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.
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 “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.”
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 Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”
Da sagde Samson til dem: »Denne Gang er jeg sagesløs over for Filisterne, naar jeg gør dem Fortræd!«
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.
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 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.
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 “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.
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 told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
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 struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at 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, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.
Filisterne drog nu op og slog Lejr i Juda og spredte sig ved Lehi.
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.”
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 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.
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 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.”
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 “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.
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 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.
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 He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
Og da han fik Øje paa en frisk Æselkæbe, rakte han sin Haand ud, greb den og huggede 1000 Mand ned med den.
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.”
Da sagde Samson: »Med en Æselkæbe har jeg flaaet dem sønder og sammen, med en Æselkæbe har jeg fældet 1000 Mand!«
17 And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
Med disse Ord kastede han Kæbebenet fra sig, og derfor kaldte man Stedet 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?”
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 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.
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 Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
Han var Dommer i Israel i Filistertiden i tyve Aar.
