Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
Sie len ah Samson el som nu Gaza, sie siti lun mwet Philistia. Ingo el liyauk sie mutan kosro su eis molin kosro lal, ac el utyak ac motulla yorol ke fong sac.
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].”
Ke mwet Gaza elos lohng lah Samson el oasr we, elos som raunela acn sac ac soanel ke mutunpot lun siti sac. Elos misla ke fong nufon sac ac fahk, “Soano nu ke lenelik, na kut fah unilya.”
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.
Tusruktu Samson el oan nwe infulwen fong, na el tukakek, tulakunla srungul ke mutunpot sac, wi sru lukwa ac sukan kaul mutunoa. El lippisauk ma inge ac usak nwe ke mangon eol soko oan ngeti nu Hebron.
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].
Tukun ma inge, Samson el lungseyak sie mutan su muta Infahlfal Sorek. Inen mutan sac pa Delilah.
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.”
Leum limekosr lun mwet Philistia elos som nu yurin mutan sac ac fahk, “Srike lah kom ac ku in oru elan fahkot lah mea oru ku se lal inge, ac mea kut ku in oru tuh kut in kutangulla ac kaprilya ac kunausla kuiyal. Kais sie sesr ac fah sot nu sum sie tausin siofok ipin silver.”
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.”
Na Delilah el som ac fahk nu sel Samson, “Fahkma nu sik lah mea se oru ku se lom ingan. Mwet se fin lungse kaprikomi ac kunausla kuiyom, el ac oru fuka?”
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.”
Ac Samson el fahk, “Mwet se fin kapriyuwi ke ah in pisr itkosr su srakna sasu ac soenna paola, na nga ac munasla oana mwet nukewa.”
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
Na leum lun mwet Philistia elos use ah in pisr na sasu itkosr su soenna paola, ac sang nu sel Delilah, ac el sang kaprilya Samson.
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.
Delilah el tuh okanla kutu mwet ke sie pac infukil, na el wowo ac fahk, “Samson, mwet Philistia pa tuku inge!” Na Samson el wotyalik ah in pisr inge oana ke turet soko ac wotelik ke ac pusralla e uh. Ouinge elos tiana konauk lah ku lal tuku ya me.
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.”
Na Delilah el fahk nu sel Samson, “Liye, kom tiana kaskas pwaye nu sik, a kom aklalfonyeyu! Nunak munas, fahk nu sik lah ac orek fuka in kapiri kom.”
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
Na Samson el fahk mu, “Mwet fin kapriyuwi ke sucl sasu ma soenna orekmakinyuk, na nga ac munasla oana mwet nukewa.”
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.
Ouinge Delilah el sang kutu sucl sasu kaprilya. Na el wowo ac fahk, “Samson, mwet Philistia pa tuku inge!” (Oasr na mwet soano ke sie pac infukil.) Na Samson el sifilpa wotyalik sucl ekasr ah oana turet uh.
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,
Na Delilah el sifilpa fahk nu sel Samson, “Kom srakna aklalfonyeyu ac kikiap nu sik. Fahkma lah ac orek fuka in kapiri kom.” Samson el topuk ac fahk nu sel, “Kom fin orani aunsuf nu ke srup itkosr ac sang otwela nu ke sie mwe orek nuknuk, ac sang sak in mwe otwot soko ah, ac itungya, na nga ac munasla oana mwet nukewa.”
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.
Na Delilah el oru tuh Samson elan motulla, na el orani aunsifal nu ke srup itkosr, ac otwela nu ke mwe orek nuknuk, ac itungya ke sak in mwe otwot sac, na el wowo ac fahk, “Samson, mwet Philistia pa tuku inge!” Na Samson el ngutalik ac tulakunla aunsifal liki mwe orek nuknuk sac.
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!”
Na Delilah el fahk nu sel, “Efu ku kom fahk mu kom lungse nga, a kom tiana fahk ke insiom na pwaye— Kom kiapweyula pacl tolu, a kom tiana akkalemye lah mea oru ku se lom ingan.”
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
El kwafe ouinge nu sel len nukewa, nwe ke na Samson el arulana ulla sel,
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.”
ac el tari na fahk na pwaye ma el siyuk sel ah. El mu, “Wangin sie pacl insifuk kalkulla. Ke nga isusla elos sriyula nu sin God tuh nga in sie mwet Nazirite. Fin kalkulla sifuk, na ku luk uh ac wanginla, ac nga ac fah munasla oana mwet nukewa.”
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].
Ke Delilah el akilen lah Samson el kaskas pwaye nu sel, na el sapla nu sin leum lun mwet Philistia ac fahk, “Sifilpa foloko. El akkalemye na pwaye ma nukewa nu sik.” Ouinge elos tuku ac us mani inpaolos.
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 el akmotulyal Samson finyepal, na el sap sie mwet ah in kalla sripin aunsuf itkosr ke sifal. Na Delilah el mutawauk in akkasrkusrakyal, ac ku lal Samson mutawauk wanginla lukel.
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.
Na mutan sac wowo ac fahk, “Samson, mwet Philistia pa tuku inge!” Ke el ngutalik, el nunku mu el ac sukosok oana meet ah. Tusruktu el tiana etu lah LEUM GOD El som lukel.
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].
Mwet Philistia elos sruokilya, ac tipalla atronmutal, ac usalla nu Gaza. Elos kaprilya ke mwe kapir bronze ac usalla tuh elan orekma ke mwe ilil se in presin ah.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
Na aunsifal sifilpa mutawauk in kapak.
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!”
Leum lun mwet Philistia elos fahsreni tuh elos in engan ac kisakin mwe kisa lulap nu sel Dagon, god lalos. Elos on ac fahk, “God lasr el eisalma Samson, mwet lokoalok lasr, nu inpaosr.”
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!”
Ke mwet ah liyal, elos kaksakin god lalos ac fahk, “Mwet lokoalok lasr su kunausla acn sesr ac uniya mwet puspis lasr, god lasr el eisalma nu inpaosr.”
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.
Ke yohk engan lalos ah, elos wowoyak ac fahk, “Usalu Samson elan akpwarye kut.” Na elos usalu Samson liki presin ac sap elan tu inmasrlon sru lulap ah, ac akpwaryalos.
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.”
Samson el fahk nu sin tulik se ma pwanul ah, “Pwenyula nu yen ma nga ac ku in kahlya sru ma loango lohm uh ngan mau ku in fungla kac.”
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.
Lohm sac tingtingi ke mukul ac mutan. Leum lun mwet Philistia kewa muta pac we, ac apkuran in tolu tausin mukul ac mutan elos muta fin mangon lohm ah ngeti liye ma Samson el oru ah.
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!”
Na Samson el pre ac fahk, “O LEUM GOD Fulatlana, nunak munas esamyu. O God, nga kwafe sum tuh kom in sifilpa ase ku nu sik ke pacl sefanna lula inge, tuh nga fah ku in foloksak nu sin mwet Philistia inge ke po sefanna, ke sripen atronmutuk.”
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.
Na Samson el saplakang nu ke sru lulap lukwa ma oan infulwa mwe loango lohm sac. El filiya la paol ke soko, ac la nu ke soko, ac mutawauk in sinukun,
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.
ac el wowoyak ac fahk, “Lela nga in misa wi mwet Philistia inge!” Na el sang kuiyal nufon sinukun sru ah, na lohm sac putati nu fin leum limekosr ac mwet saya nukewa. Ouinge, pisen mwet el uniya ke el misa ah alukela pisen mwet el tuh uniya ke pacl el moul ah.
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.
Tamulel lal ac mwet nukewa in sou lun papa tumal ah elos tuku in eis manol. Elos folokunla ac piknilya ke kulyuk lal Manoah, papa tumal ah, inmasrlon Zorah ac Eshtaol. Samson el tuh mwet nununku lun mwet Israel ke yac longoul.
