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

¹Huan, Samson bel Gaza khua ah a hoha, huaiah kijuak a vamua, a kithuahpiha.

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.”

²Huan, Samson hiaiah a hong, chiin, Gaza mite a hilh ua, Huchiin a umta ua, khopi kulh kongpi chinah jankhuain a tang ua, jankhuain a dai sisip uh a, khua hongvak peuhmah leh, huchiin that na ni, a chi ua.

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.

³Huan, Samson bel jankim tanin a luma, huan, jankimin a thoua, khopi kulh kongkhakte leh a khuam nih a lena, a kalhnate toh a phawi khe veka, a liangjang ah a pua, Hebron jawn mualvumah a pu tou buambuam mai hi.

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

⁴Huan, hichi ahi a, a nungin Sorek guama numei khat a deihtaa, a min bel Delaila ahi.

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.”

⁵Huan, Philistiate mi liante a kiangah a hohtou ua, a kiangah, Amah ka zoh ua, khaukhiha ka bawlek theihna ding un a hanta san theih tumin kan khiain: hu chiin ka vek un dangka sang khat leh za khat ka honpe chiat ding uh, a chi ua.

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

⁶Huchiin Delailain Samson kiangah, na hat mahmahna san honhilh dih ve, bangchiin ahia bawlek dinda khaukhih thei na hih ding? a chi a.

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.”

⁷Huan, samsonin a kiangah khauhual thak, keu nailou hial sagihin honhen le uchin, huchin ka hat kei ding, mi dang bang lel mah ka hi ding, a chi a.

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

⁸Huchiin philistiate milianten khauhual thak sagih, keu nailou hial te a pia ua, huaitein a hen ua.

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.

⁹Dantan sunggil ah guktanmite a koiha. Huchiin a kiangah, Samson, philistiante honsual sin uh e, a chi a. Huan khauhual meiin jija khaulom a kang tat bang phetin a hihtatta mai a. Huchiin a hanta san thei ahi kei.

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

¹⁰Huan delailain Samson kiangah Ngaiin, non khema, juau hon hilh na hi: bangchia hen thei ding na hia honhilhta in, a chi a.

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.”

¹¹Huan, aman a kiangah, khaujen thak, zat nai louh hialin honhen le uh, huchiin ka hatkei mai ding, mi dangbang lel mah ka hi ding, a chi a.

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.

¹²Huchiin delailain khaujen thak a laa, a hena, huan, akianga, Samson, philistiaten a honsual sin uh, a chi a. Dantan sunggil ah a guktanmite a om ua. Huan, a khuta henna patzang suktah bang main a hihtatta hi.

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.”

¹³Huan, Delalain Samson kiangah, Non khem lain, juau non hilh lai ahi: bangchia hen theih ding na hia honhilh dihve, a chi a. Huan a kiangah, ka sam phek sagih puanin gatkhum le teh ahi mai, a chi a.

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.

¹⁴Huan, kilhnain a kilh den ngiungeua, a kiangah, Samson philistiaten honsual sin uh e, a chi a. Huchiin a ihmu lai a halha, puanbu kilhdenna leh puanbu nangawn toh a kikhong sak vek mai hi.

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.”

¹⁵Huan, akiangah, Na lungtang lah honpe hetlou piin, bangchidana, kon it hi, chi thei na hia oi? tun thum vei hilhial non khemna na hih langta ahi, na hat mahmahna san non hilh nai kei lailaihi, a chi a.

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

¹⁶Huan, hichi ahi a, nitengin a ngen ngutnguta, a kutkut jiakin, sihna khop hial dingin alungsim a buaita a.

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.”

¹⁷Huchiin a lungsim tengteng a hilh vek taa, a kiangah, ka lu ah mulmettem himhimzat ahi ngei nai keia: ka nu sula ka om lai akipana pathian adinga Nazarit mi dia naom ka hia: tuin na met ta leng, ka hatna a mang vek mai ding, huchiin ka hatkei dinga, midangbang lel mah ka hi ding, achia.

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.

¹⁸Huan, a lungsim tengteng ahilh vekta chih Delailain a thei phetin Philistiate mi liante, Hong tou nawn phot un, a lungsim tengteng a hon hilh vekta, chiin a thukhak chiata. HuchiinPhilistiate mi liante a kiangah a va hohtou ua, dangka a tawi uh.

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.

¹⁹Huan, a pheipi tungah a ihmu saka; huan, mi a sama, a samphek a teptan khe veka; huchiin a bawlek pantaa, huan, a hatna a mangta vek mai hi.

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.

²⁰Huan, Samson, Philistiaten hongsual sin uh a chi a. Huan, a ihmu lai a honghalha, Nidang bangmahin ka pawt nawn mai ding, Ka kitungkhe nawn mai ding, achia. Himahleh TOUPAN a paisan khin chih himhim a theikei hi.

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.

²¹Huan, Philistiaten a man ua, a mit a khel khiak sak ua; huan Gaza khua ah a paipih suk ua, dal kol a bunsak ua; suangkulh ah buh a gawijan jel hi.

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

²²Himahleh a sammet a hong pou nawnta hi.

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.”

²³Huan, Philistiate mi liante a pathian uh Dagon kianga kithohna thupi tak lan ding leh kihihnuamsa dingin akikhawmkhawm ua: I pathian un a melmapa uh Samson a honpeta, a chi ua.

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.”

²⁴Huan, mipiten a vamuh un a pathian uh a phat ua, I pathian un I melmapa leh I gam hihsepa, mi tampite honthatpa I khut uah a hon peta, a chi ua.

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;

²⁵Huan, hichi ahia, alungtang un nuam a sak laitakin, Samson pen muhnop dingin vasam dih ua, a chi ua. Huchiin Samson tuh suangkulh akipan a vasam khia ua; huan, a ma uah muhnop dingin a omta hi; khuam leh khuam kikalah a dingsak uh.

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.”

²⁶Huan, Samsonin amah kai naupang kiangah, Hiai in doupen khuam honkhoihsak dih ve, kon ngai deh, a chi a.

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.

²⁷Huai in bel pasal leh numeiin a dim miuhmeuh uhi; Philistiate milian tengteng huaiah aom vek uh; huan, Samson muhnop dinga, enmite in tungah pasal leh numei sang thum tak a om uh.

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.”

²⁸Huan, Samsonin TOUPA a sama, Aw TOUPA Pathian, hehpih takin hon theigige inla hehpih takin tutung kiain hong hihhat inla, aw Pathian, ka mit lang nih phu Philistiate tungah ka honla zok ding, a chi a.

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.

²⁹Huan, Samsonin, huai in doupen sut nihte a khoiha, akhut taklamin khat a pansan, a khut vei lamin khat.

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.

³⁰Huan, Samsonin, Philistiate kon sihkhum deh, a chi a. Huchiin a theitawpin akun eka; huan, miliante leh mipi a sunga om tengtengte huaiin in a delhta hi. Huchiin a damlaia ahihlupte sangin a sihkhumte a tamjaw uh.Huchiin a unaute leh a pa inkote tengteng a hongpai suk ua, a la ua a jawng tou ua, Zora leh Estaol kikala; a pa Manoa vuina munah a vuita uh. huchiin kum sawmnih Israelte tungah vai a hawm hi.

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.

³¹Huchiin a unaute leh a pa inkote tengteng a hongpai suk ua, a la ua a jawng tou ua, Zora leh Estaol kikala; a pa Manoa vuina munah a vuita uh. huchiin kum sawmnih Israelte tungah vai a hawm hi.