ΚΡΙΤΑΙ - Giudici - Judges 15

LXX	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 και εγενετο μεθ' ημερας εν ημεραις θερισμου πυρων και επεσκεψατο σαμψων την γυναικα αυτου φερων εριφον αιγων και ειπεν εισελευσομαι προς την γυναικα μου εις τον κοιτωνα και ουκ αφηκεν αυτον ο πατηρ αυτης εισελθειν προς αυτην	1 Then, after some time, when the days of the wheat harvest were near, Samson arrived, intending to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid from the goats. And when he wanted to enter her bedroom, as usual, her father prohibited him, saying:
2 και ειπεν ο πατηρ αυτης ειπας ειπα οτι μισων εμισησας αυτην και εδωκα αυτην τω συνεταιρω σου ουκ ιδου η αδελφη αυτης η νεωτερα κρεισσων αυτης εστιν εστω δη σοι αντι αυτης	2 “I thought that you would hate her, and therefore I gave her to your friend. But she has a sister, who is younger and more beautiful than she is. And she may be a wife for you, instead of her.”
3 και ειπεν αυτω σαμψων αθωος ειμι το απαξ απο των αλλοφυλων οτι εγω ποιω μεθ' υμων κακα	3 And Samson answered him: “From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines. For I will do harm to you all.”
4 και επορευθη σαμψων και συνελαβεν τριακοσιας αλωπεκας και ελαβεν λαμπαδας και συνεδησεν κερκον προς κερκον και εθηκεν λαμπαδα μιαν ανα μεσον των δυο κερκων εν τω μεσω	4 And he went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he joined them tail to tail. And he tied torches between the tails.
5 και εξηψεν πυρ εν ταις λαμπασιν και εξαπεστειλεν εις τα δραγματα των αλλοφυλων και ενεπυρισεν τους σταχυας και τα προτεθερισμενα απο στοιβης και εως εστωτος και εως αμπελωνος και ελαιας	5 And setting these on fire, he released them, so that they might rush from place to place. And immediately they went into the grain fields of the Philistines, setting these on fire, both the grain that was already bound for carrying, and what was still standing on the stalk. These were completely burned up, so much so that the flame also consumed even the vineyards and the olive groves.
6 και ειπαν οι αλλοφυλοι τις εποιησεν ταυτα και ειπαν σαμψων ο γαμβρος του θαμναθαιου οτι ελαβεν την γυναικα αυτου και εδωκεν αυτην τω συνεταιρω αυτου και ανεβησαν οι αλλοφυλοι και ενεπυρισαν την οικιαν του πατρος αυτης και αυτην και τον πατερα αυτης εν πυρι	6 And the Philistines said, “Who has done this thing?” And it was said: “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another. He has done these things.” And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.
7 και ειπεν αυτοις σαμψων εαν ποιησητε ουτως ουκ ευδοκησω αλλα την εκδικησιν μου εξ ενος και εκαστου υμων ποιησομαι	7 And Samson said to them, “Even though you have done this, I will still fulfill vengeance against you, and then I will be quieted.”
8 και επαταξεν αυτους επι μηρον πληγην μεγαλην και κατεβη και κατωκει παρα τω χειμαρρω εν τω σπηλαιω ηταμ	8 And he struck them with a tremendous slaughter, so much so that, out of astonishment, they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And descending, he lived in a cave of the rock at Etam.
9 και ανεβησαν οι αλλοφυλοι και παρενεβαλοσαν επι τον ιουδαν και εξερριφησαν εν λεχι	9 And so the Philistines, ascending into the land of Judah, made camp at the place which was later called Lehi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army spread out.
10 και ειπαν αυτοις πας ανηρ ιουδα ινα τι ανεβητε εφ' ημας και ειπαν οι αλλοφυλοι δησαι τον σαμψων και ποιησαι αυτω ον τροπον εποιησεν ημιν	10 And some from the tribe of Judah said to them, “Why have you ascended against us?” And they responded, “We have come to bind Samson, and to repay him for what he has done to us.”
11 και κατεβησαν τρεις χιλιαδες ανδρων εξ ιουδα επι την οπην της πετρας ηταμ και ειπαν προς σαμψων ουκ οιδας οτι αρχουσιν ημων οι αλλοφυλοι και ινα τι ταυτα εποιησας ημιν και ειπεν αυτοις σαμψων καθως εποιησαν ημιν ουτως εποιησα αυτοις	11 Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam. And they said to Samson: “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why would you want to do this?” And he said to them, “As they have done to me, so I have done to them.”
12 και ειπαν αυτω του δησαι σε κατεβημεν και παραδουναι σε εις χειρας αλλοφυλων και ειπεν αυτοις σαμψων ομοσατε μοι μη αποκτειναι με υμεις και παραδοτε με αυτοις μηποτε απαντησητε υμεις εν εμοι	12 And they said to him, “We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me.”
13 και ωμοσαν αυτω λεγοντες ουχι αλλα δεσμω δησομεν σε και παραδωσομεν σε εις χειρας αυτων θανατω δε ου θανατωσομεν σε και εδησαν αυτον δυο καλωδιοις καινοις και ανηγαγον αυτον εκ της πετρας	13 They said: “We will not kill you. But we will deliver you tied.” And they bound him with two new cords. And they took him from the rock at Etam.
14 και αυτος ηλθεν εως σιαγονος και οι αλλοφυλοι ηλαλαξαν εις απαντησιν αυτου και εδραμον εις συναντησιν αυτου και κατηυθυνεν επ' αυτον πνευμα κυριου και εγενοντο τα καλωδια τα εν τοις βραχιοσιν αυτου ωσει στιππυον ηνικα αν οσφρανθη πυρος και διελυθησαν οι δεσμοι απο των βραχιονων αυτου	14 And when he had arrived at the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines, shouting aloud, had met him, the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him. And just as flax is usually consumed by a hint of fire, so were the ties with which he was bound broken and released.
15 και ευρεν σιαγονα ονου ερριμμενην εν τη οδω και εξετεινεν την χειρα αυτου και ελαβεν αυτην και επαταξεν εν αυτη χιλιους ανδρας	15 And finding a jawbone which was laying there, that is, the jawbone of a donkey, snatching it up, he put to death a thousand men with it.
16 και ειπεν σαμψων εν σιαγονι ονου εξαλειφων εξηλειψα αυτους οτι εν σιαγονι ονου επαταξα χιλιους ανδρας	16 And he said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, with the jaw of the colt of a donkey, I have destroyed them, and I have struck down a thousand men.”
17 και εγενετο ηνικα συνετελεσεν λαλων και ερριψεν την σιαγονα απο της χειρος αυτου και εκαλεσεν τον τοπον εκεινον αναιρεσις σιαγονος	17 And when he had completed these words, singing, he threw the jawbone from his hand. And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi, which is translated as ‘the elevation of the jawbone.’
18 και εδιψησεν σφοδρα και εβοησεν προς κυριον και ειπεν συ εδωκας εν χειρι του δουλου σου την σωτηριαν την μεγαλην ταυτην και νυν αποθανουμαι εν διψει και εμπεσουμαι εν χειρι των απεριτμητων	18 And being very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, and he said: “You have given, to the hand of your servant, this very great salvation and victory. But see that I am dying of thirst, and so I will fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.”
19 και ηνοιξεν ο θεος το τραυμα της σιαγονος και εξηλθεν εξ αυτου υδατα και επιεν και επεστρεψεν το πνευμα αυτου εν αυτω και ανεψυξεν δια τουτο εκληθη το ονομα αυτης πηγη επικλητος σιαγονος εως της ημερας ταυτης	19 And so the Lord opened a large tooth in the jawbone of the donkey, and water went out from it. And having drank it, his spirit was revived, and he recovered his strength. For this reason, the name of that place was called ‘the Spring called forth from the jawbone,’ even to the present day.
20 και εκρινεν τον ισραηλ εν ημεραις αλλοφυλων ετη εικοσι	20 And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, for twenty years.