Jueces 16

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1 De allí Sansón se dirigió a Gaza, vio allí una meretriz y entró donde ella.	1 He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
2 Se dio aviso a los hombres de Gaza: «Ha venido Sansón». Ellos le rodearon y le estuvieron acechando a la puerta de la ciudad. Estuvieron quietos toda la noche pensando: «Esperemos hasta que despunte el día y lo mataremos».	2 And when the Philistines had heard of this, and it had become well known among them, that Samson had entered the city, they surrounded him, placing guards at the gate of the city. And there they were keeping watch all night in silence, so that, in the morning, they might kill him as he was going out.
3 Sansón estuvo durmiendo hasta media noche; y a media noche se levantó, cogió las hojas de la puerta de la ciudad con sus dos jambas, las arrancó junto con la barra, se las cargó a la espalda, y las subió hasta la cumbre del monte que está frente a Hebrón.	3 But Samson slept until the middle of the night, and rising up from there, he took both doors from the gate, with their posts and bars. And laying them upon his shoulders, he carried them to the top of the hill that looks toward Hebron.
4 Después de esto, se enamoró de una mujer de la vaguada de Soreq, que se llamaba Dalila.	4 After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
5 Los tiranos de los filisteos subieron donde ella y le dijeron: «Sonsácale y entérate de dónde le viene esa fuerza tan enorme, y cómo podríamos dominarlo para amarrarlo y tenerlo sujeto. Nosotros te daremos cada uno 1.100 siclos de plata».	5 And the leaders of the Philistines went to her, and they said: “Deceive him, and learn from him wherein lies his great strength, and how we may be able to overcome him and to impose restraints on him. And if you will do this, each one of us will give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.”
6 Dalila dijo a Sansón: «Dime, por favor, ¿de dónde te viene esa fuerza tan grande y con qué habría que atarte para tenerte sujeto?»	6 Therefore, Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, I beg you, wherein lies your very great strength, and with what might you be bound, so that you could not break free?”
7 Sansón le respondió: «Si me amarraran con siete cuerdas de arco todavía frescas, sin dejarlas secar, me debilitaría y sería como un hombre cualquiera».	7 And Samson answered her, “If I will be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still damp, I will be weak like other men.”
8 Los tiranos de los filisteos llevaron a Dalila siete cuerdas de arco frescas, sin secar aún, y lo amarró con ellas.	8 And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
9 Tenía ella hombres apostados en la alcoba y le gritó: «Los filisteos contra ti, Sansón». El rompió las cuerdas de arco como se rompe el hilo de estopa en cuanto siente el fuego. Así no se descubrió el secreto de la fuerza.	9 And so, those hiding in ambush with her, in the bedroom, were expecting the end of the matter. And she cried out to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he broke the cords, as one would break a thread of flax, twisted for cutting and singed by fire. And so it was not known wherein lay his strength.
10 Entonces Dalila dijo a Sansón: «Te has reído de mí y me has dicho mentiras; dime pues, por favor, con qué habría que atarte».	10 And Delilah said to him: “Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken a falsehood. But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”
11 El le respondió: «Si me amarraran bien con cordeles nuevos sin usar, me debilitaría y sería como un hombre cualquiera».	11 And he answered her, “If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men.”
12 Dalila cogió unos cordeles nuevos, lo amarró con ellos y le gritó: «Los filisteos contra ti, Sansón». Tenía ella hombres apostados en la alcoba, pero él rompió los cordeles de sus brazos como un hilo.	12 Again, Delilah tied him with these, and she cried out, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom. But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web.
13 Entonces Dalila dijo a Sansón: «Hasta ahora te has estado burlando de mi y no me has dicho más que mentiras. Dime con qué habría de amarrarte». El le respondió: «Si tejieras las siete trenzas de mi cabellera con la trama y las clavaras con la clavija del tejedor, me debilitaría y sería como un hombre cualquiera».	13 And Delilah spoke to him again: “How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods? Reveal with what you ought to be bound.” And Samson responded to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom, and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground, I will be weak.”
14 Ella le hizo dormir, tejió luego las siete trenzas de su cabellera con la trama, las clavó con la clavija y le gritó: «Los filisteos contra ti, Sansón». El se despertó de su sueño y arrancó la trama y la clavija. Así no se descubrió el secreto de su fuerza.	14 And when Delilah had done this, she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And arising from sleep, he withdrew the spike with the hairs and the weaving.
15 Dalila le dijo: «¿Cómo puedes decir: “Te amo “, si tu corazón no está conmigo? Tres veces te has reído ya de mí y no me has dicho en qué consiste esa fuerza tan grande».	15 And Delilah said to him: “How can you say that you love me, when your soul is not with me? You have lied to me on three occasions, and you are not willing to reveal wherein lies your very great strength.”
16 Como todos los días le asediaba con sus palabras y le importunaba, aburrido de la vida,	16 And when she had been very troublesome to him, and over many days had continually stayed nearby, giving him no time to rest, his soul was faint, and he was weary, even unto death.
17 le abrió todo su corazón y le dijo: «La navaja no ha pasado jamás por mi cabeza, porque soy nazir de Dios desde el vientre de mi madre. Si me rasuraran, mi fuerza se retiraría de mí, me debilitaría y sería como un hombre cualquiera».	17 Then disclosing the truth of the matter, he said to her: “Iron has never been drawn across my head, for I am a Nazirite, that is, I have been consecrated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head will be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I will be faint and will be like other men.”
18 Dalila comprendió entonces que le había abierto todo su corazón, mandó llamar a los tiranos de los filisteos y les dijo: «Venid esta vez, pues me ha abierto todo su corazón». Y los tiranos de los filisteos vinieron donde ella con el dinero en la mano.	18 Then, seeing that he had confessed to her his whole soul, she sent to the leaders of the Philistines and ordered: “Come up just once more. For now he has opened his heart to me.” And they went up, taking with them the money that they had promised.
19 Ella hizo dormir a Sansón sobre sus rodillas y llamó a un hombre que le cortó las siete trenzas de su cabeza. Entonces ella comenzó a humillarlo, y se retiró de él su vigor.	19 But she made him sleep upon her knees, and recline his head upon her bosom. And she called a barber, and he shaved his seven locks of hair. And she began to push him away, and to repel him from herself. For immediately his strength departed from him.
20 Ella gritó: «Los filisteos contra ti, Sansón». El se despertó de su sueño y se dijo: «Saldré como las otras veces y me desembarazaré». No sabía que Yahveh se había apartado de él.	20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind, “I will break away and shake myself free, just as I did before.” For he did not know that the Lord had withdrawn from him.
21 Los filisteos le echaron mano, le sacaron los ojos, y lo bajaron a Gaza. Allí lo ataron con una doble cadena de bronce y daba vueltas a la muela en la cárcel.	21 And when the Philistines had seized him, they immediately plucked out his eyes. And they led him, bound in chains, to Gaza. And enclosing him in a prison, they made him work a millstone.
22 Pero el pelo de su cabeza, nada más rapado, empezó a crecer.	22 And now his hair began to grow back.
23 Los tiranos de los filisteos se reunieron para ofrecer un gran sacrificio a su dios Dagón y hacer gran fiesta. Decían: «Nuestro dios ha puesto en nuestras manos a Sansón nuestro enemigo».	23 And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god. And they feasted, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.”
24 En cuanto lo vio la gente, alababa a su dios diciendo: «Nuestro dios ha puesto en nuestras manos a Sansón nuestro enemigo, al que devastaba nuestro país y multiplicaba nuestras víctimas».	24 Then, too, the people, seeing this, praised their god, and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands: the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”
25 Y como su corazón estaba alegre, dijeron: «Llamad a Sansón para que nos divierta». Trajeron, pues, a Sansón de la cárcel, y él les estuvo divirtiendo; luego lo pusieron de pie entre las columnas.	25 And rejoicing in their celebration, having now taken food, they instructed that Samson be called, and that he be mocked before them. And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them. And they caused him to stand between two pillars.
26 Sansón dijo entonces al muchacho que lo llevaba de la mano: «Ponme donde pueda tocar las columnas en las que descansa la casa para que me apoye en ellas».	26 And he said to the boy who was guiding his steps, “Permit me to touch the pillars, which support the entire house, and to lean against them, so that I may rest a little.”
27 La casa estaba llena de hombres y mujeres. Estaban dentro todos los tiranos de los filisteos y, en el terrado, unos 3.000 hombres y mujeres comtemplando los juegos de Sansón.	27 Now the house was full of men and women. And all the leaders of the Philistines were there, as well as about three thousand persons, of both sexes, on the roof and in the upper level of the house, who were watching Samson being mocked.
28 Sansón invocó a Yahveh y exclamó: «Señor Yahveh, dígnate acordarte de mí, hazme fuerte nada más que esta vez, oh Dios, para que de un golpe me vengue de los filisteos por mis dos ojos».	28 Then, calling upon the Lord, he said, “O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, so that I may avenge myself against my enemies, and so that I may receive one vengeance for the deprivation of my two eyes.”
29 Y Sansón palpó las dos columnas centrales sobre las que descansaba la casa, se apoyó contra ellas, en una con su brazo derecho, en la otra con el izquierdo,	29 And taking hold of both the pillars, on which the house rested, and holding one with his right hand and the other with his left,
30 y gritó: «¡Muera yo con los filisteos!» Apretó con todas sus fuerzas y la casa se derrumbó sobre los tiranos y sobre toda la gente allí reunida. Los muertos que mató al morir fueron más que los que había matado en vida.	30 he said, “May my life die with the Philistines.” And when he had shaken the pillars strongly, the house fell upon all the leaders, and the rest of the multitude who were there. And he killed many more in his death than he had killed before in his life.
31 Sus hermanos y toda la casa de su padre bajaron y se lo llevaron. Lo subieron y sepultaron entre Sorá y Estaol, en el sepulcro de su padre Manóaj. Había juzgado a Israel por espacio de veinte años.	31 Then his brothers and all his relatives, going down, took his body, and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of his father, Manoah. And he judged Israel for twenty years.