Judges 15
1 And it came to pass, after a time, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson went to visit his wife, with a kid, and he said—I will go in unto my wife, in the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Og det skete nogen Tid derefter, udi Hvedehøstens Dage, at Samson besøgte sin Hustru med et Gedekid, og han sagde: Jeg vil gaa til min Hustru ind i Kammeret, og hendes Fader tilstedte ham ikke at komme ind.
2 And her father said—I, thought, that thou didst, hate, her, so I gave her to thy companion, —Is not, her younger sister, fairer than she? Pray let her be thine, in her stead.
Og hendes Fader sagde: Jeg tænkte, at du havde faaet Had til hende, og jeg gav din Selskabsbroder hende; er ikke hendes yngre Søster bedre end hun? Kære, lad hende være din i Stedet for denne.
3 And Samson said of them, I shall be more blameless, this time, than the Philistines, —though I should do them a mischief.
Da sagde Samson til dem: Jeg er denne Gang uden Skyld for Filisterne, naar jeg gør ondt imod dem.
4 So Samson went, and caught three hundred jackals, —and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put one torch between the two tails, in the midst.
Og Samson gik hen og greb tre Hundrede Bæve, og han tog Blus og vendte Stjært til Stjært og satte et Blus midt imellem to Stjærte.
5 And, when he had set fire to the torches, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, —and set fire, both to the stack of sheaves and to the standing corn, and besides to the olive plantation.
Og han tændte Ild i Blussene og lod dem fare ind iblandt Filisternes staaende Korn, og han satte Ild baade paa Negene og paa det staaende Korn og paa Olivenhaverne.
6 Then said the Philistines—Who hath done this? And they said—Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father, with fire.
Da sagde Filisterne: Hvo har gjort dette? og de sagde: Samson, den Thimniters Svigersøn, fordi han tog hans Hustru og gav hans Selskabsbroder hende; da droge Filisterne op og opbrændte hende og hendes Fader med Ild.
7 And Samson said to them, Though ye do the like of this, yet will I be avenged upon you, and, afterwards, will I cease.
Men Samson sagde til dem: Naar I gøre saaledes, da vil jeg ikke holde op, førend jeg faar hævnet mig paa eder.
8 So he smote them, leg on thigh, with a great smiting, —and went down and dwelt in a cleft of the crag Etam.
Og han slog dem med et stort Slag paa Hoften og paa Laarene; og han gik ned og boede i en Hule i Klippen Etham.
9 Then went up the Philistines, and encamped in Judah, —and were spread abroad in Lehi.
Da droge Filisterne op og lejrede sig imod Juda og adspredte sig i Leki.
10 And the men of Judah said, Wherefore have ye come up against us? And they said—To bind Samson, are we come up, to do unto him as he hath done unto us.
Og Judas Mænd sagde: Hvi ere I dragne op imod os? og de sagde: Vi ere komne op for at binde Samson, for at gøre ved ham, ligesom han har gjort ved os.
11 Then went down three thousand men out of Judah, unto the cleft of the crag Etam, and said unto Samson—Knowest thou not that the Philistines are lording it over us? What, then, is this thou hast done to us? And he said unto them, As they have done to me, so, have I done to them.
Da droge tre Tusinde Mænd af Juda ned til Hulen i Klippen Etham, og de sagde til Samson: Ved du ikke, at Filisterne herske over os, og hvorfor har du gjort dette imod os? og han sagde til dem: Ligesom de gjorde ved mig, saa har jeg gjort ved dem.
12 And they said to him—To bind thee, are we come down, to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me, yourselves.
Og de sagde til ham: Vi ere komne ned for at binde dig, for at give dig i Filisternes Haand, og Samson sagde til dem: Sværger mig, at I ikke ville anfalde mig.
13 And they answered him, saying—Nay; but we will, bind, thee, and deliver thee into their hand, but we will not, put thee to death. So they bound him with two new ropes, and took him up from the crag.
Og de sagde til ham: Nej, men vi ville kun binde dig og give dig i deres Haand, men ikke slaa dig ihjel; og de bandt ham med to nye Reb, og de førte ham op fra Klippen.
14 He, was coming in as far as Lehi, and, the Philistines, came shouting to meet him, —when the Spirit of Yahweh came suddenly over him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as threads of flax which have been ignited with fire, so that his bonds melted from off his hands.
Der han kom til Leki, da skrege Filisterne mod ham; men Herrens Aand kom heftig over ham, og de Reb, som vare om hans Arme, bleve som Traade, brændte af Ilden, og hans Baand smuldrede og faldt af hans Hænder.
15 Then found he the jawbone of an ass newly-slain, —so he thrust forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith, a thousand men.
Og han fandt en frisk Asenkæft, og han udrakte sin Haand og tog den og slog dermed tusinde Mand.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, —have I piled them up in heaps! With the jawbone of an ass, have I smitten a thousand men!
Og Samson sagde: Med en Asenkæft har jeg slaget en Hob, ja to Hobe, med en Asenkæft har jeg slaget tusinde Mand.
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, —and called the name of that place, Ramath-lehi.
Og det skete, der han havde fuldendt at tale, da kastede han Kæften af sin Haand; og han kaldte det samme Sted Ramath-Leki.
18 And he was sore athirst, so he cried unto Yahweh, and said, Thou thyself, hast given, into the hand of thy servant, this great salvation, —and, now, must I die of thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Men han tørstede saare, og han kaldte paa Herren og sagde: Du har givet denne store Frelse ved din Tjeners Haand; men nu maa jeg dø af Tørst og falde udi de uomskaarnes Haand.
19 So then God clave open the hollow that is in Lehi, and there came therefrom water, and he drank, and his spirit came back, and he revived, —for this cause, called he the name thereof—Ain-hakkore, which is in Lehi, until this day.
Da flakte Gud Kindtanden, som var i Kæften, og der udgik Vand af den, og han drak, og hans Aand kom igen, og han blev ved Live; derfor kaldte man dens Navn En-Hakore Asker-Baleki indtil paa denne Dag.
20 And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.
Og han dømte Israel i Filisternes Dage, tyve Aar.
