Bilombe 16
1 Mokolo moko, Samison akendeki na Gaza epai wapi amonaki mwasi moko ya ndumba, mpe asangisaki na ye nzoto.
One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
2 Tango bato ya Gaza bayokaki sango ete Samison azali kati na engumba na bango, bazingelaki esika oyo Samison alalaki mpe basenzelaki butu mobimba, mpo na kozela ye na ekuke ya engumba. Na butu yango, baninganaki te mpe balobaki: « Tokoboma ye na tongo tango akobima. »
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].”
3 Kasi Samison alalaki wana kaka kino na kati-kati ya butu; bongo na ngonga ya zomi na mibale ya butu, alamukaki. Tango akomaki na ekuke ya engumba, asimbaki bizipelo na yango elongo na makonzi na yango mibale. Apikolaki yango elongo na libaya ya kokangela, atombolaki mpe atiaki yango na mapeka na ye, bongo amemaki yango kino na songe ya ngomba moke oyo etalana na engumba Ebron.
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.
4 Sima na yango, Samison alingaki mwasi moko oyo azalaki kovanda na lubwaku ya Soreki; kombo na ye ezalaki « Dalila. »
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].
5 Bakambi ya Filisitia bakendeki epai ya Dalila mpe balobaki na ye: « Solola na ye na maloba ya sukali mpo ete alakisa yo sekele ya makasi na ye mpe ndenge nini tokoki kolonga ye, mpo ete tokanga ye basinga mpe tosilisa ye makasi. Moko na moko kati na biso akopesa yo mbongo ya bibende ya palata, nkoto moko na nkama moko. »
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.”
6 Dalila ayebisaki Samison: — Yebisa ngai sekele ya makasi na yo mpe ndenge nini bakoki kokanga yo basinga mpe kosilisa yo makasi.
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.”
7 Samison azongiselaki ye: — Soki bakangi ngai na basinga sambo ya mobesu, oyo nanu bakawusi te, nakokoma moto na bolembu lokola moto nyonso.
Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.”
8 Boye, bakambi ya Filisitia bamemelaki Dalila basinga sambo ya mobesu, oyo nanu bakawusi te, mpe Dalila alingaki Samison basinga yango.
So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
9 Lokola bato oyo batindamaki mpo na kokanga ye bazalaki ya kobombama kati na ndako, Dalila abelelaki: « Samison, bato ya Filisitia bayei kobundisa yo! » Samison akataki na pete penza basinga yango ndenge basinga ya lino ekatanaka soki ezwi moto. Boye, basosolaki te sekele ya makasi na ye.
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.
10 Dalila alobaki na Samison: — Osakani na ngai mpe okosi ngai! Sik’oyo, yebisa ngai eloko nini bakoki kosalela mpo na kokanga yo?
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.”
11 Samison alobaki: — Soki bakangi ngai na basinga ya sika oyo nanu basaleli te, nakokoma moto na bolembu lokola moto nyonso.
Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
12 Dalila azwaki basinga ya sika mpe akangaki na yango Samison. Bongo abelelaki: « Samison, bato ya Filisitia bayei kobundisa yo! » Atako bato oyo batindamaki mpo na kokanga ye bazalaki lisusu ya kobombama kati na ndako, Samison akataki kaka lokola singa moko pamba, basinga oyo bakangaki ye.
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.
13 Boye Dalila alobaki na Samison: — Kino sik’oyo, ozali kaka kosakana na ngai mpe kokosa ngai! Yebisa ngai ndenge nini bakoki kokanga yo basinga. Samison azongisaki: — Soki okangi suki sambo ya moto na ngai na singa oyo batongelaka bilamba, mpe soki okangisi yango na likonzi, nakokoma moto na bolembu lokola moto nyonso. Boye tango Samison azalaki nanu kolala, Dalila azwaki suki sambo ya moto na ye, akangaki yango na singa oyo batongelaka bilamba
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,
14 mpe akangisaki yango na likonzi. Dalila abelelaki lisusu Samison: « Samison, bato ya Filisitia bayei kobundisa yo! » Samison alamukaki na pongi na ye mpe apikolaki likonzi elongo na singa oyo batongelaka bilamba.
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.
15 Dalila alobaki na ye: « Ndenge nini okoki koloba ete olingaka ngai tango motema na yo ezali elongo na ngai te! Oyo ezali mbala na yo ya misato ya kosakana na ngai, pamba te oyebisi ngai te sekele ya makasi na yo. »
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!”
16 Lokola, mokolo na mokolo, Dalila azalaki kotungisa Samison na maloba na ye mpe kozangisa ye kimia, Samison amonaki ete motungisi yango eleki ye ndelo.
Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
17 Boye, ayebisaki Dalila makambo nyonso. Alobaki: « Suki na ngai ekatamaka te, pamba te Nzambe abulisa ngai wuta na libumu ya mama na ngai. Soki kaka bakati ngai suki, makasi na ngai ekosila mpe nakokoma moto na bolembu lokola moto nyonso. »
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.”
18 Tango Dalila amonaki ete Samison ayebisi ye makambo nyonso, atindaki sango epai ya bakambi ya Filisitia. Alobaki: « Boya lisusu, ayebisi ngai makambo nyonso. » Bakambi ya Filisitia bazongaki epai ya Dalila na mbongo ya bibende na maboko na bango.
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].
19 Dalila alalisaki Samison na mipende na ye, abengaki mobali moko mpo na kokata ye suki sambo ya moto na ye. Samison akomaki kolemba, mpe makasi na ye esilaki.
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.
20 Dalila abelelaki Samison: « Samison, bato ya Filisitia bayei kobundisa yo! » Samison alamukaki na pongi na ye mpe amilobelaki: « Nakosala ndenge kaka nasalaka liboso mpe nakokangolama na ngai. » Kasi ayebaki te ete Yawe alongwaki kati na ye.
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.
21 Bato ya Filisitia bakangaki ye, batobolaki ye miso, bamemaki ye na Gaza mpe bakangaki ye minyololo ya bibende ya bronze. Akomaki konika bambuma ya ble na enikelo ya libanga kati na boloko.
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].
22 Kasi suki ya moto na ye ekomaki lisusu kokola wuta tango bakataki ye yango.
But his hair started to grow again.
23 Bakambi ya Filisitia basanganaki mpo na kobonza mbeka monene epai ya nzambe na bango, Dagoni, mpe kosala feti. Balobaki: « Nzambe na biso akabi monguna na biso, Samison, na maboko na biso. »
[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!”
24 Tango bato bamonaki Samison, bakumisaki nzambe na bango, balobaki: « Nzambe na biso akabi na maboko na biso, monguna na biso, oyo azalaki kobebisa mokili na biso mpe koboma bato ebele kati na biso. »
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!”
25 Wana bazalaki kosepela, bagangaki: « Bomemela biso Samison mpo ete asepelisa biso! » Babimisaki Samison na boloko mpe akomaki kosala masano liboso na bango. Tango batelemisaki ye na kati-kati ya makonzi ya tempelo na bango,
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.
26 Samison alobaki na mosali oyo asimbaki loboko na ye: « Tia ngai na esika oyo nakoki kosimba makonzi oyo esimbi tempelo mpo ete nalalela yango. »
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.”
27 Nzokande, tempelo ezalaki ya kotonda na mibali, basi mpe bakambi nyonso ya Filisitia. Na likolo ya ndako, ezalaki na bato pene nkoto misato, mibali mpe basi, oyo bazalaki kotala masano oyo Samison azalaki kosala.
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.
28 Samison abondelaki Yawe: « Nkolo Yawe, Yo oyo osalaka nyonso oyo olingi, kanisa ngai! Nabondeli Yo, Nzambe: Pesa ngai makasi mbala oyo lisusu, mpe pesa ngai nzela ete, na mbala moko, nazongisa mabe na mabe epai ya bato oyo ya Filisitia mpo na miso na ngai mibale. »
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!”
29 Samison asimbaki makonzi nyonso mibale ya kati-kati, oyo esimbaki tempelo, mpe ayekamelaki yango, loboko ya mobali na likonzi moko, mpe loboko ya mwasi na likonzi mosusu.
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.
30 Bongo Samison alobaki: « Tika ete nakufa elongo na bato ya Filisitia! » Bongo atindikaki na makasi na ye nyonso, mpe tempelo ekweyelaki bakambi mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki kuna. Boye, kati na kufa na ye, abomaki bato ebele koleka na tango oyo azalaki na bomoi.
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.
31 Bandeko na ye mpe libota nyonso ya tata na ye bayaki kozwa ebembe na ye. Bazongaki na yango mpe bakundaki ye kati na kunda ya tata na ye, Manoa, na kati ya bingumba Tsorea mpe Eshitaoli. Samison akambaki Isalaele mibu tuku mibale.
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.
