Juízes 16

1 Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her. 2 The Gazites were told, "Samson is here!" They surrounded him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, "Wait until morning light; then we will kill him." 3 Samson lay until midnight, then arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, with the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

4 It came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 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 Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you."

7 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 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 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 flax thread is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.

10 Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound."

11 He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I willbecome weak, and be as another man."

12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, then 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 Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound."

He said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the fabric on the loom."

14 She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam and the fabric.

15 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 When she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, his soul was troubled to death. 17 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 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 came up to her and brought the money in their hand. 19 She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 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 Yahweh had departed from him. 21 The Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground at the mill in the prison. 22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.

23 The lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand." 24 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 When their hearts were merry, they said, "Call for Samson, that he may entertain us." They called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. They set him between the pillars; 26 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." 27 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, who saw while Samson performed. 28 Samson called to Yahweh, and said, "Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes." 29 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 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 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.

Ko Hamahona kei Kaha

1 I haere anō a Hamahona ki Kaha, ā, ka kitea e ia tētahi wahine kairau i reira, ā, haere atu ana ki a ia. 2 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki ngā Kahi, ka meatia, "Kua tae mai a Hamahona ki konei." Nā, ka karapotia ia e rātou, ka whanga hoki rātou ki a ia ā pau noa te pō i te kūwaha o te pā. Nā, takoto puku ana rātou ā pau noa taua pō; i mea hoki, "Waiho kia awatea, ka patu ai tātou i a ia."

3 Heoi, takoto ana a Hamahona ā tūruawaenga pō. Kātahi ia ka whakatika i waenganui pō, ā, ka mau i te tatau o te kūwaha o te pā, ki ngā pou hoki e rua. Nā, unuhia ake ana, āna tūtaki, āna aha; ā, hikitia ana ki runga ki ōna pokohiwi, amohia ana ki te tihi o te maunga i te ritenga atu o Heperona.

Ko Hamahona rāua ko Terīra

4 Ā muri iho ka aroha ia ki tētahi wahine i te awaawa o Horeke, ko Terīra tōna ingoa. 5 Nā, ka haere ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ki taua wahine, ka mea ki a ia, "Whakawaia ia kia kitea ai nō hea tōna kaha nui, ā, mā te aha ia e taea ai e mātou, kia herea ai ia e mātou, kia whakaitia. Ā, kotahi mano kotahi rau ngā hiriwa e hoatu e tēnei, e tēnei o mātou ki a koe."

6 Nā, ka mea a Terīra ki a Hamahona, "Tēnā, whakaaturia mai ki ahau nō hea tōu kaha nui, mā te aha hoki e taea ai koe te here, kia whakaitia ai koe?"

7 Nā, ka mea a Hamahona ki a ia, "Ki te herea ahau e rātou ki ngā aka hou e whitu, kāhore nei i whakamaroketia, kātahi ahau ka kahakore, ka rite ki tētahi atu tangata."

8 Nā, ka maua e ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ētahi aka hou e whitu ki a ia, he mea kāhore anō i whakamaroketia; ā, herea ana ia e ia ki aua mea. 9 Nā, tērā i taua wahine, i te rūma i roto, ētahi tāngata e tauwhanga ana. Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "E Hamahona, ko ngā Pirihitini, ka eke ki a koe!" Nā, motumotuhia ana e ia ngā aka; koia anō kei te miro muka e motu ana ina pā ki te ahi. Heoi, kīhai i mōhiotia tōna kaha.

10 Nā, ka mea a Terīra ki a Hamahona, "Nanā, kua tinihangatia ahau e koe, kua teka koe ki ahau; tēnā rā, whakaaturia mai ki ahau mā te aha koe e mau ai te here?"

11 Ā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "Ki te herea iana ahau ki ētahi taura hou kāhore anō i meatia ki te mahi, kātahi ahau ka kahakore, ka rite ki tētahi atu tangata."

12 Nā, ka mau a Terīra ki ētahi taura hou, ka here i a ia; ā, ka mea ki a ia, "E Hamahona, ko ngā Pirihitini, ka eke ki a koe!" Nā, i te rūma i roto ngā kaiwhanga e noho ana. Nā, motuhia ana e ia i ōna ringa, ānō he miro.

13 Nā, ka mea a Terīra ki a Hamahona, "He tinihanga tāu ki ahau, he kōrero teka ā tae mai nei; whakaaturia ki ahau mā te aha koe e mau ai te here?"

Ka mea ia ki a ia, "Ki te whatua e koe ngā makawe e whitu o tōku mātenga ki roto ki te whenu." 14 Nā, titia iho ana e ia ki te titi.

Ā, ka mea ki a ia, "E Hamahona, ko ngā Pirihitini ka eke ki a koe!" Nā, ko tōna ohonga ake i tāna moe, ka unuhia te titi o te mea whatu me te whenu anō.

15 Nā, ka mea te wahine ki a ia, "He aha koe i mea ai, ‘E aroha ana ahau ki a koe,’ kāhore nei hoki tōu ngākau i riro mai i ahau? Ka toru ēnei māmingatanga āu i ahau, kīhai anō hoki i whakaaturia e koe ki ahau nō hea tōu kaha nui." 16 Nāwai ā, kāhore he rā i kapea tāna āki i a ia ki āna kupu, me te tohe ki a ia, ā mate noa iho tōna wairua i te hōhā.

17 Kātahi ka whakaaturia e ia ki a ia tōna ngākau katoa, ka mea ki a ia, "Kāhore anō i pā noa he heu ki tōku māhunga; he Natari hoki ahau ki a Ihowā nō te kōpū mai anō o tōku whaea. Ki te heua ahau, kātahi ka riro atu tōku kaha i ahau, ā, ka kahakore ahau, ka rite ki te mano o te tangata."

18 Ā, nō te kitenga o Terīra kua whakaaturia tōna ngākau katoa ki a ia, ka tono tāngata ia ki te karanga i ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini, hei mea, "Haere mai anō koa āianei, kua whakaaturia hoki e ia tōna ngākau katoa ki ahau." Nā, ka haere mai ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ki a ia, me te mau mai i te moni i ō rātou ringa. 19 Nā, ka whakamoea ia e ia ki runga i ōna turi, ā, ka karanga ki tētahi tangata, ā, heua ana ngā makawe e whitu o tōna māhunga. Nā, ka tīmata tāna whakaiti i a ia, ā, mahue ake ia i tōna kaha.

20 Nā, ka mea tērā, "E Hamahona ko ngā Pirihitini ka eke ki a koe!"

Nā, maranga ana ia i tāna moe, ka mea, "Ka haere ahau ki waho, ka pērā me mua rā, rūrū ai i ahau." Heoi, kīhai ia i mātau kua mawehe atu a Ihowā i a ia.

21 Nā, ka hopukia ia e ngā Pirihitini, ā, tīkarohia ana ōna kanohi; ā, kawea ana ia e rātou ki raro, ki Kaha. Nā, herea ana ia ki ngā mekameka parāhi; ā, he huri mira tāna mahi i roto i te whare herehere. 22 Heoi, kua tīmata anō ngā makawe o tōna māhunga te tupu i muri i tōna heunga.

Te Matenga o Hamahona

23 Nā, ka huihui ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ki te patu i tētahi whakahere nui ki a Rakono, ki tō rātou atua, ki te whakamanamana anō hoki; i mea hoki, "Kua hōmai tō tātou hoariri a Hamahona e tō tātou atua ki tō tātou ringa."

24 Ā, nō te kitenga o te iwi i a ia, ka whakamoemiti ki tō rātou atua; i mea hoki,

"Kua hōmai tō tātou hoariri

e tō tātou atua ki tō tātou ringa,

te tangata nāna tō tātou whenua i huna,

he tokomaha hoki o tātou i patua e ia."

25 Ā, i ō rātou ngākau e koa ana, ka mea rātou, "Karangatia a Hamahona, hei mea tākaro mā tātou." Kātahi ka karangatia a Hamahona i roto i te whare herehere, ā, tākaro ana ia i tō rātou aroaro.

Nā, ka whakatūria ia e rātou ki waenganui o ngā pou. 26 Nā, ka mea a Hamahona ki te tamaiti i pupuri nei i a ia ki tōna ringa, "Tukua ahau kia whāwhā ki ngā pou tokomanawa o te whare hei okiokinga atu mōku." 27 Nā, kī tonu te whare i te tāne, i te wahine; i reira anō hoki ngā rangatira katoa o ngā Pirihitini; i runga anō i te tuanui me te mea e toru mano ngā tāne, ngā wāhine, e mātakitaki ana ki ngā mahi tākaro a Hamahona.

28 Kātahi ka karanga a Hamahona ki a Ihowā, ka mea, "E te Ariki e Ihowā, kia mahara ki ahau, whakakahangia hoki ahau e te Atua i tēnei wā kotahi nei, kia ea tonu āianei ki runga i ngā Pirihitini tōku mate i ōku kanohi e rua." 29 Nā, hopukia atu ana e Hamahona ngā pou tokomanawa e rua o waenga, i tū ai, i mau ai te whare, ko tētahi ki tōna ringa matau, ko tētahi ki tōna mauī. 30 Nā, ka mea a Hamahona, "Kia mate tahi ahau me ngā Pirihitini." Ko tōna tino pikonga iho, me te whakapau anō i tōna kaha; heoi hinga ana te whare ki runga ki ngā rangatira, ki runga anō hoki ki te iwi katoa i roto. Heoi, tini atu i āna i patu ai i tōna oranga te hunga i mate i whakamatea nei e ia, i tōna matenga.

31 Kātahi ka haere iho ōna tēina ki raro, rātou ko te whare katoa o tōna pāpā, ā, tangohia ana ia e rātou, kawea atu ana, tanumia ana ki waenganui o Toraha o Ehetaoro, ki te rua o Manoa, o tōna pāpā. Ā, e rua tekau ngā tau i whakarite ai ia mō Īharaira.