Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
Samson drog så til Gaza. Der så han en Skøge og gik ind til hende.
2 When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
Da det spurgtes blandt Folkene i Gaza, at Samson var kommet derhen, gik de hen og lagde sig på Lur efter ham ved Byporten; men de holdt sig rolige Natten over, idet de sagde: "Vi vil vente, til det bliver lyst; så slår vi ham ihjel!"
3 But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
Samson blev liggende den halve Nat, men ved Midnatstide stod han op, greb fat i Byportens to Fløje og begge Portstolper, rykkede dem op tillige med Portslåen, tog dem på Skuldrene og bar dem op på Toppen af Bjerget over for Hebron.
4 Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Siden fik han Kærlighed til en Kvinde ved Navn Dalila i Sorekdalen.
5 The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
Da kom Filisternes Fyrster til hende og sagde til hende: "Se at lokke ud af ham, hvad det er, der giver ham hans vældige Kræfter, og hvorledes vi kan få Bugt med ham, så vi kan binde og kue ham, så vil vi hver give dig 1100 Sekel Sølv!"
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
Dalila sagde da til Samson: "Sig mig dog, hvad det er, der giver dig dine vældige Kræfter, og hvorledes man kan binde og kue dig!"
7 Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Samson svarede hende: "Hvis man binder mig med syv friske Strenge, som ikke er blevet tørre, bliver jeg svag som ethvert andet Menneske."
8 So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
Filisternes Fyrster bragte hende da syv friske Strenge, der ikke var blevet tørre, og med dem bandt hun ham;
9 While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
samtidig havde hun Folk liggende på Lur i Kammeret. Da sagde hun til ham: "Filisterne er over dig, Samson!" Men han rev Strengene over, og de brast som Blårgarn, der kommer Ild for nær; og hvorledes det hang sammen med hans Kræfter, kom ikke for Dagen.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
Da sagde Dalila til Samson: "Se, du har narret mig og løjet for mig; sig mig dog, hvorledes man kan binde dig!"
11 He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Han svarede hende: "Hvis man binder mig med nye Reb, som aldrig har været brug til noget, bliver jeg svag som ethvert andet Menneske!"
12 So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
Da tog Dalila nye Reb og bandt ham. Så sagde hun til ham: "Filisterne er over dig, Samson!" Samtidig lå der Folk på Lur i Kammeret. Men han flåede Rebene af sine Arme, som var det Tråde.
13 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Da sagde Dalila til Samson: "Hidtil har du narret mig og løjet for mig; sig mig dog, hvorledes man kan binde dig!" Han svarede hende: "Hvis du væver mine syv Hovedlokker ind i Rendegarnet og slår dem fast med Slagelen, bliver jeg svag som ethvert andet Menneske."
14 So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
Så dyssede hun ham i Søvn og vævede hans syv Hovedlokker ind i Rendegarnet og slog dem fast med Slagelen. Og hun sagde til ham: "Filisterne er over dig, Samson!" Så vågnede han og rykkede Væven op sammen med Rendegarnet.
15 “How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
Da sagde hun til ham: "Hvor kan du sige, du elsker mig, når du ingen Fortrolighed har til mig? Tre Gange har du nu narret mig og ikke sagt mig, hvad det er, der giver dig dine vældige Kræfter!"
16 Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
Da hun således stadig pinte og plagede ham med sine Ord, blev hans Sjæl træt til Døden,
17 Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
og han talte rent ud og sagde til hende: "Ingen Ragekniv er kommet på mit Hoved, thi jeg har fra Moders Liv af været en Guds Nasiræer; hvis mit Hår rages af, mister jeg mine Kræfter og bliver svag som alle andre Mennesker."
18 When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
Da nu Dalila skønnede, at han havde talt rent ud til hende, sendte hun Bud efter Filisternes Fyrster og lod sige: "Kom nu herop, thi han har talt rent ud til mig!" Og Filisternes Fyrster kom op til hende og bragte Pengene med.
19 And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
Så dyssede hun ham i Søvn imellem sine Knæ og kaldte på en Mand, som ragede hans syv Hovedlokker af. Da blev han svagere og svagere, og Kræfterne veg fra ham.
20 Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
Derpå sagde hun: Filisterne er over dig, Samson!" Da vågnede han og tænkte: "Jeg skal nok slippe fra det ligesom de andre Gange og ryste det af mig!" Men han vidste ikke, at HERREN var veget fra ham.
21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
Da greb Filisterne ham og stak Øjnene ud på ham; derpå bragte de ham ned til Gaza og lagde ham i Kobberlænker; og han måtte dreje Kværnen i Fangehuset.
22 However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
Men hans Hovedhår begyndte at vokse igen, efter at det var raget af.
23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
Filisternes Fyrster samledes nu for at holde en stor Offerfest til Ære for deres Gud Dagon og for at fornøje sig; og de sagde: "Vor Gud gav os i Hænde Samson, vor Fjende!"
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
Og da Folket så ham, priste de deres Gud og råbte: "Vor Gud gav os i Hænde Samson, vor Fjende, ham, som vort Land monne skænde, på manges Liv gjorde Ende!"
25 And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
Da de nu var kommet i godt Lune, sagde de: "Hent Samson, at vi kan more os over ham!" De lod da Samson hente fra Fangehuset, og de morede sig over ham. De stillede ham op ved Søjlerne;
26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
Da sagde Samson til den unge Mand, som holdt ham i Hånden: "Slip mig og lad mig røre ved Søjlerne, som bærer Hallen, så jeg kan læne mig til dem!".
27 Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.
Hallen var fuld af Mænd og Kvinder; der var alle Filisternes Fyrster, og på Taget var der henved 3000 Mænd og Kvinder, som så til, medens de morede sig over Samson.
28 Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
Da råbte Samson til HERREN og sagde: "Herre, HERRE, kom mig i Hu og giv mig Kraft, o Gud, kun denne ene Gang, så jeg kan hævne mig på Filisterne for begge mine Øjne på een Gang!"
29 And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
Så greb Samson om de to Midtersøjler, som bar Hallen, og stemmede sig imod den ene med højre og imod den anden med venstre Hånd.
30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
Og Samson sagde: "Lad mig dø sammen med Filisterne!" Derpå bøjede han sig med sådan Kraft, at Hallen styrtede sammen over Fyrsterne og alle Folkene derinde. Således dræbte han ved sin Død flere, end han havde dræbt i levende Live.
31 Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
Men hans Brødre og hele hans Faders Hus drog ned og tog ham, bragte ham op og lagde ham i hans Fader Manoas Grav mellem Zora og Esjtaol. Han var Dommer i Israel i tyve År.
