| 1 ثم ذهب شمشون الى غزّة ورأى هناك امرأة زانية فدخل اليها. | 1 Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her. |
| 2 فقيل للغزّيين قد اتى شمشون الى هنا. فاحاطوا به وكمنوا له الليل كله عند باب المدينة فهدأوا الليل كله قائلين عند ضوء الصباح نقتله. | 2 The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here," and they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, "Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him." |
| 3 فاضطجع شمشون الى نصف الليل ثم قام في نصف الليل واخذ مصراعي باب المدينة والقائمتين وقلعهما مع العارضة ووضعها على كتفيه وصعد بها الى راس الجبل الذي مقابل حبرون | 3 But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is before Hebron. |
| 4 وكان بعد ذلك انه احب امرأة في وادي سورق اسمها دليلة. | 4 After this he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. |
| 5 فصعد اليها اقطاب الفلسطينيين وقالوا لها تملقيه وانظري بماذا قوته العظيمة وبماذا نتمكن منه لكي نوثقه لاذلاله فنعطيك كل واحد الفا ومئة شاقل فضة. | 5 And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, "Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to subdue him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver." |
| 6 فقالت دليلة لشمشون اخبرني بماذا قوتك العظيمة وبماذا توثق لاذلالك. | 6 And Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you." |
| 7 فقال لها شمشون اذا اوثقوني بسبعة اوتار طرية لم تجف اضعف واصير كواحد من الناس. | 7 And Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings which have not been dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man." |
| 8 فاصعد لها اقطاب الفلسطينيين سبعة اوتار طرية لم تجف فاوثقته بها | 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. |
| 9 والكمين لابث عندها في الحجرة. فقالت له الفلسطينيون عليك يا شمشون. فقطع الاوتار كما يقطع فتيل المشاقة اذ شمّ النار ولم تعلم قوته. | 9 Now she had men lying in wait in an inner chamber. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the bowstrings, as a string of tow snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known. |
| 10 فقالت دليلة لشمشون ها قد ختلتني وكلمتني بالكذب. فاخبرني الآن بماذا توثق. | 10 And Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound." |
| 11 فقال لها اذا اوثقوني بحبال جديدة لم تستعمل اضعف واصير كواحد من الناس. | 11 And he said to her, "If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man." |
| 12 فأخذت دليلة حبالا جديدة واوثقته بها وقالت له الفلسطينيون عليك يا شمشون. والكمين لابث في الحجرة. فقطعها عن ذراعيه كخيط. | 12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And the men lying in wait were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread. |
| 13 فقالت دليلة لشمشون حتى الآن ختلتني وكلمتني بالكذب. فاخبرني بماذا توثق. فقال لها اذا ضفرت سبع خصل راسي مع السدى. | 13 And Delilah said to Samson, "Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies; tell me how you might be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and make it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man." |
| 14 فمكنتها بالوتد وقالت له الفلسطينيون عليك يا شمشون. فانتبه من نومه وقلع وتد النسيج والسدى. | 14 So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web. |
| 15 فقالت له كيف تقول احبك وقلبك ليس معي. هوذا ثلاث مرات قد ختلتني ولم تخبرني بماذا قوتك العظيمة. | 15 And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me wherein your great strength lies." |
| 16 ولما كانت تضايقه بكلامها كل يوم والحّت عليه ضاقت نفسه الى الموت | 16 And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death. |
| 17 فكشف لها كل قلبه وقال لها لم يعل موسى راسي لاني نذير الله من بطن امي. فان حلقت تفارقني قوتي واضعف واصير كاحد الناس. | 17 And he told her all his mind, and said to her, "A razor has never come upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I be shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man." |
| 18 ولما رأت دليلة انه قد اخبرها بكل ما بقلبه ارسلت فدعت اقطاب الفلسطينيين وقالت اصعدوا هذه المرة فانه قد كشف لي كل قلبه. فصعد اليها اقطاب الفلسطينيين واصعدوا الفضة بيدهم. | 18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his mind, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up this once, for he has told me all his mind." Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hands. |
| 19 وانامته على ركبتيها ودعت رجلا وحلقت سبع خصل رأسه وابتدأت باذلاله وفارقته قوته. | 19 She made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him. |
| 20 وقالت الفلسطينيون عليك يا شمشون. فانتبه من نومه وقال اخرج حسب كل مرة وانتفض. ولم يعلم ان الرب قد فارقه. | 20 And 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." And he did not know that the LORD had left him. |
| 21 فأخذه الفلسطينيون وقلعوا عينيه ونزلوا به الى غزّة واوثقوه بسلاسل نحاس وكان يطحن في بيت السجن. | 21 And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison. |
| 22 وابتدأ شعر راسه ينبت بعد ان حلق | 22 But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. |
| 23 واما اقطاب الفلسطينيين فاجتمعوا ليذبحوا ذبيحة عظيمة لداجون الههم ويفرحوا وقالوا قد دفع الهنا ليدنا شمشون عدونا. | 23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand." |
| 24 ولما رآه الشعب مجدوا الههم لانهم قالوا قد دفع الهنا ليدنا عدونا الذي خرب ارضنا وكثر قتلانا. | 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has slain many of us." |
| 25 وكان لما طابت قلوبهم انهم قالوا ادعوا شمشون ليلعب لنا. فدعوا شمشون من بيت السجن فلعب امامهم واوقفوه بين الاعمدة. | 25 And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may make sport for us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them. They made him stand between the pillars; |
| 26 فقال شمشون للغلام الماسك بيده دعني المس الاعمدة التي البيت قائم عليها لاستند عليها. | 26 and Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them." |
| 27 وكان البيت مملوءا رجالا ونساء وكان هناك جميع اقطاب الفلسطينيين وعلى السطح نحو ثلاثة آلاف رجل وامرأة ينظرون لعب شمشون. | 27 Now the house was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport. |
| 28 فدعا شمشون الرب وقال يا سيدي الرب اذكرني وشددني يا الله هذه المرة فقط فانتقم نقمة واحدة عن عينيّ من الفلسطينيين. | 28 Then Samson called to 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 avenged upon the Philistines for one of my two eyes." |
| 29 وقبض شمشون على العمودين المتوسطين اللذين كان البيت قائما عليهما واستند عليهما الواحد بيمينه والآخر بيساره. | 29 And Samson grasped the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and he leaned his weight upon them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other. |
| 30 وقال شمشون لتمت نفسي مع الفلسطينيين. وانحنى بقوة فسقط البيت على الاقطاب وعلى كل الشعب الذي فيه فكان الموتى الذين اماتهم في موته اكثر من الذين اماتهم في حياته. | 30 And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he bowed with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain during his life. |
| 31 فنزل اخوته وكل بيت ابيه وحملوه وصعدوا به ودفنوه بين صرعة واشتأول في قبر منوح ابيه. وهو قضى لاسرائيل عشرين سنة | 31 Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshta-ol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years. |
