Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
Yon lè Samson desann lavil Gaza, li wè yon jennès, li antre kay jennès la.
2 People soon found out that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together at the city gate and waited all night. They said to themselves, “When it dawns tomorrow morning, we will kill him [when he tries to leave the city].”
Moun lavil Gaza yo vin konnen Samson te la nan lavil la. Yo mache chache l' toupatou, yo pase nwit la ap veye l' bò pòtay lavil la. Yo pa fè bri menm tout nwit la. Yo t'ap di nan kè yo: -N'ap tann solèy leve, lè sa a n'a touye l'.
3 But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight, he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted it up out of the ground, with its [connecting cross] bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it [many miles] uphill to Hebron.
Samson rete kouche jouk nan mitan lannwit lan. Lè sa a, li leve, li pran de batan pòtay lavil la, li rache yo ansanm ak tout montan yo ak bwa travès ki te pase dèyè batan yo. Li mete yo sou zepòl li, li pote yo ale sou tèt mòn ki anfas lavil Ebwon an.
4 Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, [and started to live with her]. She lived in Sorek Valley [in the Philistia area].
Aprè sa, Samson tonbe damou pou yon fanm ki te rete nan Ravin Sorèk. Fanm lan te rele Dalila.
5 The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
Gwo chèf moun Filisti yo al jwenn Dalila, yo di l' konsa: -Pran tèt Samson! Chache konnen sa ki ba li tout fòs sa a, kijan nou ka met men sou li. N'a mare l' anba kòd, n'a rann li san fòs. Lèfini, nou chak n'a ba ou milsan (1.100) pyès lajan.
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong, and tell me how someone can subdue you and tie you up.”
Se konsa, Dalila al di Samson: -Tanpri, di m' sa ki ba ou tout fòs sa a. Manyè di m' kouman yo ta ka mare ou pou kraze kouraj ou.
7 Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.”
Samson reponn li: -Si yo mare m' avèk sèt kòd tou nèf ki poko fin cheche m'ap pèdi tout fòs mwen, m'ap tankou nenpòt ki moun.
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
Chèf moun Filisti yo pote sèt kòd tou nèf ki pa t' ankò fin cheche bay Dalila. Dalila mare Samson avèk kòd yo.
9 Then she hid the men in one of the rooms in her house. Then [while Samson was sleeping], she tied him up with the bowstrings. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come here to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as easily as though they were strings that had been singed in a fire. So the Philistines did not find out what made Samson so strong.
Li te fè kèk moun kache nan yon lòt chanm, epi li rete konsa, li di: -Samson! Men moun Filisti yo sou ou! Samson kase kòd yo. Moso kòd yo tonbe atè ou ta di fil boule nan dife. Konsa yo pa t' rive konnen sa ki te ba l' tout fòs sa a.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have deceived me and lied to me! Now tell me [the truth, ] how someone can tie you up securely.”
Dalila di Samson: -Gade jan ou pase m' nan betiz! On ban m' manti! Tanpri, di m' non! Ki jan yo ka mare ou!
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
Samson di l' konsa: -Si yo mare m' ak kòd tou nèf ki poko janm sèvi pou fè ankenn travay, m'ap pèdi tout fòs mwen, m'ap tankou nenpòt ki moun.
12 So again, [she told the Philistine leaders, and] they [came and] hid in the room as they had done before. And again, while Samson was sleeping, she took the new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were threads.
Dalila pran kèk kòd tou nèf, li mare Samson avèk yo, epi li di: -Samson! Men moun Filisti yo sou ou! Li te mete moun yo kache nan lòt chanm lan. Men, Samson kase kòd ki te mare bra l' yo tankou si se te fil yo te ye.
13 Then Delilah said, “You have deceived me and lied to me [again]! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!” Samson replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with the pin [that makes the threads tight], then I will be as weak as other men.” So again, while Samson was sleeping on her lap, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom,
Dalila di Samson: -W'ap pase m' nan betiz toujou. W'ap ban m' manti. Tanpri, moutre m' kijan yo ka mare ou. Samson di l': -Si ou pran sèt très cheve m' yo ou trese yo ansanm epi ou kenbè yo ak yon gwo peny, m'ap pedi tout fòs mwen, m'ap tankou nenpòt ki moun.
14 and she tightened them with the pin. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up and pulled out the pin, and pulled his hair from the threads on the loom.
Dalila fè l' dòmi. Li trese sèt très cheve l' yo ansanm, li sere yo byen sere avèk yon gwo peny, epi li rele: -Samson! Men moun Filisti yo sou ou! Samson leve, li rache peny lan, li detrese cheve l' yo.
15 Then Delilah said to him, “How can you say that you love me when you do not tell me the truth about yourself? You have deceived me three times, and you still have not told me what really makes you so strong!”
Dalila di l' konsa: -Ou pa bezwen di ou renmen m' menm, paske ou pa sensè avè m'. Sa fè twa fwa ou pase m' nan betiz. Ou pa janm di m' ki bò ou jwenn tout fòs sa a.
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
Chak jou li rete la nan kò Samson, l'ap plenyen nan tèt li. Samson pa t' kapab ankò, rete pou l' te mouri.
17 Finally Samson told her the truth. He said, “I have been set apart for God since the day I was born. And because of that, my hair has never been cut. If my hair were shaved off, my strength would be gone, and I would be as weak as other men.”
Bout pou bout li ba li sekrè a, li di l' konsa: -Mwen pa janm koupe cheve nan tèt mwen. Se yon nazirit mwen ye, yo mete m' apa pou Bondye depi nan vant manman m'. Si yo koupe tout cheve nan tèt mwen, m'ap pèdi tout fòs mwen, m'ap tankou nenpòt ki moun.
18 Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she summoned the Philistine leaders again, saying, “Come back one more time, because Samson has really told me everything [about why he is so strong]”. So the Philistine leaders returned and brought to Delilah the money [that they promised to give her].
Lè Dalila wè Samson te ba l' sekrè a, li voye rele chèf moun Filisti yo, li di yo: -Fwa sa a, nou mèt vini, paske li ban m' sekrè a. Chèf moun Filisti yo vin jwenn li. Yo tou pote lajan an avèk yo.
19 Again she lulled Samson to sleep, with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and shave off Samson’s hair. As he did that, Samson began to get weaker. And finally his strength was all gone.
Dalila fè dòmi pran Samson sou jenou l', li fè rele yon nonm ki koupe sèt très cheve Samson yo ra. Epi li seye fè fòs ak li. Men Samson te pèdi tout fòs li.
20 Then [after she tied him up], she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before. I will shake [these ropes] off myself and be free!” But he did not realize that Yahweh had left him.
Lè sa a, Dalila rele: -Samson! Men moun Filisti yo sou ou! Msye leve, li t'ap di nan kè l' l'ap soti anba kòd yo, l'ap met deyò tankou lòt fwa yo. Men, li pa t' konnen Seyè a pa t' avè l' ankò.
21 So the Philistine men seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza. There they put him in prison and bound him with bronze chains. They made him [turn a millstone to] grind grain [every day].
Moun Filisti yo mete men sou li, epi yo pete de grenn je l' yo. Yo mennen l' lavil Gaza, yo mare l' avèk de gwo chenn an asye. Se li menm yo te fè vire gwo wòl moulen prizon an.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
Men, cheve l' te konmanse pouse ankò.
23 [Several months later] the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, “Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!”
Aprè sa, yon jou, chèf moun Filisti yo te reyini pou fè yon gwo sèvis pou Dagon, bondye yo a. Yo t'ap fè fèt. Yo t'ap di: -Bondye nou an lage Samson, lènmi nou an, nan men nou.
24 And when the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying, “Samson ruined our crops and killed many of our people, but our god has put our enemy into our hands. Our god helped us to capture the one who has killed so many of us!”
Lè pèp la te wè Samson, yo t'ap fè lwanj pou bondye yo a. Yo t'ap di: -Bondye nou an fè nou mete men sou Samson lènmi nou an ki t'ap devaste peyi a, ki t'ap touye tout moun sa yo nan mitan nou.
25 By that time the people were half-drunk. They shouted, “Bring Samson out of the prison! Bring him here so that he can entertain us!” So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. Then they made him stand in the center of the temple. They made him stand between the two pillars that held up the roof.
Kè tout moun te kontan. Yo di konsa: -Fè chache Samson pou n' ka pran plezi nou ak li. Y' al chache Samson nan prizon an, yo mennen l' devan yo pou yo te ka pran plezi yo avè l'. Yo mete msye nan mitan de gwo poto.
26 Samson said to the servant who was leading him by his hand, “Place my hands against the two pillars. I want to rest against them.”
Samson di ti bway ki te kenbe men l' lan: -Mennen m' bò de gwo poto ki kenbe tout tanp lan. Mete men m' sou yo pou m' ka fè yon ti apiye.
27 At that time the temple was full of men and women. All the Philistine leaders were also there. And there were about 3,000 people on the roof, watching Samson and making fun of him.
Tanp lan te plen moun, fanm kou gason. Tout chèf moun Filisti yo te la. Te gen twamil (3.000) moun konsa, fanm kou gason, anwo twati a ki t'ap gade Samson, ki t'ap pran plezi yo ak li.
28 Then Samson prayed, saying, “Yahweh, my Lord, think about me again! Please give me strength one more time, so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!”
Lè sa a, Samson lapriyè nan pye Bondye, li di: -O Bondye Seyè! Tanpri, chonje m' non jòdi a! Tanpri, Bondye, ban m' fòs ankò pou yon dènye fwa, pou m' ka fè moun Filisti yo peye yon grenn kou pou de je m' yo pete a.
29 Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars of the temple. He put his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other pillar.
Epi Samson mete men l' sou de gwo poto mitan ki te kenbe tout tanp lan. Li apiye yon men l' sou chak.
30 Then he shouted [to God], “Let me die with the Philistines!”, and he pushed with all his strength. [The pillars collapsed], and the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the other Philistine people, [and they all died]. So Samson killed more people when he died than he had killed all during his life.
Epi li di: -M' te mèt mouri ansanm ak moun Filisti yo. Li pouse ak tout fòs li sou poto yo, epi tanp lan tonbe sou tout chèf yo ak sou tout moun ki te la yo. Jou li mouri a, li te touye plis moun pase kantite moun li te touye pandan lavi li.
31 Later his brothers and their relatives went down [from Zorah to Gaza] to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Samson had been Israel’s leader for 20 years.
Frè l' yo ansanm ak tout fanmi l' yo desann vin pran kadav la. Yo pote l' tounen lakay yo, yo antere l' nan kavo Manoak, papa li, ant lavil Soreja ak lavil Echtawòl. Li te pase ventan (20 an) ap gouvènen moun pèp Izrayèl la.
