Juges 16
1 Samson alla à Gaza; il y vit une courtisane, et il entra chez elle.
And Samson went from there to Gaza, and saw a prostitute there, 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 reported to the Gazites, saying, "Samson is here." They surrounded him, and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all night, saying, "Wait until morning light, then we will 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.
Now Samson rested until midnight, but got up at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is overlooking Hebron, and set them down there.
4 Après cela, il aima une femme dans la vallée de Sorec; elle se nommait Dalila.
It came to pass afterward, that he fell in love with 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. "
The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, "Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you 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? "
Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you can be bound and subdued."
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. "
Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become 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 cords 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 she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." He broke the cords, as a string of tow 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. "
Delilah said to Samson, "Look, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me 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. "
He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become 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.
So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them 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. "
Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you might be bound." He said to her, "If you weave the seven braids on my head with the fabric and fasten them with the pin, then I will be weak as another man."
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.
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids on his head, and wove them with the fabric, and she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." And he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin of the loom and the fabric.
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. "
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 where 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;
It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled 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. "
He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will 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.
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 told me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
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.
She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and he began to weaken, 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.
She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." He awoke out of his sleep, and said, "I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free." But he didn't know that the LORD had 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.
The Philistines seized him, and gouged out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.
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 shaved.
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. "
The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to celebrate; 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. "
When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand."
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 happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. And they were striking him. 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 boy who held him by the hand, "Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them." And the boy did so.
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 watching while Samson performed.
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. "
Samson called to the LORD, and said, "Lord GOD, please remember me, and please strengthen me only this once, 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.
Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and 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.
Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed 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 site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
