Juges 16
1 Et Samson étant allé à Gaza, y vit une courtisane, et il entra chez elle.
He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
2 On dit aux Gazites: Samson est arrivé ici! Et ils firent des rondes, et toute la nuit ils le guettèrent à la porte de la ville, et ils ne firent point de bruit de toute la nuit et ils disaient: Attendons l'aube du matin; alors nous le tuerons.
And when the Philistines had heard of this, and it had become well known among them, that Samson had entered the city, they surrounded him, placing guards at the gate of the city. And there they were keeping watch all night in silence, so that, in the morning, they might kill him as he was going out.
3 Et Samson fut couché jusqu'à minuit; et vers minuit il se leva, et il saisit les deux battants de la porte de la ville et les deux jambages, et les arracha avec la barre, et les chargea sur ses épaules et les porta sur le sommet de la montagne qui est vis-à-vis d'Hébron.
But Samson slept until the middle of the night, and rising up from there, he took both doors from the gate, with their posts and bars. And laying them upon his shoulders, he carried them to the top of the hill that looks toward Hebron.
4 Et il arriva ensuite qu'il aima une femme dans la vallée de Sorek, et elle se nommait Delila.
After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
5 Alors les princes des Philistins allèrent chez elle et lui dirent: Flatte-le et observe où gît sa grande force, et par où nous pourrions le maîtriser pour le garrotter et le dompter; et nous, nous te donnerons chacun mille et cent sicles d'argent.
And the leaders of the Philistines went to her, and they said: “Deceive him, and learn from him wherein lies his great strength, and how we may be able to overcome him and to impose restraints on him. And if you will do this, each one of us will give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.”
6 Alors Delila dit à Samson: Révèle-moi donc où gît ta grande force, et de quoi il faudrait te lier pour te dompter!
Therefore, Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, I beg you, wherein lies your very great strength, and with what might you be bound, so that you could not break free?”
7 Et Samson lui dit: Qu'on me lie de sept cordes encore humides, non séchées, et je deviens débile et tel qu'un autre homme.
And Samson answered her, “If I will be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still damp, I will be weak like other men.”
8 Alors les princes des Philistins firent porter chez elle sept cordes encore humides, non séchées; et elle l'en garrotta.
And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
9 Or des gens se tenaient chez elle embusqués dans une chambre. Et elle lui dit: Les Philistins contre toi, Samson! Alors il cassa les cordes comme l'on casse un cordon de chanvre, quand il sent le feu. Et l'on ne connut pas le secret de sa force.
And so, those hiding in ambush with her, in the bedroom, were expecting the end of the matter. And she cried out to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he broke the cords, as one would break a thread of flax, twisted for cutting and singed by fire. And so it was not known wherein lay his strength.
10 Alors Delila dit à Samson: Voici, tu m'as abusée, et tu m'as fait un mensonge. A présent indique-moi donc avec quoi il faut te lier.
And Delilah said to him: “Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken a falsehood. But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”
11 Et il lui dit: Qu'on me lie de cordes neuves qui n'aient servi à aucun travail, et je deviens débile et tel qu'un autre homme.
And he answered her, “If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men.”
12 Alors Delila prit des cordes neuves et l'en lia; puis elle lui dit: Les Philistins contre toi, Samson! Or des gens se tenaient embusqués dans une chambre. Et il dégagea ses bras en cassant les cordes comme un fil.
Again, Delilah tied him with these, and she cried out, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom. But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web.
13 Alors Delila dit à Samson: Jusqu'ici tu m'as abusée et tu m'as dit des mensonges! Indique-moi avec quoi il faut te lier. Et il lui dit: Si avec des fils tu tisses en natte les sept tresses de ma tête.
And Delilah spoke to him again: “How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods? Reveal with what you ought to be bound.” And Samson responded to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom, and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground, I will be weak.”
14 Et avec un clou elle les fixa [à la paroi] et elle lui dit: Les Philistins contre toi, Samson! Et il se réveilla de son sommeil, et rompit le clou qui fixait la natte, et les fils.
And when Delilah had done this, she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And arising from sleep, he withdrew the spike with the hairs and the weaving.
15 Alors elle lui dit: Comment peux-tu dire: Je t'aime! tandis que ton cœur n'est pas avec moi? Voici trois fois que tu m'abuses sans me révéler où gît ta grande force.
And Delilah said to him: “How can you say that you love me, when your soul is not with me? You have lied to me on three occasions, and you are not willing to reveal wherein lies your very great strength.”
16 Et comme tous les jours elle l'importunait par ses discours et par son insistance, son âme ennuyée à la mort perdit patience;
And when she had been very troublesome to him, and over many days had continually stayed nearby, giving him no time to rest, his soul was faint, and he was weary, even unto death.
17 alors il lui ouvrit tout son cœur et lui dit: Jamais rasoir ne passa sur ma tête, parce que dès le sein de ma mère je suis consacré à Dieu; si j'étais rasé, ma force s'en irait, et je deviendrais débile et tel que tous les hommes.
Then disclosing the truth of the matter, he said to her: “Iron has never been drawn across my head, for I am a Nazirite, that is, I have been consecrated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head will be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I will be faint and will be like other men.”
18 Et Delila, voyant qu'il lui avait ouvert tout son cœur, envoya un message aux princes des Philistins pour les mander et leur dire: Cette fois venez, car il m'a ouvert tout son cœur. Et les princes des Philistins arrivèrent chez elle et apportèrent l'argent dans leurs mains.
Then, seeing that he had confessed to her his whole soul, she sent to the leaders of the Philistines and ordered: “Come up just once more. For now he has opened his heart to me.” And they went up, taking with them the money that they had promised.
19 Et elle l'endormit sur ses genoux et fit venir un homme, et elle fit raser les sept tresses de sa tête, et commença ainsi à le dompter, et sa force disparut.
But she made him sleep upon her knees, and recline his head upon her bosom. And she called a barber, and he shaved his seven locks of hair. And she began to push him away, and to repel him from herself. For immediately his strength departed from him.
20 Et elle dit: Les Philistins contre toi, Samson! Et il se réveilla de son sommeil; et il se disait: Je m'en tirerai cette fois comme l'autre fois et je me dégagerai. Or il ne se doutait pas que l'Éternel s'était retiré de lui.
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind, “I will break away and shake myself free, just as I did before.” For he did not know that the Lord had withdrawn from him.
21 Alors les Philistins le saisirent et lui crevèrent les yeux, et le menèrent à Gaza, et le lièrent d'une double chaîne d'airain, et il fut réduit à moudre dans la prison.
And when the Philistines had seized him, they immediately plucked out his eyes. And they led him, bound in chains, to Gaza. And enclosing him in a prison, they made him work a millstone.
22 Cependant sa chevelure commençait à croître depuis qu'elle avait été rasée.
And now his hair began to grow back.
23 Or les princes des Philistins se réunirent pour immoler un grand sacrifice à Dagon, leur dieu, et pour se réjouir. Et ils dirent: Notre Dieu a fait tomber entre nos mains Samson, notre ennemi.
And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god. And they feasted, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.”
24 Et quand le peuple le vit, ils louèrent leur dieu; car ils disaient: Notre Dieu a fait tomber entre nos mains notre ennemi, et le dévastateur de notre pays, et le meurtrier d'un grand nombre des nôtres.
Then, too, the people, seeing this, praised their god, and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands: the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”
25 Et comme ils étaient en belle humeur, ils dirent: Faites venir Samson pour nous divertir. Et ils firent venir Samson de la prison, et il fit des bouffonneries devant eux et ils le placèrent entre les colonnes.
And rejoicing in their celebration, having now taken food, they instructed that Samson be called, and that he be mocked before them. And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them. And they caused him to stand between two pillars.
26 Et Samson dit au valet qui lui tenait la main: Laisse-moi tâter les colonnes sur lesquelles pose l'édifice, je voudrais m'y appuyer.
And he said to the boy who was guiding his steps, “Permit me to touch the pillars, which support the entire house, and to lean against them, so that I may rest a little.”
27 Or l'édifice était rempli d'hommes et de femmes, et tous les princes des Philistins s'y trouvaient; et sur le toit il y avait environ trois mille hommes et femmes regardant Samson faire des bouffonneries.
Now the house was full of men and women. And all the leaders of the Philistines were there, as well as about three thousand persons, of both sexes, on the roof and in the upper level of the house, who were watching Samson being mocked.
28 Alors Samson invoqua l'Éternel et dit: Seigneur, Éternel! oh! souviens-toi de moi, et prête-moi force pour cette fois seulement, ô Dieu, afin que je tire des Philistins une vengeance unique pour la perte de mes deux yeux.
Then, calling upon the Lord, he said, “O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, so that I may avenge myself against my enemies, and so that I may receive one vengeance for the deprivation of my two eyes.”
29 Et Samson fit pencher les deux colonnes médiales sur lesquelles posait l'édifice, en s'y appuyant, à l'une de la main droite, à l'autre de la gauche.
And taking hold of both the pillars, on which the house rested, and holding one with his right hand and the other with his left,
30 Et Samson dit: Que je périsse avec les Philistins! Et il les renversa avec force, et l'édifice croula sur les princes et sur tout le peuple présent, et les morts qu'il fit mourir lors de sa mort, furent plus nombreux que ceux qu'il avait fait mourir de son vivant.
he said, “May my life die with the Philistines.” And when he had shaken the pillars strongly, the house fell upon all the leaders, and the rest of the multitude who were there. And he killed many more in his death than he had killed before in his life.
31 Et ses frères avec toute la maison de son père vinrent pour l'enlever; et ils le transportèrent et lui donnèrent la sépulture entre Tsorea et Esthaol dans le tombeau de Manoah, son père. Or il jugea Israël pendant vingt ans.
Then his brothers and all his relatives, going down, took his body, and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of his father, Manoah. And he judged Israel for twenty years.
