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1 Odatle ode Samson u Gazu; ondje vidje neku bludnicu i uđe k njoj.
He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman a harlot, and went in unto her.
2 Žiteljima Gaze javiše: “Samson je došao ovamo!” Opkoliše ga i vrebahu ga svu noć na gradskim vratima. Svu noć bijahu mirni. “Pričekajmo do zore”, mišljahu, “pa ćemo ga ubiti.”
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.
3 Ali je Samson ležao samo do ponoći, a o ponoći ustade, dohvati gradska vrata s oba dovratnika, iščupa ih zajedno s prijevornicom, metnu ih na ramena i odnese na vrh gore koja je nasuprot Hebronu i položi ih ondje.
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.
4 Poslije toga zamilova on neku ženu iz doline Soreka po imenu Delilu.
After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Dalila.
5 Filistejski knezovi dođoše k njoj i rekoše joj: “Zavedi ga i doznaj gdje stoji njegova velika snaga, kako bismo ga mogli svladati pa da ga svežemo i učinimo nemoćnim. A dat će ti svaki od nas po tisuću i sto srebrnih šekela.”
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.
6 Delila upita Samsona: “Kaži mi gdje stoji tvoja velika snaga i čime bi se mogao svezati i svladati.”
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.
7 Samson joj odgovori: “Da me svežu sa sedam svježih još neosušenih žila od luka, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
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.
8 Filistejski knezovi donesu Delili sedam svježih još neosušenih žila i ona ga veza njima.
And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such is he spoke of, with which she bound him;
9 Kod nje u sobi bijaše zasjeda i ona viknu: “Samsone, eto Filistejaca na te!” On pokida žile kao što se prekine kučina kad se primakne ognju. I tako ne doznadoše za tajnu njegove snage.
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.
10 Tad reče Delila Samsonu: “Prevario si me i slagao mi. Ali mi sada kaži čime bi te trebalo vezati.”
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.
11 On joj odgovori: “Da me dobro svežu novim još neupotrijebljenim užetima, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
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.
12 Tada Delila uze nova užeta, sveza ga njima i viknu mu: “Samsone, eto Filistejaca na te!” Kod nje u sobi bijaše zasjeda, ali on prekide užeta na rukama kao da su konci.
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.
13 Tada Delila reče Samsonu: “Varaš me svejednako i lažeš mi. Kaži mi napokon čime bi te trebalo vezati.” On joj odgovori: “Da otkaš sedam pramenova moje kose na tkalačkom stanu i da ih zaglaviš klinom, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
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.
14 Ona ga uspava i otka sedam pramenova njegove kose na tkalačkom stanu, zabi klin i viknu mu: “Eto Filistejaca na te, Samsone!” On se probudi i istrgne i klin i tkalački stan. I nije otkrila tajnu njegove snage.
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.
15 Delila mu reče: “Kako možeš reći da me ljubiš kad tvoje srce nije sa mnom? Triput si me već prevario i nisi mi kazao gdje je tvoja velika snaga.”
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.
16 Kako mu je svakog dana dodijavala molbama i mučila ga, njemu već dozlogrdje.
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.
17 I otvori joj cijelo svoje srce: “Nikada britva nije prešla po mojoj glavi jer sam od majčine utrobe nazirej Božji. Da me obriju, sva bi me snaga ostavila, onemoćao bih i postao bih kao običan čovjek.”
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.
18 Delila tad shvati da joj je otvorio cijelo svoje srce; pozva filistejske knezove i reče im: “Dođite sada jer mi je otvorio cijelo svoje srce.” I filistejski knezovi dođoše k njoj i donesoše sa sobom novac.
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.
19 Uspavavši Samsona na svojim koljenima, ona dozva čovjeka te mu obrija s glave sedam pramenova kose. Tako on poče slabiti i ostavi ga snaga.
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.
20 Kad ona povika: “Samsone, eto Filistejaca na te!” on se probudi i pomisli: “Izvući ću se kao i uvijek i oslobodit ću se.” Ali nije znao da se Jahve od njega okrenuo.
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.
21 Filistejci ga uhvatiše, iskopaše mu oči i odvedoše ga u Gazu. Okovaše ga dvostrukim mjedenim lancem te je okretao mlin u tamnici.
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.
22 Ali kosa gdje mu je obrijaše počne opet rasti.
And now his hair began to grow again.
23 A knezovi se filistejski skupiše da prinesu veliku žrtvu svome bogu Dagonu i da se provesele. Govorahu oni: “Bog naš predade nam u ruke Samsona, našeg neprijatelja.”
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.
24 A narod, vidjevši ga, uze hvaliti svoga boga i klicati u njegovu čast govoreći: “Bog naš predade nam u ruke Samsona, našeg neprijatelja, koji nam je zemlju pustošio i tolike naše usmrtio.”
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.
25 Kad im se srce razigralo, povikaše: “Dovedite Samsona da nas zabavlja!” I dovedoše iz tamnice Samsona i on igraše pred njima; a onda ga postaviše među stupove.
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.
26 Samson tada reče dječaku koji ga je vodio za ruku: “Vodi me i pomozi mi da opipam stupove na kojima počiva zdanje da se naslonim na njih.”
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.
27 A kuća bijaše puna ljudi i žena. Bijahu tu i svi filistejski knezovi, a na krovu tri tisuće ljudi koji su gledali kako Samson igra.
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.
28 Samson zavapi Jahvi: “Gospodine Jahve, spomeni me se i samo mi još sada podaj snagu da se Filistejcima odjednom osvetim za oba oka.”
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.
29 I Samson napipa dva srednja stupa na kojima počivaše zdanje, oprije se o njih, desnom o jedan, a lijevom o drugi,
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,
30 i viknu: “Neka poginem s Filistejcima!” Nato uprije iz sve snage i sruši zdanje na knezove i na sav narod koji se ondje nalazio. Više ih ubi umirući nego što ih pobi za života.
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.
31 Poslije dođoše njegova braća i sva kuća njegova oca, uzeše ga i odnesoše i pokopaše ga između Sore i Eštaola, u grobu Manoaha, oca njegova. On je sudio Izraelu dvadeset godina.
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.
