1 و َبَعْدَ فَتْرَةٍ، ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ فِي أيّامِ الحَصادِ لِزِيارَةِ زَوجَتِهِ، وَأخَذَ مَعَهُ جِدْياً. وَقالَ: «أُرِيدُ أنْ أدخُلَ إلَى غُرفَةِ زَوجَتِي.» لَكِنَّ وَالِدَها لَمْ يَسْمَحْ لَهُ بِالدُّخُولِ.

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

2 و َقالَ لَهُ: «حَسِبْتُكَ قَدْ تَخَلَّيتَ عَنْها، فَزَوَّجْتُها لِرَفِيقِكَ. ألَيسَتْ أُختُها الأصْغَرُ أجمَلَ مِنْها؟ فَتَزَوَّجْها.»

And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

3 ف َقالَ لَهُ شَمْشُونُ: «لا لَوْمَ عَلَيَّ الآنَ إنْ آذَيتُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.»

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

4 ف َذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ وَأمسَكَ بِثَلاثِ مِئَةِ ثَعلَبٍ. وَأخَذَ مَشاعِلَ وَرَبَطَ الثَّعالِبَ ذَنَباً بِذَنَبٍ، وَوَضَعَ مِشْعَلاً بَينَ كُلِّ ذَنَبَينِ مَربُوطَينِ.

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

5 ث ُمَّ أشعَلَ النّارَ فِي المَشاعِلِ، وَأطلَقَ الثَّعالِبَ بَينَ زُرُوعِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ، فَأحرَقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ: الحُبُوبَ المَخزُونَةَ، وَالحُبُوبَ المَزرُوعَةَ، وَالكُرُومَ وَبَيّاراتِ الزَّيتُونِ.

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

6 ف َقالَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ: «مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذا؟» فَقيلَ: «شَمْشُونُ، صِهْرُ التِّمْنِيِّ هُوَ الَّذِي فَعَلَ هَذا. لِأنَّ التِّمْنِيَّ أخَذَ زَوْجَةَ شَمْشُونَ وَأعطاها لِرَفِيقِهِ.» فَصَعِدَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ وَأحرَقُوها هَيَ وَأباها بِالنّارِ.

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

7 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «قَدْ فَعلْتُمْ هَذا العَمَلَ الرَّدِيءَ بِي، وَلِذا فَإنِّي أُقْسِمُ إنَّنِي سَأنتَقِمُ مِنْكُمْ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ سَأسْتَريحُ.»

And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

8 ف َهاجَمَهُمْ بِشَراسَةٍ وَقَتَلَ كَثِيرِينَ مِنْهُمْ. ثُمَّ نَزَلَ وَسَكَنَ فِي كَهْفٍ فِي صَخْرَةِ عِيطَمَ.

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

9 ف َصَعِدَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ وَخَيَّمُوا فِي يَهُوذا، وَانْتَشَرُوا فِي لَحْيَ.

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

10 ف َقالَ رِجالُ يَهُوذا لَهُمْ: «لِماذا جَئْتُمْ لِمُقاتَلَتِنا؟» فَقالَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ: «جِئْنا لِكَي نُقَيِّدَ شَمْشُونَ لِكَي نَفْعَلَ بِهِ كَما فَعَلَ بِنا.»

And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

11 ف َنَزَلَ ثَلاثَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ يَهُوذا إلَى صَخْرَةِ عِيطَمَ، وَقالُوا لِشَمْشُونَ: «ألا تَعرِفُ أنَّ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ يَحكُمُونَنا؟ فَما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلْتَهُ بِنا؟» فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «كَما فَعَلُوا بِي فَعَلْتُ بِهِمْ.»

Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

12 ف َقالُوا لَهُ: «لَقَدْ نَزَلْنا لِكَي نُقَيِّدَكَ وَنُسَلِّمَكَ إلَى الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.» فَقالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «احلِفُوا لِي أنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُصيبوني بِأذَى.»

And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

13 ف َقالُوا لَهُ: «لَنْ نُصيبَكَ بِأذَى، وَإنَّما سَنُقَيِّدُكَ وَنُسَلِّمُكَ إلَيْهِمْ، لَنْ نَقتُلَكَ.» فَقَيَّدُوهُ بِحَبلَينِ جَدِيدَينِ، وَأصعَدُوهُ مِنْ صَخْرَةِ عِيطَمَ.

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

14 و َجاءُوا إلَى لَحْيٍ. فَجاءَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ لِلِقائِهِ وَهُمْ يَهْتِفُونَ فَرَحاً. فَحَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى شَمْشُونَ بِقُوَّةٍ، فَصارَتِ الحِبالُ الَّتِي عَلَى ذِراعَيهِ كَخُيُوطِ الكِتّانِ المُحتَرِقِ، فَتَفَسَّخَتِ القُيُودُ عَلَى يَدَيهِ.

And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

15 ث ُمَّ وَجَدَ فَكَّ حِمارٍ طَرِيّاً، فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ وَأخَذَهُ، وَقَتَلَ بِهِ ألفَ رَجُلٍ.

And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

16 ث ُمَّ قالَ شَمْشُونُ: «بِفَكِّ حِمارٍ، صَنَعْتُ كَوْمَةَ رِجالٍ، بَلْ كَوْمَتَينِ. بِفَكِّ حِمارٍ قَتَلْتُ ألفَ رَجُلٍ.»

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

17 و َلَمّا أنهَى كَلامَهُ، رَمَى بِالفَكِّ بَعِيداً. وَسُمِّيَ ذَلِكَ المَكانُ رَمَتَ لَحْيٍ.

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.

18 و َعَطِشَ شَمْشُونُ، فَصَرَخَ إلَى اللهِ: «أنتَ نَصَرْتَ عَبْدَكَ هَذا الانتِصارَ العَظيمَ، فَهَلْ أمُوتُ الآنَ مِنَ العَطَشِ؟ وَأقَعُ فِي أيدِي الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ اللّامَختُونِينَ؟»

And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

19 ف َشَقَّ اللهُ المُنْخَفَضَ الّذي فِي لَحْيٍ، فَخَرَجَ ماءٌ مِنَ الأرْضِ. فَشَرِبَ شَمْشُونُ، وَعادَتْ إلَيهِ قُوَّتُهُ وَانتَعَشَ. فَسُمِّيَ النَّبْعُ عَينَ هَقُّورِي. وَهِيَ فِي لَحْيٍ إلَى يَومِنا هَذا.

But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

20 ف َقَضَى شَمْشُونُ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي أيّامِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.