Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
E foi-se Sansão a Gaza, e viu ali uma mulher prostituta, e entrou a ela.
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].”
E foi dito aos gazitas: Sansão entrou aqui. Foram pois em roda, e toda a noite lhe puseram espias à porta da cidade: porém toda a noite estiveram sossegados, dizendo: Até à luz da manhã esperaremos; então o mataremos.
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.
Porém Sansão deitou-se até à meia noite, e à meia noite se levantou, e travou das portas da entrada da cidade com ambas as umbreiras, e juntamente com a tranca as tomou, pondo-as sobre os ombros; e levou-as para cima até ao cume do monte que está defronte de 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].
E depois disto aconteceu que se afeiçoou a uma mulher do vale de Sorec, cujo nome era Dalila.
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.”
Então os príncipes dos philisteus subiram a ela, e lhe disseram: Persuade-o, e vê, em que consiste a sua grande força, e com que poderiamos assenhorear-nos dele e amarra-lo, para assim o afligir mos: e te daremos cada um mil e cem moedas de prata.
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.”
Disse pois Dalila a Sansão: Declara-me. peço-te, em que consiste a tua grande força, e com que poderias ser amarrado para te poderem afligir.
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.”
Disse-lhe Sansão: Se me amarrassem com sete vergas de vimes frescos, que ainda não estivessem secos, então me enfraqueceria, e seria como qualquer outro homem.
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
Então os príncipes dos philisteus lhe trouxeram sete vergas de vimes frescos, que ainda não estavam secos: e amarrou-o com elas.
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.
E os espias estavam assentados com ela numa câmara. Então ela lhe disse: Os philisteus veem sobre ti, Sansão. Então quebrou as vergas de vimes, como se quebra o fio da estopa ao cheiro do fogo; assim não se soube em que consistia a sua força.
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.”
Então disse Dalila a Sansão: Eis que zombaste de mim, e me disseste mentiras: ora declara-me agora com que poderias ser amarrado.
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
E ele lhe disse: Se me amarrassem fortemente com cordas novas, com que se não houvesse feito obra nenhuma, então me enfraqueceria, e seria como qualquer outro homem.
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.
Então Dalila tomou cordas novas, e o amarrou com elas, e disse-lhe: Os philisteus veem sobre ti, Sansão. E os espias estavam assentados numa câmara. Então as quebrou de seus braços como um fio
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,
E disse Dalila a Sansão: Até agora zombaste de mim, e me disseste mentiras; declara-me pois agora com que poderias ser amarrado? E ele lhe disse: Se teceres sete tranças dos cabelos da minha cabeça com os liços da têa.
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.
E ela as fixou com uma estaca, e disse-lhe: Os philisteus veem sobre ti, Sansão. Então despertou do seu sono, e arrancou a estaca das tranças tecidas, juntamente com o liço da tea.
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!”
Então ela lhe disse: Como dirás: Tenho-te amor, não estando comigo o teu coração? já três vezes zombaste de mim, e ainda me não declaraste em que consiste a tua forca.
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
E sucedeu que, importunando-o ela todos os dias com as suas palavras, e molestando-o, a sua alma se angustiou até à morte.
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.”
E descobriu-lhe todo o seu coração, disse-lhe: Nunca subiu navalha à minha cabeça, porque sou nazireu de Deus desde o ventre de minha mãe: se viesse a ser rapado, ir-se-ia de mim a minha força, e me enfraqueceria, e seria como todos os mais homens.
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].
Vendo pois Dalila que já lhe descobrira todo o seu coração, enviou, e chamou os príncipes dos philisteus, dizendo: Subi esta vez, porque agora me descobriu ele todo o seu coração. E os príncipes dos philisteus subiram a ela, e trouxeram o dinheiro na sua mão.
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.
Então ela o fez dormir sobre os seus joelhos, e chamou a um homem, e rapou-lhe as sete tranças do cabelo de sua cabeça: e começou a afligi-lo, e retirou-se dele a sua força.
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.
E disse ela: Os philisteus veem sobre ti, Sansão. E despertou do seu sono, e disse: Sairei ainda esta vez como de antes, e me sacudirei. Porque ele não sabia que já o Senhor se tinha retirado dele.
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].
Então os philisteus pegaram nele, e lhe arrancaram os olhos, e fizeram-no descer a Gaza, e amarraram-no com duas cadeias de bronze, e andava ele moendo no cárcere.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
E o cabelo da sua cabeça lhe começou a ir crescendo, como quando foi rapado.
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!”
Então os príncipes dos philisteus se ajuntaram para oferecer um grande sacrifício ao seu deus Dagon, e para se alegrarem, e diziam: Nosso deus nos entregou nas mãos a Sansão, nosso inimigo.
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!”
Semelhantemente, vendo-o o povo, louvavam ao seu deus; porque diziam: Nosso deus nos entregou na mão o nosso inimigo, e ao que destruia a nossa terra, e ao que multiplicava os nossos mortos.
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.
E sucedeu que, alegrando-se-lhes o coração, disseram: chamai a Sansão, para que brinque diante de nós. E chamaram a Sansão do cárcere, e brincou diante deles, e fizeram-no estar em pé entre as colunas.
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.”
Então disse Sansão ao moço que o tinha pela mão: Guia-me para que apalpe as colunas em que se sustém a casa, para que me encoste a elas.
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.
Ora estava a casa cheia de homens e mulheres: e também ali estavam todos os príncipes dos philisteus: e sobre o telhado havia alguns três mil homens e mulheres, que estavam vendo brincar Sansão.
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!”
Então Sansão clamou ao Senhor, e disse: Senhor Jehovah, peço-te que te lembres de mim, e esforça-me agora só esta vez, ó Deus, para que de uma vez me vingue dos philisteus, pelos meus dois olhos
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.
Abraçou-se pois Sansão com as duas colunas do meio, em que se sustinha a casa, e arrimou-se sobre elas, com a sua mão direita numa, e com a sua esquerda na outra.
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.
E disse Sansão: Morra eu com os philisteus. E inclinou-se com força, e a casa caiu sobre os príncipes e sobre todo o povo que nela havia: e foram mais os mortos que matou na sua morte do que os que matara na sua vida.
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.
Então seus irmãos desceram, e toda a casa de seu pai, e tomaram-no, e subiram com ele, e sepultaram-no entre Tsora e Estaol, no sepulcro de Manué, seu pai: e julgou ele a Israel vinte anos.
