Judges 15
1 And it comes to pass after [some] days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looks after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and says, “I go in to my wife, to the inner chamber”; and her father has not permitted him to go in,
Poslije nekog vremena, o žetvi pšenice, Samson dođe da pohodi svoju ženu, donijevši joj kozle i reče: “Želim ući k svojoj ženi u ložnicu.” Ali mu tast ne dopusti.
2 and her father says, “I certainly said that you surely hated her, and I give her to your companion; is her younger sister not better than she? Please let her be to you instead of her.”
“Mislio sam,” reče mu on, “da si je zamrzio, pa sam je dao tvome drugu. Ali zar njezina mlađa sestra nije ljepša od nje? Uzmi je namjesto one!”
3 And Samson says of them, “I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing evil with them.”
Samson mu odgovori: “Ovaj put neću biti krivac Filistejcima kad im učinim zlo.”
4 And Samson goes and catches three hundred foxes, and takes torches, and turns tail to tail, and puts a torch between the two tails, in the midst,
I ode Samson, ulovi tri stotine lisica, uze luči i, okrenuvši rep prema repu, stavi jednu luč među dva repa.
5 and kindles fire in the torches, and sends [them] out into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burns [it] from heap even to standing grain, even to vineyard [and] olive-yard.
Tad zapali luči, pusti lisice u filistejska polja i popali im snopove, i nepokošeno žito, i vinograde, i maslinike.
6 And the Philistines say, “Who has done this?” And they say, “Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken away his wife, and gives her to his companion”; and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire.
Filistejci zapitaše: “Tko je to učinio?” Odgovoriše im: “Samson, Timnjaninov zet, zato što mu tast oduze ženu i dade je njegovu drugu.” Tad Filistejci odoše i spališe onu ženu i njenu obitelj.
7 And Samson says to them, “Though you do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterward I cease!”
“Kad ste to učinili”, reče im Samson, “neću mirovati dok vam se ne osvetim.”
8 And he strikes them hip and thigh [with] a great striking, and goes down and dwells in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
I sve ih izudara uzduž i poprijeko i žestoko ih porazi. Poslije toga ode u spilju Etamske stijene i ondje se nastani.
9 And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
Tad Filistejci krenuše, utaboriše se u Judi i raširiše do Lehija.
10 and the men of Judah say, “Why have you come up against us?” And they say, “We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.”
“Zašto ste pošli na nas?” - upitaše ih Judejci. A oni im odgovoriše: “Pošli smo da svežemo Samsona i da mu učinimo kako je on učinio nama.”
11 And three thousand men of Judah go down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and say to Samson, “Have you now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? And what [is] this you have done to us?” And he says to them, “As they did to me, so I did to them.”
Tri tisuće Judejaca odoše tada k spilji Etamske stijene i rekoše Samsonu: “Zar ne znaš da Filistejci nama gospodare? Zašto si nam onda to učinio?” On im odgovori: “Kako oni meni, tako ja njima!” A oni mu rekoše:
12 And they say to him, “We have come down to bind you—to give you into the hand of the Philistines.” And Samson says to them, “Swear to me, lest you fall on me yourselves.”
“Dođosmo da te svežemo i predamo u ruke Filistejaca.” “Zakunite mi se”, reče im, “da me nećete ubiti.”
13 And they speak to him, saying, “No, but we certainly bind you, and have given you into their hand, and we certainly do not put you to death”; and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.
“Ne”, odgovoriše mu, “mi ćemo te samo svezati i predati u njihove ruke, ali te zacijelo ne želimo pogubiti.” Onda ga svezaše sa dva nova užeta i odvedoše iz spilje.
14 He has come to Lehi—and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him—and the Spirit of YHWH prospers over him, and the thick bands which [are] on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are melted from off his hands,
Kad ga dovedoše u Lehi i kad Filistejci, vičući od radosti, pojuriše na nj, duh Jahvin zahvati ga i užeta na njegovim rukama postadoše kao laneni konci, spaljeni ognjem, i spadoše mu s ruku.
15 and he finds a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and puts forth his hand and takes it, and strikes down one thousand men with it.
Spazivši još sirovu magareću čeljust, pruži on ruku, uze onu čeljust i pobi njome tisuću ljudi.
16 And Samson says, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heap on heaps—I have struck down one thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey!”
Tad reče Samson: “Magarećom čeljusti gomile prebih, Magarećom čeljusti tisuću pobih.”
17 And it comes to pass, when he finishes speaking, that he casts away the jawbone out of his hand, and calls that place Ramath-Lehi;
Rekavši to, baci čeljust iz ruke. Zato odonda ono mjesto zovu Ramat Lehi.
18 and he thirsts exceedingly, and calls to YHWH, and says, “You have given this great salvation by the hand of Your servant; and now, I die with thirst, and have fallen into the hand of the uncircumcised.”
Kako bijaše jako ožednio, zavapi Jahvi govoreći: “Ti si izvojštio ovu veliku pobjedu rukama svoga sluge, a zar sada moram umrijeti od žeđi i pasti u ruke neobrezanima?”
19 And God cleaves the hollow place which [is] in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinks, and his spirit comes back, and he revives; therefore [one] has called its name “The fountain of him who is calling,” which [is] in Lehi to this day.
Tad Jahve rasiječe udubinu što je kod Lehija i voda poteče iz nje. Samson se napi i vrati mu se snaga, oživje mu duh. Zato su onom izvoru dali ime En Hakore, a postoji još i danas u Lehiju.
20 And he judges Israel in the days of the Philistines [for] twenty years.
Samson bijaše sudac u Izraelu za vrijeme filistejske vladavine dvadeset godina.
