< Judges 15 >
1 But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Og det skete nogen Tid derefter, udi Hvedehøstens Dage, at Samson besøgte sin Hustru med et Gedekid, og han sagde: Jeg vil gaa til min Hustru ind i Kammeret, og hendes Fader tilstedte ham ikke at komme ind.
2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: [is] not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
Og hendes Fader sagde: Jeg tænkte, at du havde faaet Had til hende, og jeg gav din Selskabsbroder hende; er ikke hendes yngre Søster bedre end hun? Kære, lad hende være din i Stedet for denne.
3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Da sagde Samson til dem: Jeg er denne Gang uden Skyld for Filisterne, naar jeg gør ondt imod dem.
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took fire-brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a fire-brand in the midst between two tails.
Og Samson gik hen og greb tre Hundrede Bæve, og han tog Blus og vendte Stjært til Stjært og satte et Blus midt imellem to Stjærte.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.
Og han tændte Ild i Blussene og lod dem fare ind iblandt Filisternes staaende Korn, og han satte Ild baade paa Negene og paa det staaende Korn og paa Olivenhaverne.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Da sagde Filisterne: Hvo har gjort dette? og de sagde: Samson, den Thimniters Svigersøn, fordi han tog hans Hustru og gav hans Selskabsbroder hende; da droge Filisterne op og opbrændte hende og hendes Fader med Ild.
7 And Samson said to them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Men Samson sagde til dem: Naar I gøre saaledes, da vil jeg ikke holde op, førend jeg faar hævnet mig paa eder.
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
Og han slog dem med et stort Slag paa Hoften og paa Laarene; og han gik ned og boede i en Hule i Klippen Etham.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Da droge Filisterne op og lejrede sig imod Juda og adspredte sig i Leki.
10 And the men of Judah said, Why have ye come up against us? And they answered, We have come to bind Samson, to do to him as he hath done to us.
Og Judas Mænd sagde: Hvi ere I dragne op imod os? og de sagde: Vi ere komne op for at binde Samson, for at gøre ved ham, ligesom han har gjort ved os.
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines [are] rulers over us? what [is] this [that] thou hast done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
Da droge tre Tusinde Mænd af Juda ned til Hulen i Klippen Etham, og de sagde til Samson: Ved du ikke, at Filisterne herske over os, og hvorfor har du gjort dette imod os? og han sagde til dem: Ligesom de gjorde ved mig, saa har jeg gjort ved dem.
12 And they said to him, We have come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Og de sagde til ham: Vi ere komne ned for at binde dig, for at give dig i Filisternes Haand, og Samson sagde til dem: Sværger mig, at I ikke ville anfalde mig.
13 And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
Og de sagde til ham: Nej, men vi ville kun binde dig og give dig i deres Haand, men ikke slaa dig ihjel; og de bandt ham med to nye Reb, og de førte ham op fra Klippen.
14 [And] when he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that [were] upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
Der han kom til Leki, da skrege Filisterne mod ham; men Herrens Aand kom heftig over ham, og de Reb, som vare om hans Arme, bleve som Traade, brændte af Ilden, og hans Baand smuldrede og faldt af hans Hænder.
15 And he found a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men with it.
Og han fandt en frisk Asenkæft, og han udrakte sin Haand og tog den og slog dermed tusinde Mand.
16 And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Og Samson sagde: Med en Asenkæft har jeg slaget en Hob, ja to Hobe, med en Asenkæft har jeg slaget tusinde Mand.
17 And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
Og det skete, der han havde fuldendt at tale, da kastede han Kæften af sin Haand; og han kaldte det samme Sted Ramath-Leki.
18 And he was very thirsty, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die by thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Men han tørstede saare, og han kaldte paa Herren og sagde: Du har givet denne store Frelse ved din Tjeners Haand; men nu maa jeg dø af Tørst og falde udi de uomskaarnes Haand.
19 But God cleaved a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of it; and when he had drank, his spirit came again, and he revived. Wherefore he called the name of it En-hakkore, which [is] in Lehi to this day.
Da flakte Gud Kindtanden, som var i Kæften, og der udgik Vand af den, og han drak, og hans Aand kom igen, og han blev ved Live; derfor kaldte man dens Navn En-Hakore Asker-Baleki indtil paa denne Dag.
20 And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.
Og han dømte Israel i Filisternes Dage, tyve Aar.