Judges 16
1 And Samson went from there to Gaza, and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
| ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَرَأَى هُنَاكَ ٱمْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا. | ١ |
2 And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, "Samson is here." They surrounded him, and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all night, saying, "Wait until morning light, then we will kill him."
| فَقِيلَ لِلْغَزِّيِّينَ: «قَدْ أَتَى شَمْشُونُ إِلَى هُنَا». فَأَحَاطُوا بِهِ وَكَمَنُوا لَهُ ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ بَابِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. فَهَدَأُوا ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ قَائِلِينَ: «عِنْدَ ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ نَقْتُلُهُ». | ٢ |
3 Now Samson rested until midnight, but got up at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is overlooking Hebron, and set them down there.
| فَٱضْطَجَعَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَأَخَذَ مِصْرَاعَيْ بَابِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَٱلْقَائِمَتَيْنِ وَقَلَعَهُمَا مَعَ ٱلْعَارِضَةِ، وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ وَصَعِدَ بِهَا إِلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْجَبَلِ ٱلَّذِي مُقَابِلَ حَبْرُونَ. | ٣ |
4 It came to pass afterward, that he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
| وَكَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ أَحَبَّ ٱمْرَأَةً فِي وَادِي سُورَقَ ٱسْمُهَا دَلِيلَةُ. | ٤ |
5 The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, "Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."
| فَصَعِدَ إِلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «تَمَلَّقِيهِ وَٱنْظُرِي بِمَاذَا قُوَّتُهُ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ، وَبِمَاذَا نَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْهُ لِكَيْ نُوثِقَهُ لِإِذْلَالِهِ، فَنُعْطِيَكِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَلْفًا وَمِئَةَ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ». | ٥ |
6 Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you can be bound and subdued."
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا قُوَّتُكَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ؟ وَبِمَاذَا تُوثَقُ لِإِذْلَالِكَ؟» | ٦ |
7 Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man."
| فَقَالَ لَهَا شَمْشُونُ: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِسَبْعَةِ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ، أَضْعُفُ وَأَصِيرُ كَوَاحِدٍ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ». | ٧ |
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
| فَأَصْعَدَ لَهَا أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَةَ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ، فَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِهَا، | ٨ |
9 Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
| وَٱلْكَمِينُ لَابِثٌ عِنْدَهَا فِي ٱلْحُجْرَةِ. فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». فَقَطَعَ ٱلْأَوْتَارَ كَمَا يُقْطَعُ فَتِيلُ ٱلْمَشَاقَةِ إِذَا شَمَّ ٱلنَّارَ، وَلَمْ تُعْلَمْ قُوَّتُهُ. | ٩ |
10 Delilah said to Samson, "Look, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound."
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «هَا قَدْ خَتَلْتَنِي وَكَلَّمْتَنِي بِٱلْكَذِبِ، فَأَخْبِرْنِيَ ٱلْآنَ بِمَاذَا تُوثَقُ؟». | ١٠ |
11 He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man."
| فَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِحِبَالٍ جَدِيدَةٍ لَمْ تُسْتَعْمَلْ، أَضْعُفُ وَأَصِيرُ كَوَاحِدٍ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ». | ١١ |
12 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
| فَأَخَذَتْ دَلِيلَةُ حِبَالًا جَدِيدَةً وَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِهَا، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ، وَٱلْكَمِينُ لَابِثٌ فِي ٱلْحُجْرَةِ». فَقَطَعَهَا عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَخَيْطٍ. | ١٢ |
13 Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you might be bound." He said to her, "If you weave the seven braids on my head with the fabric and fasten them with the pin, then I will be weak as another man."
| فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «حَتَّى ٱلْآنَ خَتَلْتَنِي وَكَلَّمْتَنِي بِٱلْكَذِبِ، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا تُوثَقُ؟». فَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِذَا ضَفَرْتِ سَبْعَ خُصَلِ رَأْسِي مَعَ ٱلسَّدَى» | ١٣ |
14 So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids on his head, and wove them with the fabric, and she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." And he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin of the loom and the fabric.
| فَمَكَّنَتْهَا بِٱلْوَتَدِ. وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». فَٱنْتَبَهَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَقَلَعَ وَتَدَ ٱلنَّسِيجِ وَٱلسَّدَى. | ١٤ |
15 She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies."
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ تَقُولُ أُحِبُّكِ، وَقَلْبُكَ لَيْسَ مَعِي؟ هُوَذَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَدْ خَتَلْتَنِي وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا قُوَّتُكَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ». | ١٥ |
16 It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.
| وَلَمَّا كَانَتْ تُضَايِقُهُ بِكَلَامِهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَأَلَحَّتْ عَلَيْهِ، ضَاقَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، | ١٦ |
17 He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
| فَكَشَفَ لَهَا كُلَّ قَلْبِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهَا: «لَمْ يَعْلُ مُوسَى رَأْسِي لِأَنِّي نَذِيرُ ٱللهِ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي، فَإِنْ حُلِقْتُ تُفَارِقُنِي قُوَّتِي وَأَضْعُفُ وَأَصِيرُ كَأَحَدِ ٱلنَّاسِ». | ١٧ |
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ دَلِيلَةُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَخْبَرَهَا بِكُلِّ مَا بِقَلْبِهِ، أَرْسَلَتْ فَدَعَتْ أَقْطَابَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالَتِ: «ٱصْعَدُوا هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كَشَفَ لِي كُلَّ قَلْبِهِ». فَصَعِدَ إِلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَأَصْعَدُوا ٱلْفِضَّةَ بِيَدِهِمْ. | ١٨ |
19 She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and he began to weaken, and his strength went from him.
| وَأَنَامَتْهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهَا وَدَعَتْ رَجُلًا وَحَلَقَتْ سَبْعَ خُصَلِ رَأْسِهِ، وَٱبْتَدَأَتْ بِإِذْلَالِهِ، وَفَارَقَتْهُ قُوَّتُهُ. | ١٩ |
20 She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." He awoke out of his sleep, and said, "I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free." But he didn't know that YHWH had departed from him.
| وَقَالَتِ: «ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَمْشُونُ». فَٱنْتَبَهَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَخْرُجُ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَأَنْتَفِضُ». وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ فَارَقَهُ. | ٢٠ |
21 The Philistines seized him, and gouged out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.
| فَأَخَذَهُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَقَلَعُوا عَيْنَيْهِ، وَنَزَلُوا بِهِ إِلَى غَزَّةَ وَأَوْثَقُوهُ بِسَلَاسِلِ نُحَاسٍ. وَكَانَ يَطْحَنُ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلسِّجْنِ. | ٢١ |
22 However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
| وَٱبْتَدَأَ شَعْرُ رَأْسِهِ يَنْبُتُ بَعْدَ أَنْ حُلِقَ. | ٢٢ |
23 The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to celebrate; for they said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand."
| وَأَمَّا أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فَٱجْتَمَعُوا لِيَذْبَحُوا ذَبِيحَةً عَظِيمَةً لِدَاجُونَ إِلَهِهِمْ وَيَفْرَحُوا، وَقَالُوا: «قَدْ دَفَعَ إِلَهُنَا لِيَدِنَا شَمْشُونَ عَدُوَّنَا». | ٢٣ |
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand."
| وَلَمَّا رَآهُ ٱلشَّعْبُ مَجَّدُوا إِلَهَهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «قَدْ دَفَعَ إِلَهُنَا لِيَدِنَا عَدُوَّنَا ٱلَّذِي خَرَّبَ أَرْضَنَا وَكَثَّرَ قَتْلَانَا». | ٢٤ |
25 And it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. And they were striking him. And they set him between the pillars;
| وَكَانَ لَمَّا طَابَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «ٱدْعُوا شَمْشُونَ لِيَلْعَبَ لَنَا». فَدَعَوْا شَمْشُونَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلسِّجْنِ، فَلَعِبَ أَمَامَهُمْ. وَأَوْقَفُوهُ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَعْمِدَةِ. | ٢٥ |
26 and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, "Allow me to feel the pillars whereupon the house rests, that I may lean on them." And the boy did so.
| فَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ لِلْغُلَامِ ٱلْمَاسِكِ بِيَدِهِ: «دَعْنِي أَلْمِسِ ٱلْأَعْمِدَةَ ٱلَّتِي ٱلْبَيْتُ قَائِمٌ عَلَيْهَا لِأَسْتَنِدَ عَلَيْهَا». | ٢٦ |
27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And there were on the roof about three thousand men and women watching while Samson performed.
| وَكَانَ ٱلْبَيْتُ مَمْلُوءًا رِجَالًا وَنِسَاءً، وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ جَمِيعُ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَعَلَى ٱلسَّطْحِ نَحْوُ ثَلَاثَةِ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ وَٱمْرَأَةٍ يَنْظُرُونَ لِعْبَ شَمْشُونَ. | ٢٧ |
28 Samson called to YHWH, and said, "Lord YHWH, please remember me, and please strengthen me only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."
| فَدَعَا شَمْشُونُ ٱلرَّبَّ وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلرَّبَّ، ٱذْكُرْنِي وَشَدِّدْنِي يَا ٱللهُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ، فَأَنْتَقِمَ نَقْمَةً وَاحِدَةً عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ مِنَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». | ٢٨ |
29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
| وَقَبَضَ شَمْشُونُ عَلَى ٱلْعَمُودَيْنِ ٱلْمُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ ٱللَّذَيْنِ كَانَ ٱلْبَيْتُ قَائِمًا عَلَيْهِمَا، وَٱسْتَنَدَ عَلَيْهِمَا ٱلْوَاحِدِ بِيَمِينِهِ وَٱلْآخَرِ بِيَسَارِهِ. | ٢٩ |
30 Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.
| وَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ: «لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». وَٱنْحَنَى بِقُوَّةٍ فَسَقَطَ ٱلْبَيْتُ عَلَى ٱلْأَقْطَابِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ، فَكَانَ ٱلْمَوْتَى ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَاتَهُمْ فِي مَوْتِهِ، أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَاتَهُمْ فِي حَيَاتِهِ. | ٣٠ |
31 Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
| فَنَزَلَ إِخْوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ وَحَمَلُوهُ وَصَعِدُوا بِهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ، فِي قَبْرِ مَنُوحَ أَبِيهِ. وَهُوَ قَضَى لِإِسْرَائِيلَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ٣١ |
