimefungwa.
15 And she says to him, “How do you say, I have loved you, and your heart is not with me? These three times you have played on me, and have not declared to me wherein your great power [is].”
Akamwambia, “Wawezaje kusema,” Unanipenda, wakati hushiriki siri zako na mimi? Umenidhihaki mara tatu hizi na hukukuambia ni kwa jinsi gani unazo nguvu nyingi.”
16 And it comes to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and urges him, and his soul is grieved to death,
Kila siku alisisitiza kwa bidii na maneno yake, naye akamkemea sana kiasi kwamba alitamani kufa.
17 that he declares all his heart to her, and says to her, “A razor has not gone up on my head, for I [am] a Nazarite to God from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then my power has turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as all of mankind.”
Basi Samsoni alimwambia kila kitu, akamwambia, “Wembe haujawahi kukata nywele juu ya kichwa changu, kwa maana nimekuwa Mnaziri kwa Mungu kutoka tumboni mwa mama yangu. Ikiwa kichwa changu kitanyolewa, basi nguvu zangu zitaniacha, nami nitakuwa dhaifu na kuwa kama kila mtu mwingine. '
18 And Delilah sees that he has declared all his heart to her, and she sends and calls for the princes of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this time, for he has declared all his heart to me”; and the princes of the Philistines have come up to her, and bring up the money in their hand.
Delila alipoona kwamba amemwambia ukweli juu ya kila kitu, akawatuma na kuwaita watawala wa Wafilisti, akisema, “Njooni tena, kwa maana ameniambia kila kitu.” Ndipo wakuu wa Wafilisti wakamwendea, wakaleta fedha mkononi mwao.
19 And she makes him sleep on her knees, and calls for a man, and shaves the seven locks of his head, and begins to afflict him, and his power turns aside from off him;
Alimfanya alale katika magoti yake. Alimwita mtu avinyoe vifungo saba vya kichwa chake, naye akaanza kumshinda, kwa maana nguvu zake zilikuwa zimemwacha.
20 and she says, “Philistines [are] on you, Samson!” And he awakens out of his sleep and says, “I go out as time by time, and shake free”; but he has not known that YHWH has turned aside from off him.
Alisema, “Wafilisti wako juu yako, Samsoni!” Aliamka nje ya usingizi wake akasema, “Nitatoka nje kama nyakati nyingine na kujiweka huru.” Lakini hakujua kwamba Bwana amemwacha.
21 And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two bronze chains; and he is grinding in the prison-house.
Wafilisti walimkamata na kumng'oa macho. Wakampeleka Gaza na kumfunga kwa shaba. Alikuwa akisaga ngano katika gerezani.
22 And the hair of his head begins to shoot up when he has been shaven,
Lakini nywele juu ya kichwa chake zilianza kukua tena baada ya kunyolewa.
23 and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to rejoice; and they say, “Our god has given our enemy Samson into our hand.”
Watawala wa Wafilisti walikusanyika ili kutoa dhabihu kubwa kwa Dagoni mungu wao, na kufurahi. Walisema, “mungu wetu amemshinda Samsoni, adui yetu, na kumtia katika ufahamu wetu.”
24 And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, “Our god has given into our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste to our land, and who multiplied our wounded.”
Watu walipomwona, walimsifu mungu wao, kwa sababu walisema, “mungu wetu ameshinda adui yetu na kutupa sisi - mharibifu wa nchi yetu, ambaye aliwaua wengi wetu.”
25 And it comes to pass, when their heart [is] glad, that they say, “Call for Samson, and he entertains for us”; and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he entertains their faces, and they cause him to stand between the pillars.
Walipokuwa wakisherehekea, wakasema, 'Mwite Samsoni, aje kutufurahisha.' Walimwita Samsoni nje ya jela na akawafanya wacheke. Walimsimamisha katikati ya nguzo.
26 And Samson says to the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, “Let me also feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean on them.”
Samsoni akamwambia yule kijana ambaye alikuwa ameshika mkono wake, 'Niruhusu nishike nguzo zilizoshikilia nyumba hii, ili nipate kuegemea.”
27 And the house has been full of the men and the women, and all the princes of the Philistines [are] there, and about three thousand men and women [are] on the roof, who are watching Samson entertain.
Sasa nyumba ilikuwa imejaa wanaume na wanawake. Watawala wote wa Wafilisti walikuwa huko. Juu ya paa kulikuwa na wanaume na wanawake elfu tatu, ambao walikuwa wakiangalia wakati Samsoni alipokuwa akiwafurahisha.
28 And Samson calls to YHWH and says, “Lord YHWH, please remember me and please strengthen me only this time, O God; and I am avenged—vengeance at once—because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.”
Samsoni akamwita Bwana, akasema, “Bwana MUNGU, nipe nia! Tafadhali niimarishe mara moja tu, Mungu, ili nipate kulipiza kisasi kwa Wafilisti kwa kuchukua macho yangu mawili.
29 And Samson turns aside [to] the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, [to] one with his right hand and one with his left;
Samsoni aliweka nguzo mbili katikati ambzo zinashikilia nyumba hiyo, naye akaegemea juu yake, nguzo moja kwa mkono wake wa kuume, na mwingine kwa kushoto kwake.
30 and Samson says, “Let me die with the Philistines,” and he inclines himself powerfully, and the house falls on the princes, and on all the people who [are] in it, and the dead whom he has put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death in his life.
Samsoni akasema, “Na nife pamoja na Wafilisti!” Alipanda kwa nguvu zake na jengo likaanguka juu ya watawala na juu ya watu wote waliokuwa ndani yake. Hivyo waliouawa wakati alikufa walikuwa zaidi ya wale waliouawa wakati wa maisha yake.
31 And his brothers come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of his father Manoah; and he has judged Israel [for] twenty years.
Kisha ndugu zake na nyumba yote ya baba yake wakashuka. Wakamchukua, wakamrudisha na kumzika kati ya Sora na Eshtaoli katika mahali pa kuzikwa Manoa, baba yake. Samsoni alikuwa mwamuzi wa Israeli kwa miaka ishirini.
