Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
Sansón fue a Gaza y vio allí a una prostituta, y se unió a ella.
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].”
Avisaron a los de Gaza: ¡Sansón está aquí! Entonces ellos lo rodearon y lo acecharon toda aquella noche en la puerta de la ciudad. Estuvieron en silencio toda la noche y dijeron: En la mañana, cuando sea de día, lo 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.
Pero Sansón estuvo acostado hasta la medianoche, y a la medianoche se levantó. Y al agarrar las hojas de la puerta de la ciudad con sus dos jambas y su cerrojo, se las echó al hombro. Se fue y las subió a la cumbre de la montaña que está enfrente de Hebrón.
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].
Después de esto sucedió que se enamoró de una mujer del valle de Sorec que se llamaba 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.”
Los jefes de los filisteos fueron a ella y le dijeron: Sedúcelo para ver en qué consiste su gran fuerza, y cómo podríamos atarlo para afligirlo. Entonces cada uno de nosotros te dará 1.100 piezas de plata.
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.”
Dalila dijo a Sansón: Te ruego que me digas en qué consiste tu gran fuerza, y con qué podrías ser atado para afligirte.
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.”
Sansón le respondió: Si me atan con siete cuerdas de arco que aún no estén secas, entonces me debilitaré y seré como cualquier otro hombre.
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
Los jefes de los filisteos le llevaron siete cuerdas de arco que aún no habían secado, y lo ató con ellas.
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.
Ella tenía hombres al acecho en una habitación interior. Entonces le dijo: ¡Sansón, los filisteos contra ti! Pero él rompió las cuerdas de arco como se rompe un hilo de estopa cuando toca el fuego. Y no se supo el secreto de su fuerza.
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.”
Dalila dijo a Sansón: Mira, me engañaste y me dijiste mentiras. Ahora te ruego que me digas cómo puedes ser atado.
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
Y él le contestó: Si me atan fuertemente con cuerdas nuevas, que no hayan sido usadas, me debilitaré y seré como cualquier hombre.
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.
Dalila tomó cuerdas nuevas y lo ató con ellas, y le dijo: ¡Sansón, los filisteos contra ti! (Y los hombres permanecían al acecho en la habitación interior.) Pero él rompió las cuerdas de sus brazos como un hilo.
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,
Entonces Dalila dijo a Sansón: Hasta ahora me engañas y me dijiste mentiras. Dime cómo puedes ser atado. Él le dijo: Si tejes las siete trenzas de mi cabellera con tela.
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.
Ella, pues, las aseguró con una clavija, y le dijo: ¡Sansón, los filisteos contra ti! Y él, al despertar de su sueño, arrancó la clavija de telar con la tela.
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!”
Ella entonces le dijo: ¿Cómo sigues diciendo: Yo te amo, cuando tu corazón no está conmigo? Estas tres veces te burlaste de mí y no me dijiste en qué consiste tu gran fuerza.
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
Sucedió que como ella lo afligía cada día con sus palabras y lo presionaba, su alma fue reducida a mortal angustia.
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.”
Por lo cual le descubrió todo su corazón y le dijo: Jamás pasó navaja por mi cabeza porque soy nazareo de ʼElohim desde el vientre de mi madre. Si soy rapado, entonces mi fuerza se apartará de mí y me debilitaré, y seré como un hombre cualquiera.
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].
Cuando Dalila se dio cuenta de que le había revelado todo su corazón, envió a llamar a los jefes de los filisteos y dijo: Suban esta vez, porque él me declaró todo su corazón. Y los jefes de los filisteos subieron a ella, con la plata en su mano.
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.
Ella entonces lo adormeció sobre sus rodillas, y enseguida llamó al hombre que le rapó las siete trenzas de su cabeza, y ella misma comenzó a dominarlo, pues su fuerza se retiró de él.
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.
Ella exclamó: ¡Sansón, los filisteos contra ti! Él entonces, al despertar de su sueño, se dijo: Saldré como las otras veces y me sacudiré libre. Pero no sabía que Yavé se apartó de él.
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].
Entonces los filisteos lo agarraron, le sacaron los ojos y lo bajaron a Gaza. Lo ataron con cadenas de bronce para que moliera en la cárcel.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
Sin embargo, después que fue rapado, el cabello de su cabeza comenzó a crecer.
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!”
Entonces los jefes de los filisteos se reunieron para ofrecer un gran sacrificio a Dagón, su ʼelohim, y con gran regocijo afirmaron: ¡Nuestro ʼelohim entregó en nuestras manos a nuestro enemigo Sansón!
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!”
Cuando el pueblo lo vio, alabó a su ʼelohim, porque decían: ¡Nuestro ʼelohim entregó en nuestras manos a nuestro enemigo, Al que devastaba nuestra tierra, Y multiplicaba nuestras víctimas!
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.
Sucedió que cuando tuvieron alegre el corazón, dijeron: Llamen a Sansón para que nos divierta. Y llamaron de la cárcel a Sansón, el cual los divertía. Lo hicieron estar en pie entre las columnas.
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.”
Y Sansón dijo al lazarillo: Acércame y hazme palpar las columnas sobre las cuales descansa el edificio, para que me apoye contra ellas.
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.
El edificio estaba lleno de hombres y mujeres. Todos los jefes de los filisteos estaban allí, y en la azotea estaban como 3.000 hombres y mujeres que observaban el escarnio a Sansón.
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!”
Entonces Sansón invocó a Yavé: ¡Oh ʼAdonay Yavé, te ruego que te acuerdes de mí! ¡Dame fuerza solo esta vez, oh ʼElohim, para que yo de una sola vez me vengue de los filisteos por mis dos ojos!
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.
Sansón palpó las dos columnas centrales en las cuales descansaba el edificio, se apoyó en ellas, una a su derecha y otra a su izquierda.
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.
Y Sansón exclamó: ¡Muera yo con los filisteos! Y al empujar con fuerza, el edificio cayó sobre los jefes y sobre toda la gente que estaba en él. De modo que fueron más los que mató al morir que los que mató en su 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.
Bajaron sus hermanos con toda la casa de su padre y lo levantaron, lo llevaron y lo sepultaron entre Sora y Estaol, junto al sepulcro de Manoa, su padre. Juzgó a Israel 20 años.
