Sog̒u 16
1 Un Simsons gāja uz Gazu un tur ieraudzīja vienu sievieti, kas bija mauka, un iegāja pie tās.
One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
2 Un Gaziešiem tapa sacīts: Simsons ir šurp atnācis. Un tie gāja apkārt un glūnēja uz viņu cauru nakti pilsētas vārtos un turējās klusu cauru nakti un sacīja: kad rīta gaisma aust, tad to nokausim. Bet Simsons gulēja līdz pusnaktij.
People soon found out that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together at the city gate and waited all night. They said to themselves, “When it dawns tomorrow morning, we will kill him [when he tries to leave the city].”
3 Un nakts vidū viņš cēlās un sagrāba pilsētas vārtus ar tiem diviem stabiem un tos izcēla līdz ar aizšaujamo un tos lika uz saviem pleciem un tos uznesa uz tā kalna galu, kas ir pret Hebronu.
But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight, he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted it up out of the ground, with its [connecting cross] bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it [many miles] uphill to Hebron.
4 Un notikās pēc tam, ka viņš iemīļoja vienu sievieti pie Zoreka upes ar vārdu Delila.
Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, [and started to live with her]. She lived in Sorek Valley [in the Philistia area].
5 Tad Fīlistu lielkungi pie tās atnāca un uz to sacīja: pārrunā viņu un lūko, iekš kā viņa lielais spēks stāv, un ar ko viņu spējam pārvarēt, ka viņu saistām un savaldām, tad mēs tev dosim ikkatrs tūkstoš un simts sudraba (gabalus).
The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
6 Tad Delila sacīja uz Simsonu: saki man jel lūdzams, iekš kam stāv tavs lielais spēks, un ar ko tevi var saistīt un savaldīt?
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong, and tell me how someone can subdue you and tie you up.”
7 Un Simsons uz to sacīja: ja mani saistītu ar septiņām zaļām lūku virvēm, kas vēl nav sakaltušas, tad es taptu nespēcīgs un būtu tā kā cits cilvēks.
Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.”
8 Tad Fīlistu lielkungi pie tās atnesa septiņas zaļas lūku virves, kas nebija sakaltušas, un tā viņu ar tām saistīja.
So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
9 Bet tie glūnētāji pie tās sēdēja kambarī. Un tā sacīja uz viņu: Fīlisti pār tevi, Simson! Tad viņš saraustīja tās virves tā kā pakulu pavedienu sarauta, kas pie uguns apsvilināts. Un viņa spēks netapa zināms.
Then she hid the men in one of the rooms in her house. Then [while Samson was sleeping], she tied him up with the bowstrings. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come here to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as easily as though they were strings that had been singed in a fire. So the Philistines did not find out what made Samson so strong.
10 Tad Delila sacīja uz Simsonu: redzi, tu mani esi mānījis un man melus stāstījis. Nu tad saki man lūdzams, ar ko tevi var saistīt.
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have deceived me and lied to me! Now tell me [the truth, ] how someone can tie you up securely.”
11 Un viņš uz to sacīja: ja mani saistītu ar jaunām virvēm, ar ko nekāds darbs nav darīts, tad es taptu bezspēcīgs un būtu kā cits cilvēks.
Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
12 Tad Delila ņēma jaunas virves un viņu ar tām saistīja un uz to sacīja: Fīlisti pār tevi, Simson! Un tie glūnētāji sēdēja kambarī. Bet viņš tās saraustīja no savām rokām tā kā pavedienu.
So again, [she told the Philistine leaders, and] they [came and] hid in the room as they had done before. And again, while Samson was sleeping, she took the new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were threads.
13 Tad Delila sacīja uz Simsonu: līdz šim tu mani esi mānījis un man melus stāstījis; saki man jel, ar ko tevi var saistīt? Un viņš uz to sacīja: ja tu manas septiņas matu bizes aptītu ap riestavu.
Then Delilah said, “You have deceived me and lied to me [again]! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!” Samson replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with the pin [that makes the threads tight], then I will be as weak as other men.” So again, while Samson was sleeping on her lap, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom,
14 Un viņa tās piesita ar tapu un uz to sacīja: Fīlisti pār tevi, Simson! Un viņš uzmodās no sava miega un izrāva to aptīto tapu un to riestavu.
and she tightened them with the pin. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up and pulled out the pin, and pulled his hair from the threads on the loom.
15 Tad viņa uz to sacīja: kā tu vari sacīt: es tevi mīlēju, kad tomēr tava sirds nav ar mani? Tu nu trīs reiz mani esi mānījis un man neesi sacījis, iekš kam tavs lielais spēks stāv.
Then Delilah said to him, “How can you say that you love me when you do not tell me the truth about yourself? You have deceived me three times, and you still have not told me what really makes you so strong!”
16 Un kad viņa to ikdienas ar savām runām māca un mocīja, tad viņa dvēsele apnika līdz pat nāvei.
Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
17 Un tas viņai darīja zināmu visu savu sirdi un uz viņu sacīja: uz manu galvu dzenamais nazis nav nācis, jo es esmu Dievam svētīts no mātes miesām; kad (mani mati) taptu nodzīti, tad mans spēks no manis atstātos, un es taptu bezspēcīgs un būtu tā kā visi citi cilvēki.
Finally Samson told her the truth. He said, “I have been set apart for God since the day I was born. And because of that, my hair has never been cut. If my hair were shaved off, my strength would be gone, and I would be as weak as other men.”
18 Kad nu Delila redzēja, ka tas viņai visu savu sirdi bija izsacījis, tad viņa nosūtīja un sasauca Fīlistu lielkungus sacīdama: atnāciet vēl šo reiz', jo viņš man izsacījis visu savu sirdi. Tad Fīlistu lielkungi pie viņas atnāca un atnesa to sudrabu savā rokā.
Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she summoned the Philistine leaders again, saying, “Come back one more time, because Samson has really told me everything [about why he is so strong]”. So the Philistine leaders returned and brought to Delilah the money [that they promised to give her].
19 Bet viņa tam lika aizmigt savā klēpī un aicināja vīru un lika nodzīt viņa galvas septiņas matu bizes un sāka viņu pārvarēt, un viņa spēks no viņa atstājās.
Again she lulled Samson to sleep, with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and shave off Samson’s hair. As he did that, Samson began to get weaker. And finally his strength was all gone.
20 Un viņa sacīja: Fīlisti pār tevi, Simson! Un viņš uzmodās no sava miega un domāja: es iziešu šo reizi kā citām reizēm un izraušos; jo viņš nezināja, ka Tas Kungs no viņa bija atstājies.
Then [after she tied him up], she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before. I will shake [these ropes] off myself and be free!” But he did not realize that Yahweh had left him.
21 Tad Fīlisti viņu sagrāba un izdūra viņam acis un to noveda uz Gazu un to sēja ar divām vara ķēdēm, un viņam tur cietumā bija jāmaļ.
So the Philistine men seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza. There they put him in prison and bound him with bronze chains. They made him [turn a millstone to] grind grain [every day].
22 Bet viņa galvas mati sāka atkal ataugt, kad tie bija nodzīti.
But his hair started to grow again.
23 Tad Fīlistu lielkungi sapulcējās, savam dievam Dagonam lielu upuri upurēt un līksmoties, un tie sacīja: mūsu dievs mūsu ienaidnieku Simsonu nodevis mūsu rokā.
[Several months later] the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, “Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!”
24 Un kad tie ļaudis viņu redzēja, tad tie teica savu dievu, jo tie sacīja: mūsu dievs mūsu ienaidnieku mums ir rokā devis, kas mūsu zemi ir postījis un lielu pulku no mums nokāvis.
And when the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying, “Samson ruined our crops and killed many of our people, but our god has put our enemy into our hands. Our god helped us to capture the one who has killed so many of us!”
25 Un kad viņu sirds līksmojās, tad tie sacīja: sauciet Simsonu, lai tas mūs pajautrina. Tad tie sauca Simsonu no cietuma nama, un viņš tiem bija par pajautrināšanu, un tie viņam lika stāvēt starp diviem stabiem.
By that time the people were half-drunk. They shouted, “Bring Samson out of the prison! Bring him here so that he can entertain us!” So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. Then they made him stand in the center of the temple. They made him stand between the two pillars that held up the roof.
26 Tad Simsons sacīja uz to puisi, kas viņu pie rokas vadīja: laid mani vaļā un ļauj man tos stabus taustīt, uz kā tas nams stiprināts, un pie tiem atslieties.
Samson said to the servant who was leading him by his hand, “Place my hands against the two pillars. I want to rest against them.”
27 Bet tas nams bija pilns ar vīriem un sievām. Un tur bija visi Fīlistu lielkungi, un uz tā jumta bija kādi trīs tūkstoši vīri un sievas, kas lūkojās uz Simsona jautrināšanu.
At that time the temple was full of men and women. All the Philistine leaders were also there. And there were about 3,000 people on the roof, watching Samson and making fun of him.
28 Tad Simsons piesauca To Kungu un sacīja: Kungs, Dievs, piemini mani un stiprini lūdzams mani tikai šo reiz', ak Dievs, ka es par savām abējām acīm vienreiz varu atriebties.
Then Samson prayed, saying, “Yahweh, my Lord, think about me again! Please give me strength one more time, so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!”
29 Un Simsons apkampa tos divus vidējos stabus, uz kā tas nams bija stiprināts un uz kā tas turējās, vienu ar savu labo roku un vienu ar savu kreiso roku, un Simsons sacīja:
Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars of the temple. He put his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other pillar.
30 Lai mana dvēsele mirst ar tiem Fīlistiem! Un viņš locījās ar varu, - tad tas nams krita uz tiem lielkungiem un uz visiem ļaudīm, kas iekšā bija un vairāk bija miroņu, ko viņš mirdams nokāva, nekā ko viņš bija nokāvis, dzīvs būdams.
Then he shouted [to God], “Let me die with the Philistines!”, and he pushed with all his strength. [The pillars collapsed], and the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the other Philistine people, [and they all died]. So Samson killed more people when he died than he had killed all during his life.
31 Tad viņa brāļi un viss viņa tēva nams nonāca un to ņēma un to aiznesa un apraka starp Careū un Estaoli, Manoūs, viņa tēva, kapā. Un viņš Israēli bija tiesājis divdesmit gadus.
Later his brothers and their relatives went down [from Zorah to Gaza] to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Samson had been Israel’s leader for 20 years.
