قُضاة 16
| وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ حَيْثُ الْتَقَى بِامْرَأَةٍ عَاهِرَةٍ فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا. | ١ 1 |
And Samson went from there to Gaza, and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
| فَقِيلَ لأَهْلِ غَزَّةَ: «قَدْ جَاءَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى هُنَا». فَحَاصَرُوا الْمَنْزِلَ وَكَمَنُوا لَهُ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاعْتَصَمُوا بِالْهُدُوءِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ قَائِلِينَ: «عِنْدَ بُزُوغِ الصَّبَاحِ نَقْتُلُهُ». | ٢ 2 |
And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, "Samson is here." They surrounded him, and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all night, saying, "Wait until morning light, then we will kill him."
| وَظَلَّ شَمْشُونُ رَاقِداً حَتَّى مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ هَبَّ وَخَلَعَ مِصْرَاعَيْ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِقَائِمَتَيْهَا وَقُفْلِهَا، وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ وَصَعِدَ بِها إِلَى قِمَّةِ الْجَبَلِ مُقَابِلَ حَبْرُونَ. | ٣ 3 |
Now Samson rested until midnight, but got up at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is overlooking Hebron, and set them down there.
| وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَقَعَ شَمْشُونُ فِي حُبِّ امْرَأَةٍ فِي وَادِي سُورَقَ اسْمُهَا دَلِيلَةُ، | ٤ 4 |
It came to pass afterward, that he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
| فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «تَمَلَّقِي شَمْشُونَ إِلَى أَنْ تَكْتَشِفِي مِنْهُ سِرَّ قُوَّتِهِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَتَغَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ وَنُوْثِقَهُ فَنُذِلَّهُ فَيُكَافِئَكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بِأَلْفٍ وَمِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً)». | ٥ 5 |
The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, "Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَخْبِرْنِي مَا هُوَ سِرُّ قُوَّتِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ وَكَيْفَ يَتَسَنَّى تَقْيِيدُكَ وَإِذْلالُكَ» | ٦ 6 |
Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you can be bound and subdued."
| فَأَجَابَهَا شَمْشُونُ: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِسَبْعَةِ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ بَعْدُ، أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». | ٧ 7 |
Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man."
| فَأَحْضَرَ لَهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَةَ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ بَعْدُ، فَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِها. | ٨ 8 |
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
| وَكَانَ الْكَمِينُ مُتَرَبِّصاً بِهِ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». فَقَطَعَ الأَوْتَارَ وَكَأَنَّهَا خُيُوطٌ شَيَّطَتْهَا النَّارُ، وَلَمْ يُكْتَشَفْ سِرُّ قُوَّتِهِ. | ٩ 9 |
Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ دَلِيلَةُ: «لَقَدْ خَدَعْتَنِي وَكَذِبْتَ عَلَيَّ. فَأَخْبِرْنِي الآنَ كَيْفَ تُوْثَقُ؟» | ١٠ 10 |
Delilah said to Samson, "Look, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound."
| فَأَجَابَهَا: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِحِبَالٍ جَدِيدَةٍ، أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». | ١١ 11 |
He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man."
| فَأَخَذَتْ دَلِيلَةُ حِبَالاً جَدِيدَةً وَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِها، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». وَكَانَ الْكَمِينُ يَتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ، فَقَطَعَ الْحِبَالَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَكَأَنَّهَا خُيُوطٌ. | ١٢ 12 |
So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَنْتَ مَازِلْتَ تَكْذِبُ عَلَيَّ وَتَخْدَعُنِي، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا تُوْثَقُ؟» فَأَجَابَهَا: «إِنْ ضَفَرْتِ خُصْلاتِ شَعْرِي السَّبْعَ بِمِغْزَلٍ وَثَبَّتِّهَا بِوَتَدٍ، فَإِنَّنِي أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَغِطُّ فِي نَوْمٍ عَمِيقٍ ضَفَرَتْ دَلِيلَةُ خُصْلاتِ شَعْرِهِ السَّبْعَ بِمِغْزَلٍ. | ١٣ 13 |
Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you might be bound." He said to her, "If you weave the seven braids on my head with the fabric and fasten them with the pin, then I will be weak as another man."
| وَثَبَّتَتْهَا بِوَتَدٍ، وَنَادَتْهُ ثَانِيَةً: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ» فَانْتَبَهَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَخَلَعَ وَتَدَ النَّسِيجِ مَعَ الْمِغْزَلِ. | ١٤ 14 |
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids on his head, and wove them with the fabric, and she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." And he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin of the loom and the fabric.
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ تَدَّعِي أَنَّكَ تُحِبُّنِي وَقَلْبُكَ لَا يَثِقُ بِي؟ قَدْ خَدَعْتَنِي ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلَمْ تُطْلِعْنِي عَلَى سِرِّ قُوَّتِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ». | ١٥ 15 |
She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies."
| وَظَلَّتْ تُلِحُّ عَلَيْهِ وَتُزْعِجُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ حَتَّى ضَاقَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ. | ١٦ 16 |
It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.
| فَكَشَفَ لَهَا عَنْ مَكْنُونِ قَلْبِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِنَّنِي نَذِيرُ الرَّبِّ مُنْذُ مَوْلِدِي، لِهَذَا لَمْ أَحْلِقْ شَعْرِي. وَإِنْ حَلَقْتُهُ فَإِنَّ قُوَّتِي تُفَارِقُنِي وَأُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». | ١٧ 17 |
He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
| وَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَتْ دَلِيلَةُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَسَرَّ لَهَا بِمَكْنُونِ قَلْبِهِ، اسْتَدْعَتْ أَقْطَابَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قَائِلَةً: «تَعَالَوْا هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ، فَقَدْ أَطْلَعَنِي عَلَى سِرِّ قُوَّتِهِ». فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ حَامِلِينَ مَعَهُمُ الْفِضَّةَ. | ١٨ 18 |
When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
| فَأَضْجَعَتْهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهَا وَاسْتَدْعَتْ رَجُلاً حَلَقَ لَهُ خُصْلاتِ شَعْرِهِ السَّبْعَ، وَشَرَعَتْ فِي إِذْلالِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَارَقَتْهُ قُوَّتُهُ. | ١٩ 19 |
She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and he began to weaken, and his strength went from him.
| وَقَالَتْ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ» فَاسْتَيْقَظَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَقُومُ مِثْلَ كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَأَنْتَفِضُ». وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ فَارَقَهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." He awoke out of his sleep, and said, "I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free." But he didn't know that the LORD had departed from him.
| فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَقَلَعُوا عَيْنَيْهِ وَأَخَذُوهُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ حَيْثُ أَوْثَقُوهُ بِسَلاسِلَ نُحَاسِيَّةٍ، وَسَخَّرُوهُ لِيَطْحَنَ الْحُبُوبَ فِي السِّجْنِ. | ٢١ 21 |
The Philistines seized him, and gouged out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.
| وَمَا لَبِثَ شَعْرُهُ أَنِ ابْتَدَأَ يَنْمُو بَعْدَ أَنْ حُلِقَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
| وَاجْتَمَعَ أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيَحْتَفِلُوا بِتَقْدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ لإِلَهِهِمْ دَاجُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ إِلَهَنَا قَدْ أَظْفَرَنَا بِشَمْشُونَ عَدُوِّنَا». | ٢٣ 23 |
The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to celebrate; for they said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand."
| وَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ الشَّعْبُ شَمْشُونَ فِي ذِلَّةٍ، مَجَّدُوا إِلَهَهُم قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ أَظفَرَنَا إِلَهُنَا بِعَدُوِّنَا الَّذِي خَرَّبَ أَرْضَنَا، وَأَكْثَرَ مِنْ قَتْلانَا». | ٢٤ 24 |
When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand."
| وَإِذْ لَعِبَتْ بِهِمِ النَّشْوَةُ هَتَفُوا: «ادْعُوا شَمْشُونَ لِيُسَلِّيَنَا». فَجَاءُوا بِشَمْشُونَ مِنَ السِّجْنِ فَلَعِبَ أَمَامَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَوْقَفُوهُ بَيْنَ الأَعْمِدَةِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. And they were striking him. And they set him between the pillars;
| فَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ لِلْغُلامِ الَّذِي يَقُودُهُ: «أَوْقِفْنِي حَيْثُ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَلْمِسَ الأَعْمِدَةَ الَّتِي يَقُومُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَعْبَدُ حَتَّى أَسْتَنِدَ إِلَيْهَا». | ٢٦ 26 |
and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, "Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them." And the boy did so.
| وَكَانَ الْمَعْبَدُ يَكْتَظُّ بِالرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَقْطَابِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْخَمْسَةِ. وَكَانَ عَلَى السَّطْحِ نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ يَتَفَرَّجُونَ عَلَى لَعِبِ شَمْشُونَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And there were on the roof about three thousand men and women watching while Samson performed.
| فَصَلَّى شَمْشُونُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «يَا سَيِّدِي الرَّبُّ، اذْكُرْنِي وَقَوِّنِي هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ لأَنْتَقِمَ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عَنْ قَلْعِ عَيْنَيَّ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ». | ٢٨ 28 |
Samson called to the LORD, and said, "Lord GOD, please remember me, and please strengthen me only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."
| وَقَبَضَ شَمْشُونُ عَلَى الْعَمُودَيْنِ الْمُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَرْتَكِزُ عَلَيْهِمَا الْمَعْبَدُ وَضَغَطَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا بِيَمِينِهِ وَعَلَى الآخَرِ بِيَسَارِهِ | ٢٩ 29 |
Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
| وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «لأَمُتْ مَعَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». ثُمَّ دَفَعَهُمَا بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِهِ فَانْهَارَ الْمَعْبَدُ عَلَى الأَقْطَابِ وَعَلَى الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي فِيهِ. فَكَانَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ طَوَالَ حَيَاتِهِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.
| وَجَاءَ إِخْوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ أَقْرِبَاءِ أَبِيهِ وَحَمَلُوا جُثَّتَهُ حَيْثُ دَفَنُوهُ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ فِي قَبْرِ مَنُوحَ أَبِيهِ، وَكَانَ شَمْشُونُ قَدْ قَضَى لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ٣١ 31 |
Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
