Judges 16
1 He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
Odatle ode Samson u Gazu; ondje vidje neku bludnicu i uđe k njoj.
2 And when the Philistines had heard of this, and it had become well known among them, that Samson had entered the city, they surrounded him, placing guards at the gate of the city. And there they were keeping watch all night in silence, so that, in the morning, they might kill him as he was going out.
Žiteljima Gaze javiše: “Samson je došao ovamo!” Opkoliše ga i vrebahu ga svu noć na gradskim vratima. Svu noć bijahu mirni. “Pričekajmo do zore”, mišljahu, “pa ćemo ga ubiti.”
3 But Samson slept until the middle of the night, and rising up from there, he took both doors from the gate, with their posts and bars. And laying them upon his shoulders, he carried them to the top of the hill that looks toward Hebron.
Ali je Samson ležao samo do ponoći, a o ponoći ustade, dohvati gradska vrata s oba dovratnika, iščupa ih zajedno s prijevornicom, metnu ih na ramena i odnese na vrh gore koja je nasuprot Hebronu i položi ih ondje.
4 After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
Poslije toga zamilova on neku ženu iz doline Soreka po imenu Delilu.
5 And the leaders of the Philistines went to her, and they said: “Deceive him, and learn from him wherein lies his great strength, and how we may be able to overcome him and to impose restraints on him. And if you will do this, each one of us will give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.”
Filistejski knezovi dođoše k njoj i rekoše joj: “Zavedi ga i doznaj gdje stoji njegova velika snaga, kako bismo ga mogli svladati pa da ga svežemo i učinimo nemoćnim. A dat će ti svaki od nas po tisuću i sto srebrnih šekela.”
6 Therefore, Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, I beg you, wherein lies your very great strength, and with what might you be bound, so that you could not break free?”
Delila upita Samsona: “Kaži mi gdje stoji tvoja velika snaga i čime bi se mogao svezati i svladati.”
7 And Samson answered her, “If I will be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still damp, I will be weak like other men.”
Samson joj odgovori: “Da me svežu sa sedam svježih još neosušenih žila od luka, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
8 And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
Filistejski knezovi donesu Delili sedam svježih još neosušenih žila i ona ga veza njima.
9 And so, those hiding in ambush with her, in the bedroom, were expecting the end of the matter. And she cried out to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he broke the cords, as one would break a thread of flax, twisted for cutting and singed by fire. And so it was not known wherein lay his strength.
Kod nje u sobi bijaše zasjeda i ona viknu: “Samsone, eto Filistejaca na te!” On pokida žile kao što se prekine kučina kad se primakne ognju. I tako ne doznadoše za tajnu njegove snage.
10 And Delilah said to him: “Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken a falsehood. But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”
Tad reče Delila Samsonu: “Prevario si me i slagao mi. Ali mi sada kaži čime bi te trebalo vezati.”
11 And he answered her, “If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men.”
On joj odgovori: “Da me dobro svežu novim još neupotrijebljenim užetima, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
12 Again, Delilah tied him with these, and she cried out, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom. But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web.
Tada Delila uze nova užeta, sveza ga njima i viknu mu: “Samsone, eto Filistejaca na te!” Kod nje u sobi bijaše zasjeda, ali on prekide užeta na rukama kao da su konci.
13 And Delilah spoke to him again: “How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods? Reveal with what you ought to be bound.” And Samson responded to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom, and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground, I will be weak.”
Tada Delila reče Samsonu: “Varaš me svejednako i lažeš mi. Kaži mi napokon čime bi te trebalo vezati.” On joj odgovori: “Da otkaš sedam pramenova moje kose na tkalačkom stanu i da ih zaglaviš klinom, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
14 And when Delilah had done this, she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And arising from sleep, he withdrew the spike with the hairs and the weaving.
Ona ga uspava i otka sedam pramenova njegove kose na tkalačkom stanu, zabi klin i viknu mu: “Eto Filistejaca na te, Samsone!” On se probudi i istrgne i klin i tkalački stan. I nije otkrila tajnu njegove snage.
15 And Delilah said to him: “How can you say that you love me, when your soul is not with me? You have lied to me on three occasions, and you are not willing to reveal wherein lies your very great strength.”
Delila mu reče: “Kako možeš reći da me ljubiš kad tvoje srce nije sa mnom? Triput si me već prevario i nisi mi kazao gdje je tvoja velika snaga.”
16 And when she had been very troublesome to him, and over many days had continually stayed nearby, giving him no time to rest, his soul was faint, and he was weary, even unto death.
Kako mu je svakog dana dodijavala molbama i mučila ga, njemu već dozlogrdje.
17 Then disclosing the truth of the matter, he said to her: “Iron has never been drawn across my head, for I am a Nazirite, that is, I have been consecrated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head will be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I will be faint and will be like other men.”
I otvori joj cijelo svoje srce: “Nikada britva nije prešla po mojoj glavi jer sam od majčine utrobe nazirej Božji. Da me obriju, sva bi me snaga ostavila, onemoćao bih i postao bih kao običan čovjek.”
18 Then, seeing that he had confessed to her his whole soul, she sent to the leaders of the Philistines and ordered: “Come up just once more. For now he has opened his heart to me.” And they went up, taking with them the money that they had promised.
Delila tad shvati da joj je otvorio cijelo svoje srce; pozva filistejske knezove i reče im: “Dođite sada jer mi je otvorio cijelo svoje srce.” I filistejski knezovi dođoše k njoj i donesoše sa sobom novac.
19 But she made him sleep upon her knees, and recline his head upon her bosom. And she called a barber, and he shaved his seven locks of hair. And she began to push him away, and to repel him from herself. For immediately his strength departed from him.
Uspavavši Samsona na svojim koljenima, ona dozva čovjeka te mu obrija s glave sedam pramenova kose. Tako on poče slabiti i ostavi ga snaga.
20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind, “I will break away and shake myself free, just as I did before.” For he did not know that the Lord had withdrawn from him.
Kad ona povika: “Samsone, eto Filistejaca na te!” on se probudi i pomisli: “Izvući ću se kao i uvijek i oslobodit ću se.” Ali nije znao da se Jahve od njega okrenuo.
21 And when the Philistines had seized him, they immediately plucked out his eyes. And they led him, bound in chains, to Gaza. And enclosing him in a prison, they made him work a millstone.
Filistejci ga uhvatiše, iskopaše mu oči i odvedoše ga u Gazu. Okovaše ga dvostrukim mjedenim lancem te je okretao mlin u tamnici.
22 And now his hair began to grow back.
Ali kosa gdje mu je obrijaše počne opet rasti.
23 And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god. And they feasted, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.”
A knezovi se filistejski skupiše da prinesu veliku žrtvu svome bogu Dagonu i da se provesele. Govorahu oni: “Bog naš predade nam u ruke Samsona, našeg neprijatelja.”
24 Then, too, the people, seeing this, praised their god, and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands: the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”
A narod, vidjevši ga, uze hvaliti svoga boga i klicati u njegovu čast govoreći: “Bog naš predade nam u ruke Samsona, našeg neprijatelja, koji nam je zemlju pustošio i tolike naše usmrtio.”
25 And rejoicing in their celebration, having now taken food, they instructed that Samson be called, and that he be mocked before them. And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them. And they caused him to stand between two pillars.
Kad im se srce razigralo, povikaše: “Dovedite Samsona da nas zabavlja!” I dovedoše iz tamnice Samsona i on igraše pred njima; a onda ga postaviše među stupove.
26 And he said to the boy who was guiding his steps, “Permit me to touch the pillars, which support the entire house, and to lean against them, so that I may rest a little.”
Samson tada reče dječaku koji ga je vodio za ruku: “Vodi me i pomozi mi da opipam stupove na kojima počiva zdanje da se naslonim na njih.”
27 Now the house was full of men and women. And all the leaders of the Philistines were there, as well as about three thousand persons, of both sexes, on the roof and in the upper level of the house, who were watching Samson being mocked.
A kuća bijaše puna ljudi i žena. Bijahu tu i svi filistejski knezovi, a na krovu tri tisuće ljudi koji su gledali kako Samson igra.
28 Then, calling upon the Lord, he said, “O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, so that I may avenge myself against my enemies, and so that I may receive one vengeance for the deprivation of my two eyes.”
Samson zavapi Jahvi: “Gospodine Jahve, spomeni me se i samo mi još sada podaj snagu da se Filistejcima odjednom osvetim za oba oka.”
29 And taking hold of both the pillars, on which the house rested, and holding one with his right hand and the other with his left,
I Samson napipa dva srednja stupa na kojima počivaše zdanje, oprije se o njih, desnom o jedan, a lijevom o drugi,
30 he said, “May my life die with the Philistines.” And when he had shaken the pillars strongly, the house fell upon all the leaders, and the rest of the multitude who were there. And he killed many more in his death than he had killed before in his life.
i viknu: “Neka poginem s Filistejcima!” Nato uprije iz sve snage i sruši zdanje na knezove i na sav narod koji se ondje nalazio. Više ih ubi umirući nego što ih pobi za života.
31 Then his brothers and all his relatives, going down, took his body, and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of his father, Manoah. And he judged Israel for twenty years.
Poslije dođoše njegova braća i sva kuća njegova oca, uzeše ga i odnesoše i pokopaše ga između Sore i Eštaola, u grobu Manoaha, oca njegova. On je sudio Izraelu dvadeset godina.
