¹[Ny nisamboran'ny Filistina an'i Samsona sy ny namalian'i Samsona azy] Ary Samsona nankany Gaza ka nahita vehivavy janga teo, dia niditra tao aminy.

¹Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.

²Ary nolazaina tamin'ny Gazita hoe: Tonga atỳ Samsona. Dia nanemitra azy izy ary nanotrika mandritra ny alina teo am-bavahadin'ny tanàna ka nangina mandritra ny alina; fa hoy izy: Raha maraina ny andro, dia hovonointsika izy.

²The 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.”

³Ary nandry Samsona mandra-pamatonalina, dia nifoha izy nony namatonalina, ka noraisiny ny vavahadin'ny tanàna mbamin'ny tolana roa, dia nongotany izy mbamin'ny hidiny ka nataony teny antsorony, dia nentiny ho any an-tampon'ny tendrombohitra izay tandrifin'i Hebrona.

³Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and 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.

⁴Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia tia vehivavy atao hoe Delila tany an-dohasaha Soreka izy.

⁴It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

⁵Ary ireo andrianan'ny Filistina niakatra nankany amin-dravehivavy ka nanao taminy hoe: Kolikoleo izy, ka izahao izay itoeran'ny heriny lehibe sy izay hahazoanay mamatotra azy mba hahafolaka azy; dia samy hanome anao sekely zato amby arivo avy izahay rehetra.

⁵The 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.”

⁶Dia hoy Delila tamin'i Samsona: Masìna ianao, lazao amiko izay itoeran'ny herinao lehibe sy izay hahazoana mamatotra anao hahafolaka anao.

⁶Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”

⁷Dia hoy Samsona taminy: Raha tady vaovao fito izay tsy mbola maina no amatorany ahy, dia ho osa aho ka ho tahaka ny olon-kafa.

⁷Samson 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.”

⁸Dia niakatra nankany aminy ireo andrianan'ny Filistina nitondra tady vaovao fito izay tsy mbola maina, dia namatotra azy tamin'ireny ravehivavy.

⁸Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

⁹Ary nisy lehilahy nanotrika ka nitoetra taminy tao an'efi-trano. Dia hoy ravehivavy tamin'i Samsona: Hamely anao ny Filistina, ry Samsona! Dia notosany ny tady, tahaka ny fahamaiton'ny taretra rongony, raha lelafin'ny afo. Dia tsy fantatra ny heriny.

⁹Now 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 string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.

¹⁰Ary hoy Delila tamin'i Samsona: Indro, efa namitaka ahy ianao ka nilaza lainga tamiko; ankehitriny, masìna ianao, lazao amiko izay hahazoana mamatotra anao.

¹⁰Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound.”

¹¹Dia hoy kosa izy taminy: Raha mahazaka vaovao izay tsy mbola nanaovan-draharaha no amatorany ahy mafy, dia ho osa aho ka ho tahaka ny olon-kafa.

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

¹²Dia naka mahazaka vaovao Delila, ka namatorany azy, dia hoy izy taminy: Hamely anao ny Filistina, ry Samsona! Ary nisy mpanotrika nitoetra tao an'efi-trano. Dia notosan'i Samsona ho afaka amin'ny sandriny ireny tahaka ny fahamaiton'ny taretra.

¹²So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and 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.

¹³Dia hoy Delila tamin'i Samsona: Mandraka ankehitriny dia mbola namitaka ahy ihany ianao ka nilaza lainga tamiko; lazao amiko izay hahazoana mamatotra anao. Dia hoy kosa izy taminy: Raha tenomina hikambana amin'ny tenona ny foto-bolo fito amin'ny lohako.

¹³Delilah 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 web.”

¹⁴Ary notsatohany ny fantaka izany, dia hoy izy taminy: Hamely anao ny Filistina, ry Samsona! Dia nifoha tamin'ny torimasony izy, ka nangotany ny fantaka sy ny tenona.

¹⁴She 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 web.

¹⁵Dia hoy ravehivavy taminy: Nahoana ianao no nanao hoe: Tiako ianao, nefa ny tonao tsy amiko tsinona? Efa namitaka ahy intelo ianao izay, ka tsy mbola nolazainao tamiko ihany izay itoeran'ny herinao lehibe.

¹⁵She 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.”

¹⁶Ary rehefa nitorikisina taminy isan'andro ravehivavy ka nahasosotsosotra azy, dia tsy nahafinaritra azy intsony ny miaina.

¹⁶It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.

¹⁷Ary dia nambarany azy ny tao am-pony rehetra, ka hoy izy taminy: Tsy mbola nokasihin-kareza ny lohako, fa Nazirita ho an'Andriamanitra hatrany an-kibon-dreniko aho; koa raha haratana aho, dia hiala amiko ny heriko, ary ho osa aho ka ho tahaka ny olona rehetra,

¹⁷He 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.”

¹⁸Ary rehefa hitan'i Delila fa efa nambarany azy ny tao am-pony rehetra, dia naniraka izy nampaka ireo andrianan'ny Filistina nanao hoe: Miakara amin'izao indray mandeha izao, fa efa nambarany ahy ny tao ampony rehetra. Ary ireo andrianan'ny Filistina niakatra ho any aminy nitondra ny vola teny an-tànany.

¹⁸When 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.

¹⁹Ary ravehivavy nanondana an'i Samsona hatory teo an-dohaliny, dia niantso lehilahy ka nanaratra ny foto-bolo fito amin'ny lohany; dia vao izay no nampietry azy izy, satria niala taminy ny heriny.

¹⁹She 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.

²⁰Dia hoy ravehivavy: Hamely anao ny Filistina, ry Samsona! Dia nifoha tamin'ny torimasony izy ka nanao hoe: Hivoaka tahaka ny teo aloha aho ka hanetsika ny tenako. Kanjo tsy fantany fa Jehovah efa niala taminy.

²⁰She 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.

²¹Dia nisambotra azy ny Filistina ka namotsitra ny masony, dia nitondra azy nidina nankany Gaza ary namatotra azy tamin'ny gadra varahina; ary nitoto vary tao an-trano famatorana izy.

²¹The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

²²Ary dia naniry indray ny volon-dohany, rehefa voaharatra.

²²However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.

²³Ary nivory ireo andrianan'ny Filistina hamono zavatra betsaka hatao fanatitra ho an'i Dagona andriamaniny sy hifaly; fa hoy izy: Efa natolotry ny andriamanitsika eto an-tanantsika Samsona fahavalontsika.

²³The lords of the Philistines gathered them 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.”

²⁴Ary rehefa nahita azy ny vahoaka, dia nidera ny andriamaniny ka nanao hoe: Efa natolotry ny andriamanitsika eto an-tanantsika ilay fahavalontsika, mpanimba ny tanintsika, izay nahabe maty antsika.

²⁴When 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.”

²⁵Ary rehefa faly ny fony, dia hoy izy: Alao Samsona mba hanao laolao ho antsika. Dia nampaka an'i Samsona avy tao an-trano famatorana izy, ka nanao laolao teo anatrehan'ireo Samsona; ary nampitsanganiny teo anelanelan'ny andry izy.

²⁵It happened, when their hearts were merry, that 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;

²⁶Ary hoy Samsona tamin'ny zatovo izay nitantana azy: Avelao kely aho hitsapa ny andry izay manohana ny trano, hiankinako aminy.

²⁶and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars whereupon the house rests, that I may lean on them.”

²⁷Ary feno lehilahy sy vehivavy ny trano, ary tao ireo andrianan'ny Filistina rehetra, ary teo an-tampon-trano koa nisy lehilahy sy vehivavy tokony ho telo arivo, izay finaritra nijery an'i Samsona nanao laolao.

²⁷Now 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.

²⁸Ary Samsona niantso an'i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Jehovah Tompo ô, mifona aminao aho, tsarovy aho, ka ampaherezo izao indray mandeha izao monja, ry Andriamanitra ô, hamaliako ny Filistina noho ny anankiray amin'ny masoko roa.

²⁸Samson 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.”

²⁹Dia notanan'i Samsona ny andry roa teo afovoany izay nanohana ny trano, ny anankiray tamin'ny tanany ankavanana, ary ny anankiray tamin'ny tànany ankavia, ka niankina teo izy.

²⁹Samson 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.

³⁰Dia hoy Samsona: Aoka hiara-maty amin'ny Filistina aho. Dia nezahiny mafy, ka dia nianjera tamin'ireo andriana sy ny vahoaka rehetra izay teo ny trano. Ary ny maty izay novonoiny teo amin'ny nahafatesany no be lavitra noho izay novonoiny tamin'ny andro niainany.Ary nidina ny rahalahiny sy ny mpianakavin-drainy rehetra, dia naka ny fatiny ka nitondra azy niakatra, dia nandevina azy teo anelanelan'i Zora sy Estaola tao amin'ny fasan'i Manoa rainy. Ary izy efa nitsara ny Isiraely roa-polo taona.

³⁰Samson 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 therein. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.

³¹Ary nidina ny rahalahiny sy ny mpianakavin-drainy rehetra, dia naka ny fatiny ka nitondra azy niakatra, dia nandevina azy teo anelanelan'i Zora sy Estaola tao amin'ny fasan'i Manoa rainy. Ary izy efa nitsara ny Isiraely roa-polo taona.

³¹Then 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.