اَلْقُضَاة 16
| ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَرَأَى هُنَاكَ ٱمْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا. | ١ 1 |
He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman a harlot, and went in unto her.
| فَقِيلَ لِلْغَزِّيِّينَ: «قَدْ أَتَى شَمْشُونُ إِلَى هُنَا». فَأَحَاطُوا بِهِ وَكَمَنُوا لَهُ ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ بَابِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. فَهَدَأُوا ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ قَائِلِينَ: «عِنْدَ ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ نَقْتُلُهُ». | ٢ 2 |
And when the Philistines had beard this, and it was noised about among them, that Samson was come into the city, they surrounded him, setting guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all the night in silence, that in the morning they might kill him as he went out.
| فَٱضْطَجَعَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَأَخَذَ مِصْرَاعَيْ بَابِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَٱلْقَائِمَتَيْنِ وَقَلَعَهُمَا مَعَ ٱلْعَارِضَةِ، وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ وَصَعِدَ بِهَا إِلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْجَبَلِ ٱلَّذِي مُقَابِلَ حَبْرُونَ. | ٣ 3 |
But Samson slept till midnight, and then rising he took both the doors of the gate, with the posts thereof, and the bolt, and laying them on his shoulders, carried them up to the top of the hill, which looketh towards Hebron.
| وَكَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ أَحَبَّ ٱمْرَأَةً فِي وَادِي سُورَقَ ٱسْمُهَا دَلِيلَةُ. | ٤ 4 |
After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Dalila.
| فَصَعِدَ إِلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «تَمَلَّقِيهِ وَٱنْظُرِي بِمَاذَا قُوَّتُهُ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ، وَبِمَاذَا نَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْهُ لِكَيْ نُوثِقَهُ لِإِذْلَالِهِ، فَنُعْطِيَكِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَلْفًا وَمِئَةَ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ». | ٥ 5 |
And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا قُوَّتُكَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ؟ وَبِمَاذَا تُوثَقُ لِإِذْلَالِكَ؟» | ٦ 6 |
And Dalila said to Samson: Tell me, I beseech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and what it is wherewith if thou wert bound thou couldst not break loose.
| فَقَالَ لَهَا شَمْشُونُ: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِسَبْعَةِ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ، أَضْعُفُ وَأَصِيرُ كَوَاحِدٍ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ». | ٧ 7 |
And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.
| فَأَصْعَدَ لَهَا أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَةَ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ، فَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِهَا، | ٨ 8 |
And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such is he spoke of, with which she bound him;
| وَٱلْكَمِينُ لَابِثٌ عِنْدَهَا فِي ٱلْحُجْرَةِ. فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». فَقَطَعَ ٱلْأَوْتَارَ كَمَا يُقْطَعُ فَتِيلُ ٱلْمَشَاقَةِ إِذَا شَمَّ ٱلنَّارَ، وَلَمْ تُعْلَمْ قُوَّتُهُ. | ٩ 9 |
Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength Jay.
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «هَا قَدْ خَتَلْتَنِي وَكَلَّمْتَنِي بِٱلْكَذِبِ، فَأَخْبِرْنِيَ ٱلْآنَ بِمَاذَا تُوثَقُ؟». | ١٠ 10 |
And Dalila said to him: Behold thou hast mocked me, and hast told me a false thing: but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound.
| فَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِحِبَالٍ جَدِيدَةٍ لَمْ تُسْتَعْمَلْ، أَضْعُفُ وَأَصِيرُ كَوَاحِدٍ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ». | ١١ 11 |
And he answered her: If I shall be bound with new ropes, that were never in work, I shall be weak and like other men.
| فَأَخَذَتْ دَلِيلَةُ حِبَالًا جَدِيدَةً وَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِهَا، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ، وَٱلْكَمِينُ لَابِثٌ فِي ٱلْحُجْرَةِ». فَقَطَعَهَا عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَخَيْطٍ. | ١٢ 12 |
Dalila bound him again with these, and cried out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson, there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber. But he broke the bands like threads of webs.
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «حَتَّى ٱلْآنَ خَتَلْتَنِي وَكَلَّمْتَنِي بِٱلْكَذِبِ، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا تُوثَقُ؟». فَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِذَا ضَفَرْتِ سَبْعَ خُصَلِ رَأْسِي مَعَ ٱلسَّدَى» | ١٣ 13 |
And Dalila said to him again: How long dost thou deceive me, and tell me lies? Shew me wherewith thou mayest be bound. And Samson answered her: If thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace, and tying them round about a nail fastenest it in the ground, I shall be weak.
| فَمَكَّنَتْهَا بِٱلْوَتَدِ. وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». فَٱنْتَبَهَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَقَلَعَ وَتَدَ ٱلنَّسِيجِ وَٱلسَّدَى. | ١٤ 14 |
And when Dalila had done this, she said to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking out of his sleep he drew out the nail with the hairs and the lace.
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ تَقُولُ أُحِبُّكِ، وَقَلْبُكَ لَيْسَ مَعِي؟ هُوَذَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَدْ خَتَلْتَنِي وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا قُوَّتُكَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ». | ١٥ 15 |
And Dalila said to him: How dost thou say thou lovest me, when thy mind is not with me? Thou hast told me lies these three times, and wouldst not tell me wherein thy great strength lieth.
| وَلَمَّا كَانَتْ تُضَايِقُهُ بِكَلَامِهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَأَلَحَّتْ عَلَيْهِ، ضَاقَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، | ١٦ 16 |
And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even until death.
| فَكَشَفَ لَهَا كُلَّ قَلْبِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهَا: «لَمْ يَعْلُ مُوسَى رَأْسِي لِأَنِّي نَذِيرُ ٱللهِ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي، فَإِنْ حُلِقْتُ تُفَارِقُنِي قُوَّتِي وَأَضْعُفُ وَأَصِيرُ كَأَحَدِ ٱلنَّاسِ». | ١٧ 17 |
Then opening the truth of the thing, he said to her: The razor hath never come upon my head, for I am a Nazarite, that is to say, consecrated to God from my mother’s womb: if my head be shaven, my strength shall depart from me, and I shall become weak, and shall be like other men.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ دَلِيلَةُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَخْبَرَهَا بِكُلِّ مَا بِقَلْبِهِ، أَرْسَلَتْ فَدَعَتْ أَقْطَابَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالَتِ: «ٱصْعَدُوا هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كَشَفَ لِي كُلَّ قَلْبِهِ». فَصَعِدَ إِلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَأَصْعَدُوا ٱلْفِضَّةَ بِيَدِهِمْ. | ١٨ 18 |
Then seeing that be had discovered to her all his mind, she sent to the princes of the Philistines, saying: Come up this once more, for now he hath opened his heart to me. And they went up taking with them the money which they had promised.
| وَأَنَامَتْهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهَا وَدَعَتْ رَجُلًا وَحَلَقَتْ سَبْعَ خُصَلِ رَأْسِهِ، وَٱبْتَدَأَتْ بِإِذْلَالِهِ، وَفَارَقَتْهُ قُوَّتُهُ. | ١٩ 19 |
But she made him sleep upon her knees, and lay his head in her bosom. And she called a barber, and shaved his seven locks, and began to drive him away, and thrust him from her: for immediately his strength departed from him.
| وَقَالَتِ: «ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». فَٱنْتَبَهَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَخْرُجُ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَأَنْتَفِضُ». وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ فَارَقَهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
And she said: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind: I will go out as I did before, and shake myself, not knowing that the Lord was departed from him.
| فَأَخَذَهُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَقَلَعُوا عَيْنَيْهِ، وَنَزَلُوا بِهِ إِلَى غَزَّةَ وَأَوْثَقُوهُ بِسَلَاسِلِ نُحَاسٍ. وَكَانَ يَطْحَنُ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلسِّجْنِ. | ٢١ 21 |
Then the Philistines seized upon him, and forthwith pulled out his eyes, and led him bound in chains to Gaza, and shutting him up in prison made him grind.
| وَٱبْتَدَأَ شَعْرُ رَأْسِهِ يَنْبُتُ بَعْدَ أَنْ حُلِقَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
And now his hair began to grow again.
| وَأَمَّا أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فَٱجْتَمَعُوا لِيَذْبَحُوا ذَبِيحَةً عَظِيمَةً لِدَاجُونَ إِلَهِهِمْ وَيَفْرَحُوا، وَقَالُوا: «قَدْ دَفَعَ إِلَهُنَا لِيَدِنَا شَمْشُونَ عَدُوَّنَا». | ٢٣ 23 |
And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god, and to make merry, saying: Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands.
| وَلَمَّا رَآهُ ٱلشَّعْبُ مَجَّدُوا إِلَهَهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «قَدْ دَفَعَ إِلَهُنَا لِيَدِنَا عَدُوَّنَا ٱلَّذِي خَرَّبَ أَرْضَنَا وَكَثَّرَ قَتْلَانَا». | ٢٤ 24 |
And the people also seeing this, praised their god, and said the same: Our god hath delivered our adversary into our bands, him that destroyed our country and killed very many.
| وَكَانَ لَمَّا طَابَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «ٱدْعُوا شَمْشُونَ لِيَلْعَبَ لَنَا». فَدَعَوْا شَمْشُونَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلسِّجْنِ، فَلَعِبَ أَمَامَهُمْ. وَأَوْقَفُوهُ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَعْمِدَةِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And rejoicing in their feasts, when they had now taken their good cheer, they commanded that Samson should be called, and should play before them. And being brought out of prison he played before them, and they made him stand between two pillars.
| فَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ لِلْغُلَامِ ٱلْمَاسِكِ بِيَدِهِ: «دَعْنِي أَلْمِسِ ٱلْأَعْمِدَةَ ٱلَّتِي ٱلْبَيْتُ قَائِمٌ عَلَيْهَا لِأَسْتَنِدَ عَلَيْهَا». | ٢٦ 26 |
And he said to the lad that guided his steps: Suffer me to touch the pillars which support the whole house, and let me lean upon them, and rest a little.
| وَكَانَ ٱلْبَيْتُ مَمْلُوءًا رِجَالًا وَنِسَاءً، وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ جَمِيعُ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَعَلَى ٱلسَّطْحِ نَحْوُ ثَلَاثَةِ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ وَٱمْرَأَةٍ يَنْظُرُونَ لِعْبَ شَمْشُونَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Now the house was full of men and women, and all the princes of the Philistines were there. Moreover about three thousand persons of both sexes from the roof and the higher part of the house, were beholding Samson’s play.
| فَدَعَا شَمْشُونُ ٱلرَّبَّ وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلرَّبَّ، ٱذْكُرْنِي وَشَدِّدْنِي يَا ٱللهُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ، فَأَنْتَقِمَ نَقْمَةً وَاحِدَةً عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ مِنَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». | ٢٨ 28 |
But he called upon the Lord, saying: O Lord God, remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, that I may revenge myself on my enemies, and for the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge.
| وَقَبَضَ شَمْشُونُ عَلَى ٱلْعَمُودَيْنِ ٱلْمُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ ٱللَّذَيْنِ كَانَ ٱلْبَيْتُ قَائِمًا عَلَيْهِمَا، وَٱسْتَنَدَ عَلَيْهِمَا ٱلْوَاحِدِ بِيَمِينِهِ وَٱلْآخَرِ بِيَسَارِهِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
And laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and the other with his left,
| وَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ: «لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». وَٱنْحَنَى بِقُوَّةٍ فَسَقَطَ ٱلْبَيْتُ عَلَى ٱلْأَقْطَابِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ، فَكَانَ ٱلْمَوْتَى ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَاتَهُمْ فِي مَوْتِهِ، أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَاتَهُمْ فِي حَيَاتِهِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude that was there: and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life.
| فَنَزَلَ إِخْوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ وَحَمَلُوهُ وَصَعِدُوا بِهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ، فِي قَبْرِ مَنُوحَ أَبِيهِ. وَهُوَ قَضَى لِإِسْرَائِيلَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ٣١ 31 |
And his brethren and all his kindred, going down took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol in the buryingplace of his father Manue: and he judged Israel twenty years.
