Judges 15
1 But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber, but her father would not allow him to go in.
Beberapa waktu kemudian, saat musim panen gandum, Simson pergi mengunjungi istrinya dengan membawa seekor anak kambing sebagai hadiah. Dia berkata, “Aku mau masuk ke kamar istriku.” Tetapi ayah perempuan itu tidak mengizinkan dia masuk.
2 And her father said, I truly thought that thou had utterly hated her, therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
Katanya kepada Simson, “Saya kira kamu benar-benar benci kepadanya. Jadi saya sudah memberikan dia kepada salah satu pengiringmu. Tetapi, bukankah adiknya lebih cantik daripada dia? Nikahilah adiknya saja.”
3 And Samson said to them, This time I shall be blameless in regard of the Philistines when I do them a mischief.
Jawab Simson, “Kali ini jangan salahkan aku kalau aku mencelakai kalian orang Filistin.”
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.
Lalu Simson pergi menangkap tiga ratus ekor anjing hutan serta mengambil seratus lima puluh obor. Dia mengikat anjing-anjing itu berdua-dua, ekor dengan ekor, dan menaruh obor di tengah-tengah setiap ikatan.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.
Kemudian dia menyalakan obor-obor itu dan melepaskan semua anjing itu ke ladang gandum orang Filistin. Maka terbakarlah tumpukan-tumpukan gandum, ladang gandum, bahkan kebun-kebun zaitun.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Orang-orang Filistin pun bertanya satu sama lain, “Siapa yang melakukan ini?” Ada yang menjawab, “Simson, menantu orang Timna itu, karena bapak itu sudah menikahkan istri Simson dengan pengiringnya.” Mendengar itu, orang-orang Filistin pergi membakar perempuan itu beserta ayahnya.
7 And Samson said to them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Berkatalah Simson kepada mereka, “Kalau kalian bertindak jahat seperti ini, saya tidak akan berhenti sampai saya membalas kalian!”
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Maka Simson menyerang mereka dengan kejam dan membantai banyak orang Filistin. Sesudah itu, Simson pergi dan tinggal di dalam gua di bukit batu Etam.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Kemudian orang Filistin datang berkemah di daerah Yehuda, lalu menyebar sampai ke kota Lehi.
10 And the men of Judah said, Why have ye come up against us? And they said, We come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.
Orang-orang Yehuda menanyai mereka, “Mengapa kalian menyerang kami?” Jawab mereka, “Kami datang untuk menangkap Simson. Kami mau membalas dia sebagaimana dia sudah memperlakukan kami.”
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Know thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that thou have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
Maka tiga ribu orang Yehuda turun ke gua di bukit batu Etam dan berkata kepada Simson, “Apa-apaan ini yang sudah kamu perbuat terhadap kami? Apa kamu tidak tahu bahwa orang Filistin berkuasa atas kita?” Jawab Simson, “Aku hanya membalas mereka sebagaimana mereka sudah memperlakukan aku.”
12 And they said to him, We have come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Kata orang-orang Yehuda itu kepada Simson, “Kami datang untuk mengikatmu dan menyerahkanmu kepada orang Filistin.” Tetapi jawab Simson, “Berjanjilah kepadaku bahwa kalian sendiri tidak akan membunuhku.”
13 And they spoke to him, saying, No, but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand, but truly we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
Jawab mereka, “Kami berjanji. Kami hanya akan mengikat dan menyerahkanmu kepada mereka. Kami tidak akan membunuhmu.” Lalu mereka mengikat Simson dengan dua tali tambang yang baru dan membawa dia keluar dari gua itu.
14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
Ketika Simson tiba di kota Lehi, orang-orang Filistin mendatangi dia sambil bersorak-sorai. Saat itu juga Roh TUHAN menggerakkan dia dengan dahsyat. Dengan mudah Simson memutuskan tali tambang yang mengikat tangannya seolah-olah tali itu hanya jerami yang terbakar. Ikatannya pun lepas.
15 And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men with it.
Lalu dia menemukan sebuah tulang rahang keledai yang belum lama mati. Dia mengambilnya dan memukul mati seribu orang dengan tulang itu.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have smitten a thousand men.
Kata Simson, “Dengan rahang keledai aku menumpuk mayat-mayat mereka. Dengan rahang keledai aku memukul mati seribu orang.”
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand. And that place was called Ramath-lehi.
Sesudah berkata demikian, dia melempar tulang rahang itu. Demikianlah mulanya tempat itu diberi nama Bukit Lehi, yang artinya Bukit Tulang Rahang.
18 And he was very thirsty, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou have given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Waktu itu Simson sangat haus. Dia berseru kepada TUHAN, “Oleh tangan hamba-Mu ini Engkau sudah memberikan kemenangan besar. Sekarang haruskah aku mati kehausan sampai jatuh ke tangan para penyembah berhala itu?”
19 But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out there. And when he had drunk his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
Maka Allah membelah sebuah lubang batu di Lehi sehingga keluarlah air. Simson pun minum dan menjadi segar kembali. Karena itu tempat tersebut dinamai Mata Air Orang yang Berseru. Mata air itu masih ada di Lehi sampai waktu kitab ini ditulis.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Simson menjadi pembela bangsa Israel selama dua puluh tahun pada masa penjajahan orang Filistin.
