Judges 16
1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
Samson te Gaza la a caeh vaengah pumyoi nu a hmuh hatah a taengla a kun thil.
2 [And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they encompassed [him], and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning when it is day we shall kill him.
Azzathi rhoek loh, “Samson he la ha pawk coeng,” a ti uh. Te dongah a vael uh tih khoyin puet khopuei vongka ah rhongngol uh. Khoyin puet te hil a phah uh tih, “Mincang khothaih hlanah ng'ngawn pawn ni,” a ti uh.
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that [is] before Hebron.
Tedae Samson te khoyin boengli duela yalh tih khoyin boengli ah koep thoo. Te vaengah khopuei vongka kah thohkhaih te rhungsut rhoi neh rhen a tuuk tih thohkalh khaw a phil. Te phoeiah a laengpang ah a tloeng tih Hebron dan kah tlang som la a koh.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
Te tlam te a om phoeiah Sorek soklong kah huta pakhat, a ming ah Delilah te a lungnah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines came to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see in what his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
Te vaengah Delilah te Philisti boei rhoek loh a paan uh tih, “Anih te hloih lamtah ba nen lae a thadueng a len tih ba nen lae anih n'na eh ti han so laeh. Te vaengah anih phaep ham ka khit uh saeh lamtah nang te kaimih loh tangka thawngkhat yakhat rhip kam pae uh eh,” a ti nah.
6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what thy great strength [lieth], and with what thou mayest be bound to afflict thee.
Te dongah Samson te Delilah loh, “Me nen lae na thadueng a len tih nang phaep ham te ba nen lae ng'khih eh tite kai taengah bet han thui lah,” a ti nah.
7 And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green withs, that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Tedae anih te Samson loh, “Kai he kuelrhui aka rhae pawt tih a thingsup yungrhih nen te ng'khit uh koinih ka kha vetih hlang mailai banglam ni ka om eh,” a ti nah.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought to her seven green withs, which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
Te dongah Delilah ham Philisti boei rhoek te kuelrhui aka rhae pawh yungrhih te a thingsup la a khuen pa uh tih Samson te a khih.
9 (Now [there were] men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.) And she said to him, The Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson. And he broke the withs as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
Delilah te imkhui ah a rhongngol doela om tih, “Samson nang pum dongkah Philisti rhoek te,” a ti nah hatah hmai loh a laeh vaengkah hamnak rhui a pat bangla kuelrhui te a bawt. Te dongah a thadueng te ming uh pawh.
10 And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mayest be bound.
Tedae Samson te Delilah loh, “Kai taengah na omsaa tih kai taengah laithae na thui he. Tahae ah kai ham han thui laeh, ba nen lae ng'khih eh,” a ti nah.
11 And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were used, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Te dongah, “Kai he bitat a saii nah mueh rhuivaeh a thai neh n'khih la n'khih uh atah ka kha vetih hlang mailai banglam ni ka om eh,” a ti nah.
12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson. (And [there were] liers in wait abiding in the chamber.) And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.
Te dongah Delilah loh rhuivaeh a thai te a loh tih Samson a khih. Te phoeiah, “Samson na pum dongkah Philisti rhoek te,” a ti nah. Te vaengah imkhui ah aka rhongngol thil khaw om coeng dae a ban dongkah te rhuihet bangla but a bawt.
13 And Delilah said to Samson, hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with what thou mayest be bound. And he said to her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Te dongah Samson te Delilah loh, “Tahae duela kai taengah na omsaa tih kai taengah laithae na thui, kai taengah thui laeh, ba nen lae ng'khih eh,” a ti nah. Te vaengah, “Ka lu kah samtum parhih he hnitah dongah na tah atah,” a ti nah.
14 And she fastened [it] with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Te dongah a sam te ciphuem neh khak a hen pah tih, “Samson na pum dongkah Philisti rhoek te,” a ti nah. Te vaengah a ih kung lamkah haenghang tih ciphuem te tampai neh hnitah neh rhen a dueng.
15 And she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart [is] not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me in what thy great strength [lieth].
Te phoeiah, “Nang loh, ‘Kan lungnah,’ tila metlamlae na thui thai, na lungbuei te kai taengah a om pawt dongah kai taengah voei thum na omsaa tih, me tla na thadueng a len khaw kai taengah na thui moenih,” a ti nah.
16 And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, [so] that his soul was vexed to death;
Tedae Samson te hnin takuem ah a ol neh a kilh tih a toeh a oeih dongah duek ham ni a hinglu long a hnuenah coeng.
17 That he told her all his heart, and said to her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I [have been] a Nazarite to God from my birth: if I be shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any [other] man.
Te dongah a lungbuei kah boeih te Delilah taengah a thui pah. Te vaengah, “Kai he a nu bung khui lamloh Pathen kah hlangcoelh la ka om dongah thiha loh ka lu a ben moenih. Vo koinih ka thadueng he kai lamloh nong vetih ka tlo ni. Te vaengah hlang boeih banglam ni ka om eh,” a ti nah.
18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath disclosed to me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought money in their hand.
A lungbuei kah aka om boeih te a thui coeng tila Delilah loh a hmuh. Te dongah tah Philisti boei rhoek te a tah tih a khue vaengah, “Anih long he kamah taengah a lungbuei kah boeih te a phoe coeng dongah vai ah halo uh saeh,” a ti nah. Te dongah Philisti boei rhoek loh Delilah taengla halo uh tih a kut dongah tangka hang khuen uh.
19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
A khuklu dongah Samson a soei tih hlang a khue. Samson lu dongkah samtum parhih te a vok pah tih Samson te phaep ham te a poeih. Te dongah a thadueng khaw Samson dong lamloh viik nong.
20 And she said, the Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he knew not that the LORD had departed from him.
Te vaengah, “Samson, na pum dongkah Philisti rhoek te,” a ti nah tih a ih lamkah haenghang. A noek noek vaengkah bangla ka thoo vetih ka khoek bitni a ti. Tedae anih taeng lamloh BOEIPA a nong te amah loh ming pawh.
21 But the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
Te dongah Samson te Philisti rhoek loh a tuuk uh tih a mik a koeih pa uh. Gaza la a suntlak puei uh tih rhohum neh a khih uh. Te dongah Samson tah thongtla im ah sum aka kuelh la a khih uh.
22 However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
Tedae a vok vanbangla a lu dongkah a sam loh pahoi a cawn pah.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
Te vaengah Philisti boei rhoek loh amamih kah Dagon pathen taengah hmueih puei nawn ham tingtun uh. Te dongah kohoenah neh, “Mamih kah thunkha Samson tah mamih kah pathen loh mamih kut ah m'paek coeng,” a ti uh.
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country; who slew many of us.
Pilnam loh a hmuh vaengah a pathen te a thangthen uh tih, “Mamih kah khohmuen a khah tih mamih rhok aka pung sak, mamih kah thunkha tah mamih kut ah pathen loh m'paek coeng,” a ti uh.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
A lungbuei a umya a umya uh vaengah ah, “Samson te khue lamtah mamih ham luem lah saeh,” a ti uh. Te dongah thongtla im kah a pael Samson te a khue uh. Samson te amih mikhmuh ah a lawn uh tih tung laklo ah a pai sak uh.
26 And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars upon which the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
Te vaengah Samson loh a kut dongah aka pangtung camoe pakhat taengah, “Kai ng'khuen lamtah im tung te ka yam lah eh. Te dongah te a naep la ka pangnal lah eh,” a ti nah.
27 Now the house was full of men and women: and all the lords of the Philistines [were] there: and [there were] upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Te vaengah huta tongpa loh im khuiah muep thet uh tih Philisti boei rhoek boeih tah imphu ah ngol uh. Samson kah luem aka so huta tongpa thawng thum tluk lo uh.
28 And Samson called to the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Tedae Samson loh BOEIPA a khue tih, “Ka Boeipa Yahovah aw, kai m'poek laem lamtah tahae ah kai he Pathen loh voeikhat mah n'talong lah saeh, te daengah ni ka mik rhoi ham Philisti soah pakhat la phulohnah neh phu ka loh eh,” a ti nah.
29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was supported, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
Te vaengah Samson loh im laklung kah tung rhoi taengla hoi uh. Te rhoi dongah tawn uh tih pakhat te a bantang ah, pakhat te a banvoei ah a duel thil.
30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with [all his] might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that [were] in it. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than [they] which he slew in his life.
Te phoeiah Samson loh, “Ka hinglu he Philisti rhoek neh hmaih duek saeh,” a ti tih thadueng neh a tulh. Te dongah boei rhoek neh a khuikah pilnam boeih te im loh a cungku thil. A duek vaengah a ngawn tih aka duek he a hing vaengkah a ngawn lakah a yet ngai om.
31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought [him] up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Te vaengah a mana rhoek neh a napa cako te boeih suntla uh tih rhok a loh uh. Te phoeiah a khuen uh tih Zorah laklo neh Eshtaol laklo kah a napa Manoah phuel ah a up uh. Israel te anih loh kum kul lai a tloek pah.
