Judges 16
1 He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
Pada suatu kali, ketika Simson pergi ke Gaza, dilihatnya di sana seorang perempuan sundal, lalu menghampiri dia.
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.
Ketika diberitahukan kepada orang-orang Gaza: "Simson telah datang ke sini," maka mereka mengepung tempat itu dan siap menghadang dia semalam-malaman itu di pintu gerbang kota, tetapi semalam-malaman itu mereka tidak berbuat apa-apa, karena pikirnya: "Nanti pada waktu fajar kita akan membunuh dia."
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.
Tetapi Simson tidur di situ sampai tengah malam. Pada waktu tengah malam bangunlah ia, dipegangnya kedua daun pintu gerbang kota itu dan kedua tiang pintu, dicabutnyalah semuanya beserta palangnya, diletakkannya di atas kedua bahunya, lalu semuanya itu diangkatnya ke puncak gunung yang berhadapan dengan Hebron.
4 After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
Sesudah itu Simson jatuh cinta kepada seorang perempuan dari lembah Sorek yang namanya Delila.
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.”
Lalu datanglah raja-raja kota orang Filistin kepada perempuan itu sambil berkata: "Cobalah bujuk dia untuk mengetahui karena apakah kekuatannya demikian besar, dan dengan apakah kami dapat mengalahkan dia dan mengikat dia untuk menundukkannya. Maka kami masing-masing akan memberikan seribu seratus uang perak kepadamu."
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?”
Lalu berkatalah Delila kepada Simson: "Ceritakanlah kiranya kepadaku, karena apakah kekuatanmu demikian besar, dan dengan apakah engkau harus diikat untuk ditundukkan?"
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.”
Jawab Simson kepadanya: "Jika aku diikat dengan tujuh tali busur yang baru, yang belum kering, maka aku akan menjadi lemah dan menjadi seperti orang lain manapun juga."
8 And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
Lalu raja-raja kota orang Filistin membawa tujuh tali busur yang baru yang belum kering kepada perempuan itu dan ia mengikat Simson dengan tali-tali itu,
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.
sedang di kamarnya ada orang bersiap-siap. Kemudian berserulah perempuan itu kepadanya: "Orang-orang Filistin menyergap engkau, Simson!" Tetapi ia memutuskan tali-tali busur itu seperti tali rami yang terbakar putus, apabila kena api. Dan tidaklah ketahuan di mana duduk kekuatannya itu.
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.”
Kemudian berkatalah Delila kepada Simson: "Sesungguhnya engkau telah mempermain-mainkan dan membohongi aku. Sekarang ceritakanlah kiranya kepadaku dengan apa engkau dapat diikat."
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.”
Jawabnya kepadanya: "Jika aku diikat erat-erat dengan tali baru, yang belum terpakai untuk pekerjaan apapun, maka aku akan menjadi lemah dan menjadi seperti orang lain manapun juga."
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.
Kemudian Delila mengambil tali baru, diikatnyalah dia dengan tali-tali itu dan berseru kepadanya: "Orang-orang Filistin menyergap engkau, Simson!" --di kamar ada orang bersiap-siap--tetapi tali-tali itu diputuskannya tanggal dari tangannya seperti benang saja.
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.”
Berkatalah Delila kepada Simson: "Sampai sekarang engkau telah mempermain-mainkan dan membohongi aku. Ceritakanlah kepadaku dengan apakah engkau dapat diikat." Jawabnya kepadanya: "Kalau engkau menenun ketujuh rambut jalinku bersama-sama dengan lungsin lalu mengokohkannya dengan patok, maka aku akan menjadi lemah dan menjadi seperti orang lain manapun juga."
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.
Kemudian perempuan itu mengokohkan lagi tenunan itu dengan patok, lalu berserulah ia kepadanya: "Orang-orang Filistin menyergap engkau, Simson." Tetapi ketika ia terjaga dari tidurnya, disentaknya lepas patok tenunan dan lungsin itu.
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.”
Berkatalah perempuan itu kepadanya: "Bagaimana mungkin engkau berkata: Aku cinta kepadamu, padahal hatimu tidak tertuju kepadaku? Sekarang telah tiga kali engkau mempermain-mainkan aku dan tidak mau menceritakan kepadaku, karena apakah kekuatanmu demikian besar."
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.
Lalu setelah perempuan itu berhari-hari merengek-rengek kepadanya dan terus mendesak-desak dia, ia tidak dapat lagi menahan hati, sehingga ia mau mati rasanya.
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.”
Maka diceritakannyalah kepadanya segala isi hatinya, katanya: "Kepalaku tidak pernah kena pisau cukur, sebab sejak dari kandungan ibuku aku ini seorang nazir Allah. Jika kepalaku dicukur, maka kekuatanku akan lenyap dari padaku, dan aku menjadi lemah dan sama seperti orang-orang lain."
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.
Ketika dilihat Delila, bahwa segala isi hatinya telah diceritakannya kepadanya, disuruhnyalah memanggil raja-raja kota orang Filistin, katanya: "Sekali ini lagi datanglah ke mari, sebab ia telah menceritakan segala isi hatinya kepadaku." Lalu datanglah raja-raja kota orang Filistin itu kepadanya sambil membawa uang itu.
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.
Sesudah itu dibujuknya Simson tidur di pangkuannya, lalu dipanggilnya seorang dan disuruhnya mencukur ketujuh rambut jalinnya, sehingga mulailah Simson ditundukkan oleh perempuan itu, sebab kekuatannya telah lenyap dari padanya.
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.
Lalu berserulah perempuan itu: "Orang Filistin menyergap engkau, Simson!" Maka terjagalah ia dari tidurnya serta katanya: "Seperti yang sudah-sudah, aku akan bebas dan akan meronta lepas." Tetapi tidaklah diketahuinya, bahwa TUHAN telah meninggalkan dia.
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.
Orang Filistin itu menangkap dia, mencungkil kedua matanya dan membawanya ke Gaza. Di situ ia dibelenggu dengan dua rantai tembaga dan pekerjaannya di penjara ialah menggiling.
22 And now his hair began to grow back.
Tetapi rambutnya mulai tumbuh pula sesudah dicukur.
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.”
Sesudah itu berkumpullah raja-raja kota orang Filistin untuk mengadakan perayaan korban sembelihan yang besar kepada Dagon, allah mereka, dan untuk bersukaria; kata mereka: "Telah diserahkan oleh allah kita ke dalam tangan kita Simson, musuh kita."
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.”
Dan ketika orang banyak melihat Simson, mereka memuji allah mereka, sambil berseru: "Telah diserahkan oleh allah kita ke dalam tangan kita musuh kita, perusak tanah kita, dan yang membunuh banyak teman kita."
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.
Ketika hati mereka riang gembira, berkatalah mereka: "Panggillah Simson untuk melawak bagi kita." Simson dipanggil dari penjara, lalu ia melawak di depan mereka, kemudian mereka menyuruh dia berdiri di antara tiang-tiang.
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.”
Berkatalah Simson kepada anak yang menuntun dia: "Lepaskan aku dan biarkanlah aku meraba-raba tiang-tiang penyangga rumah ini, supaya aku dapat bersandar padanya."
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.
Adapun gedung itu penuh dengan laki-laki dan perempuan; segala raja kota orang Filistin ada di sana, dan di atas sotoh ada kira-kira tiga ribu orang laki-laki dan perempuan, yang menonton lawak Simson itu.
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.”
Berserulah Simson kepada TUHAN, katanya: "Ya Tuhan ALLAH, ingatlah kiranya kepadaku dan buatlah aku kuat, sekali ini saja, ya Allah, supaya dengan satu pembalasan juga kubalaskan kedua mataku itu kepada orang Filistin."
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,
Kemudian Simson merangkul kedua tiang yang paling tengah, penyangga rumah itu, lalu bertopang kepada tiang yang satu dengan tangan kanannya dan kepada tiang yang lain dengan tangan kirinya.
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.
Berkatalah Simson: "Biarlah kiranya aku mati bersama-sama orang Filistin ini." Lalu membungkuklah ia sekuat-kuatnya, maka rubuhlah rumah itu menimpa raja-raja kota itu dan seluruh orang banyak yang ada di dalamnya. Yang mati dibunuhnya pada waktu matinya itu lebih banyak dari pada yang dibunuhnya pada waktu hidupnya.
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.
Sesudah itu datanglah ke sana saudara-saudaranya dan seluruh keluarganya, mereka mengangkat dia dan membawanya dari sana, lalu menguburkannya di antara Zora dan Esytaol di dalam kubur Manoah, ayahnya. Dia memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel dua puluh tahun lamanya.
