Judges 16
1 And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
Odatle ode Samson u Gazu; ondje vidje neku bludnicu i uđe k njoj.
2 [And it was told] the Gazathites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they surrounded [him], and laid wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning light we will kill him.
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 And Samson lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before 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 And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Poslije toga zamilova on neku ženu iz doline Soreka po imenu Delilu.
5 And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Persuade him, and see in what his great strength is, and with what we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to overpower him; and we will each give thee eleven hundred silver-pieces.
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 Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee.
Delila upita Samsona: “Kaži mi gdje stoji tvoja velika snaga i čime bi se mogao svezati i svladati.”
7 And Samson said to her, If they should bind me with seven fresh cords which have not been dried, then should I be weak, and be as another man.
Samson joj odgovori: “Da me svežu sa sedam svježih još neosušenih žila od luka, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
Filistejski knezovi donesu Delili sedam svježih još neosušenih žila i ona ga veza njima.
9 Now she had liers in wait abiding in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he broke the cords, as a thread of tow is broken when it touches the fire; and his strength was not known.
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 Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mightest be bound.
Tad reče Delila Samsonu: “Prevario si me i slagao mi. Ali mi sada kaži čime bi te trebalo vezati.”
11 And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes, with which no work has been done, then should I be weak, and be as another man.
On joj odgovori: “Da me dobro svežu novim još neupotrijebljenim užetima, onemoćao bih i postao kao običan čovjek.”
12 And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.
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 said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what thou mightest be bound. And he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web.
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 she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and tore out the pin of the beam, and the web.
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 Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy 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 it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death;
Kako mu je svakog dana dodijavala molbama i mučila ga, njemu već dozlogrdje.
17 and he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I am a Nazarite of God from my mother's womb; if I should be shaven, then my strength would go from me, and I should be weak, and be like all mankind.
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 And Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, and she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this time, for he has told me all his heart. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.
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 And she made him sleep upon her knees, and called a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to overpower him, and his strength went 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 thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed 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 the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.
Filistejci ga uhvatiše, iskopaše mu oči i odvedoše ga u Gazu. Okovaše ga dvostrukim mjedenim lancem te je okretao mlin u tamnici.
22 But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.
Ali kosa gdje mu je obrijaše počne opet rasti.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy 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 And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.
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 it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they set him between the 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 Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Let loose of me, and suffer me to feel the pillars upon which the house stands, that I may lean upon them.
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 lords of the Philistines were there; and upon the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport.
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 And Samson called to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may take one vengeance upon the Philistines for 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 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (and he supported himself upon them), the 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 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself with might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain 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 And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel 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.
