< Judges 15 >

1 `Forsothe aftir sum del of tyme, whanne the daies of wheete heruest neiyiden, Sampson cam, and wolde visite his wijf, and he brouyte to hir a `kide of geet; and when he wolde entre in to hir bed bi custom, `the fadir of hir forbeed hym, and seide,
and to be from day in/on/with day harvest wheat and to reckon: visit Samson [obj] woman: wife his in/on/with kid goat and to say to come (in): come to(wards) woman: wife my [the] chamber [to] and not to give: allow him father her to/for to come (in): come
2 Y gesside that thou haddist hatid hir, and therfor Y yaf hir to thi freend; but sche hath a sistir, which is yongere and fairere than sche, be sche `wijf to thee for hir.
and to say father her to say to say for to hate to hate her and to give: give(marriage) her to/for companion your not sister her [the] small pleasant from her to be please to/for you underneath: instead her
3 To whom Sampson answeride, Fro this day no blame schal be in me ayens Filistees, for Y schal do yuels to you.
and to say to/for them Samson to clear [the] beat from Philistine for to make: do I with them distress: harm
4 And he yede, and took thre hundrid foxis, and ioynede `the tailis of hem to tailis, and boond brondis in the myddis,
and to go: went Samson and to capture three hundred fox and to take: take torch and to turn tail to(wards) tail and to set: put torch one between two [the] tail in/on/with midst
5 whiche he kyndlid with fier, and leet hem, that thei schulden renne aboute hidur and thidur; `which yeden anoon in to the cornes of Filisteis, bi whiche kyndlid, bothe cornes `borun now to gidere, and yit stondynge in the stobil, weren brent, in so myche that the flawme wastide vyneris, and `places of olyue trees.
and to burn: burn fire in/on/with torch and to send: let go in/on/with standing grain Philistine and to burn: burn from stack and till standing grain and till vineyard olive
6 And Filisteis seiden, Who dide this thing? To whiche it was seid, Sampson, hosebonde of the `douytir of Thannathei, for he took awey Sampsones wijf, and yaf to another man, `wrouyte this thing. And Filisteis stieden, and brenten bothe the womman and hir fadir.
and to say Philistine who? to make: do this and to say Samson son-in-law [the] Timnite for to take: marry [obj] woman: wife his and to give: give(marriage) her to/for companion his and to ascend: rise Philistine and to burn [obj] her and [obj] father her in/on/with fire
7 To whiche Sampson seide, Thouy ye han do this, netheles yit Y schal axe veniaunce of you, and than Y schal reste.
and to say to/for them Samson if to make: do [emph?] like/as this that if: except if: except to avenge in/on/with you and after to cease
8 And he smoot hem with greet wounde, so that thei wondriden, and `puttiden the hyndrere part of the hipe on the thiy; and he yede doun, and dwellide in the denne of the stoon of Ethan.
and to smite [obj] them leg upon thigh wound great: large and to go down and to dwell in/on/with cleft crag Etam
9 Therfor Filisteis stieden in to the lond of Juda, and settiden tentis in the place, that was clepid aftirward Lethi, that is, a cheke, wher `the oost of hem was spred a brood.
and to ascend: rise Philistine and to camp in/on/with Judah and to leave in/on/with Lehi
10 And men of the lynage of Juda seiden to hem, Whi `stieden ye ayens vs? Whiche answeriden, We comen that we bynde Sampson, and yelde to hym tho thingis whiche he wrouyte in vs.
and to say man Judah to/for what? to ascend: rise upon us and to say to/for to bind [obj] Samson to ascend: rise to/for to make: do to/for him like/as as which to make: do to/for us
11 Therfor thre thousynde of men of Juda yeden doun to the denne of the flynt of Ethan; and thei seiden to Sampson, Woost thou not, that Filisteis comaunden to vs? Why woldist thou do this thing? To whiche he seide.
and to go down three thousand man from Judah to(wards) cleft crag Etam and to say to/for Samson not to know for to rule in/on/with us Philistine and what? this to make: do to/for us and to say to/for them like/as as which to make: do to/for me so to make: do to/for them
12 As thei diden to me, Y dide to hem. Thei seien, We comen to bynde thee, and to bitake thee in to the `hondis of Filisteis. To whiche Sampson answeride, Swere ye, and `biheete ye to me, that ye sle not me.
and to say to/for him to/for to bind you to go down to/for to give: give you in/on/with hand: power Philistine and to say to/for them Samson to swear to/for me lest to fall on [emph?] in/on/with me you(m. p.)
13 And thei seiden, We schulen not sle thee, but we schulen bitake thee boundun. And thei bounden him with twei newe cordis, and token fro the stoon of Ethan.
and to say to/for him to/for to say not for to bind to bind you and to give: give you in/on/with hand: power their and to die not to die you and to bind him in/on/with two cord new and to ascend: establish him from [the] crag
14 And whanne thei hadden come to the place of cheke, and Filisteis criynge hadden runne to hym, the spirit of the Lord felde in to hym, and as stikis ben wont to be wastid at the odour of fier, so and the bondis, with whiche he was boundun, weren scaterid and vnboundun.
he/she/it to come (in): come till Lehi (and Philistine *L(abh)*) to shout to/for to encounter: toward him and to rush upon him spirit LORD and to be [the] cord which upon arm his like/as flax which to burn: burn in/on/with fire and to melt bond his from upon hand his
15 And he took a cheke foundun, that is, the lowere cheke boon of an asse, that lay, `and he killyde `with it a thousinde men; and seide,
and to find jaw donkey fresh and to send: reach hand his and to take: take her and to smite in/on/with her thousand man
16 With the cheke of an asse, that is, with the lowere cheke of a colt of femal assis, Y dide hem awey, and Y killide a thousynde men.
and to say Samson in/on/with jaw [the] donkey heap heap in/on/with jaw [the] donkey to smite thousand man
17 And whanne he songe these wordis, and `hadde fillid, he castide forth fro the hond the lowere cheke; and he clepide the name of that place Ramath Lethi, `which is interpretid, the reisyng of a cheke.
and to be like/as to end: finish he to/for to speak: speak and to throw [the] jaw from hand his and to call: call by to/for place [the] he/she/it Ramath-lehi Ramath-lehi
18 And he thristide greetly, and criede to the Lord, and seide, Thou hast youe in the hond of thi seruaunt this grettest helthe and victory; and lo! Y die for thyrst, and Y schal falle in to the hondis of vncircumcidid men.
and to thirst much and to call: call to to(wards) LORD and to say you(m. s.) to give: give in/on/with hand: power servant/slave your [obj] [the] deliverance: victory [the] great: large [the] this and now to die in/on/with thirst and to fall: fall in/on/with hand: power [the] uncircumcised
19 Therfor the Lord openyde a wang tooth in the cheke boon of the asse, and watris yeden out therof, `bi whiche drunkun he refreischide the spirit, and resseuede strengthis; therfor the name of that place was clepid the Welle of the clepere of the cheke `til to present dai.
and to break up/open God [obj] [the] hollow which in/on/with Lehi and to come out: issue from him water and to drink and to return: return spirit his and to live upon so to call: call by name her En-hakkore En-hakkore which in/on/with Lehi till [the] day: today [the] this
20 And he demyde Israel in the daies of Filistiym twenti yeer.
and to judge [obj] Israel in/on/with day Philistine twenty year

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