Giudici 16

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Sansone andò a Gaza e vedutavi una donna di cattiva vita andò da lei.	1 He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
2 Or quando i Filistei seppero la cosa e si propalò fra loro che Sansone era entrato nella città, lo circondarono, e poste guardie alla porta della città, ve lo aspettarono tutta la notte in silenzio, per ucciderlo la mattina, quando se ne andasse.	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 Ma Sansone, svegliatosi a mezzanotte, si levò, e presi i due battenti della porta coi loro stipiti e la sbarra, se li mise sulle spalle e li portò sulla cima del monte che guarda Ebron. Le insidie di Dalila	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 Prese poi ad amare una donna che abitava nella valle di Sorec e si chiamava Dalila.	4 After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
5 I principi dei Filistei, andati da lei, le dissero: « Guarda se con inganno gli fai dire da che gli venga tanta forza e che sia necessario fare per impadronirsi di lui, legarlo e punirlo: se l'otterrai, ti daremo mille e cento monete d'argento per ciascuno ».	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 disse a Sansone: « Mi faresti il piacere di dirmi in che consista la tua grandissima forza e con che dovrebbero legarti per non farti scappare? »	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 Sansone le rispose: « Se io fossi legato con sette corde fatte di nervi freschi e ancora umidi, diventerei impotente come gli altri uomini ».	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 E avendole i principi dei Filistei portate sette corde come egli aveva detto, essa lo legò,	8 And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
9 e, posta gente in agguato ad aspettare nella camera l'esito dell'affare, gli gridò: « Sansone, i Filistei ti sono addosso! » Ed egli ruppe le corde come un filo torto con avanzi di stoppa quando ha sentito il fuoco, e nessuno seppe in che consistesse la sua forza.	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 Allora Dalila gli disse: « Ecco, ti prendi gioco di me e mi dici bugie, dimmelo almeno ora con che dovresti esser legato ».	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 Sansone le rispose: « Se fossi legato con funi nuove, non mai adoperate, resterei impotente come gli altri uomini ».	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 E Dalila, dopo averlo legato con queste, ed aver preparate le insidie nella camera, gridò: « Sansone, i Filistei ti sono addosso! » Ma egli ruppe le corde come fili di tela.	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 E Dalila gli disse: « Fino a quando m'ingannerai colle tue bugie? Dimmi con che dovresti esser legato ». E Sansone le rispose: « Se tessi le sette trecce della mia testa, e, avvoltele intorno ad un chiodo le fissi in terra, io sarò impotente ».	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 Dopo averlo fatto, Dalila gli disse: « Sansone, i Filistei ti sono addosso! » Ma egli, svegliatosi, sconficcò il chiodo coi capelli e col liccio.	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 Allora Dalila gli disse: « Come fai a dire di volermi bene, se il tuo cuore non è con me? Tre volte mi hai mentito, per non volermi dire in che consista la tua grandissima forza! »	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 E siccome, standogli sempre intorno, l'aveva tormentato per molti giorni, senza dargli pace, essendogli venuto meno l'animo, annoiato a morte,	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 scoprì come stava la cosa e disse: « Il rasoio non è mai passato sulla mia testa: io son nazareo, consacrato a Dio dal seno di mia madre; tosato che fosse il mio capo, se ne andrebbe la mia forza, e diventerei impotente come tutti gli altri uomini ».	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, vedendo che le aveva aperto tutto il suo cuore, mandò a chiamare i principi dei Filistei, facendo dir loro: « Questa volta venite pure, perchè finalmente egli mi ha aperto il suo cuore ». Ed essi salirono, portando seco il danaro promesso.	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 Dalila io fece addormentare sulle sue ginocchia col capo nel suo seno, e fe' chiamare un parrucchiere che gli tosò le sette trecce. Dopo averlo respinto e cacciato da sè, perchè la forza di lui se n'era subito andata,	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 disse: « Sansone, i Filistei ti sono addosso ». Egli, svegliatosi, disse dentro di sè: « Ne uscirò come per l'addietro e mi distrigherò »; ma non sapeva che il Signore s'era ritirato da lui.	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 Allora i Filistei lo presero, e cavatigli subito gli occhi, lo menarono incatenato a Gaza, ove lo chiusero in prigione e gli fecero girare la macina.	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 Ma già cominciavano a rinascere i suoi capelli,	22 And now his hair began to grow back.
23 quando i Filistei si radunarono per offrire sacrifizi solenni a Dagon loro dio, a banchettare e a dire: « Il nostro dio ha dato nello nostre mani il nostro nemico Sansone! »	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 E anche il popolo, avendolo visto, dava lodi al suo dio e ripeteva: « Il nostro dio ci ha dato nelle mani il nostro avversario che devastò il nostro paese e uccise tanta gente! »	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 Or quando nell'allegro convito ebbero ben mangiato, ordinarono che fosse chiamato Sansone a divertirli. Sansone, fatto uscire dalla prigione, si mise a far giochi davanti a loro. Siccome lo facevan stare in piedi fra due colonne,	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 egli disse al fanciullo che lo teneva per mano: « Lasciami toccare le colonne sulle quali poggia tutta la casa, che mi appoggi ad esse per riposarmi un tantino ».	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 era piena di uomini e di donne: vi erano tutti i principi dei Filistei e circa tre mila persone dell'uno e dell'altro sesso, i quali dal tetto e dal terrazzo stavano a guardare Sansone che ballava.	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 Ma Sansone invocò il Signore e disse: « Signore Dio, ricordati di me, e rendimi in quest'ora la mia forza d'una volta; o mio Dio, che possa vendicarmi dei miei nemici, e possa prendere almeno una vendetta per i miei occhi perduti! »	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 Prese poi le due colonne sulle quali poggiava la casa, e, tenendone una colla destra e l'altra colla sinistra,	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 esclamò: « Muoia Sansone coi Filistei! » Data una forte scossa alle colonne, fece rovinare la casa addosso a tutti i principi e a tutto il popolo che vi si trovava: così egli ne uccise più morendo che in tutta la vita.	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 I suoi fratelli e tutta la sua parentela andarono a prendere il suo corpo e lo seppellirono tra Saraa ed Estaol, nel sepolcro di Manne, suo padre. Egli aveva giudicato Israele per vent'anni.	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.