Judges 15
1 Then, after some time, when the days of the wheat harvest were near, Samson arrived, intending to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid from the goats. And when he wanted to enter her bedroom, as usual, her father prohibited him, saying:
Και μετά τινά καιρόν, εν ταις ημέραις του θερισμού του σίτου επεσκέφθη ο Σαμψών την γυναίκα αυτού, φέρων ερίφιον εξ αιγών· και είπε, Θέλω εισέλθει προς την γυναίκα μου εις τον κοιτώνα. Αλλ' ο πατήρ αυτής δεν αφήκεν αυτόν να εισέλθη.
2 “I thought that you would hate her, and therefore I gave her to your friend. But she has a sister, who is younger and more beautiful than she is. And she may be a wife for you, instead of her.”
Και είπεν ο πατήρ αυτής, Είπα κατ' εμαυτόν ότι διόλου εμίσησας αυτήν· διά τούτο έδωκα αυτήν εις τον σύντροφόν σου· η μικροτέρα αδελφή αυτής δεν είναι ώραιοτέρα αυτής; λάβε λοιπόν αυτήν αντ' εκείνης.
3 And Samson answered him: “From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines. For I will do harm to you all.”
Ο δε Σαμψών είπε περί αυτών, Τώρα θέλω είσθαι αθώος προς τους Φιλισταίους, αν εγώ κακοποιώ αυτούς.
4 And he went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he joined them tail to tail. And he tied torches between the tails.
Και υπήγεν ο Σαμψών και επίασε τριακοσίας αλώπεκας, και έλαβε λαμπάδας, και έστρεψεν ουράν προς ουράν και έβαλε μίαν λαμπάδα μεταξύ των δύο ουρών εις το μέσον.
5 And setting these on fire, he released them, so that they might rush from place to place. And immediately they went into the grain fields of the Philistines, setting these on fire, both the grain that was already bound for carrying, and what was still standing on the stalk. These were completely burned up, so much so that the flame also consumed even the vineyards and the olive groves.
Και ανάψας τας λαμπάδας, απέλυσεν εις τα σπαρτά των Φιλισταίων, και έκαυσε τας θημωνίας, έως και τα αθέριστα αστάχυα, έως και τας αμπέλους και ελαίας.
6 And the Philistines said, “Who has done this thing?” And it was said: “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another. He has done these things.” And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.
Τότε οι Φιλισταίοι είπον, Τις έκαμε τούτο; Και απεκρίθησαν, Σαμψών ο γαμβρός του Θαμναθαίου· διότι έλαβε την γυναίκα αυτού και έδωκεν αυτήν εις τον σύντροφον αυτού. Και ανέβησαν οι Φιλισταίοι και έκαυσαν αυτήν και τον πατέρα αυτής εν πυρί.
7 And Samson said to them, “Even though you have done this, I will still fulfill vengeance against you, and then I will be quieted.”
Και είπε προς αυτούς ο Σαμψών, Αν και σεις εκάμετε τούτο, εγώ όμως θέλω εκδικηθή εναντίον σας, και μετά ταύτα θέλω παύσει.
8 And he struck them with a tremendous slaughter, so much so that, out of astonishment, they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And descending, he lived in a cave of the rock at Etam.
Και επάταξεν αυτούς κνήμην και μηρόν εν σφαγή μεγάλη· και κατέβη και εκάθισεν εις το χάσμα της πέτρας Ητάμ.
9 And so the Philistines, ascending into the land of Judah, made camp at the place which was later called Lehi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army spread out.
Ανέβησαν δε οι Φιλισταίοι και εστρατοπέδευσαν εν γη Ιούδα και διεχύθησαν εις Λεχί.
10 And some from the tribe of Judah said to them, “Why have you ascended against us?” And they responded, “We have come to bind Samson, and to repay him for what he has done to us.”
Και είπον οι άνδρες Ιούδα, Διά τι ανέβητε εναντίον ημών; Οι δε απεκρίθησαν, Διά να δέσωμεν τον Σαμψών ανέβημεν, να κάμωμεν εις αυτόν ως έκαμεν εις ημάς.
11 Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam. And they said to Samson: “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why would you want to do this?” And he said to them, “As they have done to me, so I have done to them.”
Και κατέβησαν τρεις χιλιάδες ανδρών εκ του Ιούδα εις το χάσμα της πέτρας Ητάμ και είπον προς τον Σαμψών, Δεν εξεύρεις ότι οι Φιλισταίοι εξουσιάζουσιν εφ' ημών; τι τούτο λοιπόν το οποίον έκαμες εις ημάς; Ο δε είπε προς αυτούς, Ως έκαμαν εις εμέ, ούτως έκαμον εις αυτούς.
12 And they said to him, “We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me.”
Και είπον προς αυτόν, Κατέβημεν να σε δέσωμεν, διά να σε παραδώσωμεν εις την χείρα των Φιλισταίων. Και είπε προς αυτούς ο Σαμψών, Ορκίσθητε προς εμέ, ότι σεις δεν θέλετε επιπέσει κατ' εμού.
13 They said: “We will not kill you. But we will deliver you tied.” And they bound him with two new cords. And they took him from the rock at Etam.
Και είπαν προς αυτόν, λέγοντες, Ουχί· αλλά θέλομεν σε δέσει δυνατά και σε παραδώσει εις την χείρα αυτών· πλην βεβαίως δεν θέλομεν σε θανατώσει. Έδεσαν λοιπόν αυτόν με δύο νέα σχοινία και ανεβίβασαν αυτόν εκ της πέτρας.
14 And when he had arrived at the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines, shouting aloud, had met him, the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him. And just as flax is usually consumed by a hint of fire, so were the ties with which he was bound broken and released.
Και ότε ήλθεν εις Λεχί, οι Φιλισταίοι αλαλάζοντες έδραμον εις συνάντησιν αυτού. Και επήλθεν επ' αυτόν Πνεύμα Κυρίου· και τα σχοινία, τα εις τους βραχίονας αυτού, έγειναν ως λινάριον το οποίον εξάπτεται εν τω πυρί, και τα δεσμά αυτού έπεσον εκ των χειρών αυτού, διεσπασμένα.
15 And finding a jawbone which was laying there, that is, the jawbone of a donkey, snatching it up, he put to death a thousand men with it.
Και εύρηκε σιαγόνα όνου νωπήν, και εκτείνας την χείρα αυτού έλαβεν αυτήν και εφόνευσε δι' αυτής χιλίους άνδρας.
16 And he said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, with the jaw of the colt of a donkey, I have destroyed them, and I have struck down a thousand men.”
Και είπεν ο Σαμψών, Διά σιαγόνος όνου έκαμα σωρούς, σωρούς, διά σιαγόνος όνου εφόνευσα χιλίους άνδρας.
17 And when he had completed these words, singing, he threw the jawbone from his hand. And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi, which is translated as ‘the elevation of the jawbone.’
Και αφού έπαυσε λαλών, έρριψε την σιαγόνα από της χειρός αυτού· και ωνόμασε τον τόπον εκείνον, Ραμάθ-λεχί.
18 And being very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, and he said: “You have given, to the hand of your servant, this very great salvation and victory. But see that I am dying of thirst, and so I will fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.”
Και διψήσας σφόδρα, εβόησε προς τον Κύριον και είπε, Συ έδωκας διά χειρός του δούλου σου την μεγάλην ταύτην σωτηρίαν· και τώρα να αποθάνω υπό δίψης και να πέσω εις την χείρα των απεριτμήτων;
19 And so the Lord opened a large tooth in the jawbone of the donkey, and water went out from it. And having drank it, his spirit was revived, and he recovered his strength. For this reason, the name of that place was called ‘the Spring called forth from the jawbone,’ even to the present day.
Και έσχισεν ο Θεός το κοίλωμα το εν Λεχί, και εξήλθεν ύδωρ απ' αυτού· και αφού έπιεν, ανέλαβε το πνεύμα αυτού, και ανεζωοποιήθη· διά τούτο εκάλεσε το όνομα αυτού, Εν-ακκορέ, το οποίον είναι εν Λεχί έως της ημέρας ταύτης.
20 And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, for twenty years.
Και αυτός έκρινε τον Ισραήλ εν ταις ημέραις των Φιλισταίων είκοσι έτη.
