¹And it came to pass after a time, in the days of the wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid of the goats. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber; but her father would not suffer him to go in.

¹Ary nony afaka kelikely, tamin'ny taom-pijinjana ny vary tritika, dia nitondra zanak'osy Samsona ho entiny mamangy ny vadiny, ka hoy izy: Hiditra ao amin'ny vadiko ao an-efi-trano aho. Nefa tsy namela azy hiditra ny rafozany,

²And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her, I pray thee, be thine instead of her.

²fa hoy izy: Nataoko fa halanao mihitsy izy, ka dia nomeko ho an'ny namanao; moa tsy tsara tarehy noho izy va ny zandriny? Masina ianao, aoka izy halainao ho solony.

³And Samson said to them, This time I am blameless toward the Philistines, though I do them harm.

³Dia hoy Samsona taminy: Tsy hanan-tsiny aho izao, na dia hanisy ratsy ny Filistina aza.

⁴And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between the two tails.

⁴Dia nandeha Samsona ka nisambotra amboahaolo telon-jato; dia naka zavatra hatao fanilo izy, ary nampifanendreny ny rambon'ny amboahaolo tsiroaroa avy ka nafehiny teo anelanelan'ny rambony ilay hatao fanilo.

⁵And he set the torches on fire, and let [them] run into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, and the olive gardens.

⁵Ary rehefa nampirehetiny ny fanilo, dia nalefany ho any amin'ny varin'ny Filistina ireny, ka nandoro ny amboara sy ny vary mbola mitsangana ary ny voli-oliva koa.

⁶And the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.

⁶Ary hoy ny Filistina: Iza no nanao izany? Ary nisy nanao hoe: Samsona, vinanton'ilay Timnita, satria ny rafozany efa nanome ny vadiny ho an'ny sakaizany. Dia niakatra ny Filistina ka nandoro an-dravehivavy sy ny ankohonan-drainy tamin'ny afo.

⁷And Samson said to them, If ye act thus, for a certainty I will avenge myself on you, and then I will cease.

⁷Ary hoy Samsona taminy: Raha manao tahaka izany ianareo, dia mbola hamaly anareo tokoa aho, koa rehefa afaka izany, vao hitsahatra aho.

⁸And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.

⁸Dia namely azy izy ka nahatapaka ranjo sy fe ary nahafaty be dia be; dia nidina izy ka nitoetra teo an-tsefatsefak'ilay harambato mitresaka any Etama.

⁹And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

⁹Ary niakatra ny Filistina, dia nitoby teo amin'ny Joda ka niely tany Lehy.

¹⁰And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.

¹⁰Ary hoy ny lehilahy amin'ny Joda: Nahoana no miakatra hamely anay ianareo? Dia hoy izy Hamatotra an'i Samsona no niakaranay, mba hanao aminy tahaka izay efa nataony taminay.

¹¹Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the cliff Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? And what is this that thou hast done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

¹¹Dia nandeha ny lehilahy telo arivo amin'ny Joda nankany amin'ilay tsefatsefaky ny harambato mitresaka any Etama ka nanao tamin'i Samsona hoe: Tsy fantatrao va fa manapaka antsika ny Filistina? Inona izao nataonao taminay izao? Dia hoy izy taminy: araka izay nataony tamiko no mba nataoko taminy.

¹²And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may give thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall on me yourselves.

¹²Dia hoy kosa izy ireo taminy: Hamatotra anao no nidinanay, mba hatolotray ho eo an-tànan'ny Filistina ianao. Dia hoy Samsona taminy: Mianiana amiko ary fa tsy hamely ahy ianareo.

¹³And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but we certainly shall not put thee to death. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the cliff.

¹³Dia niteny taminy izy ireo ka nanao hoe: Tsia; fa hamatotra anao fotsiny ihany izahay ka hanolotra anao eo an-tànany; fa tsy hamono anao tsy akory izahay. Dia namatotra azy tamin'ny mahazaka roa vaovao izy ka nitondra azy niala tamin'ilay harambato.

¹⁴When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and the cords that were on his arms became as threads of flax that are burned with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

¹⁴Ary raha tonga tany Lehy izy, dia nanakora azy ny Filistina; ary ny Fanahin'i Jehovah nilatsaka taminy, dia tonga tahaka ny rongony izay nodorana tamin'ny afo ny mahazaka teny amin'ny sandriny ary afaka tamin'ny tànany ny fatorana.

¹⁵And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men.

¹⁵Ary nahita valanoranom-boriky vaovao izy, dia naninjitra ny tànany naka azy, ka iny no namonoany arivo lahy.

¹⁶And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap, two heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

¹⁶Ary hoy Samsona: Tamin'ny valanoranom-boriky no nahafatesako ho antontany iray, eny, antontany roa; Tamin'ny valanoranom-boriky no nahafatesako arivo lahy.

¹⁷And it came to pass when he had ended speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-Lehi.

¹⁷Ary rehefa nitsahatra niteny izy, dia nariany ilay valanoranom-boriky teny an-tànany; ary ny anaran'izany tany izany dia natao hoe Ramata-lehy.[Ramata-hely = Havoanan'ny valanorano]

¹⁸And he was very thirsty, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given by the hand of thy servant this great deliverance, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

¹⁸Ary nangetaheta indrindra izy, dia nitaraina tamin'i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Hianao no nanome izao famonjen-dehibe izao tamin'ny tanan'ny mpanomponao; ary ankehitriny efa ho fatin-ketaheta aho ka hianjera ho eo an-tànan'ny tsy mifora!

¹⁹And God clave the hallow rock which was in Lehi, and water came out of it. And he drank, and his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

¹⁹Dia nampitresahin'Andriamanitra ilay fitoerana hoboka tany Lehy, ka niboiboika teo ny rano; ary rehefa nisotro izy, dia nody ny ainy, ka velona Izy; ka izany no nanaovany ny anarany hoe En-hakore, izay any Lehy mandraka androany.[En-hakore = Loharanon'ilay niantso]Dia nitsara ny Isiraely roa-polo taona tamin'ny andron'ny Filistina izy.

²⁰And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

²⁰Dia nitsara ny Isiraely roa-polo taona tamin'ny andron'ny Filistina izy.