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,
During the time that they harvested wheat, Samson took a young goat to Timnah as a present for his wife. He planned to sleep with [EUP] his wife, but her father would not let him go into [her room].
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!"
He said to Samson, “I really thought that you hated her. So I gave her to the man who had been your best man at the wedding, and she married him. But look, her younger sister is [RHQ] more beautiful than she is. You can marry her!”
3 Da sagde Samson til dem: "Denne Gang er jeg sagesløs over for Filisterne, når jeg gør dem Fortræd!"
Samson replied, “No! And this time I have a right to get revenge on you Philistines!”
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;
Then he went out [into the fields] and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together, two-by-two. He fastened torches to each pair of tails.
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.
Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the fields of the Philistines. The fire [from the torches] burned all the grain to the ground, including the grain that had been cut and piled in bundles. The fire also burned down their grapevines and their olive trees.
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.
The Philistines asked, “Who did this?” Someone told them, “Samson did it. He married a woman from Timnah, but then his father-in-law gave her to the man who was Samson’s best man at the wedding, and she married him.” So the Philistines went [to Timnah] and got the woman and her father, and burned them to death.
7 Men Samson sagde til dem: "Når I bærer eder således ad, under jeg mig ikke Ro, før jeg får hævnet mig på eder!"
Samson [found out about that, and he] said to them, “Because you have done this, I will not stop until I get revenge on you!”
8 Så slog han dem sønder og sammen med vældige Slag, og derpå steg han ned i Fjeldkløften ved Etam og tog Ophold der.
So he attacked the Philistines furiously, and killed many of them. Then he went [to hide] in a cave in the large rock at a place called Etam.
9 Filisterne drog nu op og slog Lejr i Juda og spredte sig ved Lehi.
The Philistines [did not know where he was, so they] went up to where the descendants of Judah lived, set up their tents near Lehi [town and then raided the town].
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!"
The men there asked the Philistines, “Why have you attacked us?” The Philistines replied, “We have come to capture Samson. We have come to get revenge on him for what he did 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!"
[Someone there knew where Samson was hiding]. So 3,000 men from Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the rock where he was hiding. They said to Samson, “Do you not realize that the people of Philistia are ruling over us? Do you not realize what they will do to us?” Samson replied, “The only thing I did was that I got revenge on them for what they did to me.”
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!"
But the men from Judah said to him, “We have come to tie you up and put you in the hands of the Philistines.” Samson said, “All right, but promise me that you yourselves will not kill me!”
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.
They replied, “We will just tie you up and take you to the Philistines. We will not kill you.” So they tied him with two new ropes, and led him away from the cave.
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 they arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came toward him, shouting [triumphantly]. But Yahweh’s Spirit came upon Samson powerfully. He snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were stalks of burned flax, and the ropes fell off his wrists.
15 Og da han fik Øje på en frisk Æselkæbe, rakte han sin Hånd ud, greb den og huggede 1000 Mand ned med den.
Then he saw a donkey’s jawbone lying on the ground. It was fresh, [so it was hard]. He picked it up and killed about 1,000 Philistine men with it.
16 Da sagde Samson: "Med en Æselkæbe har jeg flået dem sønder og sammen, med en Æselkæbe har jeg fældet 1000 Mand!"
Then Samson wrote this poem: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have made them like a heap of [dead] donkeys. With the jawbone of a donkey I killed 1,000 men.”
17 Med disse Ord kastede han Kæbebenet fra sig, og derfor kaldte man Stedet Ramat Lehi.
When he finished killing those men, he threw the jawbone away, and later that place was called Jawbone Hill.
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?"
Then Samson was very thirsty, so he called out to Yahweh, “You have given me strength to win a great victory. So now must I die because of being thirsty, with the result that those heathen Philistines will take away my body [and mutilate it]?”
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.
So God caused water to gush out of a depression in the ground at Lehi. Samson drank from it and soon felt strong again. He named that place ‘The spring of the one who called out’. That spring is still there at Lehi.
20 Han var Dommer i Israel i Filistertiden i tyve År.
Samson was the leader of the Israeli people for 20 years, but during that time the Philistines [were the ones who really ruled over the land].
