Atemmufo 16
1 Da bi, Samson kɔɔ Filistifo kuropɔn Gasa mu, na ɔne ɔbea guamanfo bi kɔdaa anadwo no.
Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and he went to have sex with her that night.
2 Ankyɛ na kurowmma no tee sɛ Samson wɔ hɔ, enti Gasa mmarima boaboaa wɔn ho ano na wɔtwɛn kurow no pon ano anadwo mu no nyinaa. Wɔyɛɛ komm anadwo no kae se, “Ade kye a yebekum no.”
The men of Gaza found out Samson was there, so they gathered to spend the night lying in wait for him at the town gates. They kept quiet all night, whispering to one another, “We'll kill him when it gets light.”
3 Na Samson daa hɔ ara kosii ɔdasu mu. Ɔsɔre soo kurow no apon no ne nʼaponnua abien mu hodwow no, na otutuu dade abaa a ɛda akyi ne nea ɛkeka ho nyinaa. Ɔde ne nyinaa guu ne mmati so, soa de kɔɔ bepɔw bi a ɛne Hebron di nhwɛanim no atifi.
But Samson only stayed until halfway through the night. He grabbed hold of the town gates along with their two posts and ripped them up, along with the lock-bar. Putting them on his shoulders, he carried them to the hill opposite Hebron.
4 Akyiri no, Samson nyaa ɔbea bi wɔ Sorek bon no mu a na wɔfrɛ no Delila.
Later he fell in love with a woman named Delilah living in the Sorek Valley.
5 Filistifo ntuanofo no kɔɔ ɔbea no nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Hwɛ sɛ wubetumi adaadaa Samson ama wakyerɛ wo nea ɛma onya ahoɔden saa ne sɛnea yebetumi adi ne so, akyekyere no papee a yɛn mu biara bɛma wo nnwetɛbona du abien ne fa.”
The Philistine leaders approached her, saying, “See if you can seduce him and get him to show you the secret of his incredible strength, and find out how we can overpower him and tie him up so he can't do anything. We'll all give you eleven hundred shekels of silver each.”
6 Enti Delila ka kyerɛɛ Samson se, “Mesrɛ wo kyerɛ me nea ɛma wo ahoɔden saa ne nea ɛbɛyɛ a wobetumi akyekyere wo papee.”
Delilah went and pleaded with Samson, “Please tell me where your incredible strength comes from, and what can be used to tie you up so you can't do anything.”
7 Samson buaa no se, “Sɛ obi de agyan so ahama ason a ɛnwoe kyekyere me a, mɛyɛ mmerɛw te sɛ onipa biara.”
“If I'm tied up with seven supple bowstrings that haven't dried out, I'll become just as weak,” Samson told her.
8 Enti Filistifo ntuanofo no de agyan so ahama ason a ɛnwoe brɛɛ Delila ma ɔde kyekyeree Samson.
The Philistine leaders brought her seven supple bowstrings that hadn't dried out, and she tied him up with them.
9 Saa bere yi na ɔde mmarima ahintaw wɔ adan a ɛwɔ ne fi no baako mu; na ɔteɛɛ mu se, “Samson, Filistifo no aba rebɛkyere wo!” Nanso ɔtetew agyan ahama ason a ɛnwoe no mu te sɛ hama bi a wɔde aka ogya a ɛdɛw. Enti wɔanhu nʼahoɔden no ahintasɛm.
Having arranged for men to hide in her bedroom ready to attack him, she shouted out, “Samson, the Philistines are here to get you!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a thread snaps when a flame touches it. So nobody found out where his strength came from.
10 Akyiri no, Delila ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Wudii me ho fɛw, twaa me nkontompo. Afei, mesrɛ wo kyerɛ me sɛnea wobetumi akyekyere wo papee.”
Later Delilah said to Samson, “You've made me look stupid, telling me these lies! So now please tell me what can be used to tie you up.”
11 Samson buaa no se, “Sɛ wɔde ntampehama amono a wɔmfa nnii dwuma biara da kyekyere me a, meyɛ mmerɛw te sɛ onipa obiara.”
“If I'm tied up tight with new ropes that haven't been used before, I'll become just as weak as anyone else,” he told her.
12 Enti Delila kɔfaa ntampehama amono de kyekyeree no. Saa bere no na mmarima no akɔtetɛw wɔ dan mu te sɛ kan no. Bio, Delila teɛɛ mu frɛɛ no se, “Samson! Filistifo aba sɛ wɔrebɛkyere wo!” Nanso Samson tetew ntampehama no mu fii ne nsa so te sɛ asaawa bi.
So Delilah got some new ropes and tied him up with them. She shouted out, “Samson, the Philistines are here to get you!” As before, men were hiding in her bedroom. But again Samson snapped the ropes from his arms as if they were thin threads.
13 Delila ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Wudii me ho fɛw twaa me nkontompo! Worenkyerɛ me sɛnea wobetumi akyekyere wo papee ana?” Samson buaa no se, “Sɛ wonwen me tinwi mmɛsa ason no bɔ ntama bamma a ɛwɔ wʼakurokurowa no mu a, mɛyɛ mmerɛw te sɛ obiara.” Enti ɔdae no, Delila bɔɔ ne tinwi mmɛsa ason no
Delilah said to Samson, “You keep on making me look stupid, telling me these lies! Just tell me what can be used to tie you up!” “If you were to weave the seven braids of my hair into the web on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I'll become as weak as anyone else,” he told her. So while he was asleep, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, weaving them into the web,
14 de bɔɔ ntama bamma a ɛwɔ akurokurowa no so. Bio, ɔteɛɛ mu se, “Samson! Filistifo no aba rebɛkyere wo!” Ɛhɔ ara, Samson nyanee, twee akurokurowa no yii ne tinwi no fii ntama bamma no mu.
and tightening the pin. She shouted out, “Samson, the Philistines are here to get you!” But Samson woke up and ripped out both the pin and the web from the loom.
15 Delila sɔm nʼano kae se, “Wutumi ka sɛ wodɔ me, wɔ bere a wonka wo kokoamsɛm nkyerɛ me? Woadi me ho fɛw mprɛnsa, nanso wonkaa nea ɛma wo ahoɔden no nkyerɛɛ me ɛ!”
Then Delilah complained to Samson, “How can you tell me, ‘I love you,’ when you don't let me into your confidence? Three times you've me look stupid, not telling me where your incredible strength comes from!”
16 Oguan ne ho adekyee biara kosii sɛ afei na ne ho guan no.
She nagged and complained all the time, pestering him until he wanted to die.
17 Ne korakora no, Samson kaa nʼahintasɛm kyerɛɛ no se, “Wonyii me tinwi da, efisɛ wɔde me maa Onyankopɔn sɛ Nasareni fi awo mu. Sɛ woyi me tinwi a, mʼahoɔden no befi me mu ama mayɛ mmerɛw te sɛ obiara.”
Eventually Samson confided in her, sharing everything. “My hair has never been cut, because I've been dedicated as a Nazirite to God from my birth. If I'm shaved, my strength will leave me, and I'll become as weak as anyone else.”
18 Delila huu sɛ afei de waka nokware akyerɛ no no, ɔsoma kɔfrɛɛ Filistifo ntuanofo no se, “Mommra bio, efisɛ waka biribiara akyerɛ me.” Enti Filistifo ntuanofo no san wɔn akyi kɔfaa sika no bae.
Delilah realized that he had truly confided in her and shared everything, she sent a message to the Philistine leaders telling them, “Come back once more, because this time he's confided in me and told me everything.” So the Philistine leaders returned, bringing with them the money to give to her.
19 Delila dɛfɛdɛfɛ Samson ma ɔdae a, ne ti da ne srɛ so. Ɔfrɛɛ ɔbarima bi ba ma obeyii ne tinwi sɛnea ne kyere no bɛyɛ yiye. Na nʼahoɔden no fii ne mu.
Delilah soothed him sleep on her lap, and then called in someone to shave off the seven braids of hair. She started to torment him but he couldn't do anything for his strength left him.
20 Afei, ɔteɛɛ mu se, “Samson! Filistifo no aba rebɛkyere wo!” Onyan no, ɔkaa wɔ ne tirim se, “Mɛyɛ sɛnea kan no na meyɛ no; mɛwosow me ho agye me ho.” Nanso na onnim sɛ Awurade afi ne mu.
She shouted out, “Samson, the Philistines are here to get you!” Samson woke up and thought to himself, “I'll do like before and shake myself free.” But he didn't know that the Lord had left him.
21 Na Filistifo no kyeree no, tutuu nʼani. Wɔde no kɔɔ Gasa na woguu no kɔbere mfrafrae mpokyerɛ ma ɔyam atoko wɔ afiase.
The Philistines grabbed him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza where they imprisoned him in bronze chains. He was made to work grinding grain at the mill in the prison.
22 Nanso ankyɛ na ne tinwi no fii ase fuwii.
But his hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off.
23 Filistifo ntuanofo no hyɛɛ fa kɛse bi, bɔɔ afɔre maa wɔn nyame Dagon dii ahurusi kae se, “Yɛn nyame de Samson a ɔyɛ yɛn tamfo no ahyɛ yɛn nsam!”
The Philistine leaders gathered for a great religious festival to sacrifice to their god Dagon and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has handed Samson our enemy over to us!”
24 Bere a nnipa no huu no no, wɔkamfoo wɔn nyame kae se, “Yɛn nyame de yɛn tamfo ahyɛ yɛn nsam; nea okunkum yɛn mu bebree no, yɛn nsa aka no!”
When the people saw him, they praised their god, and said, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who devastated our land and killed so many of us.”
25 Nnipa no bow nsa kakra no, wɔhyɛɛ sɛ, “Momfa Samson mmra na ommegye yɛn ani.” Enti woyii Samson fii afiaase. Wɔde no gyinaa asɔredan no mfimfini wɔ adum abien a ekura ɔdan no nkuruso no ntam.
As they began to get drunk, they shouted, “Summon Samson so he can entertain us!” So they summoned Samson from the prison to entertain them, and made him stand between the two main pillars of the building.
26 Samson ka kyerɛɛ ɔsomfo a okura ne nsa rekyerɛ no kwan no se, “Ma memfa me nsa nsuso adum abien no mu, na minnye mʼahome.”
Samson said to the servant boy who was leading him by the hand, “Leave me by the pillars on which the temple rests so I can feel them, and lean against them.”
27 Na nnipa ahyɛ hyiadan mu hɔ ma tɔ. Filistifo ntuanofo no nyinaa wɔ hɔ bi. Na ɔdan no so nkuruso no nso na mmarima ne mmea bɛyɛ mpensa wɔ so a wɔrehwɛ Samson na wɔredi ne ho fɛw.
The temple was full of people. All the Philistine rulers were there, and on the roof were the ordinary people watching what Samson was doing.
28 Na Samson su frɛɛ Awurade se, “Otumfo Awurade, kae me bio. Onyankopɔn, mesrɛ wo ma me ahoɔden bio na mintua Filistifo so ka wɔ mʼani a wɔatutu no ho.”
Samson called out to the Lord, “Lord God, please remember me and give me strength. Please God, do this just once more, so that with one act I may pay the Philistines back in revenge for the loss of my two eyes.”
29 Afei Samson susoo adum abien a ɛwɔ hyiadan no mfimfini no mu. Ɔde nʼahoɔden nyinaa piae.
Samson reached for the two middle pillars that supported the temple. With his right hand leaning on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
30 Samson bɔɔ mpae se, “Ma me ne Filistifo no nwu.” Na hyiadan no dwiriw guu Filistifo ntuanofo no ne nnipa no nyinaa so. Enti okum nnipa bebree sen dodow a okum wɔn bere a na ɔte ase no.
Samson shouted, “Let me die with the Philistines!” and he pushed with all his strength. The temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. So those killed at his death were more than he killed in his life.
31 Akyiri no, ne nuabarimanom ne nʼabusuafo a wɔaka kɔfaa no. Wɔde no kɔɔ ne kurom kosiee no wɔ Sora ne Estaol ntam, faako a wosiee nʼagya Manoa hɔ. Samson dii Israelfo so sɛ otemmufo mfe aduonu.
Then his brothers and his whole family came and took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He led Israel as judge for twenty years.
