Waamuzi 16
1 Samsoni alikwenda Gaza na akamwona kahaba huko, naye akalala pamoja naye.
And Samson went from there to Gaza, and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
2 Watu wa Gaza wakaambiwa, “Samsoni amekuja hapa.” Watu wa Gaza wakazunguka mahali hapo kwa siri, wakamngoja usiku wote katika lango la jiji. Walikaa kimya usiku wote. Wakisema, “Hebu tusubiri mpaka mchana, na kisha tumwuue.”
And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, "Samson is here." They surrounded him, and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all night, saying, "Wait until morning light, then we will kill him."
3 Samsoni akalala kitandani mpaka usiku wa manane. Usiku wa manane akaamka na akashika mlango wa jiji na miimo yake miwili. Akavivuta kutoka nje, komeo na vyote, akaviweka kwenye mabega yake, akavichukua hadi juu ya kilima, mbele ya Hebroni.
Now Samson rested until midnight, but got up at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is overlooking Hebron, and set them down there.
4 Baada ya hayo, Samsoni alimpenda mwanamke aliyeishi katika bonde la Soreki. Jina lake alikuwa Delila.
It came to pass afterward, that he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 Wale wakuu wa Wafilisti wakamwendea, wakamwambia, “mdanganye Samsoni ili uone mahali zilipo nguvu zake kuu, na kwa namna gani tunaweza kumshinda, ili tumfunge na kumtesa. Fanya hili, na kila mmoja wetu atakupa vipande 1, 100 vya fedha.”
The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, "Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."
6 Ndipo Delila akamwambia Samsoni, “Tafadhali, niambie ni kwa jinsi gani wewe ni mwenye nguvu sana, na kwa namna gani mtu anaweza kukufunga, ili aweze kukudhibiti?”
Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you can be bound and subdued."
7 Samsoni akamwambia, “Ikiwa watanifunga na kamba saba safi ambazo hazijakauka, nitakuwa dhaifu na kuwa kama mtu mwingine yeyote.”
Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man."
8 Basi wakuu wa Wafilisti wakamletea Delila kamba saba ambazo hazijakauka, naye akamfunga Samsoni.
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 Sasa alikuwa na watu waliojificha kwa siri, walikaa katika chumba chake cha ndani. Akamwambia, “Wafilisti wako juu yako, Samsoni!” Lakini akazikata kamba kama uzi wakati unapogusa moto. Na hawakujifunza siri ya nguvu zake.
Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 Ndipo Delila akamwambia Samsoni, “Ndivyo ulivyonidanganya mimi na kuniambia uongo. Tafadhali, niambie kwa namna gani unaweza kufungwa.”
Delilah said to Samson, "Look, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound."
11 Akamwambia, “Ikiwa watanifunga na kamba mpya ambayo haijawahi kutumika kwa kazi, nitakuwa dhaifu na kama mtu mwingine yeyote.”
He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man."
12 Basi Delila alichukua kamba mpya akamfunga pamoja naye, akamwambia, “Wafilisti wako juu yako Samsoni!” Watu waliokuwa wakisubiri walikuwa ndani ya chumba cha ndani. Lakini Samsoni akaondoa kamba kutoka mikono yake kama kilikuwa kipande cha uzi.
So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
13 Delila akamwambia Samsoni, “Mpaka sasa umenidanganya na kuniambia uongo. Niambie kwa namna gani unaweza kufungwa.” Samsoni akamwambia, 'Ikiwa utavifuma vifungo saba vya nywele zangu na kuvifunga kwenye kitambaa, kisha kufunga kwenye msumari, nitakuwa kama mtu mwingine yeyote.”
Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you might be bound." He said to her, "If you weave the seven braids on my head with the fabric and fasten them with the pin, then I will be weak as another man."
14 Alipokuwa amelala, Dalila akavifuma vifungo saba vya nywele zake akavifunga ndani ya kitambaa na kuzifunga kwenye msumari, akamwambia, “Wafilisti wako juu yako, Samsoni!” Aliamka kutoka usingizini akang'oa kitambaa na pini zilizokuwa zimefungwa.
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids on his head, and wove them with the fabric, and she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." And he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin of the loom and the fabric.
15 Akamwambia, “Wawezaje kusema,” Unanipenda, wakati hushiriki siri zako na mimi? Umenidhihaki mara tatu hizi na hukukuambia ni kwa jinsi gani unazo nguvu nyingi.”
She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies."
16 Kila siku alisisitiza kwa bidii na maneno yake, naye akamkemea sana kiasi kwamba alitamani kufa.
It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.
17 Basi Samsoni alimwambia kila kitu, akamwambia, “Wembe haujawahi kukata nywele juu ya kichwa changu, kwa maana nimekuwa Mnaziri kwa Mungu kutoka tumboni mwa mama yangu. Ikiwa kichwa changu kitanyolewa, basi nguvu zangu zitaniacha, nami nitakuwa dhaifu na kuwa kama kila mtu mwingine. '
He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
18 Delila alipoona kwamba amemwambia ukweli juu ya kila kitu, akawatuma na kuwaita watawala wa Wafilisti, akisema, “Njooni tena, kwa maana ameniambia kila kitu.” Ndipo wakuu wa Wafilisti wakamwendea, wakaleta fedha mkononi mwao.
When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
19 Alimfanya alale katika magoti yake. Alimwita mtu avinyoe vifungo saba vya kichwa chake, naye akaanza kumshinda, kwa maana nguvu zake zilikuwa zimemwacha.
She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and he began to weaken, and his strength went from him.
20 Alisema, “Wafilisti wako juu yako, Samsoni!” Aliamka nje ya usingizi wake akasema, “Nitatoka nje kama nyakati nyingine na kujiweka huru.” Lakini hakujua kwamba Bwana amemwacha.
She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." He awoke out of his sleep, and said, "I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free." But he didn't know that the LORD had departed from him.
21 Wafilisti walimkamata na kumng'oa macho. Wakampeleka Gaza na kumfunga kwa shaba. Alikuwa akisaga ngano katika gerezani.
The Philistines seized him, and gouged out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.
22 Lakini nywele juu ya kichwa chake zilianza kukua tena baada ya kunyolewa.
However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
23 Watawala wa Wafilisti walikusanyika ili kutoa dhabihu kubwa kwa Dagoni mungu wao, na kufurahi. Walisema, “mungu wetu amemshinda Samsoni, adui yetu, na kumtia katika ufahamu wetu.”
The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to celebrate; for they said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand."
24 Watu walipomwona, walimsifu mungu wao, kwa sababu walisema, “mungu wetu ameshinda adui yetu na kutupa sisi - mharibifu wa nchi yetu, ambaye aliwaua wengi wetu.”
When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand."
25 Walipokuwa wakisherehekea, wakasema, 'Mwite Samsoni, aje kutufurahisha.' Walimwita Samsoni nje ya jela na akawafanya wacheke. Walimsimamisha katikati ya nguzo.
And it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. And they were striking him. And they set him between the pillars;
26 Samsoni akamwambia yule kijana ambaye alikuwa ameshika mkono wake, 'Niruhusu nishike nguzo zilizoshikilia nyumba hii, ili nipate kuegemea.”
and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, "Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them." And the boy did so.
27 Sasa nyumba ilikuwa imejaa wanaume na wanawake. Watawala wote wa Wafilisti walikuwa huko. Juu ya paa kulikuwa na wanaume na wanawake elfu tatu, ambao walikuwa wakiangalia wakati Samsoni alipokuwa akiwafurahisha.
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And there were on the roof about three thousand men and women watching while Samson performed.
28 Samsoni akamwita Bwana, akasema, “Bwana MUNGU, nipe nia! Tafadhali niimarishe mara moja tu, Mungu, ili nipate kulipiza kisasi kwa Wafilisti kwa kuchukua macho yangu mawili.
Samson called to the LORD, and said, "Lord GOD, please remember me, and please strengthen me only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."
29 Samsoni aliweka nguzo mbili katikati ambzo zinashikilia nyumba hiyo, naye akaegemea juu yake, nguzo moja kwa mkono wake wa kuume, na mwingine kwa kushoto kwake.
Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
30 Samsoni akasema, “Na nife pamoja na Wafilisti!” Alipanda kwa nguvu zake na jengo likaanguka juu ya watawala na juu ya watu wote waliokuwa ndani yake. Hivyo waliouawa wakati alikufa walikuwa zaidi ya wale waliouawa wakati wa maisha yake.
Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.
31 Kisha ndugu zake na nyumba yote ya baba yake wakashuka. Wakamchukua, wakamrudisha na kumzika kati ya Sora na Eshtaoli katika mahali pa kuzikwa Manoa, baba yake. Samsoni alikuwa mwamuzi wa Israeli kwa miaka ishirini.
Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
