Judges 15
1 Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.
Poslije nekog vremena, o žetvi pšenice, Samson dođe da pohodi svoju ženu, donijevši joj kozle i reče: “Želim ući k svojoj ženi u ložnicu.” Ali mu tast ne dopusti.
2 “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
“Mislio sam,” reče mu on, “da si je zamrzio, pa sam je dao tvome drugu. Ali zar njezina mlađa sestra nije ljepša od nje? Uzmi je namjesto one!”
3 Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”
Samson mu odgovori: “Ovaj put neću biti krivac Filistejcima kad im učinim zlo.”
4 Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
I ode Samson, ulovi tri stotine lisica, uze luči i, okrenuvši rep prema repu, stavi jednu luč među dva repa.
5 Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
Tad zapali luči, pusti lisice u filistejska polja i popali im snopove, i nepokošeno žito, i vinograde, i maslinike.
6 “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
Filistejci zapitaše: “Tko je to učinio?” Odgovoriše im: “Samson, Timnjaninov zet, zato što mu tast oduze ženu i dade je njegovu drugu.” Tad Filistejci odoše i spališe onu ženu i njenu obitelj.
7 And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
“Kad ste to učinili”, reče im Samson, “neću mirovati dok vam se ne osvetim.”
8 And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
I sve ih izudara uzduž i poprijeko i žestoko ih porazi. Poslije toga ode u spilju Etamske stijene i ondje se nastani.
9 Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.
Tad Filistejci krenuše, utaboriše se u Judi i raširiše do Lehija.
10 “Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”
“Zašto ste pošli na nas?” - upitaše ih Judejci. A oni im odgovoriše: “Pošli smo da svežemo Samsona i da mu učinimo kako je on učinio nama.”
11 In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Tri tisuće Judejaca odoše tada k spilji Etamske stijene i rekoše Samsonu: “Zar ne znaš da Filistejci nama gospodare? Zašto si nam onda to učinio?” On im odgovori: “Kako oni meni, tako ja njima!” A oni mu rekoše:
12 But they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”
“Dođosmo da te svežemo i predamo u ruke Filistejaca.” “Zakunite mi se”, reče im, “da me nećete ubiti.”
13 “No,” they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.
“Ne”, odgovoriše mu, “mi ćemo te samo svezati i predati u njihove ruke, ali te zacijelo ne želimo pogubiti.” Onda ga svezaše sa dva nova užeta i odvedoše iz spilje.
14 When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
Kad ga dovedoše u Lehi i kad Filistejci, vičući od radosti, pojuriše na nj, duh Jahvin zahvati ga i užeta na njegovim rukama postadoše kao laneni konci, spaljeni ognjem, i spadoše mu s ruku.
15 He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
Spazivši još sirovu magareću čeljust, pruži on ruku, uze onu čeljust i pobi njome tisuću ljudi.
16 Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
Tad reče Samson: “Magarećom čeljusti gomile prebih, Magarećom čeljusti tisuću pobih.”
17 And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
Rekavši to, baci čeljust iz ruke. Zato odonda ono mjesto zovu Ramat Lehi.
18 And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Kako bijaše jako ožednio, zavapi Jahvi govoreći: “Ti si izvojštio ovu veliku pobjedu rukama svoga sluge, a zar sada moram umrijeti od žeđi i pasti u ruke neobrezanima?”
19 So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
Tad Jahve rasiječe udubinu što je kod Lehija i voda poteče iz nje. Samson se napi i vrati mu se snaga, oživje mu duh. Zato su onom izvoru dali ime En Hakore, a postoji još i danas u Lehiju.
20 And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
Samson bijaše sudac u Izraelu za vrijeme filistejske vladavine dvadeset godina.
