< 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,
Beberapa waktu kemudian, dalam musim menuai gandum, pergilah Simson mengunjungi isterinya, dengan membawa seekor anak kambing, serta berkata: "Aku mau ke kamar mendapatkan isteriku." Tetapi ayah perempuan itu tidak membiarkan dia masuk.
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.”
Kata ayah perempuan itu: "Aku telah menyangka, bahwa engkau benci sama sekali kepadanya, sebab itu aku memberikannya kepada kawanmu. Bukankah adiknya lebih cantik dari padanya? Baiklah kauambil itu bagimu sebagai gantinya."
3 And Samson says of them, “I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing evil with them.”
Lalu kata Simson kepadanya: "Sekali ini aku tidak bersalah terhadap orang Filistin, apabila aku mendatangkan celaka kepada mereka."
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,
Maka pergilah Simson, ditangkapnya tiga ratus anjing hutan, diambilnya obor, diikatnya ekor dengan ekor dan ditaruhnya sebuah obor di antara tiap-tiap dua ekor.
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.
Kemudian dinyalakannyalah obor itu dan dilepaskannya anjing-anjing hutan itu ke gandum yang belum dituai kepunyaan orang Filistin, sehingga terbakarlah tumpukan-tumpukan gandum dan gandum yang belum dituai dan kebun-kebun pohon zaitun.
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.
Berkatalah orang Filistin: "Siapakah yang melakukan ini?" Orang menjawab: "Simson, menantu orang Timna itu, sebab orang itu telah mengambil isteri Simson dan memberikannya kepada kawannya." Kemudian pergilah orang Filistin ke sana dan membakar perempuan itu beserta ayahnya.
7 And Samson says to them, “Though you do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterward I cease!”
Lalu berkatalah Simson kepada mereka: "Jika kamu berbuat demikian, sesungguhnya aku takkan berhenti sebelum aku membalaskannya kepada kamu."
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.
Dan dengan pukulan yang hebat ia meremukkan tulang-tulang mereka. Lalu pergilah ia dan tinggal dalam gua di bukit batu Etam.
9 And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
Lalu majulah orang Filistin dan berkemah di daerah Yehuda serta memencar ke Lehi.
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.”
Berkatalah orang-orang Yehuda: "Mengapa kamu maju menyerang kami?" Lalu jawab mereka: "Kami maju untuk mengikat Simson dan memperlakukan dia seperti dia memperlakukan kami."
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.”
Kemudian turunlah tiga ribu orang dari suku Yehuda ke gua di gunung batu Etam dan berkata kepada Simson: "Tidakkah kauketahui, bahwa orang Filistin berkuasa atas kita? Apakah juga yang telah kauperbuat terhadap kami?" Tetapi jawabnya kepada mereka: "Seperti mereka memperlakukan aku, demikianlah aku memperlakukan mereka."
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.”
Kata mereka kepadanya: "Kami datang ke sini untuk mengikat dan menyerahkan engkau ke dalam tangan orang Filistin." Tetapi jawab Simson kepada mereka: "Bersumpahlah kepadaku, bahwa kamu sendiri tidak akan menyerang aku."
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.
Lalu kata mereka kepadanya: "Tidak, kami hanya mau mengikat engkau dan menyerahkan engkau ke dalam tangan mereka, tetapi membunuh engkau kami tidak mau." Maka mereka mengikat dia dengan dua tali baru dan membawa dia dari bukit batu itu.
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,
Setelah ia sampai ke Lehi dan orang-orang Filistin mendatangi dia dengan bersorak-sorak, maka berkuasalah Roh TUHAN atas dia dan tali-tali pada tangannya menjadi seperti batang rami yang telah habis dimakan api dan segala pengikatnya hancur tanggal dari tangannya.
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.
Kemudian ia menemui sebuah tulang rahang keledai yang masih baru, diulurkannya tangannya, dipungutnya dan dipukulnya mati seribu orang dengan tulang itu.
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!”
Berkatalah Simson: "Dengan rahang keledai bangsa keledai itu kuhajar, dengan rahang keledai seribu orang kupukul."
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;
Setelah berkata demikian, dilemparnya tulang rahang itu dari tangannya. Kemudian dinamailah tempat itu 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.”
Ketika ia sangat haus, berserulah ia kepada TUHAN: "Oleh tangan hamba-Mu ini telah Kauberikan kemenangan yang besar itu, masakan sekarang aku akan mati kehausan dan jatuh ke dalam tangan orang-orang yang tidak bersunat itu!"
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.
Kemudian Allah membelah liang batu yang di Lehi itu, dan keluarlah air dari situ. Ia minum, lalu menjadi kuat dan segar kembali. Sebab itu dinamailah mata air itu Mata Air Penyeru, yang sampai sekarang masih ada di Lehi.
20 And he judges Israel in the days of the Philistines [for] twenty years.
Ia memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel dalam zaman orang Filistin, dua puluh tahun lamanya.