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Judges

Chapter 16

KJV · Textus Receptus

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
18 And 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 hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the r with his left.
30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
31Then his brethren 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 buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

Asante Twi

1Afei Samson kɔɔ Gasa, na ɔhunuu odwamanfoɔ bi wɔ hɔ, na ɔkɔɔ ne ho.Under pastoral review
2Na wɔka kyerɛɛ Gasafoɔ sɛ, Samson aba ha. Na wɔtwaa ne ho hyiaeɛ, na wɔtɛɛ no anadwo mu nyinaa wɔ kuro no ɛpono ano, na wɔyɛɛ komm anadwo mu nyinaa sɛ, Anɔpa, sɛ adeɛ kye a, yɛbɛkum no.Under pastoral review
3Na Samson daa hɔ kɔsii ɔdasuo mu, na ɔsɔree ɔdasuo mu, na ɔfaa kuro no ɛpono apono no, ne aponnwa mmienu no, na ɔtutuu ne nyinaa kɔeɛ, adaban no ka ho, na ɔde too ne mmati so, na ɔsoa de foro kɔɔ bepɔ a ɛwɔ Hebron anim no atifi.Under pastoral review
4Na ɛbaa sɛ, yei akyi no, ɔdɔɔ ɔbaa bi wɔ Sorek bɔnhwa mu, a ne din de Delila.Under pastoral review
5Na Filistifoɔ awuranom foro baa ne nkyɛn, na wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Daadaa no, na hwɛ faako a n'ahoɔden kɛseɛ no wɔ, na ɛkwan bɛn so na yɛbɛtumi adi ne so, na yɛakyekyere no abrɛ no ase: na yɛn mu biara bɛma wo dwetɛ ɔha dubaako.Under pastoral review
6Na Delila ka kyerɛɛ Samson sɛ, Kyerɛ me, mesrɛ wo, faako a w'ahoɔden kɛseɛ no wɔ, na ɛdeɛn na wɔde bɛkyekyere wo abrɛ wo ase.Under pastoral review
7Na Samson ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Sɛ wɔde ntampehoma mono nson a ɛnnweeɛ da kyekyere me a, ɛnneɛ mɛyɛ mmerɛ, na mayɛ sɛ onipa foforɔ biara.Under pastoral review
8Afei Filistifoɔ awuranom de ntampehoma mono nson a ɛnnweeɛ brɛɛ no, na ɔde kyekyeree no.Under pastoral review
9Na atɛfoɔ bi ka ne ho tete ɛdan mu. Na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Filistifoɔ no wɔ wo so, Samson. Na ɔtetee ntampehoma no mu, sɛdeɛ asaawa homa te ɛberɛ a ɛka ogya no. Enti wɔanhunu n'ahoɔden mu.Under pastoral review
10Na Delila ka kyerɛɛ Samson sɛ, Hwɛ, woadi me ho fɛ, na woatwa me nkontompo: afei kyerɛ me, mesrɛ wo, deɛ wɔde bɛkyekyere wo.Under pastoral review
11Na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Sɛ wɔde ntampehoma foforɔ a wɔmfa nyɛɛ adwuma da kyekyere me denden a, ɛnneɛ mɛyɛ mmerɛ, na mayɛ sɛ onipa foforɔ biara.Under pastoral review
12Enti Delila faa ntampehoma foforɔ, na ɔde kyekyeree no, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Filistifoɔ no wɔ wo so, Samson. Na atɛfoɔ bi tete ɛdan mu. Na ɔtetee ne mu firii n'abasa so sɛ asaawa homa.Under pastoral review
13Na Delila ka kyerɛɛ Samson sɛ, Ɛde bɛsi ɛnnɛ woadi me ho fɛ, na woatwa me nkontompo: kyerɛ me deɛ wɔde bɛkyekyere wo. Na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Sɛ wonwono me ti nwi mmɛsa nson no fra ntoma nwene no mu a.Under pastoral review
14Na ɔde pɛɛwa bɔɔ mu sii hɔ, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Filistifoɔ no wɔ wo so, Samson. Na ɔnyanee firii ne nna mu, na ɔtutuu nsadua pɛɛwa no ne ntoma nwene no kɔeɛ.Under pastoral review
15Na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woaka sɛ, Medɔ wo, na w'akoma nka me ho? woadi me ho fɛ mprɛ mmiɛnsa yi, na woanka faako a w'ahoɔden kɛseɛ no wɔ ankyerɛ me.Under pastoral review
16Na ɛbaa sɛ, ɔde ne nsɛm hyɛɛ ne so daa, na ɔhaa no ara, kɔsii sɛ ne kra ho yeraa no owuo so;Under pastoral review
17Na ɔkaa n'akoma mu nyinaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Oyiwan biara mmaa me ti so da: efisɛ meyɛ Onyankopɔn Nasarini firi me maame yafunu mu: sɛ woyi me ti a, ɛnneɛ m'ahoɔden bɛfiri me mu, na mɛyɛ mmerɛ, na mayɛ sɛ onipa biara.Under pastoral review
18Na ɛberɛ a Delila hunuu sɛ waka n'akoma mu nyinaa akyerɛ no no, ɔsomaa kɔfrɛɛ Filistifoɔ awuranom sɛ, Momforo mmra prɛko yi ara, efisɛ waka n'akoma mu nyinaa akyerɛ me. Afei Filistifoɔ awuranom foro baa ne nkyɛn, na wɔde sika baa wɔn nsam.Under pastoral review
19Na ɔmaa no daa ne kotodwe so; na ɔfrɛɛ ɔbarima bi, na ɔmaa no yii ne ti nwi mmɛsa nson no; na ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ brɛɛ no ase, na n'ahoɔden firii ne mu.Under pastoral review
20Na ɔkaa sɛ, Filistifoɔ no wɔ wo so, Samson. Na ɔnyanee firii ne nna mu, na ɔkaa sɛ, Mɛfiri adi sɛdeɛ na meyɛ mprɛ ahodoɔ no, na mawoso me ho. Na ɔnnim sɛ AWURADE afiri ne so.Under pastoral review
21Na Filistifoɔ kyeree no, na wɔtutuu n'ani, na wɔde no siane kɔɔ Gasa, na wɔde kɔbere mpokyerɛ kyekyeree no; na na ɔyam adeɛ wɔ afiase fie mu.Under pastoral review
22Nanso ne ti nwi hyɛɛ aseɛ fifirii bio ɛberɛ a wɔyii no akyi no.Under pastoral review
23Afei Filistifoɔ awuranom boaa wɔn ho ano sɛ wɔrekɔbɔ afɔdeɛ kɛseɛ ama Dagon wɔn nyame, na wɔagye wɔn ani: na wɔkaa sɛ, Yɛn nyame de yɛn ɔtamfoɔ Samson ahyɛ yɛn nsa.Under pastoral review
24Na ɛberɛ a nkurɔfoɔ no hunuu no no, wɔyii wɔn nyame ayɛ: na wɔkaa sɛ, Yɛn nyame de yɛn ɔtamfoɔ ahyɛ yɛn nsa, yɛn asase sɛefoɔ, a ɔkumm yɛn mu bebree no.Under pastoral review
25Na ɛbaa sɛ, ɛberɛ a wɔn akoma anigyeeɛ no, wɔkaa sɛ, Momfrɛ Samson, na ɔmmɛyɛ agorɔ nkyerɛ yɛn. Na wɔfrɛɛ Samson firii afiase fie mu; na ɔyɛɛ agorɔ kyerɛɛ wɔn: na wɔde no gyinaa adum no ntam.Under pastoral review
26Na Samson ka kyerɛɛ abɔfra a ɔkura ne nsa no sɛ, Ma me kwan na memfa me nsa nka adum a efie no gyina so no, na mentwere wɔn ho.Under pastoral review
27Na mmarima ne mmaa ahyɛ efie no ma; na Filistifoɔ awuranom nyinaa wɔ hɔ; na mmarima ne mmaa bɛyɛ mpem mmiɛnsa wɔ ɛdan no atifi a wɔrehwɛ ɛberɛ a Samson reyɛ agorɔ no.Under pastoral review
28Na Samson su frɛɛ AWURADE sɛ, Ao Awurade AWURADE, kae me, mesrɛ wo, na hyɛ me den, mesrɛ wo, prɛko yi ara pɛ, Ao Onyankopɔn, na matumi atɔ Filistifoɔ so were prɛko wɔ m'ani mmienu no ho.Under pastoral review
29Na Samson sɔɔ mfimfini adum mmienu a efie no gyina so no mu, deɛ ɛkura no no, baako wɔ ne nsa nifa mu, na baako wɔ ne benkum mu.Under pastoral review
30Na Samson kaa sɛ, Ma me ne Filistifoɔ no nwu. Na ɔde n'ahoɔden nyinaa kotoeɛ; na efie no dwiri guu awuranom no so, ne nnipa a wɔwɔ mu nyinaa so. Enti awufoɔ a ɔkumm wɔn ne wu mu no dɔɔso sene wɔn a ɔkumm wɔn ne nkwa mu.Under pastoral review
31Afei ne nuanom ne n'agya fie nyinaa siane baeɛ, na wɔfaa no, na wɔde no foro baeɛ, na wɔsiee no wɔ Sora ne Estaol ntam wɔ n'agya Manoa damena mu. Na ɔbuu Israel atɛn mfeɛ aduonu.Under pastoral review

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