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Samsôn Hăng HʼDelilah
1Hơmâo sa hrơi, Samsôn nao pơ plei pơnăng Gaza. Pơ anŭn ñu ƀuh sa čô đah kơmơi rĭh răm laih anŭn mŭt nao đŏm mlam hăng pô anŭn yơh.
2Tơdang ƀing ană plei amăng plei Gaza hơmư̆ Samsôn hlak dŏ pơ anŭn, ƀing gơñu wang dar hĭ anih Samsôn dŏ anŭn laih anŭn amăng abih mlam mơtam ƀing gơñu dŏ krăp kơ Samsôn ƀơi amăng ja̱ng plei. Ƀing gơñu ƀu pơpư̆ pơgơi ôh tơdang mlam laih anŭn ƀing gơñu pơlaĭ pơhoč⚓ tui anai, “Ƀơi mơguah yơh ƀing ta či pơdjai hĭ ñu.”
3Samơ̆ Samsôn đih pơ anŭn kơnơ̆ng truh kơ krah mlam đôč. Giŏng anŭn, ñu tơgŭ nao laih anŭn djă̱ abih dua boh amăng ja̱ng plei buč đĭ hrŏm hăng dua ƀĕ tơmĕh laih anŭn kơyâo pơgăn, glăm nao pioh pơ kơčŏng bŏl čư̆ anăp nao pơ gah plei pơnăng Hebrôn.
4Tơdơi ƀiă kơ anŭn, Samsôn khăp hăng sa čô đah kơmơi amăng dơnung Sôrêk, anăn ñu jing HʼDelilah.
5Ƀing khua djă̱ akŏ ƀing Philistia nao pơ pô đah kơmơi anŭn hăng laĭ tui anai, “Lăng bĕ, tơdah ih dưi plư ñu pơrơđah brơi phŭn tơlơi kơtang ñu laih anŭn hiư̆m pă ƀing gơmơi dưi kơtang hĭ hloh kơ ñu kiăng kơ ƀing gơmơi dưi mă akă pơtơdu hĭ ñu yơh. Tơdah ih dưi ngă tui anŭn, rĭm čô amăng ƀing gơmơi anai či pha brơi kơ ih sa-rơbâo sa-rơtuh sekel amrăk yơh!”
6Tui anŭn, HʼDelilah rơkâo kơ Samsôn tui anai, “Ruai bĕ kơ kâo phŭn tơlơi kơtang ih laih anŭn hiư̆m pă arăng dưi mă akă pơtơdu hĭ ih.”
7Samsôn laĭ glaĭ kơ ñu tui anai, “Tơdah hlơi pô akă hĭ kâo hăng tơjuh djoi hrĕ arăt hlô mơnơ̆ng aka thu krô, kâo či jing hĭ tơdu kar hăng ƀing mơnuih pơkŏn yơh.”
8Tơdơi kơ HʼDelilah ră ruai tơlơi anŭn kơ ƀing khua djă̱ akŏ ƀing Philistia, ƀing gơñu ba rai kơ HʼDelilah tơjuh djoi hrĕ arăt hlô mơnơ̆ng aka thu krô ôh laih anŭn ñu akă hĭ Samsôn hăng khul hrĕ anŭn.
9Tơdang anŭn ƀing Philistia hlak dŏ kơdŏp amăng anih anŭn, pô đah kơmơi anŭn iâu Samsôn tui anai, “Ơ Samsôn, ƀing Philistia kơsung rai pơ ih adih!” Samơ̆ Samsôn kơtŭng tơĭ hĭ khul hrĕ anŭn amuñ hrup hăng mơrai bơnga hơmlơi tĕk djơ̆ jơlah apui yơh. Tui anŭn, ƀing gơñu ƀu thâo krăn ôh phŭn tơlơi kơtang ñu.
10Tơdơi kơ anŭn, HʼDelilah laĭ kơ Samsôn tui anai, “Ih hơmâo pơhiăp pơmlŭk hĭ laih kâo! Ih pơhiăp ƀlŏr kơ kâo! Ră anai rơkâo kơ ih ruai sĭt bĕ kơ kâo hiư̆m pă arăng dưi mă akă hĭ ih lĕ.”
11Samsôn laĭ glaĭ, “Tơdah hlơi pô akă hĭ kâo kơjăp hăng khul hrĕ kuĭ phrâo arăng aka ƀu yua ôh, sĭt kâo či jing hĭ tơdu kar hăng mơnuih pơkŏn yơh.”
12Tui anŭn, HʼDelilah mă khul hrĕ kuĭ prŏng phrâo laih anŭn akă hĭ Samsôn. Giŏng anŭn, tơdang hơmâo mơnuih dŏ kơdŏp amăng anih dŏ ñu anŭn, ñu iâu Samsôn tui anai, “Ơ Samsôn, ƀing Philistia kơsung rai pơ ih adih!” Samơ̆ ñu kơtŭng tơĭ hĭ khul hrĕ anŭn mơ̆ng tơngan ñu hrup hăng kơtŭng tơĭ hĭ hrĕ mơrai yơh.
13Giŏng anŭn, HʼDelilah laĭ kơ Samsôn, “Truh kơ ră anai, ih ăt dŏ pơhiăp pơmlŭk kơ kâo laih anŭn pơhiăp ƀlŏr hăng kâo. Ruai bĕ kơ kâo hiư̆m pă kiăng kơ arăng dưi mă akă ih.”
Ñu laĭ glaĭ, “Tơdah ih mơñam tơjuh tơkŭl ƀŭk kâo mŭt nao amăng mơrai mơñam ih laih anŭn pơ̆k ñu kơjăp hăng prư̆ mơñam ih, kâo či jing hĭ tơdu hrup hăng arăng pơkŏn yơh.” Tui anŭn, tơdang ñu hlak pĭt, HʼDelilah mă tơjuh tơkŭl ƀŭk ƀơi akŏ ñu, mơñam mŭt nao amăng mơrai mơñam
14laih anŭn pơ̆k kơjăp ƀŭk ñu hăng prư̆ mơñam yơh.
Tal anai dơ̆ng HʼDelilah iâu Samsôn tui anai, “Ơ Samsôn, ƀing Philistia kơsung rai ƀơi ih adih!” Samsôn mơdưh mơ̆ng pĭt laih anŭn kơtŭng tơĭ hĭ abih bang gơnam mơñam wơ̆t hăng mơrai mơñam anŭn mơ̆n.
15Giŏng anŭn, HʼDelilah laĭ kơ ñu tui anai, “Hiư̆m pă ih dưi laĭ ih khăp kơ kâo, samơ̆ pran jua ih ƀu đaŏ kơnang kơ kâo ôh lĕ? Anai jing tal klâo laih ih pơhiăp pơmlŭk hĭ kâo laih anŭn ƀu laĭ pơthâo ôh kơ kâo phŭn tơlơi kơtang prŏng ih anŭn.”
16Rĭm hrơi ñu pơtơpăk kơ gơ̆ hăng khul boh hiăp plư hrup hăng anŭn tơl gơ̆ gleh rơmơ̆n biă mă yơh.
17Hơnăl tuč, ñu ruai kơ HʼDelilah abih bang tơlơi sĭt tui anai, “Arăng ƀu hơmâo yuă kuăh hĭ ôh kâo čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng hrơi tơkeng kơ kâo yuakơ kâo jing sa čô Nazir, jing pô Ơi Adai ruah pioh hơjăn kơ Ñu pô čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng hrơi tơkeng kơ kâo anŭn. Tơdah arăng yuă kuăh hĭ akŏ kâo, tơlơi kơtang kâo či đuaĭ hĭ yơh mơ̆ng kâo. Tui anŭn, sĭt kâo či jing hĭ tơdu hrup hăng mơnuih pơkŏn yơh.”
18Tơdang HʼDelilah ƀuh gơ̆ ruai tơbiă abih bang tơlơi sĭt, ñu mơit nao hiăp kơ ƀing khua djă̱ akŏ ƀing Philistia tui anai, “Wơ̆t glaĭ bĕ pơ anai sa wơ̆t dơ̆ng; ñu hơmâo ruai kơ kâo abih bang tơlơi sĭt laih.” Tui anŭn, ƀing khua djă̱ akŏ ƀing Philistia wơ̆t glaĭ djă̱ ba amrăk yơh hrŏm hăng ƀing gơñu.
19Ñu ngă brơi Samsôn pĭt ƀơi tơŭt ñu laih anŭn iâu arăng rai yuă hĭ abih tơjuh tơkŭl ƀŭk gơ̆ kiăng kơ ƀing gơñu dưi hĭ hloh kơ ñu. Yuakơ tơlơi anŭn yơh Samsôn jing hĭ tơdu laih anŭn tơlơi kơtang ñu đuaĭ hĭ mơtam yơh.
20Giŏng anŭn, HʼDelilah iâu kraih tui anai, “Ơ Samsôn, ƀing Philistia kơsung rai pơ ih adih!” Tui anŭn, Samsôn mơdưh mơ̆ng pĭt laih anŭn pơmĭn, “Kâo či tơbiă nao hrup hăng hlâo adih kiăng pơrơngai hĭ kâo pô yơh.” Samơ̆ Samsôn ƀu thâo ôh Yahweh hơmâo đuaĭ hĭ laih mơ̆ng ñu.
21Giŏng anŭn, ƀing Philistia mă ñu, khoĕk⚓ tơbiă hĭ mơta ñu laih anŭn ba ñu trŭn nao pơ plei pơnăng Gaza. Ƀing gơñu akă hĭ ñu hăng khul hrĕ čuăk ko̱ng laih anŭn brơi gơ̆ mă bruă dar boh pơtâo jơlit pơdai amăng sang mơnă yơh.
22Samơ̆ ƀŭk ñu čơdơ̆ng čă rai dơ̆ng yơh tơdơi kơ arăng yuă hĭ laih.
Tơlơi Samsôn Djai
23Hlak anŭn, ƀing khua djă̱ akŏ ƀing Philistia pơkra sa tơlơi phet prŏng kiăng pơyơr đĭ sa tơlơi ngă yang prŏng kơ yang rơba̱ng gơñu Dagon laih anŭn kiăng kơ djă̱ hơdơr. Ƀing gơñu laĭ tui anai, “Yang ta hơmâo jao hĭ laih Samsôn jing rŏh ayăt ta amăng tơngan tơlơi dưi ta.”
24Tơdang ƀing mơnuih pơ anŭn ƀuh Samsôn, gơñu bơni kơ yang rơba̱ng gơñu tui anai,
“Pô anŭn hơmâo pơrai hĭ laih anih lŏn ta
laih anŭn ăt jing pô pơdjai hĭ lu mơnuih ta biă mă mơ̆n,
samơ̆ yang ta hơmâo jao hĭ laih rŏh ayăt ta
amăng tơngan tơlơi dưi ta.”
25Tơdang pran jua gơñu hlak dŏ mơak mơai biă mă, ƀing gơñu ur kraih tui anai, “Ba rai Samsôn bĕ kiăng kơ ñu ngă ngor kơ ƀing ta klao.” Tui anŭn, ƀing ding kơna gơñu ba tơbiă Samsôn mơ̆ng sang mơnă laih anŭn gơ̆ ngă ngor kơ ƀing gơñu klao yơh.
Tơdang ƀing gơñu brơi gơ̆ dŏ dơ̆ng kơplăh wăh tơmĕh prŏng,
26Samsôn laĭ kơ pô ding kơna hlak djă̱ ƀơi tơngan ñu tui anai, “Ba bĕ kâo nao pơ anih kâo dưi pơmưn khul tơmĕh prŏng grơ̆ng brơi kơ sang yang anai, tui anŭn kâo dưi ăh kơnang ƀơi khul tơmĕh anŭn.”
27Hlak anŭn, amăng sang yang anŭn hơmâo lu mơnuih biă mă hrŏm hăng đah rơkơi wơ̆t hăng đah kơmơi mơ̆n. Abih bang ƀing khua djă̱ akŏ ƀing khua Philistia dŏ pơ anŭn laih anŭn ƀơi ngŏ bơbŭng sang hơmâo truh kơ klâo-rơbâo čô đah rơkơi wơ̆t hăng đah kơmơi hlak dŏ lăng Samsôn ngă ngor.
28Giŏng anŭn, Samsôn iâu laĭ kơ Yahweh tui anai, “Ơ Khua Yang Yahweh hơi, hơdơr kơ kâo đa. Ơ Ơi Adai ăh, rơkâo Ih pơkơtang glaĭ kâo kơnơ̆ng sa wơ̆t dơ̆ng bĕ kiăng kơ kâo dưi rŭ nua ƀơi ƀing Philistia hăng sa wơ̆t glưh yuakơ ƀing gơñu khoĕk hĭ laih dua gah mơta kâo.”
29Giŏng anŭn, Samsôn ăh tơngan ñu pô ƀơi dua ƀĕ tơmĕh phŭn tŏng krah sang yang. Tơngan gah hơnuă ñu ƀơi sa ƀĕ anai laih anŭn tơngan gah ieo ñu ƀơi sa ƀĕ adih, hăng laĭ tui anai,
30“Brơi bĕ kâo djai hrŏm hăng ƀing Philistia!” Giŏng anŭn, ñu tơlư̆ hăng abih tơlơi kơtang ñu. Tui anŭn, sang anŭn glưh trŭn ƀơi ƀing khua djă̱ akŏ laih anŭn ƀơi abih bang mơnuih amăng anŭn. Tui anŭn yơh, ƀing mơnuih ñu pơdjai hĭ tơdang ñu djai anai jing lu hloh kơ ƀing mơnuih ñu pơdjai tơdang ñu dŏ hơdip.
31Tơdơi kơ anŭn, ƀing ayŏng adơi Samsôn laih anŭn abih bang ƀing sang anŏ ama ñu rai mă atâo ñu. Ƀing gơñu ba glaĭ dơ̱r gơ̆ pơ anih kơplăh wăh plei Zorah hăng plei pơnăng Estaôl amăng pơsat ama ñu Manôah. Samsôn hơmâo dui ba laih ƀing Israel amăng duapluh thŭn.
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Samson and Delilah
1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.
2The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn we’ll kill him.”
3But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.
4Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.
5The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels⚓ of silver.”
6So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
8Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them.
9With men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
10Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me; you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”
11He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
12So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.
13Delilah then said to Samson, “All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.”
He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric
14and⚓ tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
15Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.”
16With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
17So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”
18When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.
19After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.⚓ And his strength left him.
20Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”
He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.
21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
22But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
The Death of Samson
23Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
24When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
25While they were in high spirits, they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.
When they stood him among the pillars,
26Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.”
27Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform.
28Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.”
29Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other,
30Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
31Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led⚓ Israel twenty years.