< Judges 16 >

1 And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;
三松往迦薩去,在那裏看見一個妓女,便去走近了她。
2 [it is told] to the Gazathites, saying, 'Samson hath come in hither;' and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, 'Till the light of the morning — then we have slain him.'
有人告訴迦薩人說:「三松到這裏來了。」他們就把他圍住,終夜派人埋伏在城門口,整夜靜悄悄地等待他,說:「等到早晨天亮,我們纔殺他。」
3 And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which [is] on the front of Hebron.
三松睡到半夜,半夜醒來,抓緊城門,連兩個門框帶門閂,一起拔起,放在肩上,背到赫特龍對面的山頂上。三松與德里拉
4 And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name [is] Delilah,
此後,他在芍勒克平原又愛上一個女人,名叫德里拉。
5 and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, 'Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], and wherein we are able for him — and we have bound him to afflict him, and we — we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.'
培肋舍特的酋長上到她那裏,對她說:「請你引誘他,看看他這樣大的力量是從那裏來的,我們怎樣能制勝他,將他捆起,而制伏他;我們每人給你一千一百銀子。」
6 And Delilah saith unto Samson, 'Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power [is], and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.'
德里拉問三松說:「請你告訴我,你這樣大的力量是從那裏來的﹖人怎樣纔能將你捆起,而制伏你﹖」
7 And Samson saith unto her, 'If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'
三松回答說:「人若用七根未乾的新牛筋繩將我捆起,我就像別人一樣軟弱。」
8 And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.
培肋舍特人的酋長就給她送來七根未乾的新牛筋繩,她便用這些繩子將他捆起。
9 And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, 'Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;' and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known.
當時有埋伏的人暗藏在她的內室裏;德里拉向他喊說:「三松,培肋舍特人來捉你哩! 」他就掙斷牛筋繩,如同麻線被火燒斷一樣;於是人們仍不知他力量的所在。
10 And Delilah saith unto Samson, 'Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.'
德里拉遂對三松說:「看,你戲弄我,對我說謊。如今請你告訴我,怎樣纔能捆綁你﹖」
11 And he saith unto her, 'If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'
他回答她說:「人若用從未用過的新繩將我捆起,我就像別人一樣軟弱。」
12 And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, 'Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.
德里拉就拿新繩將他捆起,對他喊說:「三松,培肋舍特人來捉你哩! 」當時仍有埋伏的人暗藏在內室裏;但他掙斷手臂上的繩子,好像一根絲線一樣。
13 And Delilah saith unto Samson, 'Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, 'If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'
德里拉對三松說:「到現在你仍戲弄我,對我說謊;你告訴我,人怎樣纔能捆綁你﹖」他回答她說:「你若把我頭上的七條髮辮與織布的經線編在一起,然後用木橛釘住,我就像別人一樣軟弱。」
14 And she fixeth [it] with the pin, and saith unto him, 'Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web.
德里拉使他睡了,然後把他頭上的七條髮辮與織布的經線編在一起,再用木橛釘住,向他喊說:「三松,培肋舍特人來捉你哩! 」他從夢中醒來,把織布機的木橛連織布的經線都拔了出來。
15 And she saith unto him, 'How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power [is].'
德里拉就對他說:「你心裏既沒有我,你怎能說:我愛你呢﹖你已三次戲弄我,還沒有告訴我你這樣大的力量是從那裏來的! 」
16 And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death,
因為她天天用話來逼他,催他,致使他的精神苦惱的要死。
17 that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, 'A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I [am] from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.'
三松遂把心中的一切全透露給她,對她說:「剃刀從未接觸過我的頭,因為我在母胎時就是獻於天主的;人若剃去我的頭髮,我的力量就離開了我,我就像眾人一樣軟弱。」
18 And Delilah seeth that he hath declared to her all his heart, and she sendeth and calleth for the princes of the Philistines, saying, 'Come up this time, for he hath declared to me all his heart;' and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her, and bring up the money in their hand.
德里拉一見他把心中的一切全給她透露了,便打發人召培肋舍特的酋長來說:「這一次你們上來罷! 因為他把心中的一切全透露給我。」於是培肋舍特人的酋長手中帶著銀子,來到德里拉那裏。
19 and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him;
德里拉使三松睡在自己的膝上,又叫來一個人,剃去他頭上的七條髮辮,他就開始軟弱無力,他的力量全離開了他。
20 and she saith, 'Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, 'I go out as time by time, and shake myself;' and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him.
她於是喊說:「三松,培肋舍特人來捉你哩! 」他由夢中醒來,心想:「這一次和前幾次一樣,我一掙扎,必能脫身。」他卻不知道上主已離棄了他。
21 And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.
培肋舍特人便把他捉住,剜去他的眼睛,帶他下到迦薩,用銅鍊鎖了他,叫他在監獄裏推磨。
22 And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,
但是他的頭髮在剃了以後,又漸漸長起來。三松殉身復仇
23 and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, 'Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'
培肋舍特人的酋長聚集起來,為給他們的神達貢舉行祭獻大典,表示慶祝;他們說:「我們的神把我們的仇人三松交在我們手中。」
24 And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, 'Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'
民眾一見三松,就讚頌他們的神說:「我們的神把破壞過我們的田地,殺害過我們多人的仇人,交在我們的手中了。」
25 And it cometh to pass, when their heart [is] glad, that they say, 'Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;' and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars.
當他們興高采烈的時候,就喊說:「讓三松給我們表演把戲。」他們就從監獄裏叫出三松來,在他們面前耍把戲;以後把他放在兩根柱子中間。
26 And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, 'Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.'
三松對牽他手的僮僕說:「讓我摸摸支殿的柱子,好能靠一靠。」
27 And the house hath been full of men and of women, and thither [are] all the princes of the Philistines, and on the roof [are] about three thousand men and women, who are looking on the playing of Samson.
那時殿內滿了男女,培肋舍特人的酋長也在裏面,在天台上約有三千男女,都在看三松表演把戲。
28 And Samson calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, 'Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this time, O God; and I am avenged — vengeance at once — because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.'
三松呼求上主說:「吾主上主,求你眷念我! 天主,求你再賜我力量,只要這一次! 以報培肋舍特人剜我雙眼的仇。」
29 And Samson turneth aside [to] the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, [to] the one with his right hand, and one with his left;
三松就抱住正中支殿的兩根柱子,右手抱一根,左手抱一根;
30 and Samson saith, 'Let me die with the Philistines,' and he inclineth himself powerfully, and the house falleth on the princes, and on all the people who [are] in it, and the dead whom he hath put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death in his life.
然後三松說:「讓我的性命和培肋舍特人同歸於盡! 」於是他奮力屈身,大殿隨之倒塌,壓在酋長和裏面所有的民眾身上;這樣他在臨死時所殺死的人,比一生所殺死的人還多。
31 And his brethren come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.
此後,他的兄弟和父親的全家下來,把他抬上去,葬在祚辣和厄市陶耳之間,他父親瑪諾亞的墳墓裏。他作以色列民長二十年。

< Judges 16 >