Dommer 16
1 Samson drog saa til Gaza. Der saa han en Skøge og gik ind til hende.
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
2 Da det spurgtes blandt Folkene i Gaza, at Samson var kommet derhen, gik de hen og lagde sig paa Lur efter ham ved Byporten; men de holdt sig rolige Natten over, idet de sagde: »Vi vil vente, til det bliver lyst; saa slaar vi ham ihjel!«
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 Samson blev liggende den halve Nat, men ved Midnatstide stod han op, greb fat i Byportens to Fløje og begge Portstolper, rykkede dem op tillige med Portslaaen, tog dem paa Skuldrene og bar dem op paa Toppen af Bjerget over for Hebron.
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 Siden fik han Kærlighed til en Kvinde ved Navn Dalila i Sorekdalen.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 Da kom Filisternes Fyrster til hende og sagde til hende: »Se at lokke ud af ham, hvad det er, der giver ham hans vældige Kræfter, og hvorledes vi kan faa Bugt med ham, saa vi kan binde og kue ham, saa vil vi hver give dig 1100 Sekel Sølv!«
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 Dalila sagde da til Samson: »Sig mig dog, hvad det er, der giver dig dine vældige Kræfter, og hvorledes man kan binde og kue dig!«
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 svarede hende: »Hvis man binder mig med syv friske Strenge, som ikke er blevet tørre, bliver jeg svag som ethvert andet Menneske.«
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 Filisternes Fyrster bragte hende da syv friske Strenge, der ikke var blevet tørre, og med dem bandt hun ham;
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 samtidig havde hun Folk liggende paa Lur i Kammeret. Da sagde hun til ham: »Filisterne er over dig, Samson!« Men han rev Strengene over, og de brast som Blaargarn, der kommer Ild for nær; og hvorledes det hang sammen med hans Kræfter, kom ikke for Dagen.
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 Da sagde Dalila til Samson: »Se, du har narret mig og løjet for mig; sig mig dog, hvorledes man kan binde dig!«
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 Han svarede hende: »Hvis man binder mig med nye Reb, som aldrig har været brug til noget, bliver jeg svag som ethvert andet Menneske!«
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 Da tog Dalila nye Reb og bandt ham. Saa sagde hun til ham: »Filisterne er over dig, Samson!« Samtidig laa der Folk paa Lur i Kammeret. Men han flaaede Rebene af sine Arme, som var det Traade.
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 Da sagde Dalila til Samson: »Hidtil har du narret mig og løjet for mig; sig mig dog, hvorledes man kan binde dig!« Han svarede hende: »Hvis du væver mine syv Hovedlokker ind i Rendegarnet og slaar dem fast med Slagelen, bliver jeg svag som ethvert andet Menneske.«
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 Saa dyssede hun ham i Søvn og vævede hans syv Hovedlokker ind i Rendegarnet og slog dem fast med Slagelen. Og hun sagde til ham: »Filisterne er over dig, Samson!« Saa vaagnede han og rykkede Væven op sammen med Rendegarnet.
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 Da sagde hun til ham: »Hvor kan du sige, du elsker mig, naar du ingen Fortrolighed har til mig? Tre Gange har du nu narret mig og ikke sagt mig, hvad det er, der giver dig dine vældige Kræfter!«
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 Da hun saaledes stadig pinte og plagede ham med sine Ord, blev hans Sjæl træt til Døden,
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.
17 og han talte rent ud og sagde til hende: »Ingen Ragekniv er kommet paa mit Hoved, thi jeg har fra Moders Liv af været en Guds Nasiræer; hvis mit Haar rages af, mister jeg mine Kræfter og bliver svag som alle andre Mennesker.«
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 Da nu Dalila skønnede, at han havde talt rent ud til hende, sendte hun Bud efter Filisternes Fyrster og lod sige: »Kom nu herop, thi han har talt rent ud til mig!« Og Filisternes Fyrster kom op til hende og bragte Pengene med.
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 Saa dyssede hun ham i Søvn imellem sine Knæ og kaldte paa en Mand, som ragede hans syv Hovedlokker af. Da blev han svagere og svagere, og Kræfterne veg fra ham.
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 Derpaa sagde hun: »Filisterne er over dig, Samson!« Da vaagnede han og tænkte: »Jeg skal nok slippe fra det ligesom de andre Gange og ryste det af mig!« Men han vidste ikke, at HERREN var veget fra ham.
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 Da greb Filisterne ham og stak Øjnene ud paa ham; derpaa bragte de ham ned til Gaza og lagde ham i Kobberlænker; og han maatte dreje Kværnen i Fangehuset.
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 Men hans Hovedhaar begyndte at vokse igen, efter at det var raget af.
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23 Filisternes Fyrster samledes nu for at holde en stor Offerfest til Ære for deres Gud Dagon og for at fornøje sig; og de sagde: »Vor Gud gav os i Hænde Samson, vor Fjende!«
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 og da Folket saa ham, priste de deres Gud og raabte: »Vor Gud gav os i Hænde Samson, vor Fjende, ham, som vort Land monne skænde, paa manges Liv gjorde Ende!«
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 Da de nu var kommet i godt Lune, sagde de: »Hent Samson, at vi kan more os over ham!« De lod da Samson hente fra Fangehuset, og de morede sig over ham. De stillede ham op ved Søjlerne;
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 Da sagde Samson til den unge Mand, som holdt ham i Haanden: »Slip mig og lad mig røre ved Søjlerne, som bærer Hallen, saa jeg kan læne mig til dem!«
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 Hallen var fuld af Mænd og Kvinder; der var alle Filisternes Fyrster, og paa Taget var der henved 3000 Mænd og Kvinder, som saa til, medens de morede sig over Samson.
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 Da raabte Samson til HERREN og sagde: »Herre, HERRE, kom mig i Hu og giv mig Kraft, o Gud, kun denne ene Gang, saa jeg kan hævne mig paa Filisterne for begge mine Øjne paa een Gang!«
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 Saa greb Samson om de to Midtersøjler, som bar Hallen, og stemmede sig imod den ene med højre og imod den anden med venstre Haand.
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 Og Samson sagde: »Lad mig dø sammen med Filisterne!« Derpaa bøjede han sig med saadan Kraft, at Hallen styrtede sammen over Fyrsterne og alle Folkene derinde. Saaledes dræbte han ved sin Død flere, end han havde dræbt i levende Live.
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 Men hans Brødre og hele hans Faders Hus drog ned og tog ham, bragte ham op og lagde ham i hans Fader Manoas Grav mellem Zor'a og Esjtaol. Han var Dommer i Israel i tyve Aar.
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.
