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1 Xas Xoos mus txog Nkas Xas. Nws pom ib tug poj ntiav, nws chaws mus hauv tus poj ntiav tsev. 2 Muaj neeg tuaj hais rau cov neeg nyob Nkas Xas tias Xas Xoos tuaj txog ntawm no lawm. Ces lawv tso tej pab neeg mus zov lub tsheej thiab tos Xas Xoos nyob ntawm rooj loog. Lawv tos nyob ntawd ntsiag to ib hmos. Lawv xav tias : Peb tos mus txog kaj ntug ces peb muab nws tua. 3 Tab sis Xas Xoos pw txog ib tag hmo, ces nws sawv los. Nws nthos ob daig txiag qhov rooj thiab ob tug ncej ntawm rooj loog, nws rho hlo tau daim taw rooj los huv tib si. Nws muab kwv saum xub pwg mus txog pem lub ncov roob uas nyob ncaj Hes Plhoos, nws tso lub qhov rooj rau ntawd.
1 Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her. 2 The 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.” 3 Samson lay until midnight, then arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, with 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.
4 Ua li ntawd tas, Xas Xoos mus nyiam ib tug poj niam nyob hauv lub vos hav Xos Les. Tus poj niam ntawd hu ua Das Lis Las. 5 Cov nom tswv Fis Lis Tis mus hais rau Das Lis Las tias : “Koj ntxias Xas Xoos kom nws qhia koj saib nws muab nws lub zog ntawd qhov twg los, kom peb paub tias yuav ua cas thiaj ntes tau nws thiab khi tau nws kom nws tsis txhob muaj zog ntxiv lawm. Tso peb ib leeg yuav muab ib txhiab thiab ib puas lub txiag rau koj.”
4 It came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 The 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.”
6 Ces Das Lis Las hais rau Xas Xoos tias : “Thov koj qhia kuv saib koj muab koj lub zog loj tas npaud qhov twg los ? Yuav muab dab tsi khi koj thiaj yuav pav tau koj ?”
6 Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”
7 Xas Xoos teb tias : “Yog nej muab xya txoj hlua hneev tshiab tshiab uas tsis tau qhuav los khi kuv mas kuv lub zog yuav ploj, kuv yuav zoo li luag tej xwb.”
7 Samson 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.”
8 Cov nom tswv Fis Lis Tis nqa tau xya txoj hlua hneev tshiab tshiab tsis tau qhuav tuaj rau Das Lis Las. Das Lis Las muab coj los khi Xas Xoos. 9 Nws zais ib co neeg nkaum nyob hauv nws tsev. Ces nws qw tias : “Xas Xoos, cov Fis Lis Tis tuaj ntes koj !” Xas Xoos ua cov hlua tu mos nyoos yam li ib co xov maj kub hnyiab. Ces lawv tsis paub Xas Xoos lub zog txhawv qhov twg los.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now 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 flax thread is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 Das Lis Las hais rau Xas Xoos tias : “Koj lam dag kuv xwb. Nyem no, thov koj qhia kuv tiag tiag saib kuv yuav muab dab tsi los khi koj ?”
10 Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”
11 Xas Xoos teb tias : “Yog nej muab ib co hlua tshiab tshiab tsis tau siv ib zaug los khi kuv, mas kuv lub zog yuav ploj, kuv yuav zoo li luag tej xwb.”
11 He said to her, “If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I will become weak, and be as another man.”
2 Ces Das Lis Las muab ib co hlua tshiab tshiab tsis tau siv dua los khi Xas Xoos, thiab nws qw tias : “Xas Xoos, cov Fis Lis Tis tuaj ntes koj !” Das Lis Las zais ib co neeg nkaum nyob hauv nws kem tsev. Tab sis Xas Xoos ua cov hlua tu mos nyoos ib yam li ib txog xov.
12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, then 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.
13 Ces Das Lis Las hais rau Xas Xoos tias : “Los txog tav nod koj thuam kuv xwb, koj dag kuv xwb. Koj qhia kuv saib yuav muab dab tsi los khi koj mas ?”
13 Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.”
Xas Xoos teb tias : “Yog koj muab kuv xya tus moj tuam khi rau cov xov ntawm lub ntos ntaub thiab koj muab lub ntos txhos rau hauv av mas kuv lub zog yuav ploj, kuv yuav zoo li luag tej xwb.”
He said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the fabric on the loom.”
14 Das Lis Las ntxias Xas Xoos tsaug zog lawm, ces nws muab Xas Xoos xya tus moj tuam los ntos xyaw rau nws cov xov thiab muab lub ntos ntaub los txhos rau hauv av. Das Lis Las qw tias : “Xas Xoos, cov Fis Lis Tis tuaj ntes koj !” Xas Xoos tsim dheev nruab dab ntub los, nws dua rhe daim ntaub thiab muab lub ntos ntaub rho hlo.
14 She 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 fabric.
15 Das Lis Las hais rau Xas Xoos tias : “Ua cas koj thiaj hais tau tias koj nyiam kuv ? Koj lub siab twb tsis nrog kuv nyob. Koj twb dag kuv peb zaug lawm thiab koj tsis tau qhia tias tim li cas koj lub zog thiaj loj tas npaud.”
15 She 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.”
16 Niaj hnub, Das Lis Las pheej hais tas zog, ces Xas Xoos nyiaj tsis taus. 17 Xas Xoos thiaj qhib nws lub siab tas tib si rau Das Lis Las. Nws hais tias : “Rab chais tsis tau chwv kuv taub hau ib zaug li, vim kuv yog Tswv Ntuj tus Nas Ntxis txij thaum kuv nyob hauv kuv niam plab los. Yog leej twg txiav kuv cov plaub hau mas kuv lub zog yuav tso kuv tseg, kuv yuav tsis muaj zog ntxiv lawm, kuv yuav zoo li luag tej xwb.”
16 When she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, his soul was troubled to death. 17 He 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.”
18 Das Lis Las paub tias nyem no Xas Xoos qhib tas Xas Xoos lub siab rau nws lawm, ces Das Lis Las mus hu cov nom Fis Lis Tis tuaj, nws hais rau lawv tias : “Zaum no nej tuaj. Nws qhib nws lub siab rau kuv tas tib si lawm.” Ces cov nom tswv Fis Lis Tis nqa nyiaj tuaj rau Das Lis Las. 19 Das Lis Las ua kom Xas Xoos tsaug zog nyob ntawm nws hauv caug, ces nws hu ib tug txiv neej tuaj txiav Xas Xoos cov moj tuam. Ces Xas Xoos lub zog ntaug zuj zus, nws tsis muaj zog lawm. 20 Das Lis Las qw tias : “Xas Xoos, cov Fis Lis Tis tuaj ntes koj !”
18 When 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. 19 She 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. 20 She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!”
Xas Xoos tsim dheev los, nws xav tias : Kuv yuav ua tau xws li niaj zaus, kuv yuav dim. Nws tsis paub tias HUAB TAIS fee nws lub ntsej muag lawm. 21 Ces cov Fis Lis Tis ntes nws, lawv tshum nws ob lub qhov muag thiab lawv coj nws mus nyob Nkas Xas. Lawv muab ib txog saw hlau txooj los khi nws, lawv kom nws zom lub zeb nyob hauv tsev loj faj. 22 Tab sis Xas Xoos cov plaub hau uas lawv txiav tas nws kuj maj mam ntev tuaj.
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. 21 The Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground at the mill in the prison. 22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
23 Cov nom tswv Fis Lis Tis tuaj sib sau, lawv xav ua ib zag txi dab loj rau lawv tus dab Das Nkoos, thiab lawv yuav noj yuav haus. Lawv hais tias : “Peb tus tswv ntuj muab Xas Xoos uas yog peb thawj tug yeeb ncuab rau hauv peb tes lawm.” 24 Thaum tsoom sid pom lawv tus tswv ntuj, lawv qw cav txog lawv tus tswv ntuj tias : “Peb tus tswv ntuj muab Xas Xoos uas yog peb tus yeeb ncuab rau hauv peb tes lawm. Xas Xoos yog tus ua kom peb lub teb chaws lwj liam tas, thiab yog tus ua kom peb cov neeg tuag pawg lug.”
23 The lords of the Philistines gathered 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.” 24 When 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.”
25 Lawv zoo siab heev, lawv qw tias : “Nej coj Xas Xoos los kom peb tau kev ua si !” Ces lawv mus coj Xas Xoos hauv tsev loj faj los. Nws ua si rau lawv ntsia. Lawv coj nws mus sawv ntsug nyob ntawm cov kis ncej zeb. 26 Xas Xoos hais rau tus tub uas tuav nws tes cab nws mus kev tias : “Koj coj kuv mus tuav cov ncej pob zeb uas txheem lub tsev, kuv xav mus ib ntawd.” 27 Hauv lub tsev ntawd muaj neeg coob coob, poj niam txiv neej nyob ntsawm nkaus. Tas cov nom tswv Fis Lis Tis nyob ntawd tib si. Muaj peb txhiab tawm leej poj niam txiv neej nyob txheej tsev saud ntsia Xas Xoos ua si. 28 Xas Xoos thov HUAB TAIS tias : “HUAB TAIS Tswv Ntuj, thov koj nco txog kuv ! Koj muab zog rau kuv kom zaum no kuv ua ib zaug pauj rau cov Fis Lis Tis uas lawv tshum kuv ob lub qhov muag dig lawm.” 29 Xas Xoos muab tes xuas tau ob tug ncej uas txheem nruab nrab lub tsev, nws thawb ob tug ncej, nws txhais tes xis thawb ib tug, txhais tes laug thawb ib tug. 30 Nws qw tias : “Cia kuv nrog cov Fis Lis Tis tuag ua ke !” Ces Xas Xoos siv tas nws lub zog thawb. Lub tsev vau hlo los tsuam cov nom tswv thiab cov neeg nyob ntawd tas huv tib si. Zaum ntawd cov Fis Lis Tis nrog nws tuag coob dua thawj zaug uas nws ciaj.
25 When their hearts were merry, 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; 26 and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them.” 27 Now 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. 28 Samson 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.” 29 Samson 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. 30 Samson 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 in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.
31 Xas Xoos cov kwv tij thiab nws tsev neeg tuaj coj nws lub cev mus. Lawv muab nws faus nyob hauv nws txiv Mas Nos As lub ntxa, nyob ntawm txoj kev mus Xos Les As rau Es Tas Os. Xas Xoos tau ua Txwj Laus Tiv Thaiv rau cov His Xas Lais nees nkaum xyoo.
31 Then 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.