< قُضاة 14 >

وَذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ حَيْثُ رَاقَتْهُ فَتَاةٌ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ ١ 1
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
فَرَجَعَ إِلَى وَالِدَيْهِ وَأَخْبَرَهُمَا قَائِلاً: «رَاقَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ فِي تِمْنَةَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فَزَوِّجَانِي مِنْهَا». ٢ 2
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me to wife.
فَقَالَ لَهُ وَالِدَاهُ: «أَلَمْ تَجِدْ بَيْنَ بَنَاتِ أَقْرِبَائِكَ وَفِي قَوْمِنَا فَتَاةً، حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ وَتَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْغُلْفِ؟» فَأَجَابَ شَمْشُونُ أَبَاهُ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْفَتَاةُ الَّتِي رَاقَتْنِي فَزَوِّجْنِي إِيَّاهَا». ٣ 3
Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brothers, or among all my people, that thou go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she pleases me well.
وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْ وَالِدَاهُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الأَمْرَ كَانَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي كَانَ يَلْتَمِسُ عِلَّةً ضِدَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا آنَئِذٍ مُتَسَلِّطِينَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٤ 4
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
فَانْحَدَرَ شَمْشُونُ وَوَالِدَاهُ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا كُرُومَهَا، وَإذَا بِشِبْلِ أَسَدٍ يَتَحَفَّزُ مُزَمْجِراً لِلانْقِضَاضِ عَلَيْهِ، ٥ 5
Then Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And, behold, a young lion roared against him.
فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فَقَبَضَ عَلَى الأَسَدِ وَشَقَّهُ إِلَى نِصْفَيْنِ وَكَأَنَّهُ جَدْيٌ صَغِيرٌ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهُ سِلاحٌ. وَلَمْ يُنْبِئْ وَالِدَيْهِ بِمَا فَعَلَ. ٦ 6
And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he tore him apart as he would have torn a kid, and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
ثُمَّ مَضَى إِلَى الْفَتَاةِ وَخَاطَبَهَا فَازْدَادَ بِها إِعْجَاباً. ٧ 7
And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ شَمْشُونُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ لِيَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْهَا مَالَ لِيُلْقِيَ نَظْرَةً عَلَى جُثَّةِ الأَسَدِ، فَوَجَدَ فِي جَوْفِهَا سَرْباً مِنَ النَّحْلِ وَبَعْضَ الْعَسَلِ، ٨ 8
And after a while he returned to take her. And he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
فَتَنَاوَلَ مِنْهُ قَدْراً عَلَى كَفِّهِ وَمَضَى وَهُوَ يَأْكُلُ. ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى وَالِدَيْهِ فَأَعْطَاهُمَا فَأَكَلا، وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْهُمَا أَنَّهُ اشْتَارَ الْعَسَلَ مِنْ جَوْفِ الأَسْدِ. ٩ 9
And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate, but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
وَذَهَبَ وَالِدُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْعَرُوسِ، فَأَقَامَ شَمْشُونُ هُنَاكَ وَلِيمَةً كَمَا تَقْتَضِي أَعْرَافُ الزَّوَاجِ. ١٠ 10
And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for so the young men used to do.
وَدَعَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ ثَلاثِينَ شَابّاً لِيُنَادِمُوهُ (فِي فَتْرَةِ الاحْتِفَالِ بِزَوَاجِهِ). ١١ 11
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «سَأُلْقِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُحْجِيَّةً، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ حَلَّهَا الصَّحِيحَ فِي سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامِ الْوَلِيمَةِ أُعْطِيكُمْ ثَلاثِينَ قَمِيصاً وَثَلاثِينَ حُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ. ١٢ 12
And Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If ye can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment,
أَمَّا إِنْ عَجَزْتُمْ عَنْهَا فَسَتُعْطُونِي أَنْتُمْ ثَلاثِينَ قَمِيصاً وَثَلاثِينَ حُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ». فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «هَاتِ أُحْجِيَّتَكَ فَنَسْمَعَهَا». ١٣ 13
but if ye cannot declare it to me, then ye shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment. And they said to him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مِنَ الآكِلِ خَرَجَ أُكْلٌ، وَمِنَ الْقَوِيِّ خَرَجَتْ حَلاوَةٌ». وَانْقَضَتْ ثَلاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَجِدُوا لَهَا حَلاً. ١٤ 14
And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.
وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ قَالُوا لِزَوْجَةِ شَمْشُونَ: «تَمَلَّقِي زَوْجَكِ لِيَكْشِفَ لَنَا عَنْ حَلِّ الأُحْجِيَّةِ، لِئَلّا نُضْرِمَ النَّارَ فِيكِ وَفِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ. أَدَعَوْتُمُونَا إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ لِتَسْلِبُونَا؟» ١٥ 15
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye called us to impoverish us? Is it not so?
فَبَكَتِ امْرَأَةُ شَمْشُونَ لَدَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: «أَنْتَ تَمْقُتُنِي وَلا تُحِبُّنِي حَقّاً. فَقَدْ طَرَحْتَ عَلَى بَنِي قَوْمِي أُحْجِيَّةً وَلَمْ تُطْلِعْنِي عَلَى حَلِّهَا». فَقَالَ لَهَا: «هُوَذَا أَبِي وَأُمِّي لَمْ أُطْلِعْهُمَا عَلَى حَلِّهَا، فَلِمَاذَا أُخْبِرُكِ أَنْتِ بِهِ؟» ١٦ 16
And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou do but hate me, and not love me. Thou have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?
فَظَلَّتْ تَبْكِي لَدَيْهِ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامِ الْوَلِيمَةِ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ أَطْلَعَهَا عَلَى الْحَلِّ لِفَرْطِ مَا ضَايَقَتْهُ، فَأَسَرَّتْ بِهِ لِبَنِي قَوْمِهَا. ١٧ 17
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her because she pressed him greatly. And she told the riddle to the sons of her people.
وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِ شَمْسِ الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ قَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ: «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ، وَمَا هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنَ الأَسَدِ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «لَوْلا أَنَّكُمْ حَرَثْتُمْ عَلَى عِجْلَتِي لَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ حَلَّ أُحْجِيِّتِي». ١٨ 18
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye would not have found out my riddle.
وَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فَانْحَدَرَ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ أَشْقَلُونَ وَقَتَلَ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَعْطَاهَا لِلرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ حَلُّوا لُغْزَهُ. وَلَكِنْ، إِذِ احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُهُ مَضَى إِلَى بَيْتِ وَالِدَيْهِ. ١٩ 19
And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment to those who declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
وَمَا لَبِثَتِ امْرَأَةُ شَمْشُونَ أَنْ أَصْبَحَتْ زَوْجَةً لِصَاحِبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ نَدِيماً لَهُ. ٢٠ 20
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

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