Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
Και υπήγεν ο Σαμψών εις την Γάζαν, και είδεν εκεί γυναίκα πόρνην και εισήλθε προς αυτήν.
2 People soon found out that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together at the city gate and waited all night. They said to themselves, “When it dawns tomorrow morning, we will kill him [when he tries to leave the city].”
Ανήγγειλαν δε προς τους Γαζαίους, λέγοντες, Ο Σαμψών ήλθεν ενταύθα. Και αυτοί περικυκλώσαντες ενέδρευον αυτόν όλην την νύκτα εν τη πύλη της πόλεως· και ησύχαζον όλην την νύκτα, λέγοντες, Ας προσμένωμεν έως της αυγής της πρωΐας και θέλομεν φονεύσει αυτόν.
3 But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight, he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted it up out of the ground, with its [connecting cross] bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it [many miles] uphill to Hebron.
Ο δε Σαμψών εκοιμήθη έως μεσονυκτίου· και σηκωθείς περί το μεσονύκτιον επίασε τας θύρας της πύλης της πόλεως, και τους δύο παραστάτας, και αποσπάσας αυτάς μετά του μοχλού, επέθεσεν επί των ώμων αυτού και ανεβίβασεν αυτάς επί την κορυφήν του όρους του κατέναντι της Χεβρών.
4 Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, [and started to live with her]. She lived in Sorek Valley [in the Philistia area].
Και μετά ταύτα ηγάπησε γυναίκα τινά εν τη κοιλάδι Σωρήκ, της οποίας το όνομα ήτο Δαλιδά.
5 The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
Και ανέβησαν προς αυτήν οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων και είπον προς αυτήν, Κολάκευσον αυτόν και ιδέ εις τι ίσταται η δύναμις αυτού η μεγάλη, και τίνι τρόπω δυνάμεθα να υπερισχύσωμεν κατ' αυτού, ώστε να δέσωμεν αυτόν, διά να δαμάσωμεν αυτόν· και ημείς θέλομεν σοι δώσει έκαστος χίλια εκατόν αργύρια.
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong, and tell me how someone can subdue you and tie you up.”
Και είπεν η Δαλιδά προς τον Σαμψών, Φανέρωσόν μοι, παρακαλώ, εις τι ίσταται η δύναμίς σου η μεγάλη, και με τι ήθελες δεθή διά να δαμασθής.
7 Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.”
Και είπε προς αυτήν ο Σαμψών, Εάν με δέσωσι με επτά χορδάς υγράς, αίτινες δεν εξηράνθησαν, τότε θέλω αδυνατήσει και θέλω είσθαι ως εις των ανθρώπων.
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
Τότε έφεραν προς αυτήν οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων επτά χορδάς υγράς, αίτινες δεν είχον ξηρανθή, και έδεσεν αυτόν με αυτάς.
9 Then she hid the men in one of the rooms in her house. Then [while Samson was sleeping], she tied him up with the bowstrings. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come here to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as easily as though they were strings that had been singed in a fire. So the Philistines did not find out what made Samson so strong.
Ενέδρευον δε άνθρωποι καθήμενοι μετ' αυτής εν τω κοιτώνι. Και είπε προς αυτόν, Οι Φιλισταίοι επί σε, Σαμψών. Και εκείνος έκοψε τας χορδάς, καθώς ήθελε κοπή νήμα στυπίου, όταν μυρισθή το πυρ. Και δεν εγνωρίσθη η δύναμις αυτού.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have deceived me and lied to me! Now tell me [the truth, ] how someone can tie you up securely.”
Και είπεν η Δαλιδά προς τον Σαμψών, Ιδού, με εγέλασας και ελάλησας προς εμέ ψεύδη· ειπέ μοι λοιπόν, παρακαλώ, με τι ήθελες δεθή.
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
Και είπε προς αυτήν, Εάν με δέσωσι δυνατά με νέα σχοινία, με τα οποία δεν έγεινεν εργασία, τότε θέλω αδυνατήσει και θέλω είσθαι ως εις των ανθρώπων.
12 So again, [she told the Philistine leaders, and] they [came and] hid in the room as they had done before. And again, while Samson was sleeping, she took the new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were threads.
Έλαβε λοιπόν η Δαλιδά σχοινία νέα, και έδεσεν αυτόν με αυτά και είπε προς αυτόν, Οι Φιλισταίοι επί σε, Σαμψών. Ενέδρευον δε άνθρωποι καθήμενοι εν τω κοιτώνι. Και έκοψεν αυτά από των βραχιόνων αυτού ως νήμα.
13 Then Delilah said, “You have deceived me and lied to me [again]! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!” Samson replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with the pin [that makes the threads tight], then I will be as weak as other men.” So again, while Samson was sleeping on her lap, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom,
Και είπεν η Δαλιδά προς τον Σαμψών, Μέχρι τούδε με εγέλασας και με είπας ψεύδη· ειπέ μοι με τι ήθελες δεθή. Και είπε προς αυτήν, Εάν πλέξης τους επτά πλοκάμους της κεφαλής μου εις το δίασμα.
14 and she tightened them with the pin. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up and pulled out the pin, and pulled his hair from the threads on the loom.
Και αυτή επέρασεν αυτούς, εμπήγουσα και τον πάσσαλον· και είπε προς αυτόν, Οι Φιλισταίοι επί σε, Σαμψών. Και εξύπνησεν εκ του ύπνου αυτού και ανέσπασε τον πάσσαλον του υφάσματος με το δίασμα.
15 Then Delilah said to him, “How can you say that you love me when you do not tell me the truth about yourself? You have deceived me three times, and you still have not told me what really makes you so strong!”
Τότε είπε προς αυτόν, Πως λέγεις, σε αγαπώ, ενώ η καρδία σου δεν είναι μετ' εμού; συ με εγέλασας τρίτην ταύτην την φοράν, και δεν με εφανέρωσας εις τι ίσταται η δύναμίς σου η μεγάλη.
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
Και επειδή εστενοχώρει αυτόν καθ' ημέραν με τους λόγους αυτής και εβίαζεν αυτόν, ώστε η ψυχή αυτού απέκαμε μέχρι θανάτου,
17 Finally Samson told her the truth. He said, “I have been set apart for God since the day I was born. And because of that, my hair has never been cut. If my hair were shaved off, my strength would be gone, and I would be as weak as other men.”
εφανέρωσε προς αυτήν όλην την καρδίαν αυτού και είπε προς αυτήν, ξυράφιον δεν ανέβη επί την κεφαλήν μου· διότι εγώ είμαι Ναζηραίος εις τον Θεόν εκ κοιλίας μητρός μου. Εάν ξυρισθώ, τότε η δύναμίς μου θέλει φύγει απ' εμού, και θέλω αδυνατίσει και κατασταθή ως πάντες οι άνθρωποι.
18 Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she summoned the Philistine leaders again, saying, “Come back one more time, because Samson has really told me everything [about why he is so strong]”. So the Philistine leaders returned and brought to Delilah the money [that they promised to give her].
Και ιδούσα η Δαλιδά, ότι εφανέρωσε προς αυτήν όλην την καρδίαν αυτού, έστειλε και εκάλεσε τους άρχοντας των Φιλισταίων, λέγουσα, Ανάβητε ταύτην την φοράν· διότι μοι εφανέρωσεν όλην την καρδίαν αυτού. Τότε ανέβησαν προς αυτήν οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων, φέροντες και το αργύριον εις τας χείρας αυτών.
19 Again she lulled Samson to sleep, with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and shave off Samson’s hair. As he did that, Samson began to get weaker. And finally his strength was all gone.
Και απεκοίμησεν αυτόν επί των γονάτων αυτής· και εκάλεσεν άνθρωπον και εξύρισε τους επτά πλοκάμους της κεφαλής αυτού· και ήρχισε να δαμάζη αυτόν, και η δύναμις αυτού έφυγεν απ' αυτού.
20 Then [after she tied him up], she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before. I will shake [these ropes] off myself and be free!” But he did not realize that Yahweh had left him.
Και αυτή είπεν, Οι Φιλισταίοι επί σε, Σαμψών. Και αυτός εξύπνησεν εκ του ύπνου αυτού και είπε, Θέλω εξέλθει καθώς άλλοτε και θέλω εκτιναχθή. Αλλ' αυτός δεν εγνώρισεν ότι ο Κύριος είχεν απομακρυνθή απ' αυτού.
21 So the Philistine men seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza. There they put him in prison and bound him with bronze chains. They made him [turn a millstone to] grind grain [every day].
Και επίασαν αυτόν οι Φιλισταίοι και εξώρυξαν τους οφθαλμούς αυτού και κατεβίβασαν αυτόν εις Γάζαν και έδεσαν αυτόν με δύο χαλκίνας αλύσεις· και ήλεθεν εν τω οίκω του δεσμωτηρίου.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
Αι δε τρίχες της κεφαλής αυτού ήρχισαν να εκφύωνται πάλιν, αφού εξυρίσθη.
23 [Several months later] the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, “Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!”
Συνήχθησαν δε οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων, διά να προσφέρωσι θυσίαν μεγάλην εις Δαγών τον θεόν αυτών και να ευφρανθώσι διότι είπον, Ο Θεός ημών παρέδωκεν εις την χείρα ημών τον Σαμψών τον εχθρόν ημών.
24 And when the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying, “Samson ruined our crops and killed many of our people, but our god has put our enemy into our hands. Our god helped us to capture the one who has killed so many of us!”
Και ότε είδεν αυτόν ο λαός, εδόξασαν τον θεόν αυτών, λέγοντες, Ο θεός ημών παρέδωκεν εις την χείρα ημών τον εχθρόν ημών και τον ολοθρευτήν της γης ημών και τον φονεύσαντα πλήθος εξ ημών.
25 By that time the people were half-drunk. They shouted, “Bring Samson out of the prison! Bring him here so that he can entertain us!” So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. Then they made him stand in the center of the temple. They made him stand between the two pillars that held up the roof.
Και ότε ευθύμησεν η καρδία αυτών, είπαν, Καλέσατε τον Σαμψών, διά να παίξη εις ημάς. Και εκάλεσαν τον Σαμψών εκ του οίκου του δεσμωτηρίου, και έπαιξεν έμπροσθεν αυτών· και έστησαν αυτόν αναμέσον των στύλων.
26 Samson said to the servant who was leading him by his hand, “Place my hands against the two pillars. I want to rest against them.”
Και είπεν ο Σαμψών προς το παιδίον, το οποίον εκράτει αυτόν εκ της χειρός, Άφες με να ψηλαφήσω τους στύλους, επί των οποίων ίσταται ο οίκος, διά να στηριχθώ επ' αυτούς.
27 At that time the temple was full of men and women. All the Philistine leaders were also there. And there were about 3,000 people on the roof, watching Samson and making fun of him.
Ο δε οίκος ήτο πλήρης ανδρών και γυναικών· και ήσαν εκεί πάντες οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων· και επί του δώματος περίπου τρεις χιλιάδες ανδρών και γυναικών, οίτινες εθεώρουν τον Σαμψών παίζοντα.
28 Then Samson prayed, saying, “Yahweh, my Lord, think about me again! Please give me strength one more time, so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!”
Και εβόησεν ο Σαμψών προς τον Κύριον και είπε, Δέσποτα Κύριε, ενθυμήθητί με, δέομαι και ενίσχυσόν με, παρακαλώ, μόνον ταύτην την φοράν, Θεέ, διά να εκδικηθώ κατά των Φιλισταίων διά μιας υπέρ των δύο οφθαλμών μου.
29 Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars of the temple. He put his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other pillar.
Και ενηγκαλίσθη ο Σαμψών τους δύο μέσους στύλους, επί των οποίων ίστατο ο οίκος, και επεστηρίχθη επ' αυτούς, τον ένα με την δεξιάν αυτού και τον άλλον με την αριστεράν αυτού.
30 Then he shouted [to God], “Let me die with the Philistines!”, and he pushed with all his strength. [The pillars collapsed], and the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the other Philistine people, [and they all died]. So Samson killed more people when he died than he had killed all during his life.
Και είπεν ο Σαμψών, Αποθανέτω η ψυχή μου μετά των Φιλισταίων. Και εκάμφθη με δύναμιν· και ο οίκος έπεσεν επί τους άρχοντας και επί πάντα τον λαόν τον εν αυτώ. Οι δε αποθανόντες, τους οποίους εθανάτωσεν εν τω θανάτω αυτού, ήσαν περισσότεροι παρά όσους εθανάτωσεν εν τη ζωή αυτού.
31 Later his brothers and their relatives went down [from Zorah to Gaza] to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Samson had been Israel’s leader for 20 years.
Τότε κατέβησαν οι αδελφοί αυτού και πας ο οίκος του πατρός αυτού και εσήκωσαν αυτόν· και ανεβίβασαν και έθαψαν αυτόν μεταξύ Σαραά και Εσθαόλ, εν τω τάφω Μανωέ του πατρός αυτού. Έκρινε δε ούτος τον Ισραήλ είκοσι έτη.
