Ndị Ikpe 15
1 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.
But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said: 'I will go in to my wife into the chamber.' But her father would not suffer him to go in.
2 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.”
And her father said: 'I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion; is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.'
3 Samsin sịrị ha, “Nʼoge a, o ziri m ezi ị bọkwara ọbọ nʼebe ndị Filistia nọ.” Aghaghị m imesi ha ike.
And Samson said unto them: 'This time shall I be quits with the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.'
4 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.
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between every two tails.
5 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.
And when he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing corn, and also the oliveyards.
6 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.
Then the Philistines said: 'Who hath done this?' And they said: 'Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion.' And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
7 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.”
And Samson said unto them: 'If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.'
8 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.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
9 Ndị Filistia gara maa ụlọ ikwu ha nʼala Juda, gbasaa nʼala ahụ ruo obodo Lehi.
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves against Lehi.
10 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.”
And the men of Judah said: 'Why are ye come up against us?' And they said: 'To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.'
11 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.”
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson: 'Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us?' And he said unto them: 'As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.'
12 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.”
And they said unto him: 'We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.' And Samson said unto them: 'Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.'
13 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.
And they spoke unto him, saying: 'No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but surely we will not kill thee.' And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
14 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.
When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him; and the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
15 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.
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.
16 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.”
And Samson said: With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
17 Mgbe o kwuchara ihe ndị a, o tufuru ọkpụkpụ agba ịnyịnya ibu ahụ; a kpọkwara ebe ahụ Ramat Lehi.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi.
18 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?”
And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said: 'Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of Thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?'
19 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.
But God cleaved the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came back, and he revived; wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
20 Ya mere, Samsin kpere ụmụ Izrel ikpe iri afọ abụọ nʼoge ndị Filistia.
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
