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Samsoni àti Dẹlila

16 Ní ọjọ́ kan Samsoni lọ sí Gasa níbi tí ó ti rí obìnrin panṣágà kan. Ó wọlé tọ̀ ọ́ láti sun ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ ní òru ọjọ́ náà. Àwọn ará Gasa sì gbọ́ wí pé, “Samsoni wà níbí.” Wọ́n sì yí agbègbè náà ká, wọ́n ń ṣọ́ ọ ní gbogbo òru náà ní ẹnu-bodè ìlú náà. Wọn kò mira ní gbogbo òru náà pé ní “àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́ àwa yóò pa á.”

Ṣùgbọ́n Samsoni sùn níbẹ̀ di àárín ọ̀gànjọ́. Òun sì dìde ní ọ̀gànjọ́, ó fi ọwọ́ di àwọn ìlẹ̀kùn odi ìlú náà mú, pẹ̀lú òpó méjèèjì, ó sì fà wọ́n tu, pẹ̀lú ìdábùú àti ohun gbogbo tí ó wà lára rẹ̀. Ó gbé wọn lé èjìká rẹ̀ òun sì gbé wọn lọ sí orí òkè tí ó kọjú sí Hebroni.

Lẹ́yìn ìgbà díẹ̀, ó sì ní ìfẹ́ obìnrin kan ní Àfonífojì Soreki, orúkọ ẹni tí í ṣe Dẹlila. Àwọn ìjòyè Filistini sì lọ bá obìnrin náà, wọ́n sọ fún un wí pé, “Bí ìwọ bá le tàn án kí òun sì fi àṣírí agbára rẹ̀ hàn ọ́, àti bí àwa ó ti lè borí rẹ̀, kí àwa sì dè é kí àwa sì ṣẹ́gun rẹ̀. Ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan nínú wa yóò sì fún ọ ní ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀fà fàdákà.”

Torí náà Dẹlila sọ fún Samsoni pé, “Sọ àṣírí agbára ńlá rẹ fún mi àti bí wọ́n ti le dè ọ́, àti bí wọ́n ṣe lè borí rẹ.”

Samsoni dá a lóhùn wí pé, “Bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá fi okùn tútù méje tí ẹnìkan kò sá gbẹ dè mí, èmi yóò di aláìlágbára bí i gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin yòókù.”

Àwọn olóyè Filistini sì mú okùn tútù méje tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò sá gbẹ wá fún Dẹlila òun sì fi wọ́n dè é. Nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn tí sápamọ́ sínú yàrá, òun pè pé, “Samsoni àwọn Filistini ti dé láti mú ọ.” Ṣùgbọ́n òun já àwọn okùn náà bí òwú ti í já nígbà tí ó bá wà lẹ́bàá iná. Torí náà wọn kò mọ àṣírí agbára rẹ̀.

10 Dẹlila sì sọ fún Samsoni pé, ìwọ ti tàn mí; o sì purọ́ fún mi. Wá báyìí kí o sì sọ bí a ti ṣe le dè ọ́.

11 Òun dáhùn pé, “Bí wọ́n bá lè fi okùn tuntun tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò tí ì lò rí dì mí dáradára, èmi yóò di aláìlágbára, èmi yóò sì dàbí àwọn ọkùnrin yòókù.”

12 Dẹlila sì mú àwọn okùn tuntun, ó fi wọ́n dì í. Nígbà tí àwọn ọkùnrin Filistini ti fi ara pamọ́ sínú yàrá, òun kígbe sí i pé, “Samsoni àwọn Filistini dé láti mú ọ,” òun sì já okùn náà kúrò ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀ bí òwú.

13 Dẹlila sì tún sọ fún Samsoni pé, “Títí di ìsinsin yìí ìwọ sì ń tún tàn mí, o sì tún purọ́ fún mi. Sọ fún mi ọ̀nà tí wọ́n fi le dè ọ́.”

Samsoni dá a lóhùn pé, “Bí ìwọ bá hun ìdí irun méjèèje tí ó wà ní orí mi pẹ̀lú okùn, tí ó sì le dáradára kí o sì fi ẹ̀mú mú un mọ́lẹ̀, èmi yóò di aláìlágbára bí àwọn ọkùnrin yòókù.” Nígbà tí òun ti sùn, Dẹlila hun àwọn ìdí irun méjèèje tí ó wà ní orí rẹ̀, 14 ó sì fi ìhunṣọ dè wọ́n.

Ó sì tún pè é pé, “Samsoni àwọn Filistini dé láti mú ọ.” Òun sì jí ní ojú oorun, ó sì fa ìdè ìhunṣọ náà tu pẹ̀lú ohun gbogbo tí wọ́n fi kàn án mọ́lẹ̀.

15 Dẹlila sì sọ fún un pé, “Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi wí pé, ‘Èmi fẹ́ràn rẹ,’ nígbà tí ìwọ kò fi ọkàn tán mi. Èyí ni ìgbà kẹta tí ìwọ ti tàn mí jẹ, tí ìwọ kò sì sọ àṣírí ibi tí agbára ńlá rẹ gbé wà fún mi.” 16 Ó sì ṣe nígbà tí ó fi ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ rọ̀ ọ́ ní ojoojúmọ́ pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ títí dé bi pé ó sú dé òpin ẹ̀mí rẹ̀.

17 Òun sì sọ ohun gbogbo tí ó wà ní ọkàn rẹ̀ fún un. Ó ní, “Abẹ kò tí ì kan orí mi rí, nítorí pé Nasiri, ẹni ìyàsọ́tọ̀ fún Ọlọ́run ni mo jẹ́ láti ìgbà ìbí mi wá. Bí a bá fá irun orí mi, agbára mi yóò fi mí sílẹ̀, èmi yóò sì di aláìlágbára bí àwọn ọkùnrin yòókù.”

18 Nígbà tí Dẹlila rí i pé ó ti sọ ohun gbogbo fún òun tan, Dẹlila ránṣẹ́ sí àwọn ìjòyè Filistini pé, “Ẹ wá lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i, ó ti sọ ohun gbogbo fún mi.” Torí náà àwọn olóyè Filistini padà, wọ́n sì mú owó ìpinnu náà lọ́wọ́. 19 Òun sì mú kí Samsoni sùn lórí itan rẹ̀, òun sì pe ọkùnrin kan láti fá àwọn ìdì irun orí rẹ̀ méjèèje, òun sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ṣẹ́gun rẹ̀. Agbára rẹ̀ sì fi í sílẹ̀ lọ.

20 Òun pè é wí pé, “Samsoni àwọn Filistini dé láti mú ọ.”

Òun jí ní ojú oorun rẹ̀, ó sì sọ pé, “Èmi yóò jáde lọ bí í ti àtẹ̀yìnwá, kí èmi sì gba ara mi, kí n di òmìnira” Ṣùgbọ́n òun kò mọ̀ pé Olúwa ti fi òun sílẹ̀.

21 Nígbà náà ni àwọn Filistini mú un, wọ́n yọ ojú rẹ̀ méjèèjì wọ́n sì mú un lọ sí Gasa. Wọ́n fi ṣẹkẹ́ṣẹkẹ̀ idẹ dè é, wọ́n sì fi sí ibi iṣẹ́ ọlọ lílọ̀ nínú ilé túbú. 22 Ṣùgbọ́n irun orí rẹ̀ bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í tún hù lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọ́n ti fá a.

Ikú Samsoni

23 Àwọn ìjòyè, àwọn ará Filistini sì péjọpọ̀ láti ṣe ìrúbọ ńlá sí Dagoni ọlọ́run wọn àti láti ṣe ayẹyẹ wọ́n wí pé, ọlọ́run wa ti fi Samsoni ọ̀tá wa lé wa lọ́wọ́.

24 Nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn rí Samsoni wọ́n yin ọlọ́run wọn wí pé,

“Ọlọ́run wa ti fi ọ̀tá wa
    lé wa lọ́wọ́.
Àní ẹni tí ó ti run ilẹ̀ wa
    ẹni tí ó ti pa ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nínú wa.”

25 Nígbà tí inú wọn dùn gidigidi tí wọ́n ń yọ ayọ̀ ńlá, wọ́n pariwo pé, ẹ mú Samsoni wá kí ó wá dá wa lára yá. Wọ́n sì pe Samsoni jáde láti ọgbà ẹ̀wọ̀n náà, òun sì ń ṣeré fún wọn.

Nígbà tí wọ́n mú un dúró láàrín àwọn òpó. 26 Samsoni sọ fún àwọn ìránṣẹ́ tí ó di ọwọ́ rẹ̀ mú pé, “Ẹ fi mí si ibi tí ọwọ́ mi yóò ti le tó àwọn òpó tí ó gbé tẹmpili dúró mú, kí èmi lè fẹ̀yìn tì wọ́n.” 27 Ní àsìkò náà, tẹmpili yìí kún fún àwọn ọkùnrin àti obìnrin; gbogbo àwọn ìjòyè Filistini wà níbẹ̀, ní òkè ilé náà, níbi tí ẹgbẹ̀ẹ́dógún (3,000) àwọn ọkùnrin àti obìnrin tí ń wòran Samsoni bí òun ti ń ṣeré. 28 Nígbà náà ni Samsoni ké pe Olúwa wí pé, “Olúwa Olódùmarè, rántí mi. Háà Ọlọ́run jọ̀wọ́ fi agbára fún mi lẹ́ẹ̀kan yìí sí i, kí èmi lè gbẹ̀san lára àwọn Filistini nítorí àwọn ojú mi méjèèjì.” 29 Samsoni sì na ọwọ́ mú àwọn òpó méjèèjì tí ó wà láàrín gbùngbùn, orí àwọn tí tẹmpili náà dúró lé, ó fi ọwọ́ ọ̀tún mú ọ̀kan àti ọwọ́ òsì mú èkejì, ó fi ara tì wọ́n, 30 Samsoni sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí èmi kú pẹ̀lú àwọn Filistini!” Òun sì fi agbára ńlá tì wọ́n, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ilé náà wó lu àwọn ìjòyè àti gbogbo àwọn tí ó wà nínú rẹ̀. Báyìí ni ó pa ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nígbà ikú rẹ̀ ju ìgbà ayé rẹ̀ lọ.

31 Nígbà náà ni àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀ àti gbogbo ìdílé baba rẹ̀ ní àpapọ̀ gòkè lọ wọ́n sì gbé e, wọ́n gbé e padà wá, wọ́n sì sin ín sí agbede-méjì Sora àti Eṣtaoli, sínú ibojì Manoa baba rẹ̀. Òun ti ṣe àkóso Israẹli ní ogún (20) ọdún.

Samson and Delilah

16 One day Samson(A) went to Gaza,(B) where he saw a prostitute.(C) He went in to spend the night with her. The 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.(D) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn(E) we’ll kill him.”

But 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.(F)

Some time later, he fell in love(G) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(H) The rulers of the Philistines(I) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(J) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(K) 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[a] of silver.”(L)

So Delilah(M) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. With men hidden in the room,(N) she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(O) 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.

10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;(P) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”

11 He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes(Q) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

12 So 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!”(R) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.

13 Delilah 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 14 and[b] tightened it with the pin.

Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(S) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.

15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(T) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(U) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(V) 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

17 So he told her everything.(W) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(X) 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.”

18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines(Y), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.(Z) 19 After 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.[c] And his strength left him.(AA)

20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(AB)

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.(AC)

21 Then the Philistines(AD) seized him, gouged out his eyes(AE) and took him down to Gaza.(AF) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain(AG) in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

The Death of Samson

23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon(AH) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”

24 When the people saw him, they praised their god,(AI) saying,

“Our god has delivered our enemy
    into our hands,(AJ)
the one who laid waste our land
    and multiplied our slain.”

25 While they were in high spirits,(AK) 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, 26 Samson 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.” 27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof(AL) were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord,(AM) “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge(AN) on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then 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, 30 Samson 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.

31 Then 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(AO) his father. He had led[d](AP) Israel twenty years.(AQ)

Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
  2. Judges 16:14 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew replied, “I can if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom.” 14 So she
  3. Judges 16:19 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and he began to weaken
  4. Judges 16:31 Traditionally judged