Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
Pada suatu kali, ketika Simson pergi ke Gaza, dilihatnya di sana seorang perempuan sundal, lalu menghampiri dia.
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].”
Ketika diberitahukan kepada orang-orang Gaza: "Simson telah datang ke sini," maka mereka mengepung tempat itu dan siap menghadang dia semalam-malaman itu di pintu gerbang kota, tetapi semalam-malaman itu mereka tidak berbuat apa-apa, karena pikirnya: "Nanti pada waktu fajar kita akan membunuh dia."
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.
Tetapi Simson tidur di situ sampai tengah malam. Pada waktu tengah malam bangunlah ia, dipegangnya kedua daun pintu gerbang kota itu dan kedua tiang pintu, dicabutnyalah semuanya beserta palangnya, diletakkannya di atas kedua bahunya, lalu semuanya itu diangkatnya ke puncak gunung yang berhadapan dengan Hebron.
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].
Sesudah itu Simson jatuh cinta kepada seorang perempuan dari lembah Sorek yang namanya Delila.
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.”
Lalu datanglah raja-raja kota orang Filistin kepada perempuan itu sambil berkata: "Cobalah bujuk dia untuk mengetahui karena apakah kekuatannya demikian besar, dan dengan apakah kami dapat mengalahkan dia dan mengikat dia untuk menundukkannya. Maka kami masing-masing akan memberikan seribu seratus uang perak kepadamu."
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.”
Lalu berkatalah Delila kepada Simson: "Ceritakanlah kiranya kepadaku, karena apakah kekuatanmu demikian besar, dan dengan apakah engkau harus diikat untuk ditundukkan?"
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.”
Jawab Simson kepadanya: "Jika aku diikat dengan tujuh tali busur yang baru, yang belum kering, maka aku akan menjadi lemah dan menjadi seperti orang lain manapun juga."
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
Lalu raja-raja kota orang Filistin membawa tujuh tali busur yang baru yang belum kering kepada perempuan itu dan ia mengikat Simson dengan tali-tali itu,
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.
sedang di kamarnya ada orang bersiap-siap. Kemudian berserulah perempuan itu kepadanya: "Orang-orang Filistin menyergap engkau, Simson!" Tetapi ia memutuskan tali-tali busur itu seperti tali rami yang terbakar putus, apabila kena api. Dan tidaklah ketahuan di mana duduk kekuatannya itu.
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.”
Kemudian berkatalah Delila kepada Simson: "Sesungguhnya engkau telah mempermain-mainkan dan membohongi aku. Sekarang ceritakanlah kiranya kepadaku dengan apa engkau dapat diikat."
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
Jawabnya kepadanya: "Jika aku diikat erat-erat dengan tali baru, yang belum terpakai untuk pekerjaan apapun, maka aku akan menjadi lemah dan menjadi seperti orang lain manapun juga."
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.
Kemudian Delila mengambil tali baru, diikatnyalah dia dengan tali-tali itu dan berseru kepadanya: "Orang-orang Filistin menyergap engkau, Simson!" --di kamar ada orang bersiap-siap--tetapi tali-tali itu diputuskannya tanggal dari tangannya seperti benang saja.
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,
Berkatalah Delila kepada Simson: "Sampai sekarang engkau telah mempermain-mainkan dan membohongi aku. Ceritakanlah kepadaku dengan apakah engkau dapat diikat." Jawabnya kepadanya: "Kalau engkau menenun ketujuh rambut jalinku bersama-sama dengan lungsin lalu mengokohkannya dengan patok, maka aku akan menjadi lemah dan menjadi seperti orang lain manapun juga."
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.
Kemudian perempuan itu mengokohkan lagi tenunan itu dengan patok, lalu berserulah ia kepadanya: "Orang-orang Filistin menyergap engkau, Simson." Tetapi ketika ia terjaga dari tidurnya, disentaknya lepas patok tenunan dan lungsin itu.
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!”
Berkatalah perempuan itu kepadanya: "Bagaimana mungkin engkau berkata: Aku cinta kepadamu, padahal hatimu tidak tertuju kepadaku? Sekarang telah tiga kali engkau mempermain-mainkan aku dan tidak mau menceritakan kepadaku, karena apakah kekuatanmu demikian besar."
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
Lalu setelah perempuan itu berhari-hari merengek-rengek kepadanya dan terus mendesak-desak dia, ia tidak dapat lagi menahan hati, sehingga ia mau mati rasanya.
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.”
Maka diceritakannyalah kepadanya segala isi hatinya, katanya: "Kepalaku tidak pernah kena pisau cukur, sebab sejak dari kandungan ibuku aku ini seorang nazir Allah. Jika kepalaku dicukur, maka kekuatanku akan lenyap dari padaku, dan aku menjadi lemah dan sama seperti orang-orang lain."
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].
Ketika dilihat Delila, bahwa segala isi hatinya telah diceritakannya kepadanya, disuruhnyalah memanggil raja-raja kota orang Filistin, katanya: "Sekali ini lagi datanglah ke mari, sebab ia telah menceritakan segala isi hatinya kepadaku." Lalu datanglah raja-raja kota orang Filistin itu kepadanya sambil membawa uang itu.
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.
Sesudah itu dibujuknya Simson tidur di pangkuannya, lalu dipanggilnya seorang dan disuruhnya mencukur ketujuh rambut jalinnya, sehingga mulailah Simson ditundukkan oleh perempuan itu, sebab kekuatannya telah lenyap dari padanya.
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.
Lalu berserulah perempuan itu: "Orang Filistin menyergap engkau, Simson!" Maka terjagalah ia dari tidurnya serta katanya: "Seperti yang sudah-sudah, aku akan bebas dan akan meronta lepas." Tetapi tidaklah diketahuinya, bahwa TUHAN telah meninggalkan dia.
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].
Orang Filistin itu menangkap dia, mencungkil kedua matanya dan membawanya ke Gaza. Di situ ia dibelenggu dengan dua rantai tembaga dan pekerjaannya di penjara ialah menggiling.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
Tetapi rambutnya mulai tumbuh pula sesudah dicukur.
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!”
Sesudah itu berkumpullah raja-raja kota orang Filistin untuk mengadakan perayaan korban sembelihan yang besar kepada Dagon, allah mereka, dan untuk bersukaria; kata mereka: "Telah diserahkan oleh allah kita ke dalam tangan kita Simson, musuh kita."
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!”
Dan ketika orang banyak melihat Simson, mereka memuji allah mereka, sambil berseru: "Telah diserahkan oleh allah kita ke dalam tangan kita musuh kita, perusak tanah kita, dan yang membunuh banyak teman kita."
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.
Ketika hati mereka riang gembira, berkatalah mereka: "Panggillah Simson untuk melawak bagi kita." Simson dipanggil dari penjara, lalu ia melawak di depan mereka, kemudian mereka menyuruh dia berdiri di antara tiang-tiang.
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.”
Berkatalah Simson kepada anak yang menuntun dia: "Lepaskan aku dan biarkanlah aku meraba-raba tiang-tiang penyangga rumah ini, supaya aku dapat bersandar padanya."
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.
Adapun gedung itu penuh dengan laki-laki dan perempuan; segala raja kota orang Filistin ada di sana, dan di atas sotoh ada kira-kira tiga ribu orang laki-laki dan perempuan, yang menonton lawak Simson itu.
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!”
Berserulah Simson kepada TUHAN, katanya: "Ya Tuhan ALLAH, ingatlah kiranya kepadaku dan buatlah aku kuat, sekali ini saja, ya Allah, supaya dengan satu pembalasan juga kubalaskan kedua mataku itu kepada orang Filistin."
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.
Kemudian Simson merangkul kedua tiang yang paling tengah, penyangga rumah itu, lalu bertopang kepada tiang yang satu dengan tangan kanannya dan kepada tiang yang lain dengan tangan kirinya.
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.
Berkatalah Simson: "Biarlah kiranya aku mati bersama-sama orang Filistin ini." Lalu membungkuklah ia sekuat-kuatnya, maka rubuhlah rumah itu menimpa raja-raja kota itu dan seluruh orang banyak yang ada di dalamnya. Yang mati dibunuhnya pada waktu matinya itu lebih banyak dari pada yang dibunuhnya pada waktu hidupnya.
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.
Sesudah itu datanglah ke sana saudara-saudaranya dan seluruh keluarganya, mereka mengangkat dia dan membawanya dari sana, lalu menguburkannya di antara Zora dan Esytaol di dalam kubur Manoah, ayahnya. Dia memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel dua puluh tahun lamanya.
