Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
Sansão foi para Gaza, e viu lá uma prostituta, e foi até 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].”
Foi dito aos gazitas: “Sansão está aqui!”. Eles o cercaram e o esperaram a noite toda no portão da cidade, e ficaram quietos a noite toda, dizendo: “Espere até a luz da manhã; 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.
Sansão deitou-se até a meia-noite, depois levantou-se à meia-noite e pegou as portas do portão da cidade, com os dois postes, e os arrancou, bar e tudo, e os colocou sobre seus ombros e os carregou até o topo da montanha que está antes 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].
Aconteceu depois que ele amava uma mulher no vale de Sorek, cujo nome era Delilah.
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.”
Os senhores dos filisteus se aproximaram dela e lhe disseram: “Atice-o e veja em que consiste sua grande força, e por que meios podemos prevalecer contra ele, a fim de amarrá-lo para afligi-lo; e cada um de nós lhe dará onzecentas 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.”
Delilah disse a Samson: “Por favor, diga-me onde está sua grande força e o que você pode estar destinado a lhe 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.”
Sansão disse a ela: “Se eles me amarrarem com sete cordas verdes que nunca foram secas, então eu ficarei fraco e serei como outro homem”.
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
Então os senhores dos filisteus trouxeram-lhe sete cordas verdes que não tinham sido secas, e ela o amarrou 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.
Now ela teve uma emboscada esperando na sala interna. Ela disse a ele: “Os filisteus estão em cima de você, Samson”! Ele quebrou os cordões enquanto um fio de linho é quebrado quando toca o fogo. Portanto, sua força não era conhecida.
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.”
Delilah disse a Samson: “Eis que você zombou de mim, e me disse mentiras. Agora, por favor, diga-me como você pode estar vinculado”.
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
Ele lhe disse: “Se eles só me amarram com cordas novas com as quais não foi feito nenhum trabalho, então eu me tornarei fraco e serei como 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 Delilah pegou novas cordas e o amarrou com elas, então disse a ele: “Os filisteus estão em você, Samson! A emboscada estava esperando na sala interna. Ele 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,
Delilah disse a Samson: “Até agora, você tem zombado de mim e me dito mentiras. Diga-me com o que você pode estar amarrado”. Ele lhe disse: “Se você tecer as sete fechaduras da minha cabeça com o tecido no tear”.
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.
She prendeu-o com o alfinete, e disse-lhe: “Os filisteus estão em você, Samson! Ele acordou de seu sono, e arrancou o pino da viga e o tecido.
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!”
Ela lhe disse: “Como você pode dizer: 'Eu te amo', quando seu coração não está comigo? Você zombou de mim estas três vezes, e não me disse onde está sua grande força”.
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
Quando ela o pressionou diariamente com suas palavras e o exortou, sua alma ficou perturbada até a 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.”
Ele disse a ela todo o seu coração e lhe disse: “Nunca nenhuma lâmina de barbear veio sobre minha cabeça; pois desde o ventre de minha mãe tenho sido um nazista para Deus. Se eu for barbeado, então minha força irá de mim e ficarei fraco, e serei como qualquer outro homem”.
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].
Quando Delilah viu que ele tinha dito a ela todo o seu coração, ela enviou e chamou os senhores dos filisteus, dizendo: “Suba esta vez, pois ele me disse todo o seu coração”. Então os senhores dos filisteus se aproximaram dela e trouxeram o dinheiro em suas mãos.
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.
Ela o fez dormir de joelhos; e chamou por um homem e raspou as sete trancas de sua cabeça; e começou a afligi-lo, e sua força passou dele.
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.
Ela disse: “Os filisteus estão sobre você, Samson”! Ele acordou do sono e disse: “Vou sair como em outros momentos, e me sacudirei livre”. Mas ele não sabia que Yahweh havia partido 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].
Os filisteus o seguraram e lhe arrancaram os olhos; e o levaram para Gaza e o amarraram com grilhões de bronze; e ele moeu no moinho da prisão.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
However, os cabelos de sua cabeça começaram a crescer novamente depois que ele foi barbeado.
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!”
Os senhores dos filisteus se reuniram para oferecer um grande sacrifício a Dagon, seu deus, e para se regozijar; pois eles disseram: “Nosso deus entregou Sansão nosso inimigo em nossas mãos”.
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!”
Quando o povo o viu, elogiaram seu deus; pois disseram: “Nosso deus entregou nosso inimigo e o destruidor de nosso país, que matou muitos de nós, em nossas mãos”.
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.
Quando seus corações estavam alegres, eles disseram: “Chamem por Sansão, para que ele nos entretenha”. Eles chamaram Samson para fora da prisão; e ele se apresentou diante deles. Colocaram-no entre os pilares;
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.”
e Sansão disse ao rapaz que o segurava pela mão: “Permitam-me sentir os pilares sobre os quais repousa a casa, para que eu possa apoiar-me neles”.
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.
Agora a casa estava cheia de homens e mulheres; e todos os senhores dos filisteus estavam lá; e havia no telhado cerca de três mil homens e mulheres, que viram enquanto Sansão se apresentava.
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!”
Sansão chamou a Javé, e disse: “Senhor Javé, lembra-te de mim, por favor, e fortalece-me, por favor, só desta vez, Deus, para que eu possa ser vingado imediatamente dos filisteus 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.
Sansão tomou posse dos dois pilares intermediários sobre os quais a casa descansava e se apoiava neles, um com sua mão direita e o outro com sua esquerda.
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.
Sansão disse: “Deixe-me morrer com os filisteus”! Ele se curvou com todas as forças; e a casa caiu sobre os senhores, e sobre todas as pessoas que nela estavam. Assim, os mortos que ele matou na sua morte foram mais do que aqueles que ele matou em 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 e toda a casa de seu pai desceram e o levaram, e o criaram e o enterraram entre Zorah e Eshtaol no local de sepultamento de Manoah, seu pai. Ele julgou Israel vinte anos.
