Knjiga o Sucima 15

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Poslije nekog vremena, o žetvi pšenice, Samson dođe da pohodi svoju ženu, donijevši joj kozle i reče: »Želim ući k svojoj ženi u ložnicu.« Ali mu tast ne dopusti.	1 After some time, in the season of the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife, bringing a kid. But when he said, "Let me be with my wife in private," her father would not let him enter,
2 »Mislio sam«, reče mu on, »da si je zamrzio, pa sam je dao tvome drugu. Ali zar njezina mlađa sestra nije ljepša od nje? Uzmi je namjesto one!«	2 saying, "I thought it certain you wished to repudiate her; so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more beautiful than she; you may have her instead."
3 Samson mu odgovori: »Ovaj put neću biti krivac Filistejcima kad im učinim zlo.«	3 Samson said to them, "This time the Philistines cannot blame me if I harm them."
4 I ode Samson, ulovi tri stotine lisica, uze luči i, okrenuvši rep prema repu, stavi jednu luč među dva repa.	4 So Samson left and caught three hundred foxes. Turning them tail to tail, he tied between each pair of tails one of the torches he had at hand.
5 Tad zapali luči, pusti lisice u filistejska polja i popali im snopove, i nepokošeno žito, i vinograde, i maslinike.	5 He then kindled the torches and set the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines, thus burning both the shocks and the standing grain, and the vineyards and olive orchards as well.
6 Filistejci zapitaše: »Tko je to učinio?« Odgovoriše im: »Samson, Timnjaninov zet, zato što mu tast oduze ženu i dade je njegovu drugu.« Tad Filistejci odoše i spališe onu ženu i njenu obitelj.	6 When the Philistines asked who had done this, they were told, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because his wife was taken and given to his best man." So the Philistines went up and destroyed her and her family by fire.
7 »Kad ste to učinili«, reče im Samson, »neću mirovati dok vam se ne osvetim.«	7 Samson said to them, "If this is how you act, I will not stop until I have taken revenge on you."
8 I sve ih izudara uzduž i poprijeko i žestoko ih porazi. Poslije toga ode u špilju Etamske stijene i ondje se nastani.	8 And with repeated blows, he inflicted a great slaughter on them. Then he went down and remained in a cavern of the cliff of Etam.
9 Tad Filistejci krenuše, utaboriše se u Judi i raširiše do Lehija.	9 The Philistines went up and, from a camp in Judah, deployed against Lehi.
10 »Zašto ste pošli na nas?« – upitaše ih Judejci. A oni im odgovoriše: »Pošli smo da svežemo Samsona i da mu učinimo kako je on učinio nama.«	10 When the men of Judah asked, "Why have you come up against us?" they answered, "To take Samson prisoner; to do to him as he has done to us."
11 Tri tisuće Judejaca odoše tada k špilji Etamske stijene i rekoše Samsonu: »Zar ne znaš da Filistejci nama gospodare? Zašto si nam onda to učinio?« On im odgovori: »Kako oni meni, tako ja njima!« A oni mu rekoše:	11 Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cavern in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are our rulers? Why, then, have you done this to us?" He answered them, "As they have done to me, so have I done to them."
12 »Dođosmo da te svežemo i predamo u ruke Filistejaca.« »Zakunite mi se«, reče im, »da me nećete ubiti.«	12 They said to him, "We have come to take you prisoner, to deliver you over to the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves."
13 »Ne«, odgovoriše mu, »mi ćemo te samo svezati i predati u njihove ruke, ali te zacijelo ne želimo pogubiti.« Onda ga svezaše s dva nova užeta i odvedoše iz špilje.	13 "No," they replied,"we will certainly not kill you but will only bind you and deliver you over to them." So they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the cliff.
14 Kad ga dovedoše u Lehi i kad Filistejci, vičući od radosti, pojuriše na nj, duh Jahvin zahvati ga i užeta na njegovim rukama postadoše kao laneni konci, spaljeni ognjem, i spadoše mu s ruku.	14 When he reached Lehi, and the Philistines came shouting to meet him, the spirit of the LORD came upon him: the ropes around his arms became as flax that is consumed by fire and his bonds melted away from his hands.
15 Spazivši još sirovu magareću čeljust, pruži on ruku, uze onu čeljust i pobi njome tisuću ljudi.	15 Near him was the fresh jawbone of an ass; he reached out, grasped it, and with it killed a thousand men.
16 Tad reče Samson: »Magarećom čeljusti gomile prebih, magarećom čeljusti tisuću pobih.«	16 Then Samson said,
17 Rekavši to, baci čeljust iz ruke. Zato odonda ono mjesto zovu Ramat Lehi.	17 As he finished speaking he threw the jawbone from him; and so that place was named Ramath-lehi.
18 Kako bijaše jako ožednio, zavapi Jahvi govoreći: »Ti si izvojštio ovu veliku pobjedu rukama svoga sluge, a zar sada moram umrijeti od žeđi i pasti u ruke neobrezanima?«	18 Being very thirsty, he cried to the LORD and said, "You have granted this great victory by the hand of your servant. Must I now die of thirst or fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"
19 Tad Jahve rasiječe udubinu što je kod Lehija i voda poteče iz nje. Samson se napi i vrati mu se snaga, oživje mu duh. Zato su onom izvoru dali ime En Hakore, a postoji još i danas u Lehiju.	19 Then God split the cavity in Lehi, and water issued from it, which Samson drank till his spirit returned and he revived. Hence that spring in Lehi is called En-hakkore to this day.
20 Samson bijaše sudac u Izraelu za vrijeme filistejske vladavine dvadeset godina.	20 Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.