< 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 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 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 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 Da sagde Samson til dem: "Denne Gang er jeg sagesløs over for Filisterne, når jeg gør dem Fortræd!"
And Samson said to them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them evil.
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 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 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 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 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.
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 Men Samson sagde til dem: "Når I bærer eder således ad, under jeg mig ikke Ro, før jeg får hævnet mig på eder!"
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 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 smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and tarried in the cleft 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 Judah, and spread themselves 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 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 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!"
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith 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 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 Med disse Ord kastede han Kæbebenet fra sig, og derfor kaldte man Stedet 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 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 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 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.
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 Han var Dommer i Israel i Filistertiden i tyve År.
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.