Mpitsara 16
1 Ary Samsona nankany Gaza ka nahita vehivavy janga teo, dia niditra tao aminy.
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
2 Ary nolazaina tamin’ ny Gazita hoe: Tonga atỳ Samsona. Dia nanemitra azy izy ary nanotrika mandritra ny alina teo am-bavahadin’ ny tanàna ka nangina mandritra ny alina; fa hoy izy: Raha maraina ny andro, dia hovonointsika izy.
When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
3 Ary nandry Samsona mandra-pamatonalina, dia nifoha izy nony namatonalina, ka noraisiny ny vavahadin’ ny tanàna mbamin’ ny tolana roa, dia nongotany izy mbamin’ ny hidiny ka nataony teny antsorony, dia nentiny ho any an-tampon’ ny tendrombohitra izay tandrifin’ i Hebrona.
But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
4 Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia tia vehivavy atao hoe Delila tany an-dohasaha Soreka izy.
Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 Ary ireo andrianan’ ny Filistina niakatra nankany amin-dravehivavy ka nanao taminy hoe: Kolikoleo izy, ka izahao izay itoeran’ ny heriny lehibe sy izay hahazoanay mamatotra azy mba hahafolaka azy; dia samy hanome anao sekely zato amby arivo avy izahay rehetra.
The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
6 Dia hoy Delila tamin’ i Samsona: Masìna ianao, lazao amiko izay itoeran’ ny herinao lehibe sy izay hahazoana mamatotra anao hahafolaka anao.
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7 Dia hoy Samsona taminy: Raha tady vaovao fito izay tsy mbola maina no amatorany ahy, dia ho osa aho ka ho tahaka ny olon-kafa.
Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
8 Dia niakatra nankany aminy ireo andrianan’ ny Filistina nitondra tady vaovao fito izay tsy mbola maina, dia namatotra azy tamin’ ireny ravehivavy.
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
9 Ary nisy lehilahy nanotrika ka nitoetra taminy tao an’ efi-trano. Dia hoy ravehivavy tamin’ i Samsona: Hamely anao ny Filistina, ry Samsona! Dia notosany ny tady, tahaka ny fahamaiton’ ny taretra rongony, raha lelafin’ ny afo. Dia tsy fantatra ny heriny.
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
10 Ary hoy Delila tamin’ i Samsona: Indro, efa namitaka ahy ianao ka nilaza lainga tamiko; ankehitriny, masìna ianao, lazao amiko izay hahazoana mamatotra anao.
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
11 Dia hoy kosa izy taminy: Raha mahazaka vaovao izay tsy mbola nanaovan-draharaha no amatorany ahy mafy, dia ho osa aho ka ho tahaka ny olon-kafa.
He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
12 Dia naka mahazaka vaovao Delila, ka namatorany azy, dia hoy izy taminy: Hamely anao ny Filistina, ry Samsona! Ary nisy mpanotrika nitoetra tao an’ efi-trano. Dia notosan’ i Samsona ho afaka amin’ ny sandriny ireny tahaka ny fahamaiton’ ny taretra.
So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
13 Dia hoy Delila tamin’ i Samsona: Mandraka ankehitriny dia mbola namitaka ahy ihany ianao ka nilaza lainga tamiko; lazao amiko izay hahazoana mamatotra anao. Dia hoy kosa izy taminy: Raha tenomina hikambana amin’ ny tenona ny foto-bolo fito amin’ ny lohako.
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
14 Ary notsatohany ny fantaka izany, dia hoy izy taminy: Hamely anao ny Filistina, ry Samsona! Dia nifoha tamin’ ny torimasony izy, ka nangotany ny fantaka sy ny tenona.
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
15 Dia hoy ravehivavy taminy: Nahoana ianao no nanao hoe: Tiako ianao, nefa ny tonao tsy amiko tsinona? Efa namitaka ahy intelo ianao izay, ka tsy mbola nolazainao tamiko ihany izay itoeran’ ny herinao lehibe.
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
16 Ary rehefa nitorikisina taminy isan’ andro ravehivavy ka nahasosotsosotra azy, dia tsy nahafinaritra azy intsony ny miaina.
Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
17 Ary dia nambarany azy ny tao am-pony rehetra, ka hoy izy taminy: Tsy mbola nokasihin-kareza ny lohako, fa Nazirita ho an’ Andriamanitra hatrany an-kibon-dreniko aho; koa raha haratana aho, dia hiala amiko ny heriko, ary ho osa aho ka ho tahaka ny olona rehetra,
Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
18 Ary rehefa hitan’ i Delila fa efa nambarany azy ny tao am-pony rehetra, dia naniraka izy nampaka ireo andrianan’ ny Filistina nanao hoe: Miakara amin’ izao indray mandeha izao, fa efa nambarany ahy ny tao am-pony rehetra. Ary ireo andrianan’ ny Filistina niakatra ho any aminy nitondra ny vola teny an-tànany.
When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
19 Ary ravehivavy nanondana an’ i Samsona hatory teo an-dohaliny, dia niantso lehilahy ka nanaratra ny foto-bolo fito amin’ ny lohany; dia vao izay no nampietry azy izy, satria niala taminy ny heriny.
And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
20 Dia hoy ravehivavy: Hamely anao ny Filistina, ry Samsona! Dia nifoha tamin’ ny torimasony izy ka nanao hoe: Hivoaka tahaka ny teo aloha aho ka hanetsika ny tenako. Kanjo tsy fantany fa Jehovah efa niala taminy.
Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
21 Dia nisambotra azy ny Filistina ka namotsitra ny masony, dia nitondra azy nidina nankany Gaza ary namatotra azy tamin’ ny gadra varahina; ary nitoto vary tao an-trano famatorana izy.
Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
22 Ary dia naniry indray ny volon-dohany, rehefa voaharatra.
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
23 Ary nivory ireo andrianan’ ny Filistina hamono zavatra betsaka hatao fanatitra ho an’ i Dagona andriamaniny sy hifaly; fa hoy izy: Efa natolotry ny andriamanitsika eto an-tanantsika Samsona fahavalontsika.
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
24 Ary rehefa nahita azy ny vahoaka, dia nidera ny andriamaniny ka nanao hoe: Efa natolotry ny andriamanitsika eto an-tanantsika ilay fahavalontsika, mpanimba ny tanintsika, izay nahabe maty antsika.
And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
25 Ary rehefa faly ny fony, dia hoy izy: Alao Samsona mba hanao laolao ho antsika. Dia nampaka an’ i Samsona avy tao an-trano famatorana izy, ka nanao laolao teo anatrehan’ ireo Samsona; ary nampitsanganiny teo anelanelan’ ny andry izy.
And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
26 Ary hoy Samsona tamin’ ny zatovo izay nitantana azy: Avelao kely aho hitsapa ny andry izay manohana ny trano, hiankinako aminy.
Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
27 Ary feno lehilahy sy vehivavy ny trano, ary tao ireo andrianan’ ny Filistina rehetra, ary teo an-tampon-trano koa nisy lehilahy sy vehivavy tokony ho telo arivo, izay finaritra nijery an’ i Samsona nanao laolao.
Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.
28 Ary Samsona niantso an’ i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Jehovah Tompo ô, mifona aminao aho, tsarovy aho, ka ampaherezo izao indray mandeha izao monja, ry Andriamanitra ô, hamaliako ny Filistina noho ny anankiray amin’ ny masoko roa.
Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
29 Dia notanan’ i Samsona ny andry roa teo afovoany izay nanohana ny trano, ny anankiray tamin’ ny tanany ankavanana, ary ny anankiray tamin’ ny tànany ankavia, ka niankina teo izy.
And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
30 Dia hoy Samsona: Aoka hiara-maty amin’ ny Filistina aho. Dia nezahiny mafy, ka dia nianjera tamin’ ireo andriana sy ny vahoaka rehetra izay teo ny trano. Ary ny maty izay novonoiny teo amin’ ny nahafatesany no be lavitra noho izay novonoiny tamin’ ny andro niainany.
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
31 Ary nidina ny rahalahiny sy ny mpianakavin-drainy rehetra, dia naka ny fatiny ka nitondra azy niakatra, dia nandevina azy teo anelanelan’ i Zora sy Estaola tao amin’ ny fasan’ i Manoa rainy. Ary izy efa nitsara ny Isiraely roa-polo taona.
Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
