Suci 15
1 Poslije nekog vremena, o žetvi pšenice, Samson dođe da pohodi svoju ženu, donijevši joj kozle i reče: “Želim ući k svojoj ženi u ložnicu.” Ali mu tast ne dopusti.
And it came to pass after some time, in the time of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, Let me go in to my wife into the chamber; but her father would not suffer him to go in.
2 “Mislio sam,” reče mu on, “da si je zamrzio, pa sam je dao tvome drugu. Ali zar njezina mlađa sestra nije ljepša od nje? Uzmi je namjesto one!”
And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her be thine, I pray thee, instead of her.
3 Samson mu odgovori: “Ovaj put neću biti krivac Filistejcima kad im učinim zlo.”
And Samson said to them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them evil.
4 I ode Samson, ulovi tri stotine lisica, uze luči i, okrenuvši rep prema repu, stavi jednu luč među dva repa.
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put one torch between two tails in the midst;
5 Tad zapali luči, pusti lisice u filistejska polja i popali im snopove, i nepokošeno žito, i vinograde, i maslinike.
And he set the torches on fire, and let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both shocks and standing corn, as also olive-yards.
6 Filistejci zapitaše: “Tko je to učinio?” Odgovoriše im: “Samson, Timnjaninov zet, zato što mu tast oduze ženu i dade je njegovu drugu.” Tad Filistejci odoše i spališe onu ženu i njenu obitelj.
Then said the Philistines, Who hath done this! And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Thimnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines went up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
7 “Kad ste to učinili”, reče im Samson, “neću mirovati dok vam se ne osvetim.”
And Samson said unto them, Since ye will do the like of this, I will surely be avenged on you, and after that will I cease.
8 I sve ih izudara uzduž i poprijeko i žestoko ih porazi. Poslije toga ode u spilju Etamske stijene i ondje se nastani.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and tarried in the cleft of the rock 'Etam.
9 Tad Filistejci krenuše, utaboriše se u Judi i raširiše do Lehija.
And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lechi.
10 “Zašto ste pošli na nas?” - upitaše ih Judejci. A oni im odgovoriše: “Pošli smo da svežemo Samsona i da mu učinimo kako je on učinio nama.”
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
11 Tri tisuće Judejaca odoše tada k spilji Etamske stijene i rekoše Samsonu: “Zar ne znaš da Filistejci nama gospodare? Zašto si nam onda to učinio?” On im odgovori: “Kako oni meni, tako ja njima!” A oni mu rekoše:
Thereupon went three thousand men of Judah down to the cleft of the rock 'Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
12 “Dođosmo da te svežemo i predamo u ruke Filistejaca.” “Zakunite mi se”, reče im, “da me nećete ubiti.”
And they said unto him, To bind thee are we come down, to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not assail me yourselves.
13 “Ne”, odgovoriše mu, “mi ćemo te samo svezati i predati u njihove ruke, ali te zacijelo ne želimo pogubiti.” Onda ga svezaše sa dva nova užeta i odvedoše iz spilje.
And they said unto him, thus, No; for we will [only] bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but we will in no-wise kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
14 Kad ga dovedoše u Lehi i kad Filistejci, vičući od radosti, pojuriše na nj, duh Jahvin zahvati ga i užeta na njegovim rukama postadoše kao laneni konci, spaljeni ognjem, i spadoše mu s ruku.
When he was come unto Lechi, the Philistines shouted against him; but the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly over him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax threads that are burnt with fire, and his bands melted from off his hands.
15 Spazivši još sirovu magareću čeljust, pruži on ruku, uze onu čeljust i pobi njome tisuću ljudi.
And he found a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith a thousand men.
16 Tad reče Samson: “Magarećom čeljusti gomile prebih, Magarećom čeljusti tisuću pobih.”
And Samson said, With a jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw-bone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
17 Rekavši to, baci čeljust iz ruke. Zato odonda ono mjesto zovu Ramat Lehi.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lechi.
18 Kako bijaše jako ožednio, zavapi Jahvi govoreći: “Ti si izvojštio ovu veliku pobjedu rukama svoga sluge, a zar sada moram umrijeti od žeđi i pasti u ruke neobrezanima?”
And he became very thirsty, and he called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast granted through the hand of thy servant this great deliverance; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
19 Tad Jahve rasiječe udubinu što je kod Lehija i voda poteče iz nje. Samson se napi i vrati mu se snaga, oživje mu duh. Zato su onom izvoru dali ime En Hakore, a postoji još i danas u Lehiju.
But God clave a hollow place that was at Lechi, and there came forth water out of it; and he drank, and his spirit came again, and he revived; wherefore he called the name thereof 'En-hakkore, which is in Lechi unto this day.
20 Samson bijaše sudac u Izraelu za vrijeme filistejske vladavine dvadeset godina.
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
