Judges 16
1 Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.
| وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ حَيْثُ الْتَقَى بِامْرَأَةٍ عَاهِرَةٍ فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا. | ١ |
2 And it was tolde to the Azzahites, Samson is come hither. And they went about, and laied wayte for him all night in the gate of the citie, and were quiet all the nyght, saying, Abide till the morning earely, and we shall kill him.
| فَقِيلَ لأَهْلِ غَزَّةَ: «قَدْ جَاءَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى هُنَا». فَحَاصَرُوا الْمَنْزِلَ وَكَمَنُوا لَهُ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاعْتَصَمُوا بِالْهُدُوءِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ قَائِلِينَ: «عِنْدَ بُزُوغِ الصَّبَاحِ نَقْتُلُهُ». | ٢ |
3 And Samson slept till midnight, and arose at midnight, and tooke the doores of the gates of the citie, and the two postes and lift them away with the barres, and put them vpon his shoulders, and caried them vp to the top of the mountaine that is before Hebron.
| وَظَلَّ شَمْشُونُ رَاقِداً حَتَّى مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ هَبَّ وَخَلَعَ مِصْرَاعَيْ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِقَائِمَتَيْهَا وَقُفْلِهَا، وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ وَصَعِدَ بِها إِلَى قِمَّةِ الْجَبَلِ مُقَابِلَ حَبْرُونَ. | ٣ |
4 And after this hee loued a woman by the riuer of Sorek, whose name was Delilah:
| وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَقَعَ شَمْشُونُ فِي حُبِّ امْرَأَةٍ فِي وَادِي سُورَقَ اسْمُهَا دَلِيلَةُ، | ٤ |
5 Vnto whome came the princes of the Philistims, and said vnto her, Entise him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what meane we may ouercome him, that we may binde him, and punish him, and euery one of vs shall giue thee eleuen hundreth shekels of siluer.
| فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «تَمَلَّقِي شَمْشُونَ إِلَى أَنْ تَكْتَشِفِي مِنْهُ سِرَّ قُوَّتِهِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَتَغَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ وَنُوْثِقَهُ فَنُذِلَّهُ فَيُكَافِئَكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بِأَلْفٍ وَمِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً)». | ٥ |
6 And Delilah saide to Samson, Tell mee, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest bee bound, to doe thee hurt.
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَخْبِرْنِي مَا هُوَ سِرُّ قُوَّتِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ وَكَيْفَ يَتَسَنَّى تَقْيِيدُكَ وَإِذْلالُكَ» | ٦ |
7 Samson then answered vnto her, If they binde mee with seuen greene cordes, that were neuer dryed, then shall I bee weake, and be as an other man.
| فَأَجَابَهَا شَمْشُونُ: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِسَبْعَةِ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ بَعْدُ، أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». | ٧ |
8 And the princes of the Philistims brought her seuen greene cordes that were not dry, and she bound him therewith.
| فَأَحْضَرَ لَهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَةَ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ بَعْدُ، فَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِها. | ٨ |
9 (And she had men lying in wayte with her in the chamber) Then she said vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And hee brake the cordes, as a threede of towe is broken, when it feeleth fire: so his strength was not knowen.
| وَكَانَ الْكَمِينُ مُتَرَبِّصاً بِهِ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». فَقَطَعَ الأَوْتَارَ وَكَأَنَّهَا خُيُوطٌ شَيَّطَتْهَا النَّارُ، وَلَمْ يُكْتَشَفْ سِرُّ قُوَّتِهِ. | ٩ |
10 After Delilah saide vnto Samson, See, thou hast mocked mee and tolde mee lies. I pray thee nowe, tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ دَلِيلَةُ: «لَقَدْ خَدَعْتَنِي وَكَذِبْتَ عَلَيَّ. فَأَخْبِرْنِي الآنَ كَيْفَ تُوْثَقُ؟» | ١٠ |
11 Then he answered her, If they binde mee with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, then shall I be weake, and be as an other man.
| فَأَجَابَهَا: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِحِبَالٍ جَدِيدَةٍ، أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». | ١١ |
12 Delilah therefore tooke newe ropes, and bounde him therewith, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson: (and men lay in wayte in the chamber) and hee brake them from his armes, as a threede.
| فَأَخَذَتْ دَلِيلَةُ حِبَالاً جَدِيدَةً وَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِها، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». وَكَانَ الْكَمِينُ يَتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ، فَقَطَعَ الْحِبَالَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَكَأَنَّهَا خُيُوطٌ. | ١٢ |
13 Afterward Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast beguiled mee, and tolde me lies: tell me how thou mightest be bounde. And he sayde vnto her, If thou plattedst seuen lockes of mine head with the threedes of the woufe.
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَنْتَ مَازِلْتَ تَكْذِبُ عَلَيَّ وَتَخْدَعُنِي، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا تُوْثَقُ؟» فَأَجَابَهَا: «إِنْ ضَفَرْتِ خُصْلاتِ شَعْرِي السَّبْعَ بِمِغْزَلٍ وَثَبَّتِّهَا بِوَتَدٍ، فَإِنَّنِي أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَغِطُّ فِي نَوْمٍ عَمِيقٍ ضَفَرَتْ دَلِيلَةُ خُصْلاتِ شَعْرِهِ السَّبْعَ بِمِغْزَلٍ. | ١٣ |
14 And she fastened it with a pinne, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and went away with the pinne of the webbe and the woufe.
| وَثَبَّتَتْهَا بِوَتَدٍ، وَنَادَتْهُ ثَانِيَةً: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ» فَانْتَبَهَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَخَلَعَ وَتَدَ النَّسِيجِ مَعَ الْمِغْزَلِ. | ١٤ |
15 Againe shee sayde vnto him, Howe canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked mee these three times, and hast not tolde me wherein thy great strength lieth.
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ تَدَّعِي أَنَّكَ تُحِبُّنِي وَقَلْبُكَ لَا يَثِقُ بِي؟ قَدْ خَدَعْتَنِي ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلَمْ تُطْلِعْنِي عَلَى سِرِّ قُوَّتِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ». | ١٥ |
16 And because shee was importunate vpon him with her wordes continually, and vexed him, his soule was pained vnto the death.
| وَظَلَّتْ تُلِحُّ عَلَيْهِ وَتُزْعِجُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ حَتَّى ضَاقَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ. | ١٦ |
17 Therefore he tolde her all his heart, and said vnto her, There neuer came rasor vpon mine head: for I am a Nazarite vnto God from my mothers wombe: therefore if I bee shauen, my strength will goe from me, and I shalbe weake, and be like all other men.
| فَكَشَفَ لَهَا عَنْ مَكْنُونِ قَلْبِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِنَّنِي نَذِيرُ الرَّبِّ مُنْذُ مَوْلِدِي، لِهَذَا لَمْ أَحْلِقْ شَعْرِي. وَإِنْ حَلَقْتُهُ فَإِنَّ قُوَّتِي تُفَارِقُنِي وَأُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». | ١٧ |
18 And when Delilah sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she sent, and called for the Princes of ye Philistims, saying, Come vp once againe: for he hath shewed mee all his heart. Then the Princes of the Philistims came vp vnto her, and brought the money in their handes.
| وَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَتْ دَلِيلَةُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَسَرَّ لَهَا بِمَكْنُونِ قَلْبِهِ، اسْتَدْعَتْ أَقْطَابَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قَائِلَةً: «تَعَالَوْا هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ، فَقَدْ أَطْلَعَنِي عَلَى سِرِّ قُوَّتِهِ». فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ حَامِلِينَ مَعَهُمُ الْفِضَّةَ. | ١٨ |
19 And she made him sleepe vpon her knees, and she called a man, and made him to shaue off the seuen lockes of his head, and shee began to vexe him, and his strength was gone from him.
| فَأَضْجَعَتْهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهَا وَاسْتَدْعَتْ رَجُلاً حَلَقَ لَهُ خُصْلاتِ شَعْرِهِ السَّبْعَ، وَشَرَعَتْ فِي إِذْلالِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَارَقَتْهُ قُوَّتُهُ. | ١٩ |
20 Then she said, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And hee awoke out of his sleepe, and thought, I will go out now as at other times, and shake my selfe, but he knewe not that the Lord was departed from him.
| وَقَالَتْ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ» فَاسْتَيْقَظَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَقُومُ مِثْلَ كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَأَنْتَفِضُ». وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ فَارَقَهُ. | ٢٠ |
21 Therefore the Philistims tooke him, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters: and hee did grinde in the prison house.
| فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَقَلَعُوا عَيْنَيْهِ وَأَخَذُوهُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ حَيْثُ أَوْثَقُوهُ بِسَلاسِلَ نُحَاسِيَّةٍ، وَسَخَّرُوهُ لِيَطْحَنَ الْحُبُوبَ فِي السِّجْنِ. | ٢١ |
22 And the heare of his head began to growe againe after that it was shauen.
| وَمَا لَبِثَ شَعْرُهُ أَنِ ابْتَدَأَ يَنْمُو بَعْدَ أَنْ حُلِقَ. | ٢٢ |
23 Then the Princes of the Philistims gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce: for they said, Our god hath deliuered Samson our enemie into our handes.
| وَاجْتَمَعَ أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيَحْتَفِلُوا بِتَقْدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ لإِلَهِهِمْ دَاجُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ إِلَهَنَا قَدْ أَظْفَرَنَا بِشَمْشُونَ عَدُوِّنَا». | ٢٣ |
24 Also when the people saw him, they praysed their god: for they sayde, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our countrey, which hath slayne many of vs.
| وَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ الشَّعْبُ شَمْشُونَ فِي ذِلَّةٍ، مَجَّدُوا إِلَهَهُم قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ أَظفَرَنَا إِلَهُنَا بِعَدُوِّنَا الَّذِي خَرَّبَ أَرْضَنَا، وَأَكْثَرَ مِنْ قَتْلانَا». | ٢٤ |
25 And when their heartes were merie, they said, Call Samson, that he may make vs pastime. So they called Samson out of the prison house, and he was a laughing stocke vnto them, and they set him betweene the pillars.
| وَإِذْ لَعِبَتْ بِهِمِ النَّشْوَةُ هَتَفُوا: «ادْعُوا شَمْشُونَ لِيُسَلِّيَنَا». فَجَاءُوا بِشَمْشُونَ مِنَ السِّجْنِ فَلَعِبَ أَمَامَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَوْقَفُوهُ بَيْنَ الأَعْمِدَةِ. | ٢٥ |
26 Then Samson saide vnto the seruant that led him by the hande, Lead me, that I may touch the pillars that the house standeth vpon, and that I may leane to them.
| فَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ لِلْغُلامِ الَّذِي يَقُودُهُ: «أَوْقِفْنِي حَيْثُ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَلْمِسَ الأَعْمِدَةَ الَّتِي يَقُومُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَعْبَدُ حَتَّى أَسْتَنِدَ إِلَيْهَا». | ٢٦ |
27 (Nowe the house was full of men and women, and there were all the princes of the Philistims: also vpon the roofe were about three thousande men and women that behelde while Samson played)
| وَكَانَ الْمَعْبَدُ يَكْتَظُّ بِالرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَقْطَابِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْخَمْسَةِ. وَكَانَ عَلَى السَّطْحِ نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ يَتَفَرَّجُونَ عَلَى لَعِبِ شَمْشُونَ. | ٢٧ |
28 Then Samson called vnto the Lord, and sayde, O Lord God, I pray thee, thinke vpon me: O God, I beseech thee, strengthen me at this time onely, that I may be at once auenged of the Philistims for my two eyes.
| فَصَلَّى شَمْشُونُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «يَا سَيِّدِي الرَّبُّ، اذْكُرْنِي وَقَوِّنِي هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ لأَنْتَقِمَ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عَنْ قَلْعِ عَيْنَيَّ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ». | ٢٨ |
29 And Samson layd hold on the two middle pillars whereupon the house stood, and on which it was borne vp: on the one with his right hand, and on the other with his left.
| وَقَبَضَ شَمْشُونُ عَلَى الْعَمُودَيْنِ الْمُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَرْتَكِزُ عَلَيْهِمَا الْمَعْبَدُ وَضَغَطَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا بِيَمِينِهِ وَعَلَى الآخَرِ بِيَسَارِهِ | ٢٩ |
30 Then Samson saide, Let me lose my life with the Philistims: and he bowed him with all his might, and the house fell vpon the princes, and vpon all the people that were therein. so the dead which he slewe at his death were more then they which he had slaine in his life.
| وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «لأَمُتْ مَعَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». ثُمَّ دَفَعَهُمَا بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِهِ فَانْهَارَ الْمَعْبَدُ عَلَى الأَقْطَابِ وَعَلَى الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي فِيهِ. فَكَانَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ طَوَالَ حَيَاتِهِ. | ٣٠ |
31 Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came downe and tooke him, and brought him vp and buryed him betweene Zorah and Eshtaol, in the sepulchre of Manoah his father: nowe he had iudged Israel twenty yeeres.
| وَجَاءَ إِخْوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ أَقْرِبَاءِ أَبِيهِ وَحَمَلُوا جُثَّتَهُ حَيْثُ دَفَنُوهُ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ فِي قَبْرِ مَنُوحَ أَبِيهِ، وَكَانَ شَمْشُونُ قَدْ قَضَى لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ٣١ |
