Dommer 15
1 Efter nogen Tids Forløb, i Hvedehøstens Tid, besøgte Samson sin Hustru og havde et Gedekid med, og han sagde: "Lad mig gå ind i Kammeret til min Hustru!" Men hendes Fader tillod ham det ikke,
And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Sampson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in.
2 men sagde: "Jeg tænkte for vist, at du havde fået Uvilje mod hende, derfor gav jeg hende til ham, der var din Brudesvend; men hendes yngre Søster er smukkere end hun, lad hende blive din Hustru i Søsterens Sted!"
And her father spoke, saying, I said that you did surely hate her, and I gave her to one of your friends: [is] not her younger sister better than she? let her be to you instead of her.
3 Da sagde Samson til dem: "Denne Gang er jeg sagesløs over for Filisterne, når jeg gør dem Fortræd!"
And Sampson said to them, Even for once am I guiltless with regard to the Philistines, in that I do mischief among them.
4 Så gik Samson hen og fangede 300 Ræve; derpå tog han Fakler, bandt Halerne sammen to og to og fastgjorde en Fakkel midt imellem;
And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it.
5 så tændte han Faklerne, slap Rævene løs i Filisternes Korn og stak Ild både på Negene og Kornet på Roden, også på Vingårde og Oliventræer.
And he set fire to the torches, and sent [the foxes] into the corn of the Philistines; and every thing was burnt from the threshing floor to the standing corn, and even to the vineyard and olives.
6 Da Filisterne spurgte, hvem der havde gjort det, blev der sagt: "Det bar Samson, Timnitens Svigersøn, fordi han tog hans Hustru og gav hende til hans Brudesvend." Da gik Filisterne op og brændte hende og hendes Faders Hus inde.
And the Philistines said, Who [has done] these things? and they said, Sampson the son-in-law of the Thamnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to one of his friends; and the Philistines went up, and burnt her and her father's house with fire.
7 Men Samson sagde til dem: "Når I bærer eder således ad, under jeg mig ikke Ro, før jeg får hævnet mig på eder!"
And Sampson said to them, Though you may have dealt thus with her, verily I will be avenged of you, and afterwards I will cease.
8 Så slog han dem sønder og sammen med vældige Slag, og derpå steg han ned i Fjeldkløften ved Etam og tog Ophold der.
And he struck them leg on thigh [with] a great overthrow; and went down and lived in a cave of the rock Etam.
9 Filisterne drog nu op og slog Lejr i Juda og spredte sig ved Lehi.
And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Juda, and spread themselves abroad in Lechi.
10 Da sagde Judas Mænd: "Hvorfor er I draget op imod os?" Og de svarede: "Vi er draget herop for at binde Samson og handle mod ham, som han har handlet mod os!"
And the men of Juda said, Why are you come up against us? and the Philistines said, We are come up to bind Sampson, and to do to him as he has done to us.
11 Så steg 3000 Mand fra Juda ned til Fjeldkløften ved Etam og sagde til Samson: "Ved du ikke, at Filisterne har Magten over os? Hvad er det dog, du har voldt os?" Han svarede dem: "Som de har handlet mod mig, har jeg handlet mod dem!"
And the three thousand men of Juda went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Sampson, Know you not that the Philistines rule over us? and what [is] this [that] you have done to us? and Sampson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
12 Men de sagde til ham: "Vi er kommet ned for at binde dig og overgive dig til Filisterne!" Da sagde Samson til dem: "Sværg mig til, at I ikke vil slå mig ihjel!"
And they said to him, We are come down to bind you to deliver you into the hand of the Philistines: and Sampson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall upon me yourselves.
13 De svarede ham: "Nej, vi vil Kun binde dig og overgive dig til dem; slå dig ihjel vil vi ikke!" Så bandt de ham med to nye Reb og førte ham op af Fjeldkløften.
And they spoke to him, saying, Nay, but we will only bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand, and will by no means kill you: and they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him from that rock.
14 Men da han kom til Lehi, og Filisterne hilste hans Komme med Jubelråb, kom HERRENs Ånd over ham, og Rebene om hans Arme blev som svedne Sytråde, og hans Bånd faldt skørnet af hans Hænder.
And they came to Lechi: and the Philistines shouted, and ran to meet him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as tow which is burnt with fire; and his bonds were consumed from off his hands.
15 Og da han fik Øje på en frisk Æselkæbe, rakte han sin Hånd ud, greb den og huggede 1000 Mand ned med den.
And he found the jaw-bone of an ass that had been cast away, and he put forth his hand and took it, and struck with it a thousand men.
16 Da sagde Samson: "Med en Æselkæbe har jeg flået dem sønder og sammen, med en Æselkæbe har jeg fældet 1000 Mand!"
And Sampson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, for with the jaw-bone of an ass I have struck a thousand men.
17 Med disse Ord kastede han Kæbebenet fra sig, og derfor kaldte man Stedet Ramat Lehi.
And it came to pass when he ceased speaking, that he cast the jaw-bone out of his hand; and he called that place the Lifting of the jaw-bone.
18 Og da han var meget tørstig, råbte han til HERREN og sagde: "Ved din Tjeners Hånd har du skaffet os denne vældige Sejr, skal jeg da nu dø af Tørst og falde i de uomskårnes Hånd?"
And he was very thirsty, and wept before the Lord, and said, You have been well pleased to grant this great deliverance by the hand of your servant, and new shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
19 Da åbnede Gud Lavningen i Lehi, og der vældede Vand frem deraf; og da han havde drukket, fik han sin Livskraft igen. Derfor kaldte man denne Kilde En Hakkore; den findes i Lehi endnu den Dag i Dag.
And God broke open a hollow place in the jaw, and there came thence water, and he drank; and his spirit returned and he revived: therefore the name of the fountain was called 'The well of the invoker,' which is in Lechi, until this day.
20 Han var Dommer i Israel i Filistertiden i tyve År.
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
