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 suffer him to go in.
Efter nogen Tids Forløb, i Hvedehøstens Tid, besøgte Samson sin Hustru og havde et Gedekid med, og han sagde: »Lad mig gaa ind i Kammeret til min Hustru!« Men hendes Fader tillod ham det ikke,
2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst 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.
men sagde: »Jeg tænkte for vist, at du havde faaet 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!«
3 And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.
Da sagde Samson til dem: »Denne Gang er jeg sagesløs over for Filisterne, naar jeg gør dem Fortræd!«
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.
Saa gik Samson hen og fangede 300 Ræve; derpaa tog han Fakler, bandt Halerne sammen to og to og fastgjorde en Fakkel midt imellem;
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.
saa tændte han Faklerne, slap Rævene løs i Filisternes Korn og stak Ild baade paa Negene og Kornet paa Roden, ogsaa paa Vingaarde og Oliventræer.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Da Filisterne spurgte, hvem der havde gjort det, blev der sagt: »Det har 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.
7 And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Men Samson sagde til dem: »Naar I bærer eder saaledes ad, under jeg mig ikke Ro, før jeg faar hævnet mig paa eder!«
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.
Saa slog han dem sønder og sammen med vældige Slag, og derpaa steg han ned i Fjeldkløften ved Etam og tog Ophold der.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Filisterne drog nu op og slog Lejr i Juda og spredte sig ved Lehi.
10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
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!«
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
Saa 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!«
12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
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 slaa mig ihjel!«
13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
De svarede ham: »Nej, vi vil Kun binde dig og overgive dig til dem; slaa dig ihjel vil vi ikke!« Saa bandt de ham med to nye Reb og førte ham op af Fjeldkløften.
14 When he came unto 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.
Men da han kom til Lehi, og Filisterne hilste hans Komme med Jubelraab, kom HERRENS Aand over ham, og Rebene om hans Arme blev som svedne Sytraade, og hans Baand faldt skørnet af hans Hænder.
15 And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.
Og da han fik Øje paa en frisk Æselkæbe, rakte han sin Haand ud, greb den og huggede 1000 Mand ned med den.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
Da sagde Samson: »Med en Æselkæbe har jeg flaaet dem sønder og sammen, med en Æselkæbe har jeg fældet 1000 Mand!«
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.
Med disse Ord kastede han Kæbebenet fra sig, og derfor kaldte man Stedet Ramat Lehi.
18 And he was sore athirst, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast 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.
Og da han var meget tørstig, raabte han til HERREN og sagde: »Ved din Tjeners Haand har du skaffet os denne vældige Sejr, skal jeg da nu dø af Tørst og falde i de uomskaarnes Haand?«
19 But God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day.
Da aabnede 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.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Han var Dommer i Israel i Filistertiden i tyve Aar.
