Juges 16
1 Samson alla à Gaza; il y vit une courtisane, et il entra chez elle.
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in to her.
2 On l'annonça aux gens de Gaza, en disant: " Samson est venu ici. " Et ils l'environnèrent et se tinrent en embuscade toute la nuit à la porte de la ville. Ils se tinrent tranquilles toute la nuit, en disant: " Attendons jusqu'à ce que luise le matin, et nous le tuerons. "
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come here. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 Samson demeura couché jusqu'à minuit; à minuit, il se leva et, saisissant les battants de la porte de la ville et les deux poteaux, il les arracha avec la barre, les mit sur ses épaules et les porta sur le sommet de la montagne qui regarde Hébron.
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
4 Après cela, il aima une femme dans la vallée de Sorec; elle se nommait Dalila.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 Les princes des philistins montèrent vers elle et lui dirent: " Flatte-le et vois où gît sa grande force, et comment nous pourrons nous rendre maîtres de lui, afin de le lier et de le dompter, et nous te donnerons chacun mille et cent sicles d'argent. "
And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give you every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
6 Dalila dit à Samson: " Dis-moi, je te prie, ou gît ta grande force, et avec quoi il faudrait te lier pour te dompter? "
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, wherein your great strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
7 Samson lui dit: " Si l'on me liait avec sept cordes fraîches, qui ne seraient pas encore sèches, je deviendrais faible et je serais comme un autre homme. "
And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green thongs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
8 Les princes des Philistins apportèrent à Dalila sept cordes fraîches, qui n'étaient pas encore sèches; et elle le lia avec ces cordes.
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green thongs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 — Or elle avait des gens en embuscade dans la chambre. — Elle lui dit: " Les Philistins sont sur toi, Samson! " Et il rompit les cordes, comme se rompt un cordon d'étoupe quand il sent le feu; et l'on ne connut pas le secret de sa force.
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And he broke the thongs, as a thread of wick is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 Dalila dit à Samson: " Voici, tu t'es joué de moi et tu m'as dit des mensonges. Maintenant, je te prie, indique-moi avec quoi il faut te lier. "
And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray you, with which you might be bound.
11 Il lui dit: " Si on me liait avec des cordes neuves, n'ayant servi à aucun usage, je deviendrais faible et je serais comme un autre homme. "
And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
12 Dalila prit des cordes neuves, avec lesquelles elle le lia. Et elle lui dit: " Les Philistins sont sur toi, Samson! " — Or des gens se tenaient en embuscade dans la chambre. — Et il rompit comme un fil les cordes qu'il avait aux bras.
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.
13 Dalila dit à Samson: " Jusqu'à présent tu t'es joué de moi, et tu m'as dit des mensonges. Indique-moi avec quoi il faut te lier. " Il lui dit: " Tu n'as qu'à tisser les sept tresses de ma tête avec le tissu. "
And Delilah said to Samson, Till now you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be bound. And he said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.
14 Et elle les fixa avec la cheville. Puis elle lui dit: " Les Philistins sont sur toi, Samson! " Et, se réveillant de son sommeil, il arracha la cheville du métier et le tissu.
And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
15 Elle lui dit: " Comment peux-tu dire: je t'aime! puisque ton cœur n'est pas avec moi? Voilà trois fois que tu t'es joué de moi, et que tu ne m'as pas indiqué où gît ta grande force. "
And she said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you have mocked me these three times, and have not told me wherein your great strength lies.
16 Elle le tourmentait ainsi chaque jour et le fatiguait de ses instances; à la fin, son âme s'impatienta jusqu'à en mourir;
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed to death;
17 il lui ouvrit tout son cœur et lui dit: " Le rasoir n'a jamais passé sur ma tête, car je suis nazaréen de Dieu dès le sein de ma mère. Si j'étais rasé, ma force m'abandonnerait, je deviendrais faible et je serais comme tous les autres hommes. "
That he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor on my head; for I have been a Nazarite to God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
18 Dalila vit qu'il lui avait ouvert tout son cœur; elle envoya appeler les princes des Philistins et leur fit dire: " Montez cette fois, car il m'a ouvert tout son cœur. " Et les princes des Philistins montèrent vers elle. apportant l'argent dans leurs mains.
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he has showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought money in their hand.
19 Elle l'endormit sur ses genoux et, ayant appelé l'homme, elle fit raser les sept tresses de la tête de Samson et commença à le dompter, et sa force se retira de lui.
And she made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20 Elle dit alors: " Les Philistins sont sur toi, Samson! " Il se réveilla de son sommeil et dit: " Je me tirerai d'affaire comme les autres fois, et je me dégagerai; " car il ne savait pas que Yahweh s'était retiré de lui.
And she said, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he knew not that the LORD was departed from him.
21 Les Philistins le saisirent et lui crevèrent les yeux et, l'ayant fait descendre à Gaza, ils le lièrent d'une double chaîne d'airain. Il tournait la meule dans la prison.
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22 Cependant les cheveux de sa tête commençaient à repousser depuis qu'il avait été rasé.
However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23 Les princes des Philistins s'assemblèrent pour offrir un grand sacrifice à Dagon, leur dieu, et pour se réjouir. Ils disaient: " Notre dieu a livré entre nos mains Samson, notre ennemi. "
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
24 Le peuple le vit, et ils louèrent leur dieu, car ils disaient: " Notre dieu a livré entre nos mains notre ennemi, celui qui ravageait notre pays, et qui nous tuait tant de gens. "
And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
25 Quand leurs cœurs furent devenus joyeux, ils dirent: " Qu'on fasse venir Samson, et qu'il nous divertisse! " Ils tirèrent Samson de la prison, et il dansa devant eux. On l'avait placé entre les colonnes.
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
26 Samson dit au jeune homme qui le tenait par la main: " Laisse-moi toucher les colonnes sur lesquelles se tient la maison et m'y appuyer.
And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house stands, that I may lean on them.
27 Or la maison était remplie d'hommes et de femmes; tous les princes des Philistins étaient là, et il y avait sur le toit environ trois mille personnes, hommes et femmes, qui regardaient Samson danser.
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 Alors Samson invoqua Yahweh et dit: " Seigneur Yahweh, souvenez-vous de moi, je vous prie, et donnez-moi de la force cette fois seulement, ô Dieu. afin que d'un seul coup je me venge des Philistins pour mes deux yeux. "
And Samson called to the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, I pray you, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
29 Et Samson, embrassant les deux colonnes du milieu sur lesquelles se tenait la maison, s'appuya sur elles, sur l'une de la main droite, sur l'autre de la main gauche.
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
30 Et Samson dit: " Que je meure avec les Philistins! ". Et il se pencha avec force, et la maison s'écroula sur les princes et sur tout le peuple qui s'y trouvait. Ceux qu'il fit périr en mourant furent plus nombreux que ceux qu'il avait tués pendant sa vie.
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
31 Ses frères et toute la maison de son père descendirent à Gaza et l'emportèrent. Lorsqu'ils furent remontés, ils l'enterrèrent entre Saraa et Esthaol, dans le sépulcre de Manué, son père. Il avait jugé Israël pendant vingt ans.
Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial plot of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
