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1 Odatle ode Samson u Gazu; ondje vidje neku bludnicu i uđe k njoj.
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there 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 it was told the Gazites, saying: 'Samson is come hither.' And they compassed him in, and lay in wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying: 'Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.'
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.
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
4 Poslije toga zamilova on neku ženu iz doline Soreka po imenu Delilu.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
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 lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her: 'Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and 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 Delilah said to Samson: 'Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.'
7 Samson joj odgovori: “Da me svežu sa sedam svježih još neosušenih žila od luka, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
And Samson said unto her: 'If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.'
8 Filistejski knezovi donesu Delili sedam svježih još neosušenih žila i ona ga veza njima.
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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.
Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And he broke the bowstrings as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 Tad reče Delila Samsonu: “Prevario si me i slagao mi. Ali mi sada kaži čime bi te trebalo vezati.”
And Delilah said unto Samson: 'Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.'
11 On joj odgovori: “Da me dobro svežu novim još neupotrijebljenim užetima, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
And he said unto her: 'If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.'
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.
So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.
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 Delilah said unto Samson: 'Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.' And he said unto her: 'If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'
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 she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And he awoke out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.
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 she said unto him: 'How canst thou say: I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.'
16 Kako mu je svakog dana dodijavala molbama i mučila ga, njemu već dozlogrdje.
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto 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.”
And he told her all his heart, and said unto her: 'There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother's womb; if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.'
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.
And 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 hath told me all his heart.' Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought the money in their hand.
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.
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and had the seven locks of his head shaven off; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went 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 he awoke out of his sleep, and said: 'I will go out as at other times, and shake myself.' But he knew not 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.
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
22 Ali kosa gdje mu je obrijaše počne opet rasti.
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
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 lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said: 'Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.'
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 when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said: 'Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.'
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 it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said: 'Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.' And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the 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 Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand: 'Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house resteth, that I may lean upon them.'
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 lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 Samson zavapi Jahvi: “Gospodine Jahve, spomeni me se i samo mi još sada podaj snagu da se Filistejcima odjednom osvetim za oba oka.”
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said: 'O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, O God, that I may be this once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.'
29 I Samson napipa dva srednja stupa na kojima počivaše zdanje, oprije se o njih, desnom o jedan, a lijevom o drugi,
And Samson took fast hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, 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.
And Samson said: 'Let me die with the Philistines.' And he bent with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew 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.
Then his brethren 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 burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
