Juízes 16
1 E foi-se Sansão a Gaza, e viu ali uma mulher prostituta, e entrou a ella.
He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
2 E foi dito aos gazitas: Sansão entrou aqui. Foram pois em roda, e toda a noite lhe puzeram espias á porta da cidade: porém toda a noite estiveram socegados, dizendo: Até á luz da manhã esperaremos; então o mataremos.
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 Porém Sansão deitou-se até á meia noite, e á meia noite se levantou, e travou das portas da entrada da cidade com ambas as umbreiras, e juntamente com a tranca as tomou, pondo-as sobre os hombros; e levou-as para cima até ao cume do monte que está defronte de Hebron
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 E depois d'isto aconteceu que se affeiçoou a uma mulher do valle de Sorec, cujo nome era Dalila.
After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
5 Então os principes dos philisteos subiram a ella, e lhe disseram: Persuade-o, e vê, em que consiste a sua grande força, e com que poderiamos assenhorear-nos d'elle e amarral-o, para assim o affligir mos: e te daremos cada um mil e cem moedas de prata.
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 Disse pois Dalila a Sansão: Declara-me. peco-te, em que consiste a tua grande força, e com que poderias ser amarrado para te poderem affligir.
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 Disse-lhe Sansão: Se me amarrassem com sete vergas de vimes frescos, que ainda não estivessem seccos, então me enfraqueceria, e seria como qualquer outro homem.
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 Então os principes dos philisteos lhe trouxeram sete vergas de vimes frescos, que ainda não estavam seccos: e amarrou-o com ellas.
And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
9 E os espias estavam assentados com ella n'uma camara. Então ella lhe disse: Os philisteos veem sobre ti, Sansão. Então quebrou as vergas de vimes, como se quebra o fio da estopa ao cheiro do fogo; assim não se soube em que consistia a sua força.
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 Então disse Dalila a Sansão: Eis que zombaste de mim, e me disseste mentiras: ora declara-me agora com que poderias ser amarrado.
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 E elle lhe disse: Se me amarrassem fortemente com cordas novas, com que se não houvesse feito obra nenhuma, então me enfraqueceria, e seria como qualquer outro homem.
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 Então Dalila tomou cordas novas, e o amarrou com ellas, e disse-lhe: Os philisteos veem sobre ti, Sansão. E os espias estavam assentados n'uma camara. Então as quebrou de seus braços como um fio
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 E disse Dalila a Sansão: Até agora zombaste de mim, e me disseste mentiras; declara-me pois agora com que poderias ser amarrado? E elle lhe disse: Se teceres sete tranças dos cabellos da minha cabeça com os liços da têa.
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 E ella as fixou com uma estaca, e disse-lhe: Os philisteos veem sobre ti, Sansão. Então despertou do seu somno, e arrancou a estaca das tranças tecidas, juntamente com o liço da têa
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 Então ella lhe disse: Como dirás: Tenho-te amor, não estando comigo o teu coração? já tres vezes zombaste de mim, e ainda me não declaraste em que consiste a tua forca.
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 E succedeu que, importunanado-o ella todos os dias com as suas palavras, e molestando-o, a sua alma se angustiou até á morte.
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 E descobriu-lhe todo o seu coração, disse-lhe: Nunca subiu navalha á minha cabeça, porque sou nazireo de Deus desde o ventre de minha mãe: se viesse a ser rapado, ir-se-hia de mim a minha força, e me enfraqueceria, e seria como todos os mais homens.
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 Vendo pois Dalila que já lhe descobrira todo o seu coração, enviou, e chamou os principes dos philisteos, dizendo: Subi esta vez, porque agora me descobriu elle todo o seu coração. E os principes dos philisteos subiram a ella, e trouxeram o dinheiro na sua mão.
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 Então ella o fez dormir sobre os seus joelhos, e chamou a um homem, e rapou-lhe as sete tranças do cabello de sua cabeça: e começou a affligil-o, e retirou-se d'elle a sua força.
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 E disse ella: Os philisteos veem sobre ti, Sansão. E despertou do seu somno, e disse: Sairei ainda esta vez como d'antes, e me sacudirei. Porque elle não sabia que já o Senhor se tinha retirado d'elle.
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 Então os philisteos pegaram n'elle, e lhe arrancaram os olhos, e fizeram-n'o descer a Gaza, e amarraram-n'o com duas cadeias de bronze, e andava elle moendo no carcere.
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 E o cabello da sua cabeça lhe começou a ir crescendo, como quando foi rapado.
And now his hair began to grow back.
23 Então os principes dos philisteos se ajuntaram para offerecer um grande sacrificio ao seu deus Dagon, e para se alegrarem, e diziam: Nosso deus nos entregou nas mãos a Sansão, nosso inimigo.
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 Similhantemente, vendo-o o povo, louvavam ao seu deus; porque diziam: Nosso deus nos entregou na mão o nosso inimigo, e ao que destruia a nossa terra, e ao que multiplicava os nossos mortos.
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 E succedeu que, alegrando-se-lhes o coração, disseram: Chamae a Sansão, para que brinque diante de nós. E chamaram a Sansão do carcere, e brincou diante d'elles, e fizeram-n'o estar em pé entre as columnas.
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 Então disse Sansão ao moço que o tinha pela mão: Guia-me para que apalpe as columnas em que se sustém a casa, para que me encoste a ellas.
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 Ora estava a casa cheia de homens e mulheres: e tambem ali estavam todos os principes dos philisteos: e sobre o telhado havia alguns tres mil homens e mulheres, que estavam vendo brincar Sansão.
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 Então Sansão clamou ao Senhor, e disse: Senhor Jehovah, peço-te que te lembres de mim, e esforça-me agora só esta vez, ó Deus, para que de uma vez me vingue dos philisteos, pelos meus dois olhos
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 Abraçou-se pois Sansão com as duas columnas do meio, em que se sustinha a casa, e arrimou-se sobre ellas, com a sua mão direita n'uma, e com a sua esquerda na outra.
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 E disse Sansão: Morra eu com os philisteos. E inclinou-se com força, e a casa caiu sobre os principes e sobre todo o povo que n'ella havia: e foram mais os mortos que matou na sua morte do que os que matara na sua vida.
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 Então seus irmãos desceram, e toda a casa de seu pae, e tomaram-n'o, e subiram com elle, e sepultaram-n'o entre Tsora e Estaol, no sepulchro de Manué, seu pae: e julgou elle a Israel vinte annos.
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.
