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,
Otiia i muri iho, na ka haere a Hamahona, me tetahi kuao koati, i te wa o te kotinga witi, kia kite i tana wahine, a ka mea, Ka haere ahau ki taku wahine ki roto ki te whare moenga. Otiia kihai ia i tukua e te papa o te wahine kia haere ki roto.
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.'
I mea hoki tona papa, i tino mea ahau e kino rawa ana koe ki a ia; na hoatu ana ia e ahau ma tou hoa; kahore ianei tona teina e pai atu i a ia? Tena kia riro tenei i a koe hei utu mo tera.
3 And Samson saith of them, 'I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.'
Na ka mea a Hamahona ki a ratou, Engari i tenei, ka kore hara ahau ki nga Pirihitini, ina tukino ahau ki a ratou.
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,
Na haere ana a Hamahona, a hopukia ana e ia e toru rau nga pokiha; katahi ka tikina etahi rama e ia, a whakaangahia atu ana nga hiawero ki a raua whaka hiawero, a whakanohoia iho he rama ki waenganui o nga hiawero e rua.
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.
Na ka tahuna e ia nga rama, a tukua atu ana ki te witi a nga Pirihitini, wera ake nga puranga witi, me nga mea ano e tu ana; nga mara waina, oriwa ano hoki.
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.
A ka ki nga Pirihitini, Na wai tenei mahi? na ka korerotia, Na Hamahona hunaonga a te Timini; mona i tango i tana wahine, a hoatu ana ki tona hoa. Katahi ka haere nga Pirihitini, a tahuna ake e ratou te wahine raua ko tona papa ki te ahi.
7 And Samson saith to them, 'Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'
Na ka mea a Hamahona ki a ratou, Ahakoa kua meatia tenei e koutou, he pono ka rapu utu ano ahau i a koutou, a muri iho ka mutu taku.
8 And he smiteth them hip and thigh — a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.
Na tukitukia ana ratou e ia, te papa, te huha, he nui te patunga, a haere ana, noho ana i te kapiti o te kamaka i Etama.
9 And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
Katahi ka haere nga Pirihitini, noho ana i Hura, tohatoha noa atu i Rehi.
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.'
Na ka mea nga tangata o Hura, He aha koutou i haere mai ai ki a matou? Na ka mea ratou, He here i a Hamahona i haere mai ai matou, kia meatia ki a ia tana i mea ai ki a matou.
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.'
Katahi ka haere etahi tangata o Hura, e toru nga mano, ki te kapiti o te kohatu i Etama, ka mea ki a Hamahona, Kahore ianei koe e mohio he rangatira no tatou nga Pirihitini? he mahi aha tenei nau ki a matou? Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, Rite tonu ki ta ratou i mea mai ai ki ahau, taku i mea ai ki a ratou.
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.'
Na ka mea ratou ki a ia, He here i a koe i haere mai ai matou, kia hoatu koe ki te ringa o nga Pirihitini. Na ka mea a Hamahona ki a ratou, Oati mai ki ahau e kore koutou na e rere ki runga ki ahau.
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.
Na ka korero ratou ki a ia, ka mea, Kahore; erangi me ata here koe e matou, a ka hoatu koe ki to ratou ringa: ko te whakamate ia, e kore matou e whakamate i a koe. Na ka herea ia e ratou ki nga taura hou e rua, a kawea atu ana i te kamaka.
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,
I tona taenga ki Rehi, na ka hamama nga Pirihitini i te tutakitanga ki a ia. Ko te tino putanga o te wairua o Ihowa ki runga ki a ia: na rite tonu nga taura i ona ringa ki te muka kua wera i te ahi; harotu noa iho nga here o ona ringa.
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.
Na kia pono ia ki tetahi kauae kaihe, he mea hou, a totoro atu ana tona ringa, tangohia ake ana; na kotahi mano tangata i patua e ia ki taua mea.
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.'
Na ka mea a Hamahona, Na te kauae kaihe, puranga atu, puranga atu; na te kauae kaihe, patua iho e ahau kotahi mano tangata.
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;
A, i te mutunga o tana korero, na maka atu ana e ia te kauae i tona ringa, a huaina iho te ingoa o tena wahi, Ko Ramatarehi.
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.'
Na nui rawa tona matewai, a ka karanga ia ki a Ihowa, ka mea, Nau i homai tenei whakaoranga nui ki te ringa o tau pononga, a ka mate nei ahau i te matewai, ka hinga hoki i te ringa o te hunga kokotikore?
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.
Na ka wahia e te Atua he poka i Rehi, a ka puta mai he wai i reira. Katahi ka inu ia, a hoki ana tona wairua, na kua ora ia. Na reira i huaina ai to reira ingoa, Ko Enehakore: kei Rehi na ano a tae noa ki tenei ra.
20 And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Na e rua tekau nga tau i whakarite ai ia mo Iharaira i nga ra o nga Pirihitini.
