Judges 15
1 But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said, “I will go in to my wife’s room.” But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in.
Beberapa waktu kemudian, ketika musim panen gandum, Simson pergi mengunjungi istrinya. Ia membawa seekor kambing muda untuk istrinya itu. Berkatalah Simson kepada ayah mertuanya, "Saya ingin ke kamar untuk bertemu dengan istri saya." Tetapi ayah mertuanya tidak mengizinkannya.
2 Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, take her instead.”
Katanya kepada Simson, "Saya kira kau benar-benar membenci dia, jadi, ia sudah kuberikan kepada kawanmu. Tetapi kau boleh mengambil adiknya. Ia lebih cantik."
3 Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in the case of the Philistines when I harm them.”
Berkatalah Simson, "Apa yang akan kulakukan terhadap orang Filistin kali ini, bukanlah kesalahanku!"
4 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the middle between every two tails.
Lalu ia pergi menangkap tiga ratus serigala. Buntut serigala-serigala itu diikatnya berdua-dua. Pada simpul ikatan itu, ia menaruh sebuah obor.
5 When he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.
Setelah itu ia menyalakan obor-obor itu lalu melepaskan serigala-serigala itu ke dalam ladang-ladang orang Filistin. Terbakarlah semua gandum yang telah dituai di sana. Bahkan tanaman gandum dan kebun-kebun anggur pun ikut terbakar juga.
6 Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Orang-orang Filistin pergi menyelidiki siapa yang melakukan hal itu. Lalu orang memberitahukan kepada mereka bahwa Simsonlah yang melakukannya, karena ayah mertuanya di Timna telah memberikan istri Simson kepada seorang kawan Simson. Karena itu orang-orang Filistin membakar wanita itu serta seisi rumah ayahnya sampai habis.
7 Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.”
Lalu kata Simson kepada orang-orang Filistin itu, "O, begitukah caranya kalian bertindak? Saya bersumpah tidak akan tinggal diam kalau saya belum membalas hal ini kepada kalian!"
8 He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’s rock.
Kemudian ia menyerang mereka dengan kejam dan membunuh banyak di antara mereka. Setelah itu, ia pergi lalu tinggal di dalam gua di sebuah bukit batu di Etam.
9 Then the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Maka orang Filistin datang ke daerah Yehuda lalu berkemah di situ, kemudian menyerbu kota Lehi.
10 The men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” They said, “We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.”
Orang Yehuda bertanya kepada orang Filistin, "Mengapa kalian menyerang kami?" Mereka menjawab, "Kami datang untuk menangkap Simson supaya kami dapat memperlakukan dia seperti ia memperlakukan kami."
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in Etam’s rock, and said to Samson, “Don’t you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” He said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
Mendengar itu, pergilah 3.000 orang Yehuda ke gua di bukit batu di Etam. Di sana mereka berkata, "Simson, apakah kau tidak tahu bahwa orang Filistin berkuasa atas kita? Apa ini yang telah kaulakukan terhadap kami!" Simson menyahut, "Saya hanya membalas apa yang mereka lakukan terhadap saya."
12 They said to him, “We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.”
Kata mereka, "Kami datang untuk mengikat dan menyerahkan engkau kepada orang Filistin." Simson berkata, "Berjanjilah dahulu bahwa kalian sendiri tidak akan bunuh saya."
13 They spoke to him, saying, “No, but we will bind you securely and deliver you into their hands; but surely we will not kill you.” They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
"Baik," kata mereka, "memang kami hanya mau mengikat dan menyerahkan engkau kepada orang Filistin. Kami tidak akan membunuhmu." Lalu mereka mengikat dia dengan dua buah tali yang masih baru, dan membawa dia pergi dari gua itu.
14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. Then the LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire; and his bands dropped from off his hands.
Ketika Simson dibawa sampai ke Lehi, orang-orang Filistin berlari mendatangi dia sambil menyorakinya. Tiba-tiba ia menjadi kuat oleh kuasa TUHAN. Tali-tali yang mengikat tangannya itu diputuskannya begitu saja seolah-olah tali itu tali yang hangus.
15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.
Kemudian ia menemukan sebuah tulang rahang yang masih baru dari seekor keledai. Ia memungut tulang itu, lalu memakainya untuk memukul 1.000 orang sampai mati.
16 Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”
Maka bernyanyilah Simson, "Dengan rahang keledai, kuhajar seribu orang; dengan rahang keledai, kutumpuk mayat-mayat mereka."
17 When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.
Setelah itu, ia membuang tulang rahang itu. Itu sebabnya tempat tersebut dinamakan Ramat-Lehi.
18 He was very thirsty, and called on the LORD and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Kemudian Simson merasa haus sekali, sehingga ia berseru kepada TUHAN. Ia berkata, "TUHAN, baru saja Engkau memberikan kemenangan yang besar ini kepada saya. Sekarang haruskah saya mati kehausan, sehingga ditangkap oleh orang-orang Filistin ini yang tidak mengenal Engkau?"
19 But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.
Maka Allah membuka lubang di bukit batu di Lehi itu, lalu keluarlah air dari situ. Simson minum, kemudian merasa segar kembali. Itu sebabnya sumber air itu disebut Sumber Air Hakor. Sumber air ini masih ada di Lehi.
20 He judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
Dua puluh tahun lamanya Simson memimpin umat Israel waktu mereka dikuasai orang Filistin.
