Judges 15
1 And it came to pass, after a time, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson went to visit his wife, with a kid, and he said—I will go in unto my wife, in the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Ary nony afaka kelikely, tamin’ ny taom-pijinjana ny vary tritika, dia nitondra zanak’ osy Samsona ho entiny mamangy ny vadiny, ka hoy izy: Hiditra ao amin’ ny vadiko ao an-efi-trano aho. Nefa tsy namela azy hiditra ny rafozany,
2 And her father said—I, thought, that thou didst, hate, her, so I gave her to thy companion, —Is not, her younger sister, fairer than she? Pray let her be thine, in her stead.
fa hoy izy: Nataoko fa halanao mihitsy izy, ka dia nomeko ho an’ ny namanao; moa tsy tsara tarehy noho izy va ny zandriny? Masìna ianao, aoka izy halainao ho solony.
3 And Samson said of them, I shall be more blameless, this time, than the Philistines, —though I should do them a mischief.
Dia hoy Samsona taminy: Tsy hanan-tsiny aho izao, na dia hanisy ratsy ny Filistina aza.
4 So Samson went, and caught three hundred jackals, —and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put one torch between the two tails, in the midst.
Dia nandeha Samsona ka nisambotra amboahaolo telon-jato; dia naka zavatra hatao fanilo izy, ary nampifanendreny ny rambon’ ny amboahaolo tsiroaroa avy ka nafehiny teo anelanelan’ ny rambony ilay hatao fanilo.
5 And, when he had set fire to the torches, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, —and set fire, both to the stack of sheaves and to the standing corn, and besides to the olive plantation.
Ary rehefa nampirehetiny ny fanilo, dia nalefany ho any amin’ ny varin’ ny Filistina ireny, ka nandoro ny amboara sy ny vary mbola mitsangana ary ny voli-oliva koa.
6 Then said the Philistines—Who hath done this? And they said—Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father, with fire.
Ary hoy ny Filistina: Iza no nanao izany? Ary nisy nanao hoe: Samsona, vinanton’ ilay Timnita, satria ny rafozany efa nanome ny vadiny ho an’ ny sakaizany. Dia niakatra ny Filistina ka nandoro an-dravehivavy sy ny ankohonan-drainy tamin’ ny afo.
7 And Samson said to them, Though ye do the like of this, yet will I be avenged upon you, and, afterwards, will I cease.
Ary hoy Samsona taminy: Raha manao tahaka izany ianareo, dia mbola hamaly anareo tokoa aho, koa rehefa afaka izany, vao hitsahatra aho.
8 So he smote them, leg on thigh, with a great smiting, —and went down and dwelt in a cleft of the crag Etam.
Dia namely azy izy ka nahatapaka ranjo sy fe ary nahafaty be dia be; dia nidina izy ka nitoetra teo an-tsefatsefak’ ilay harambato mitresaka any Etama.
9 Then went up the Philistines, and encamped in Judah, —and were spread abroad in Lehi.
Ary niakatra ny Filistina, dia nitoby teo amin’ ny Joda ka niely tany Lehy.
10 And the men of Judah said, Wherefore have ye come up against us? And they said—To bind Samson, are we come up, to do unto him as he hath done unto us.
Ary hoy ny lehilahy amin’ ny Joda: Nahoana no miakatra hamely anay ianareo? Dia hoy izy Hamatotra an’ i Samsona no niakaranay, mba hanao aminy tahaka izay efa nataony taminay.
11 Then went down three thousand men out of Judah, unto the cleft of the crag Etam, and said unto Samson—Knowest thou not that the Philistines are lording it over us? What, then, is this thou hast done to us? And he said unto them, As they have done to me, so, have I done to them.
Dia nandeha ny lehilahy telo arivo amin’ ny Joda nankany amin’ ilay tsefatsefaky ny harambato mitresaka any Etama ka nanao tamin’ i Samsona hoe: Tsy fantatrao va fa manapaka antsika ny Filistina? Inona izao nataonao taminay izao? Dia hoy izy taminy: araka izay nataony tamiko no mba nataoko taminy.
12 And they said to him—To bind thee, are we come down, to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me, yourselves.
Dia hoy kosa izy ireo taminy: Hamatotra anao no nidinanay, mba hatolotray ho eo an-tànan’ ny Filistina ianao. Dia hoy Samsona taminy: Mianiana amiko ary fa tsy hamely ahy ianareo.
13 And they answered him, saying—Nay; but we will, bind, thee, and deliver thee into their hand, but we will not, put thee to death. So they bound him with two new ropes, and took him up from the crag.
Dia niteny taminy izy ireo ka nanao hoe: Tsia; fa hamatotra anao fotsiny ihany izahay ka hanolotra anao eo an-tànany; fa tsy hamono anao tsy akory izahay. Dia namatotra azy tamin’ ny mahazaka roa vaovao izy ka nitondra azy niala tamin’ ilay harambato.
14 He, was coming in as far as Lehi, and, the Philistines, came shouting to meet him, —when the Spirit of Yahweh came suddenly over him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as threads of flax which have been ignited with fire, so that his bonds melted from off his hands.
Ary raha tonga tany Lehy izy, dia nanakora azy ny Filistina; ary ny Fanahin’ i Jehovah nilatsaka taminy, dia tonga tahaka ny rongony izay nodorana tamin’ ny afo ny mahazaka teny amin’ ny sandriny ary afaka tamin’ ny tànany ny fatorana.
15 Then found he the jawbone of an ass newly-slain, —so he thrust forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith, a thousand men.
Ary nahita valanoranom-boriky vaovao izy, dia naninjitra ny tànany naka azy, ka iny no namonoany arivo lahy.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, —have I piled them up in heaps! With the jawbone of an ass, have I smitten a thousand men!
Ary hoy Samsona: Tamin’ ny valanoranom-boriky no nahafatesako ho antontany iray, eny, antontany roa; Tamin’ ny valanoranom-boriky no nahafatesako arivo lahy.
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, —and called the name of that place, Ramath-lehi.
Ary rehefa nitsahatra niteny izy, dia nariany ilay valanoranom-boriky teny an-tànany; ary ny anaran’ izany tany izany dia natao hoe Ramata-lehy.
18 And he was sore athirst, so he cried unto Yahweh, and said, Thou thyself, hast given, into the hand of thy servant, this great salvation, —and, now, must I die of thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Ary nangetaheta indrindra izy, dia nitaraina tamin’ i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Hianao no nanome izao famonjen-dehibe izao tamin’ ny tanan’ ny mpanomponao; ary ankehitriny efa ho fatin-ketaheta aho ka hianjera ho eo an-tànan’ ny tsy mifora!
19 So then God clave open the hollow that is in Lehi, and there came therefrom water, and he drank, and his spirit came back, and he revived, —for this cause, called he the name thereof—Ain-hakkore, which is in Lehi, until this day.
Dia nampitresahin’ Andriamanitra ilay fitoerana hoboka tany Lehy, ka niboiboika teo ny rano; ary rehefa nisotro izy, dia nody ny ainy, ka velona Izy; ka izany no nanaovany ny anarany hoe En-hakore, izay any Lehy mandraka androany.
20 And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.
Dia nitsara ny Isiraely roa-polo taona tamin’ ny andron’ ny Filistina izy.
