< Judges 15 >
1 And it cometh to pass, after [some] days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looketh after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and saith, 'I go in unto my wife, to the inner chamber;' and her father hath not permitted him to go in,
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 and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister — the young one — better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of 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 And Samson saith of them, 'I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.'
Samsin sịrị ha, “Nʼoge a, o ziri m ezi ị bọkwara ọbọ nʼebe ndị Filistia nọ.” Aghaghị m imesi ha ike.
4 And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst,
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 and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth [them] out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth [it] from heap even unto standing corn, even unto vineyard — olive-yard.
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 And the Philistines say, 'Who hath done this?' And they say, 'Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken away his wife, and giveth her to his companion;' and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire.
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 And Samson saith to them, 'Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'
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 And he smiteth them hip and thigh — a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock 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 And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
Ndị Filistia gara maa ụlọ ikwu ha nʼala Juda, gbasaa nʼala ahụ ruo obodo Lehi.
10 and the men of Judah say, 'Why have ye come up against us?' and they say, 'To bind Samson we have come up, to do to him as he hath done 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 And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, 'Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what [is] this thou hast done to us?' And he saith to them, 'As they did to me, so I did to them.'
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 And they say to him, 'To bind thee we have come down — to give thee into the hand of the Philistines.' And Samson saith to them, 'Swear to me, lest ye fall upon me yourselves.'
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 And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;' and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.
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 He hath come unto Lehi — and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him — and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which [are] on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,
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 and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it — a thousand men.
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 And Samson saith, 'With a jaw-bone of the ass — an ass upon asses — with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand 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 And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi;
Mgbe o kwuchara ihe ndị a, o tufuru ọkpụkpụ agba ịnyịnya ibu ahụ; a kpọkwara ebe ahụ Ramat Lehi.
18 and he thirsteth exceedingly, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, 'Thou — Thou hast given by the hand of Thy servant this great salvation; and now, I die with thirst, and have fallen into the hand of the uncircumcised.'
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 And God cleaveth the hollow place which [is] in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinketh, and his spirit cometh back, and he reviveth; therefore hath [one] called its name 'The fountain of him who is calling,' which [is] in Lehi unto this day.
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 And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Ya mere, Samsin kpere ụmụ Izrel ikpe iri afọ abụọ nʼoge ndị Filistia.