Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
Nikhat hi Samson Philistine khopi Gaza- a chun achen numei chavai khattoh jan in aga lumkhom lhonnin ahi.
2 People soon found out that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together at the city gate and waited all night. They said to themselves, “When it dawns tomorrow morning, we will kill him [when he tries to leave the city].”
Samson hikomma aumchu akithangdoh loijin Gaza a um mihochu akikhomun khopi kelkot phunga chun angah khovah tauvin ahi. Amaho thipbeh chan aum’un, “Jingkah kho ahungvah vahleh ithadiu ahi” akitiuvin ahi.
3 But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight, he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted it up out of the ground, with its [connecting cross] bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it [many miles] uphill to Hebron.
Ahinlah Samson chu jankhang geijin bou jalkhunna chun alummin ahi. Hijouchun athoudoh in khopi kelkot chu akhom tenia apun Hebron lam ngat thinglhang vumma apudoh in ahi.
4 Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, [and started to live with her]. She lived in Sorek Valley [in the Philistia area].
Chomkhat jouvin Samson hi Sorek phaichama cheng Delilah kiti numei khat toh ahung kilungset lhonnin ahi.
5 The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
Philistine vaipo ho chun amanu komma acheuvin hitin agaseijun ahi, “Samson hi jollin lang ipipen in ahatsah ham chuleh inakilo leh chatmo hella nakikan tum joudingham? Hitia chu nahinbol theileh keiho mikhat cheh in dangka sangsomle sangkhat kapehdiu ahi atiuve.
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong, and tell me how someone can subdue you and tie you up.”
Hijeh chun Delilah in Samson kommah hitin aseije, “Ipi penin nanghi hibanga nahatsah ham chuleh inakilo leh chatmo hella nakikan tum joudingham lungsettah in neiseipeh in” ati.
7 Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.”
Samson’in adonbutnin, “Keima hi golphel khao athahleh jang sagi in eikikan chahkheh henlang hileh katha lhasam’in tin midang bep bep kahiding ahitai” ati.
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
Hichun Philistine lamkai hon gophel khao athahcheh jang sagi ahin choipeh un, Hichea chun Delilah in Samson chu akanchah kheh in ahi.
9 Then she hid the men in one of the rooms in her house. Then [while Samson was sleeping], she tied him up with the bowstrings. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come here to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as easily as though they were strings that had been singed in a fire. So the Philistines did not find out what made Samson so strong.
Amanun ainsung pingat sunga chu miphabep asel ahin, hichun amanu ping jah in, “Samson, Philistinete naman dingin ahung taove!” atin ahi. Ahinla Samson chun gophel khaoho chu meiyin ahallhah bangin abot tan gamtan ahil. Hitichun athahatna chu akimandoh joutapon ahi.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have deceived me and lied to me! Now tell me [the truth, ] how someone can tie you up securely.”
Hiche jouchun Delilah in akom’ah aseijin, “Nangin neidai chavaijin jouvin neibolle! Tun lungsettah in neiseipeh in” ati.
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
Samson’in adonbutnin, “Keihi khatveicha ana kimang cha khalou khaovin eikikanleh katha lhasammin tin midangtoh kabahding ahitai,” atipeh e.
12 So again, [she told the Philistine leaders, and] they [came and] hid in the room as they had done before. And again, while Samson was sleeping, she took the new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were threads.
Hijeh chun Delilah in khatveicha ana kimang khalouhel khao thahbeh cheh in akantum’in ahi. Miphabepkhat chu amasa banga chu indan sungkhatna kiselluva ahi, avellin Delilah ping jah kit’in, “Samson, Philistinete naman dingin ahung taove!” atin ahileh akikan na khao ho jouse chu patjang bang in tan gamtan ahi.
13 Then Delilah said, “You have deceived me and lied to me [again]! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!” Samson replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with the pin [that makes the threads tight], then I will be as weak as other men.” So again, while Samson was sleeping on her lap, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom,
Hichun Delilah in aseijin, “Nangin neidai chavaijin, joujeng in nei bolle! Tunvang itileh chatmoa nakikan tum thei dingham neihetsah tan” ati. Samson’in adonbutnin, “Nangman kaluchanga kasam ba-sagi hi pheh lechun katha hung lhasammin tin, midang bep bep kahiding ahitai,” ati.
14 and she tightened them with the pin. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up and pulled out the pin, and pulled his hair from the threads on the loom.
Hitichun aimut sungin Delilah in aluchanga asam basagi chu alan alom lommin aveijin lang chule abonchan thih hen khatnin akildet sohkeijin ajah a, “Vo Samson, Philistine mite naman dingin ahungtaove” ati. Samson ahungkhah phatnin thihjang jong asam lomjong aban bodoh soh kittan ahi.
15 Then Delilah said to him, “How can you say that you love me when you do not tell me the truth about yourself? You have deceived me three times, and you still have not told me what really makes you so strong!”
Hiche jouchun Delilah chun lungnommo tah in ahinseijin, “Nangin nathuguh bon neiseipeh nomlouva iti danna kalungsetne natiham? Nangin thumveijen neidai chavaijin ipin nahatsah ham ti neisei pehpon ahi!” ati.
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
Amanun niseh a hitahi anano jinga asuhboi jing phat hin alungthim asuna lhah jengin athinomleu tan ahi.
17 Finally Samson told her the truth. He said, “I have been set apart for God since the day I was born. And because of that, my hair has never been cut. If my hair were shaved off, my strength would be gone, and I would be as weak as other men.”
Akhonna in athuguh hochu ahin seidoh tai, kasamhi khatveicha kivou khaloulai ahitin ahinphong doh tai, “Keihi kapenna patna Nazir hinkho mang dinga Pathenna eina kikatdohsa kahitai. Kasam hi kivou henlang hileh kathahat nan eidalhah ding ahitai, hiteng chuleh midang bep bep kahiding ahitai” ati.
18 Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she summoned the Philistine leaders again, saying, “Come back one more time, because Samson has really told me everything [about why he is so strong]”. So the Philistine leaders returned and brought to Delilah the money [that they promised to give her].
Delilah in tuavang hi atahbeh eiseipeh ahitai ti ahetphatnin Philistine lamkai hochu akou kittai, “Khatvei hungkit poupouvun, tuhinvang atahbeh chu eiseipeh tai” ati. Hijeh chun Philistine lamkaiho chun sum ahin choijun akomma ahungkit tauvin ahi.
19 Again she lulled Samson to sleep, with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and shave off Samson’s hair. As he did that, Samson began to get weaker. And finally his strength was all gone.
Delilah chun Samson chu asam ba-sagi’a kipheh chu avolhahsah in, hitichun Samson chu imacha hilou asosahtan, athahat nan adalhatan ahi.
20 Then [after she tied him up], she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before. I will shake [these ropes] off myself and be free!” But he did not realize that Yahweh had left him.
Hichun ama ping jah in, “Samson, Philistine te naman dingin ahung taove ati.” Ama ahungkhah phatnin akingaiton, “Keima amasa bang bangin keilekei keihuhdoh jounange ati.” Ahinla aman Pakaiyin adalhah lamchu anahet lou ahi.
21 So the Philistine men seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza. There they put him in prison and bound him with bronze chains. They made him [turn a millstone to] grind grain [every day].
Hitichun Philistine ten aman’un amitteni akheodoh peh un Gaza lamma apuijun hichea chun sum-eng thihkhao vin akannun songkulla ahen’un sumhei goijin apansah tauvin ahi.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
Ahinlah chomkah louvin asam ahung kehdoh pan kittan ahi.
23 [Several months later] the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, “Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!”
Philistine lamkaiten golvah loupitah khat aneiyun hichea chun pumgo thilto aboljiuva asemthu pathennu Dagon chu athangvah jiu ahi. Amahon hitin aseijun, “Eiho Pathen’in igalmi’u Samson hi eiho khut’ah eipetaove” atiuve.
24 And when the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying, “Samson ruined our crops and killed many of our people, but our god has put our enemy into our hands. Our god helped us to capture the one who has killed so many of us!”
Mipiten amuphat’un amaho semthu pathen chu athangvah un hitin aseijuve, “eiho pathen’in igalmipao eiho khut’ah ahin pedohtan ahi, igamsungu sumanga mitamtah eithatpao chu tun eiho thaneina noijah aumtai” atiuve.
25 By that time the people were half-drunk. They shouted, “Bring Samson out of the prison! Bring him here so that he can entertain us!” So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. Then they made him stand in the center of the temple. They made him stand between the two pillars that held up the roof.
Amaho kipa thanopna-a akkhamlai tah'un, “Samson chu hinpuidoh un golnop bolnan neiju hite!” atiuve. Hichun Samson chu mipa nopsahna dingin songkulla kon in ahinpui doh tauvin, hiche inpi thah apanga khompi lencheh ni kikah a chun adinsah tauvin ahi.
26 Samson said to the servant who was leading him by his hand, “Place my hands against the two pillars. I want to rest against them.”
Hichun Samson’in ama kailea pang chapangpa komma chun, “Hichea inpi theh a pang khomlen cheh ni kikah a chun neidin sah in keiman kingainan neijinge,” atin ahi.
27 At that time the temple was full of men and women. All the Philistine leaders were also there. And there were about 3,000 people on the roof, watching Samson and making fun of him.
Hiche inpi chu mi dimset jenga ahi. Philistinete milen milal jouse jong um’uva ahin, chuleh hiche nching danna chun numei pasal abonchauva mi sangthum jennin Samson chu golnop’a avet’u ahi.
28 Then Samson prayed, saying, “Yahweh, my Lord, think about me again! Please give me strength one more time, so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!”
Hichun Samson chu Pakai kommah atauvin, “Vo Pakai Pathen keimahi neihin geldoh kitnin O Pathen, lungsettah in khatvei seh seh neihin hatdohsah kit’in. Hiche khatvei thaneina chun Philistine ten kamit teni asuh chotnu phu hi neilah sah teijun” ati.
29 Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars of the temple. He put his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other pillar.
Hichun Samson’in hiche inpi theh a pang khompi teni chunga chun akhut teni chu akoiyin,
30 Then he shouted [to God], “Let me die with the Philistines!”, and he pushed with all his strength. [The pillars collapsed], and the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the other Philistine people, [and they all died]. So Samson killed more people when he died than he had killed all during his life.
Hichun Samson in aseijin, hiche Philistine te hitoh thitha tange atin, hichun athanei chasun’in asonnin ahileh inpi chun ahung chimmin Philistine milen milal holeh asunga um mipiho jouse chu aseplih tan ahi. Hitichun hiche athi nikhoa atha hochu adamlaija athaho sangin atamjon ahi.
31 Later his brothers and their relatives went down [from Zorah to Gaza] to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Samson had been Israel’s leader for 20 years.
Hiche jouchun asopihole ainsung miho along ladingin achesuh un, amahon alongchu agala uvin apa Manoah kivuina Zorah leh Esthtaol kikah ah chun avuitaove.
