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Jdg 15:20 So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:1 ---- written 1050-1000 B.C.----
Jdg 16:1 Yon lè Samson desann lavil Gaza, li wè yon jennès, li antre kay jennès la.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:1 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:2----
Jdg 16:2 Moun lavil Gaza yo vin konnen Samson te la nan lavil la. Yo mache chache l' toupatou, yo pase nwit la ap veye l' bò pòtay lavil la. Yo pa fè bri menm tout nwit la. Yo t'ap di nan kè yo: -N'ap tann solèy leve, lè sa a n'a touye l'.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:2 When it was told to the Gazites, saying, "Samson has come here," they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, "Let us wait until the morning light, then we will kill him."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:3----
Jdg 16:3 Samson rete kouche jouk nan mitan lannwit lan. Lè sa a, li leve, li pran de batan pòtay lavil la, li rache yo ansanm ak tout montan yo ak bwa travès ki te pase dèyè batan yo. Li mete yo sou zepòl li, li pote yo ale sou tèt mòn ki anfas lavil Ebwon an.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:3 Now Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:4----
Jdg 16:4 Aprè sa, Samson tonbe damou pou yon fanm ki te rete nan Ravin Sorèk. Fanm lan te rele Dalila.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:4 After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:5----
Jdg 16:5 Gwo chèf moun Filisti yo al jwenn Dalila, yo di l' konsa: -Pran tèt Samson! Chache konnen sa ki ba li tout fòs sa a, kijan nou ka met men sou li. N'a mare l' anba kòd, n'a rann li san fòs. Lèfini, nou chak n'a ba ou milsan pyès lajan.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:5 The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, "Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:6----
Jdg 16:6 Se konsa, Dalila al di Samson: -Tanpri, di m' sa ki ba ou tout fòs sa a. Manyè di m' kouman yo ta ka mare ou pou kraze kouraj ou.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:6 So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:7----
Jdg 16:7 Samson reponn li: -Si yo mare m' avèk sèt kòd tou nèf ki poko fin cheche m'ap pèdi tout fòs mwen, m'ap tankou nenpòt ki moun.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:7 Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:8----
Jdg 16:8 Chèf moun Filisti yo pote sèt kòd tou nèf ki pa t' ankò fin cheche bay Dalila. Dalila mare Samson avèk kòd yo.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:9----
Jdg 16:9 Li te fè kèk moun kache nan yon lòt chanm, epi li rete konsa, li di: -Samson! Men moun Filisti yo sou ou! Samson kase kòd yo. Moso kòd yo tonbe atè ou ta di fil boule nan dife. Konsa yo pa t' rive konnen sa ki te ba l' tout fòs sa a.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:9 Now she had men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the cords as a string of tow snaps when it touches fire. So his strength was not discovered.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:10----
Jdg 16:10 Dalila di Samson: -Gade jan ou pase m' nan betiz! On ban m' manti! Tanpri, di m' non! Ki jan yo ka mare ou!(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:10 Then Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have deceived me and told me lies; now please tell me how you may be bound."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:11----
Jdg 16:11 Samson di l' konsa: -Si yo mare m' ak kòd tou nèf ki poko janm sèvi pou fè ankenn travay, m'ap pèdi tout fòs mwen, m'ap tankou nenpòt ki moun.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:11 He said to her, "If they bind me tightly with new ropes which have not been used, then I will become weak and be like any other man."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:12----
Jdg 16:12 Dalila pran kèk kòd tou nèf, li mare Samson avèk yo, epi li di: -Samson! Men moun Filisti yo sou ou! Li te mete moun yo kache nan lòt chanm lan. Men, Samson kase kòd ki te mare bra l' yo tankou si se te fil yo te ye.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" For the men were lying in wait in the inner room. But he snapped the ropes from his arms like a thread.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:13----
Jdg 16:13 Dalila di Samson: -W'ap pase m' nan betiz toujou. W'ap ban m' manti. Tanpri, moutre m' kijan yo ka mare ou. Samson di l': -Si ou pran sèt très cheve m' yo ou trese yo ansanm epi ou kenbè yo ak yon gwo peny, m'ap pedi tout fòs mwen, m'ap tankou nenpòt ki moun.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:13 Then Delilah said to Samson, "Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies; tell me how you may be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my hair with the web [and fasten it with a pin, then I will become weak and be like any other man."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:14----
Jdg 16:14 Dalila fè l' dòmi. Li trese sèt très cheve l' yo ansanm, li sere yo byen sere avèk yon gwo peny, epi li rele: -Samson! Men moun Filisti yo sou ou! Samson leve, li rache peny lan, li detrese cheve l' yo.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:14 So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his hair and wove them into the web]. And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:15----
Jdg 16:15 Dalila di l' konsa: -Ou pa bezwen di ou renmen m' menm, paske ou pa sensè avè m'. Sa fè twa fwa ou pase m' nan betiz. Ou pa janm di m' ki bò ou jwenn tout fòs sa a.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:15 Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have deceived me these three times and have not told me where your great strength is."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:16----
Jdg 16:16 Chak jou li rete la nan kò Samson, l'ap plenyen nan tèt li. Samson pa t' kapab ankò, rete pou l' te mouri.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:16 It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:17----
Jdg 16:17 Bout pou bout li ba li sekrè a, li di l' konsa: -Mwen pa janm koupe cheve nan tèt mwen. Se yon nazirit mwen ye, yo mete m' apa pou Bondye depi nan vant manman m'. Si yo koupe tout cheve nan tèt mwen, m'ap pèdi tout fòs mwen, m'ap tankou nenpòt ki moun.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:17 So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, "A razor has never 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 leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:18----
Jdg 16:18 Lè Dalila wè Samson te ba l' sekrè a, li voye rele chèf moun Filisti yo, li di yo: -Fwa sa a, nou mèt vini, paske li ban m' sekrè a. Chèf moun Filisti yo vin jwenn li. Yo tou pote lajan an avèk yo.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all that was in his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all that is in his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hands.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:19----
Jdg 16:19 Dalila fè dòmi pran Samson sou jenou l', li fè rele yon nonm ki koupe sèt très cheve Samson yo ra. Epi li seye fè fòs ak li. Men Samson te pèdi tout fòs li.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:19 She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:20----
Jdg 16:20 Lè sa a, Dalila rele: -Samson! Men moun Filisti yo sou ou! Msye leve, li t'ap di nan kè l' l'ap soti anba kòd yo, l'ap met deyò tankou lòt fwa yo. Men, li pa t' konnen Seyè a pa t' avè l' ankò.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:20 She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:21----
Jdg 16:21 Moun Filisti yo mete men sou li, epi yo pete de grenn je l' yo. Yo mennen l' lavil Gaza, yo mare l' avèk de gwo chenn an asye. Se li menm yo te fè vire gwo wòl moulen prizon an.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:21 Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:22----
Jdg 16:22 Men, cheve l' te konmanse pouse ankò.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:23----
Jdg 16:23 Aprè sa, yon jou, chèf moun Filisti yo te reyini pou fè yon gwo sèvis pou Dagon, bondye yo a. Yo t'ap fè fèt. Yo t'ap di: -Bondye nou an lage Samson, lènmi nou an, nan men nou.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:23 Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands."(NASB-1995)

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Jdg 16:24 Lè pèp la te wè Samson, yo t'ap fè lwanj pou bondye yo a. Yo t'ap di: -Bondye nou an fè nou mete men sou Samson lènmi nou an ki t'ap devaste peyi a, ki t'ap touye tout moun sa yo nan mitan nou.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hands, Even the destroyer of our country, Who has slain many of us."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:25----
Jdg 16:25 Kè tout moun te kontan. Yo di konsa: -Fè chache Samson pou n' ka pran plezi nou ak li. Y' al chache Samson nan prizon an, yo mennen l' devan yo pou yo te ka pran plezi yo avè l'. Yo mete msye nan mitan de gwo poto.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:25 It so happened when they were in high spirits, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may amuse us." So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them. And they made him stand between the pillars.(NASB-1995)

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Jdg 16:26 Samson di ti bway ki te kenbe men l' lan: -Mennen m' bò de gwo poto ki kenbe tout tanp lan. Mete men m' sou yo pou m' ka fè yon ti apiye.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:26 Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:27----
Jdg 16:27 Tanp lan te plen moun, fanm kou gason. Tout chèf moun Filisti yo te la. Te gen twamil moun konsa, fanm kou gason, anwo twati a ki t'ap gade Samson, ki t'ap pran plezi yo ak li.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:27 Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And about 3,000 men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was amusing them.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:28----
Jdg 16:28 Lè sa a, Samson lapriyè nan pye Bondye, li di: -O Bondye Seyè! Tanpri, chonje m' non jòdi a! Tanpri, Bondye, ban m' fòs ankò pou yon dènye fwa, pou m' ka fè moun Filisti yo peye yon grenn kou pou de je m' yo pete a.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:28 Then Samson called to the Lord and said, "O Lord God, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."(NASB-1995)

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Jdg 16:29 Epi Samson mete men l' sou de gwo poto mitan ki te kenbe tout tanp lan. Li apiye yon men l' sou chak.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:29 Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:30----
Jdg 16:30 Epi li di: -M' te mèt mouri ansanm ak moun Filisti yo. Li pouse ak tout fòs li sou poto yo, epi tanp lan tonbe sou tout chèf yo ak sou tout moun ki te la yo. Jou li mouri a, li te touye plis moun pase kantite moun li te touye pandan lavi li.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:30 And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he bent with all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 16:31----
Jdg 16:31 Frè l' yo ansanm ak tout fanmi l' yo desann vin pran kadav la. Yo pote l' tounen lakay yo, yo antere l' nan kavo Manoak, papa li, ant lavil Soreja ak lavil Echtawòl. Li te pase ventan ap gouvènen moun pèp Izrayèl la.(Creole-HT)
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Jdg 16:31 Then his brothers and all his father's household came down, took him, brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. Thus he had judged Israel twenty years.(NASB-1995)

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---- Judges 17:1 ---- written 1050-1000 B.C.----


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