Judges 16
1 Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and he went to bed with her.
Ein gong kom Samson til Gaza; der fekk han sjå ei skjøkja, og gjekk inn til henne.
2 The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” The Gazites surrounded the place and in secret, they waited for him all night at the city gate. They kept silent all night. They had said, “Let us wait until daylight, and then let us kill him.”
Då det spurdest bland folket i Gaza at Samson var komen der, ringa dei honom inne, og lurde på honom innmed byporten heile natti, men heldt seg elles rolege med natti var. «Me vil bia til det dagast; då skal me slå honom i hel, » tenkte dei.
3 Samson lay in bed until midnight. At midnight he got up and he took hold of the city gate and its two posts. He pulled them up out of the ground, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the hill, in front of Hebron.
Samson vart liggjande til midt på natti. Midnattsbil reis han upp. Han tok tak i hurderne i byporten og i båe portstolparne, og rykte deim upp i hop med bommen, lagde deim på herdarne, og bar deim upp på toppen av det fjellet som ligg midt for Hebron.
4 After this, Samson came to love a woman who lived in the Valley of Sorek. Her name was Delilah.
Sidan lagde han hug til ei kvinna i Sorekdalen, som heitte Dalila.
5 The rulers of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, “Trick Samson to see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him in order to humiliate him. Do this, and each one of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
Då kom filistarfyrstarne upp til henne og sagde: «Sjå um du kann få lokka honom til å segja deg kvar han hev den store styrken sin frå, og korleis me kann råda med honom og binda honom, so me fær døyvt honom! Då skal me gjeva deg tusund sylvdalar kvar, og meir.
6 Then Delilah said to Samson, “Please, tell me how is it that you are so strong, and how could anyone bind you, so you might be controlled?”
So sagde Dalila til Samson: «Kjære, seg meg kvar du hev den store styrken din frå, og korleis du kann bindast, so ein fær døyvt deg!»
7 Samson said to her, “If they tie me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man.”
«Dersom dei bind meg med sju rå senestrengjer, som ikkje hev vorte turre, so veiknar eg og vert som eit anna menneskjebarn, » svara han.
8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought up to Delilah seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied Samson up with them.
Då kom filistarfyrstarne upp til henne med sju rå senestrengjer, som ikkje hadde vorte turre; deim batt ho honom med,
9 Now she had men hiding in secret, staying in her inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he broke the bowstrings like a thread of yarn when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
og i kammerset hadde ho folk sitjande og lura. So ropa ho: «filistarane er yver deg, Samson!» Då sleit han sund strengjerne, som ein strytråd brest når han kjem innåt elden, og ingen fekk vita kvar han hadde styrken sin frå.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “This is how you have deceived me and told me lies. Please, tell me how you can be overpowered.”
So sagde ho til honom: Du hev narra meg, og loge for meg. Kjære, seg meg no korleis du kann bindast!»
11 He said to her, “If they tie me up with new ropes which have never been used for work, I will become weak and like any other man.”
«Dersom dei bind meg vel med nye reip som aldri hev vore bruka til noko, so veiknar eg og vert som eit anna menneskjebarn, » svara han.
12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” The men lying in wait were in the inner room. But Samson tore off the ropes from his arms like they were a piece of thread.
So tok Dalila nye reip og batt honom med, og ropa: «Filistarane er yver deg, Samson!» og i kammerset sat det folk og lurde. Men han sleit reipi av armarne sine, som det var tråd.
13 Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you may be overpowered.” Samson said to her, “If you weave seven locks of my hair into a fabric on a loom, and then nail that to the loom, I will be like any other man.”
Då sagde Dalila til honom: «Til dessa hev du narra meg og loge for meg! Seg no korleis du kann bindast!» «Dersom du vev dei sju hårflettorne mine inn i veven!» svara han.
14 While he slept, Delilah wove seven locks of his hair into the fabric on the loom and nailed it to the loom, and she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He woke from his sleep and he pulled out the fabric and the pin from the loom.
So slo ho ått med vevskeidi, og ropa: «Filistarane er yver deg, Samson!» Då vakna han or svevnen, og rykte ut både vevskeidi og varpet.
15 She said to him, “How can you say, 'I love you,' when you do not share your secrets with me? You have mocked me these three times and have not told me how you have such great strength.”
So sagde ho til honom: «Korleis kann du segja du hev meg kjær, når du ikkje hev tiltru til meg? No hev du narra meg tri gonger og ikkje sagt meg kvar du hev den store styrken din frå!»
16 Every day she pressed him hard with her words, and she pressured him so much that he wished he would die.
Som ho no tagg og truga dag etter dag, og aldri let honom få fred, vart han so leid seg at han vilde mest døy,
17 So Samson told her everything and said to her, “I have never had a razor cut the hair on my head, for I have been a Nazirite for God from my mother's womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I will become weak and be like every other man.”
og so opna han heile sitt hjarta for henne: «Det hev aldri kome saks på mitt hovud, » sagde han; «for eg hev vore vigd til Gud alt ifrå morsliv. Vert eg raka, so fer styrken min frå meg; eg veiknar og vert som alle andre menneskjeborn.»
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her the truth about everything, she sent and called for the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up again, for he has told me everything.” Then the rulers of the Philistines went up to her, bringing the silver in their hands.
Då skyna Dalila at han hadde sagt henne heile sanningi; ho sende bod etter filistarfyrstarne, og sagde: «Kom her upp! For denne gongen hev han sagt meg heile sanningi.» Då kom filistarfyrstarne upp til henne, og hadde pengarne med seg.
19 She had him fall asleep in her lap. She called for a man to shave off the seven locks of his head, and she began to subdue him, for his strength had left him.
So svævde ho Samson i fanget sitt, og ropa på ein mann ho hadde sitjande der, og let honom klyppa dei sju hårflettorne hans; då tok han til å veikna, og styrken hans for frå honom.
20 She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He woke up out of his sleep and said, “I will get out like the other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that Yahweh had left him.
Og Dalila ropa: «Filistarane er yver deg, Samson!» Då vakna han or svevnen, og tenkte: «Eg skal gjera meg fri og rista meg laus, som so mang ein gong fyrr; » for han visste ikkje at Herren hadde vendt seg ifrå honom.
21 The Philistines captured him and put out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. He turned the millstone at the prison house.
Filistarane tok Samson, og stakk ut augo på honom, og førde han ned til Gaza; der batt dei honom med dubbel koparlekkja, og han laut sveiva handkverni i fangehuset.
22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
Men håret hans tok til å veksa sterkt med same det var klypt.
23 The rulers of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. They said, “Our god has conquered Samson, our enemy, and put him in our grasp.”
So kom Filistarfyrstarne i hop, og bar fram eit stort offer for Dagon, guden sin, og heldt fest; «for, » sagde dei, «vår gud hev gjeve Samson, vår uven, i vår magt.»
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, “Our god has conquered our enemy and given him to us—the destroyer of our country, who killed many of us.”
og då folket såg honom, lova dei guden sin, og kvad: I handi vår gav guden vår uvenen vår, han som øydde landet vårt han som drap ned folket vårt.
25 When they were celebrating, they said, “Call for Samson, that he may make us laugh.” They called for Samson out of the prison and he made them laugh. They made him stand between the pillars.
Som dei no var komne på godlag, ropa dei: «Henta Samson hit, so han kann leika for oss!» Då henta dei Samson or fangehuset, og han laut leika for deim. Dei sette honom millom stolparne.
26 Samson said to the boy who held his hand, “Permit me to touch the pillars on which the building rests, so that I can lean against them.”
Då sagde Samson til guten som leidde honom: «Slepp meg, og lat meg få halda i dei stolparne som huset kviler på, og stydja meg innåt deim!»
27 Now the house was full of men and women. All the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who were looking on while Samson was entertaining them.
Men huset var fullt av menner og kvinnor; alle filistarfyrstarne var der, og på taket var det um lag tri tusund menner og kvinnor, som såg på med Samson leika.
28 Samson called to Yahweh and said, “Lord Yahweh, call me to mind! Please strengthen me only this once, God, so that I may have revenge in one blow on the Philistines for taking my two eyes.”
Og Samson kalla på Herren og sagde: «Herre, min Gud, kom meg i hug, og styrk meg denne eine gongen, min Gud, so eg fær hemnt meg på filistarane for eitt av dei tvo augo mine!»
29 Samson held on to the two middle pillars on which the building rested, and he leaned against them, one pillar with his right hand, and the other with his left.
So femnde han kringum båe midstolparne som huset kvilde på, og klemde deim innåt seg, ein med høgre, og ein med vinstre handi.
30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He stretched out with his strength and the building fell on the rulers and on all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed when he died were more than those he killed during his life.
«Lat meg døy i hop med filistarane!» sagde han, og tok i med all si magt; då ramla huset i hop yver fyrstarne og yver alt folket som var der, og dei som han drap då han døydde, var fleire enn dei han hadde drepe med han livde.
31 Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down. They took him, brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial place of Manoah, his father. Samson had judged Israel for twenty years.
Men brørne hans og alt skyldfolket kom og tok honom, og førde honom heim, og sette honom ned i gravstaden åt Manoah, far hans, millom Sora og Estaol. Då hadde han styrt Israel i tjuge år.
