Fakamaau 16
1 Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Samisoni ki Kesa, ʻo ne mamata ʻi ai ki he fefine angahala, pea ʻalu ia kiate ia.
He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman a harlot, and went in unto her.
2 Pea naʻe tala ki he kakai Kesa, ʻo pehē, Kuo haʻu ʻa Samisoni ki heni. Pea naʻa nau ʻāʻi ʻa Samisoni ʻi ai, pea naʻe toka ʻae malumu kiate ia ʻi he pō kotoa ko ia ʻi he matapā ʻoe kolo, ʻonau longo pe ʻi he pō kotoa, ko ʻenau pehē, “ʻI he ʻapongipongi ʻoka ʻaho, te tau tāmateʻi ia.”
And when the Philistines had beard this, and it was noised about among them, that Samson was come into the city, they surrounded him, setting guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all the night in silence, that in the morning they might kill him as he went out.
3 Pea naʻe mohe ʻa Samisoni ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻuapō, pea ʻi heʻene tuʻuapō, naʻe tuʻu ʻa Samisoni, ʻo ne ʻave ʻae matapā lōua ʻoe kolo, mo hono ongo pou, pea ʻalu mo ia, mo hono fakamaʻu kotoa pē, pea naʻa ne hili ia ki hono uma, pea fua hake kotoa pē ki he tumutumu ʻoe moʻunga ʻoku ʻi he ʻao ʻo Hepeloni.
But Samson slept till midnight, and then rising he took both the doors of the gate, with the posts thereof, and the bolt, and laying them on his shoulders, carried them up to the top of the hill, which looketh towards Hebron.
4 Pea hili ia, pea pehē, naʻe ʻofa ia ki he fefine ʻi he teleʻa ʻo Soleki, ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Tilila.
After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Dalila.
5 Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae houʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia kiate ia, ʻonau pehē kiate ia, “Ke ke fakakolekole kiate ia, pea vakai pe ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he hā ʻene mālohi lahi, pea ko e hā ʻae meʻa ko ia te mau lavaʻi ai ia, koeʻuhi ke mau haʻi ia pea fakavaivaiʻi ia: pea te mau taki taha ʻatu kiate koe ha konga siliva ʻe taha afe ma teau.”
And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
6 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tilila kia Samisoni, “ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tala mai kiate au, ʻOku ʻi he hā ʻa ho mālohi lahi, pea ʻe faʻa haʻi koe ʻaki ʻae ha ke fakavaivai koe.”
And Dalila said to Samson: Tell me, I beseech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and what it is wherewith if thou wert bound thou couldst not break loose.
7 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samisoni kiate ia, “Kapau tenau haʻi ʻaki au ʻae afo mata ʻe fitu ʻaia naʻe ʻikai tauaki te u vaivai ai ʻo hangē ko ha tangata kehe.”
And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.
8 Pea naʻe toki ʻomi kiate ia ʻe he houʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia ʻae afo mata ʻe fitu ʻaia naʻe ʻikai tauaki, pea naʻa ne haʻi ʻaki ia.
And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such is he spoke of, with which she bound him;
9 Pea naʻe tuʻu teuteu ʻi ai ʻae kau tangata, ʻo nofo mo ia ʻi he potu fale. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Samisoni kuo hoko ʻae kau Filisitia kiate koe.” Pea naʻe motumotuhi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi afo, ʻo hangē ko e motu ha foʻi filo vaivai ʻoka lave ki ai ʻae afi. Pea ko ia naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ai ʻene mālohi.
Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength Jay.
10 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tilila kia Samisoni, “Vakai, kuo ke manuki kiate au, ʻo lea loi kiate au: ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke tala mai kiate au ʻaia ʻe faʻa haʻi ʻaki koe.”
And Dalila said to him: Behold thou hast mocked me, and hast told me a false thing: but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound.
11 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Kapau tenau haʻi au ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maea foʻou ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ngāueʻaki, te u vaivai ai, ʻo hoko ʻo hangē ko e tangata kehe.”
And he answered her: If I shall be bound with new ropes, that were never in work, I shall be weak and like other men.
12 Ko ia naʻe toe ʻai ʻe Tilila ʻae ngaahi maea foʻou, pea haʻi ʻaki ia, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Samisoni kuo ʻiate koe ʻae kau Filisitia.” Pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae kau toitoi naʻe nofo mo ia ʻi he potu fale. Pea naʻa ne motuhi ia mei hono nima ʻo hangē ha foʻi filo tuitui.
Dalila bound him again with these, and cried out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson, there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber. But he broke the bands like threads of webs.
13 Pea pehē ʻe Tilila kia Samisoni, “Kuo ke fai manuki pē kiate au pea lea loi mai: tala mai kiate au, ʻe haʻi koe ʻaki ʻae hā?” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Kapau te ke fī ha vāhenga louʻulu ʻe fitu ʻo hoku ʻulu fakataha mo e lalanga.”
And Dalila said to him again: How long dost thou deceive me, and tell me lies? Shew me wherewith thou mayest be bound. And Samson answered her: If thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace, and tying them round about a nail fastenest it in the ground, I shall be weak.
14 Pea naʻa ne fakamaʻu ʻaki ia ʻae faʻo ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Samisoni kuo ʻiate koe ʻae kau Filisitia.” Pea naʻe ʻā hake ia mei heʻene mohe, pea ne ʻalu ia mo e faʻo ʻoe fuʻu ʻakau, pea mo e lalanga.
And when Dalila had done this, she said to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking out of his sleep he drew out the nail with the hairs and the lace.
15 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “ʻOku fēfē hoʻo pehē, ʻOku ou ʻofa kiate koe, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate au hoʻo ʻofa? Kuo ke kākaaʻi au ʻo liunga tolu, pea ʻoku teʻeki siʻi tala kiate au pē ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he hā ʻa hoʻo mālohi lahi.”
And Dalila said to him: How dost thou say thou lovest me, when thy mind is not with me? Thou hast told me lies these three times, and wouldst not tell me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene taukave ʻene lea kiate ia ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo fakafiuʻi ia, naʻe mamahi ai hono laumālie ʻo tei mate;
And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even until death.
17 Ko ia naʻa ne fakahā kiate ia hono loto kotoa pē, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Naʻe ʻikai hoko ha tele ki hoku ʻulu; he ko e Fakamavahe au ki he ʻOtua mei he manāva ʻo ʻeku faʻē: kapau ʻe tekefua au, pea ʻe mole ai ʻeku mālohi ʻiate au, pea te u hoko ʻo vaivai, pea te u hangē ko e tangata kehe.”
Then opening the truth of the thing, he said to her: The razor hath never come upon my head, for I am a Nazarite, that is to say, consecrated to God from my mother’s womb: if my head be shaven, my strength shall depart from me, and I shall become weak, and shall be like other men.
18 Pea ʻi he mamata ʻe Tilila kuo ne fakahā kiate ia hono loto kotoa, naʻe fekau ia ʻo ui ke haʻu ʻae houʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia, ʻo ne pehē, “Mou haʻu ke toe tā tuʻo taha, he kuo ne fakahā kiate au ʻa hono loto kotoa.” Pea naʻe haʻu ai ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia kiate ia, pea naʻe ʻomi ʻae ngaahi paʻanga ʻi honau nima.
Then seeing that be had discovered to her all his mind, she sent to the princes of the Philistines, saying: Come up this once more, for now he hath opened his heart to me. And they went up taking with them the money which they had promised.
19 Pea naʻa ne fakamohe ia ki hono tui; pea naʻa ne ui ke haʻu ha tangata, ke ne tele ke ʻosi hono tope louʻulu ʻe fitu; pea naʻa ne kamata fakavaivai ia, pea naʻe mole ʻene mālohi ʻiate ia.
But she made him sleep upon her knees, and lay his head in her bosom. And she called a barber, and shaved his seven locks, and began to drive him away, and thrust him from her: for immediately his strength departed from him.
20 Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Samisoni, ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻae kau Filisitia.” Pea naʻe ʻā hake ia mei heʻene mohe, pea ne pehē, “Te u ʻalu atu ʻo hangē ko ʻeku faʻa ʻalu, ʻo tupetupeʻi au.” Pea naʻe ʻikai mahalo ʻe ia kuo ʻalu ʻa Sihova ʻiate ia.
And she said: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind: I will go out as I did before, and shake myself, not knowing that the Lord was departed from him.
21 Ka naʻe puke ia ʻe he kau Filisitia, ʻonau kapeʻi hono mata, pea naʻe ʻohifo ia ki Kesa, pea haʻi ʻaki ia ʻae meʻa haʻi palasa; pea naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻae momosi meʻa ʻi he fale fakapōpula.
Then the Philistines seized upon him, and forthwith pulled out his eyes, and led him bound in chains to Gaza, and shutting him up in prison made him grind.
22 Ka naʻe toe kamata tupu hono louʻulu ʻi he hili ʻene tekefua.
And now his hair began to grow again.
23 Pea naʻe fakataha ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki ʻoe kau Filisitia koeʻuhi kenau ʻatu ha feilaulau lahi kia Takoni ko honau ʻotua, pea kenau fiefia: he naʻa nau pehē, “Kuo tuku ʻe hotau ʻotua ʻa Samisoni, ko hotau fili ki hotau nima.”
And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god, and to make merry, saying: Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands.
24 Pea ʻi he mamata kiate ia ʻae kakai, naʻa nau fakamālō ki honau ʻotua: he naʻa nau pehē, “Kuo tuku ʻe hotau ʻotua ki hotau nima ʻa hotau fili, mo e fakaʻauha ʻo hotau fonua, ʻaia naʻa ne tāmateʻi hotau toko lahi.”
And the people also seeing this, praised their god, and said the same: Our god hath delivered our adversary into our bands, him that destroyed our country and killed very many.
25 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he fiefia ʻo honau loto, naʻa nau pehē, “Ui ke haʻu ʻa Samisoni, koeʻuhi ketau fakavele kata ai.” Pea naʻa nau ui ke haʻu ʻa Samisoni mei he fale fakapōpula; pea naʻa ne fai meʻa fakakata ʻi honau ʻao, pea naʻa nau tuku ia ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo pou.
And rejoicing in their feasts, when they had now taken their good cheer, they commanded that Samson should be called, and should play before them. And being brought out of prison he played before them, and they made him stand between two pillars.
26 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samisoni ki he tamasiʻi naʻe puke hono nima, “Tuku au ke u ala ki he ongo pou ʻaia ʻoku faʻaki ki ai ʻae fale, koeʻuhi ke u faʻaki ki ai.”
And he said to the lad that guided his steps: Suffer me to touch the pillars which support the whole house, and let me lean upon them, and rest a little.
27 Pea ko eni, naʻe fonu ʻae fale ʻi he kau tangata mo e kau fefine; pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki kotoa pē ʻoe kakai Filisitia; pea naʻe nofo ʻi he tuʻafale ʻae kau tangata mo e kau fefine ʻe toko tolu afe nai, ke mamata ki he fai meʻa fakakata ʻa Samisoni.
Now the house was full of men and women, and all the princes of the Philistines were there. Moreover about three thousand persons of both sexes from the roof and the higher part of the house, were beholding Samson’s play.
28 Pea naʻe hū ʻa Samisoni kia Sihova, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke manatuʻi au; ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ʻE ʻOtua, ke ke fakamālohi au, ke tuʻo taha ni, koeʻuhi ke u totongi leva ni ki he kakai Filisitia koeʻuhi ko hoku ongo mata.”
But he called upon the Lord, saying: O Lord God, remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, that I may revenge myself on my enemies, and for the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge.
29 Pea naʻe puke ʻe Samisoni ki he ongo pou ʻe ua ʻi loto ʻaia naʻe falala ai ʻae fale, ʻaia naʻa na poupou hake ia, ko e taha ʻi hono nima toʻomataʻu, mo e taha ʻi hono toʻohema.
And laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and the other with his left,
30 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samisoni, “Tuku au ke u mate mo e kakai Filisitia.” Pea naʻa ne tulolo ʻi hono mālohi kotoa; pea naʻe holo ʻae fale ki he ngaahi houʻeiki, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ai. Ko ia ko e mate naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻi heʻene pekia naʻe tokolahi hake ʻiate kinautolu naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻi heʻene moʻui.
He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude that was there: and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life.
31 Pea naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa hono ngaahi kāinga mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻi he fale ʻo ʻene tamai, ke toʻo ia, ʻo ʻalu hake mo ia, pea naʻe fai hono putu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Sola mo Esitaoli ʻi he tanuʻanga ʻo ʻene tamai ko Manoa. Pea naʻa ne fakamaauʻi ʻe ia ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu.
And his brethren and all his kindred, going down took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol in the buryingplace of his father Manue: and he judged Israel twenty years.
