1 B ut later Samson visited his wife during grain gathering time with a young goat. Samson said, “I will go in to my wife in her room.” But her father did not let him go in.

Otiia i muri iho, na ka haere a Hamahona, me tetahi kuao koati, i te wa o te kotinga witi, kia kite i tana wahine, a ka mea, Ka haere ahau ki taku wahine ki roto ki te whare moenga. Otiia kihai ia i tukua e te papa o te wahine kia haere ki roto.

2 H er father said, “I thought you hated her. So I gave her to your friend. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Let her be yours instead.”

I mea hoki tona papa, i tino mea ahau e kino rawa ana koe ki a ia; na hoatu ana ia e ahau ma tou hoa; kahore ianei tona teina e pai atu i a ia? Tena kia riro tenei i a koe hei utu mo tera.

3 S amson said to him, “This time I will be without blame when I hurt the Philistines.”

Na ka mea a Hamahona ki a ratou, Engari i tenei, ka kore hara ahau ki nga Pirihitini, ina tukino ahau ki a ratou.

4 S o Samson went and caught 300 foxes. He tied them together tail to tail. And he put a fire stick between the tails of every two foxes.

Na haere ana a Hamahona, a hopukia ana e ia e toru rau nga pokiha; katahi ka tikina etahi rama e ia, a whakaangahia atu ana nga hiawero ki a raua whaka hiawero, a whakanohoia iho he rama ki waenganui o nga hiawero e rua.

5 T hen he set fire to the sticks and let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines. So the standing grain and cut grain and vines and olive trees were burned up.

Na ka tahuna e ia nga rama, a tukua atu ana ki te witi a nga Pirihitini, wera ake nga puranga witi, me nga mea ano e tu ana; nga mara waina, oriwa ano hoki.

6 T he Philistines said, “Who did this?” And they were told, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because the Timnite took his wife and gave her to his friend.” So the Philistines came and burned her and her father with fire.

A ka ki nga Pirihitini, Na wai tenei mahi? na ka korerotia, Na Hamahona hunaonga a te Timini; mona i tango i tana wahine, a hoatu ana ki tona hoa. Katahi ka haere nga Pirihitini, a tahuna ake e ratou te wahine raua ko tona papa ki te ahi.

7 S amson said to them, “For sure I will punish you for acting like this. After that I will stop.”

Na ka mea a Hamahona ki a ratou, Ahakoa kua meatia tenei e koutou, he pono ka rapu utu ano ahau i a koutou, a muri iho ka mutu taku.

8 H e killed many of them without mercy. Then Samson went down and lived in the opening of the rock of Etam.

Na tukitukia ana ratou e ia, te papa, te huha, he nui te patunga, a haere ana, noho ana i te kapiti o te kamaka i Etama.

9 T he Philistines went and set up their tents in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.

Katahi ka haere nga Pirihitini, noho ana i Hura, tohatoha noa atu i Rehi.

10 T he men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” The Philistines said, “We have come to take Samson and do to him as he did to us.”

Na ka mea nga tangata o Hura, He aha koutou i haere mai ai ki a matou? Na ka mea ratou, He here i a Hamahona i haere mai ai matou, kia meatia ki a ia tana i mea ai ki a matou.

11 T hen 3, 000 men of Judah went down to the opening of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this that you have done to us?” Samson said to them, “I have done to them as they did to me.”

Katahi ka haere etahi tangata o Hura, e toru nga mano, ki te kapiti o te kohatu i Etama, ka mea ki a Hamahona, Kahore ianei koe e mohio he rangatira no tatou nga Pirihitini? he mahi aha tenei nau ki a matou? Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, Rite tonu ki ta ratou i mea mai ai ki ahau, taku i mea ai ki a ratou.

12 T hey said to him, “We have come to take you and give you to the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Promise me that you will not kill me.”

Na ka mea ratou ki a ia, He here i a koe i haere mai ai matou, kia hoatu koe ki te ringa o nga Pirihitini. Na ka mea a Hamahona ki a ratou, Oati mai ki ahau e kore koutou na e rere ki runga ki ahau.

13 S o they said to him, “No, we will only tie you up and give you to them. We will not kill you.” So they tied him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

Na ka korero ratou ki a ia, ka mea, Kahore; erangi me ata here koe e matou, a ka hoatu koe ki to ratou ringa: ko te whakamate ia, e kore matou e whakamate i a koe. Na ka herea ia e ratou ki nga taura hou e rua, a kawea atu ana i te kamaka.

14 W hen Samson came to Lehi, the Philistines came with a loud noise to meet him. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson with power. The ropes on his arms became as weak as a burning plant, and fell from his hands.

I tona taenga ki Rehi, na ka hamama nga Pirihitini i te tutakitanga ki a ia. Ko te tino putanga o te wairua o Ihowa ki runga ki a ia: na rite tonu nga taura i ona ringa ki te muka kua wera i te ahi; harotu noa iho nga here o ona ringa.

15 S amson found a jawbone of a donkey and took it in his hand. He killed 1, 000 men with it.

Na kia pono ia ki tetahi kauae kaihe, he mea hou, a totoro atu ana tona ringa, tangohia ake ana; na kotahi mano tangata i patua e ia ki taua mea.

16 T hen Samson said, “With the bone of a donkey there are bodies upon bodies. With the bone of a donkey I have killed 1, 000 men.”

Na ka mea a Hamahona, Na te kauae kaihe, puranga atu, puranga atu; na te kauae kaihe, patua iho e ahau kotahi mano tangata.

17 W hen he was done speaking, he threw the bone from his hand. And he called that place Ramath-lehi.

A, i te mutunga o tana korero, na maka atu ana e ia te kauae i tona ringa, a huaina iho te ingoa o tena wahi, Ko Ramatarehi.

18 T hen Samson became very thirsty. He called to the Lord and said, “You have taken us away from trouble by the hand of Your servant. Now must I die of thirst and fall into the hands of those who have not gone through our religious act?”

Na nui rawa tona matewai, a ka karanga ia ki a Ihowa, ka mea, Nau i homai tenei whakaoranga nui ki te ringa o tau pononga, a ka mate nei ahau i te matewai, ka hinga hoki i te ringa o te hunga kokotikore?

19 B ut God broke open a place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned. He received new life. So he called the place En-hakkore. It is in Lehi to this day.

Na ka wahia e te Atua he poka i Rehi, a ka puta mai he wai i reira. Katahi ka inu ia, a hoki ana tona wairua, na kua ora ia. Na reira i huaina ai to reira ingoa, Ko Enehakore: kei Rehi na ano a tae noa ki tenei ra.

20 S amson ruled Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

Na e rua tekau nga tau i whakarite ai ia mo Iharaira i nga ra o nga Pirihitini.