Our Papa Use Samson Save Im People
When dem no let Samson get im wife, e burn di Philistine harvest wit three hundred foxes, and dem burn her and her papa alive. Judah tie am hand am over, but di Spirit of our Papa rush on top am and one jawbone leave one thousand dead. Den, as thirst dey kill am, e cry out.
15 1As time waka small, for di time wey dem dey harvest wheat, Samson carry small goat go visit im wife, e talk say, "Make I go meet my wife for her room." But her papa no gree make e enter.
2Her papa talk say, "I bin tink say na true-true you hate am, so I don give am to your friend. Abi her small sister no fine pass? Take am instead."
3Samson talk give dem say, "Dis time, if I do di Philistine people bad, I no dey guilty for anytin." 4Samson go catch 300 fox, e take torch-light, e join dem tail to tail, e tie one torch for middle of every two tail. 5E light di torch, e release di fox comot go inside di Philistine people dia grain wey stand for farm, e burn di grain wey dem don pack, di grain wey still dey stand, plus di grape farm and di olive farm.
6Di Philistine people ask, “Who do dis tin?” “Na Samson, di Timnite in son-in-law,” dem talk, “because di Timnite collect Samson in wife, give am to im friend.” So dem go up go burn her and her papa with fire.
7Samson talk give dem say, "Since una do like dis, I no go rest until I don pay una back." 8E beat dem well well, e kill plenty of dem, den e go down go stay for di crack of di rock for Etam. 9Di Philistine people go up go camp for Judah, dem spread go attack reach Lehi.
10Di men of Judah ask, "Why una come attack us?" Dem talk say, "We come tie Samson, to do am wetin e do us."
11So 3,000 men of Judah go down go di crack for Etam rock, dem ask Samson, "You no know say na di Philistine people dey rule us? Wetin be dis wey you don do us?" E answer, "Na wetin dem do me, na so I do dem."
12Dem talk say, "We come tie you, come give you to di Philistine people." Samson talk say, "Swear say una sef no go kill me."
13Dem talk say, "We gree. We go only tie you, hand you over—we no go kill you." So dem tie am with two new rope, dem bring am comot from di rock.
14As e reach Lehi, di Philistine people meet am dey shout. Di Spirit of our Papa rush come on top am; di rope for im arm turn be like thread wey fire don burn, di tie wey bind am just melt comot for im hand. 15E see fresh jaw-bone of donkey, e stretch im hand, e grab am, e take am kill 1,000 men. 16Samson talk say, "With di jaw-bone of donkey, heap on top heap; with di jaw-bone of donkey I kill 1,000 men." a a v16 For Hebrew, dis one na word-play: di word for "donkey" and di word for "heap" dey sound di same, so Samson in boast dey ring like "with donkey jaw I make donkey-heaps of dem." 17As e finish to talk, e throw di jaw-bone comot for im hand; and dem name dat place Ramath-lehi. b b v17 Ramath-lehi mean "di height of di jaw-bone" — dem name di place because of di weapon wey Samson throw comot for there.
18Water dey thirst am well well, so e cry to our Papa: "Na you give dis big victory through your servant. Now, I go die of thirst come fall for hand of dis people wey no dey circumcise?"
19So our Papa split open di hollow place for Lehi; water come flow comot. As Samson drink, im spirit come back, e revive. So dem name di spring En-hakkore, e still dey for Lehi reach today. c c v19 En-hakkore mean "di spring of di one wey call" — dem name am because of Samson in cry to im Papa, wey im Papa answer with water. 20Samson judge Israel for twenty years for di days of di Philistine people.
