Judges 15
1 During the time that they harvested wheat, Samson took a young goat to Timnah as a present for his wife. He planned to sleep with [EUP] his wife, but her father would not let him go into [her room].
Mgbe oge nta gasịrị, nʼoge owuwe ihe ubi, mgbe a na-aghọ ọka, Samsin weere nwa ewu nta, gaa ileta nwunye ya. O gwara nna nwunye ya sị, “Ana m aga nʼọnụụlọ nwunye m.” Ma nna nwunye ya ekweghị ka ọ banye.
2 He said to Samson, “I really thought that you hated her. So I gave her to the man who had been your best man at the wedding, and she married him. But look, her younger sister is [RHQ] more beautiful than she is. You can marry her!”
Nna ya sịrị, “O doro m anya na ị kpọrọ nwa m nwanyị asị, ọ bụ nʼihi nke a ka m jiri kenye ya enyi gị nwoke ka ọ bụrụ nwunye ya. Nwanne ya nwanyị nke nta, ọ maghị mma karịa ya? Kpọrọ ya ka ọ nọchie anya ya.”
3 Samson replied, “No! And this time I have a right to get revenge on you Philistines!”
Samsin sịrị ha, “Nʼoge a, o ziri m ezi ị bọkwara ọbọ nʼebe ndị Filistia nọ.” Aghaghị m imesi ha ike.
4 Then he went out [into the fields] and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together, two-by-two. He fastened torches to each pair of tails.
Ya mere, Samsin pụrụ gaa jide narị nkịta ọhịa atọ, wetakwa ọwa ụfọdụ. O kekọtara ọdụdụ ha abụọ abụọ. O kenyere ọwa nʼagbata otu nkịta ọhịa na ibe ya.
5 Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the fields of the Philistines. The fire [from the torches] burned all the grain to the ground, including the grain that had been cut and piled in bundles. The fire also burned down their grapevines and their olive trees.
Emesịa, ọ mụnyere ọkụ nʼọwa ahụ niile. O mekwara ka nkịta ọhịa ndị ahụ dọkpụrụ ọwa a mụnyere ọkụ baa nʼubi ọka ndị Filistia, si otu a rechapụ ọka niile guzoro eguzo nʼubi, na ubi vaịnị niile, ha na osisi oliv niile ọkụ.
6 The Philistines asked, “Who did this?” Someone told them, “Samson did it. He married a woman from Timnah, but then his father-in-law gave her to the man who was Samson’s best man at the wedding, and she married him.” So the Philistines went [to Timnah] and got the woman and her father, and burned them to death.
Mgbe ndị Filistia chọpụtara ihe mere, ha jụrụ sị, “Onye mere ihe dị otu a?” A gwara ha, “Ọ bụ Samsin ọgọ onye Timna, nʼihi na a kpọnyere enyi ya nwunye ya.” Nʼihi nke a, ndị Filistia niile zukọtara kpọpụta nwaagbọghọ ahụ na nna ya kpọọ ha ọkụ.
7 Samson [found out about that, and he] said to them, “Because you have done this, I will not stop until I get revenge on you!”
Ma Samsin gwara ha okwu sị, “Ebe ọ bụ na unu mere ihe dị otu a, agaghị akwụsị tutu m bọrọ ọbọ ihe ọjọọ unu mere.”
8 So he attacked the Philistines furiously, and killed many of them. Then he went [to hide] in a cave in the large rock at a place called Etam.
Ya mere, ọ pụkwuru ha ọzọ, site nʼoke iwe, gbuo ọtụtụ mmadụ nʼime ha. Mgbe nke a gasịrị, ọ gara biri nʼime otu ọgba nkume nke Etam.
9 The Philistines [did not know where he was, so they] went up to where the descendants of Judah lived, set up their tents near Lehi [town and then raided the town].
Ndị Filistia gara maa ụlọ ikwu ha nʼala Juda, gbasaa nʼala ahụ ruo obodo Lehi.
10 The men there asked the Philistines, “Why have you attacked us?” The Philistines replied, “We have come to capture Samson. We have come to get revenge on him for what he did to us.”
Ndị Juda jụrụ ajụjụ sị ha; “Ọ bụ gịnị mere unu ji bịa nʼebe a ibuso anyị agha?” Ha zara sị, “Anyị na-achọ ijide Samsin, ka anyị megwara ya ihe ọjọọ o mere anyị.”
11 [Someone there knew where Samson was hiding]. So 3,000 men from Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the rock where he was hiding. They said to Samson, “Do you not realize that the people of Philistia are ruling over us? Do you not realize what they will do to us?” Samson replied, “The only thing I did was that I got revenge on them for what they did to me.”
Nʼihi nke a, ndị Juda zipụrụ puku ndị agha ka ha gaa jide Samsin nʼọgba nkume ahụ nke Etam. Ndị a bịara jụọ Samsin ajụjụ sị ya, “Gịnị bụ ihe a i mere anyị? Ọ bụ na ị maghị na ndị Filistia na-achị obodo anyị?” Samsin zara sị ha, “Ihe m mere bụ imegwata ha ihe ha mere m.”
12 But the men from Judah said to him, “We have come to tie you up and put you in the hands of the Philistines.” Samson said, “All right, but promise me that you yourselves will not kill me!”
Ha sịrị ya, “Anyị abịala ka anyị kee gị agbụ, dọkpụrụ gị, nye nʼaka ndị Filistia.” Samsin sịrị ha, “Ṅụọrọnụ m iyi na unu agaghị eji aka unu gbuo m.”
13 They replied, “We will just tie you up and take you to the Philistines. We will not kill you.” So they tied him with two new ropes, and led him away from the cave.
Ha zara sị ya, “Anyị agaghị egbu gị kama anyị ga-eke gị agbụ.” Ya mere, ha kere ya agbụ, duru ya jekwuru ndị Filistia.
14 When they arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came toward him, shouting [triumphantly]. But Yahweh’s Spirit came upon Samson powerfully. He snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were stalks of burned flax, and the ropes fell off his wrists.
Mgbe ọ na-abịaru Lehi, ndị Filistia tiiri mkpu, bịa izute ya. Mmụọ Onyenwe anyị bịakwasịrị Samsin nʼebe ọ dị ukwuu. Nke a mere ka eriri ahụ e kere ya nʼaka dịrị ka eriri ogho flakisi erere ọkụ, sitekwa nʼaka ya dapụsịa.
15 Then he saw a donkey’s jawbone lying on the ground. It was fresh, [so it was hard]. He picked it up and killed about 1,000 Philistine men with it.
Mgbe ahụ Samsin lere anya gburugburu, hụ ọkpụkpụ agba ịnyịnya ibu nke tọgbọrọ nʼala nʼebe ahụ. Ọ tụtụlitere ya, were ya tigbuo puku ndị agha Filistia.
16 Then Samson wrote this poem: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have made them like a heap of [dead] donkeys. With the jawbone of a donkey I killed 1,000 men.”
Mgbe ahụ, Samsin kwuru sị, “E ji m agba ịnyịnya ibu mee ka ha dị ka ịnyịnya ibu. E ji m agba ịnyịnya ibu tigbuo puku ndị ikom.”
17 When he finished killing those men, he threw the jawbone away, and later that place was called Jawbone Hill.
Mgbe o kwuchara ihe ndị a, o tufuru ọkpụkpụ agba ịnyịnya ibu ahụ; a kpọkwara ebe ahụ Ramat Lehi.
18 Then Samson was very thirsty, so he called out to Yahweh, “You have given me strength to win a great victory. So now must I die because of being thirsty, with the result that those heathen Philistines will take away my body [and mutilate it]?”
Nʼoge a, akpịrị kpọrọ Samsin nkụ nke ukwuu, nʼihi ya, ọ kpọkuru Onyenwe anyị nʼekpere sị, “Lee, i nyela ohu gị mmeri a dị ukwuu! Ma ugbu a, ị ga-ekwe ka m nwụọ nʼihi akpịrị ịkpọ nku, si otu a daba nʼaka ndị a na-ebighị ugwu?”
19 So God caused water to gush out of a depression in the ground at Lehi. Samson drank from it and soon felt strong again. He named that place ‘The spring of the one who called out’. That spring is still there at Lehi.
Chineke gbawara olulu ahụ nke dị nʼime Lehi, mee ka mmiri si na ya nupụta. Mgbe Samsin ṅụrụ mmiri ahụ, ike ya lọghachiri, mmụọ ya bịaghachikwara. Ya mere, a kpọrọ isi iyi ahụ En-Hakkore. Mmiri ala ahụ ka dịkwa na Lehi nʼebe ahụ ruo taa.
20 Samson was the leader of the Israeli people for 20 years, but during that time the Philistines [were the ones who really ruled over the land].
Ya mere, Samsin kpere ụmụ Izrel ikpe iri afọ abụọ nʼoge ndị Filistia.
