1 و َذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ يَوْماً إلَى غَزَّةَ. وَهُناكَ رَأى عاهِرَةً، فَعاشَرَها.

And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

2 ف َقِيلَ لأهلِ غَزَّةَ: «قَدْ جاءَ شَمْشُونُ هُنا.» فَأحاطُوا بِالمَكانِ، وَكَمُنُوا لَهُ طَوالَ تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ عِنْدَ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ. وَلَزِمُوا الهُدُوءَ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ مُفَكِّرِينَ فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ: «نَنتَظِرُهُ حَتَّى الصَّباحِ ثُمَّ نَقتُلُهُ.»

the Gazathites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they surrounded, and laid wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning light we will kill him.

3 أ مَّا شَمْشُونُ فَبَقِيَ فِي الفِراشِ حَتَّى مُنتَصَفِ اللَّيلِ. ثُمَّ أمْسَكَ بِشَقَّي بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ وَالقائِمَتَينِ، وَقَلَعَهُما مَعَ القُضْبانِ الحَديدِيَّةِ، وَحَمَلَها كُلَّها إلَى قِمَّةِ التَّلَّةِ المُقابِلَةِ لِمَدِينَةِ حَبْرُونَ. شَمْشُونُ وَدَلِيلَة

And Samson lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

4 ب َعْدَ هَذا، وَقَعَ شَمْشُونُ فِي غَرامِ امْرأةٍ تَسكُنُ فِي وادِي سُورَقَ اسْمُها دَلِيلَةُ.

And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

5 و َصَعِدَ إلَيها سَادَةُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ وَقالُوا لَها: «احتالِي عَلَيهِ لِتَعْرِفِي ما الَّذِي يَجعَلُهُ بِهَذِهِ القُوَّةِ العَظِيمَةِ. وَاعرِفِي لَنا كَيفَ نَقوَى عَلَيهِ، لِكَي نُقَيِّدَهُ لِنُخضِعَهُ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيُعطِيكِ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنّا ألفاً وَمِئَةَ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ.»

And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Persuade him, and see in what his great strength is, and with what we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to overpower him; and we will each give thee eleven hundred silver-pieces.

6 ف َقالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أخبِرْنِي مِنْ فَضلِكَ عَمّا يَجعَلُكَ بِهَذِهِ القُوَّةِ العَظِيمَةِ، وَكَيفَ يُمكِنُ أنْ تُقَيَّدَ لِتُخْضَعَ.»

Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee.

7 ف َقالَ لَها شَمْشُونُ: «إذا قَيَّدْتِنِي بِسَبعَةِ أوتارٍ جَدِيدَةٍ مِنْ أوتارِ الأقْواسِ الطَّرِيَّةِ، حِينَئِذٍ، أصِيرُ ضَعِيفاً كَأيِّ شَخْصٍ آخَرَ.»

And Samson said to her, If they should bind me with seven fresh cords which have not been dried, then should I be weak, and be as another man.

8 ف َجَلَبَ لَها سَادَةُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ سَبعَةَ أوتارٍ جَدِيدَةٍ مِنْ أوتارِ الأقواسِ الطَّرِيَّةِ، فَقَيَّدَتْهُ بِها.

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

9 و َكانَ هُناكَ رِجالٌ يَكْمُنُونَ لَهُ فِي الغُرفَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ، فَقالَتْ لَهُ: «الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ هاجِمُونَ عَلَيكَ يا شَمْشُونُ.» لَكِنَّهُ قَطَعَ الأوتارَ كَما يَنقَطِعُ خَيطٌ إذا اشْتَمَّ رائِحَةَ النّارِ. فَلَمْ يُعرَفْ سِرُّ قُوَّتِهِ.

Now she had liers in wait abiding in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he broke the cords, as a thread of tow is broken when it touches the fire; and his strength was not known.

10 ف َقالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «لَقَدْ ضَحِكْتَ عَلَيَّ، إذْ لَمْ تَقُلْ لِي إلّا أكاذِيبَ. فَالآنَ قُلْ لِي أرْجُوكَ كَيفَ يُمكِنُ تَقيِيدُكَ.»

And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mightest be bound.

11 ف َقالَ لَها: «إذا رَبَطُونِي بِحِبالٍ جَدِيدَةٍ لَمْ تُستَخدَمْ مِنْ قَبلُ، حِينَئِذٍ، سَأصِيرُ ضَعِيفاً، وَسَأكُونُ كَأيِّ شَخصٍ آخَرَ.»

And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes, with which no work has been done, then should I be weak, and be as another man.

12 ف َأخَذَتْ دَلِيلَةُ حِبالاً جَدِيدَةً، وَقَيَّدَتْهُ بِها، ثُمَّ قالَتْ لَهُ: «الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ هاجِمُونَ عَلَيكَ يا شَمْشُونُ.» وَكانَ هُناكَ رِجالٌ كامِنُونَ لَهُ فِي الغُرفَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ، لَكِنَّهُ قَطَعَها عَنْ ذِراعَيهِ كَخَيطٍ.

And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.

13 ف َقالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «إلَى مَتَى سَتَظَلُّ تَهزَأُ بِي وَتَكذِبُ عَلَيَّ؟ أخبِرْنِي كَيفَ يَمكِنُ تَقيِيدُكَ.» فَقالَ لَها: «إذا جَدَلْتِ سَبْعَ خُصَلٍ مِنْ شَعْرِي بِنَولِ النَّسْجِ، وَثَبَّتِّها بِوَتَدٍ، أفْقِدُ قُوَّتِي.»

And Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what thou mightest be bound. And he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web.

14 و َبَينَما هُوَ نائِمٌ، أمْسَكَتْ دَلِيلَةُ سَبْعَ خُصَلٍ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ وَجَدَلَتْها بِنَولِ النَّسْجِ، وَثَبَّتَتْها بِوَتَدٍ، وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ هاجِمُونَ عَلَيكَ.» لَكِنَّهُ أفاقَ مِنْ نَومِهِ، وَخَلَعَ الوَتَدَ، وَفَكَّ شَعْرَهُ المَجْدُولَ بِالنّولِ.

And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and tore out the pin of the beam, and the web.

15 ف َقالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ: «كَيفَ تَقُولُ إنَّكَ تُحِبُّنِي، وَأنتَ لا تَثِقُ بِي؟ ضَحِكْتَ عَلَيَّ ثَلاثَ مَرّاتٍ حَتَّى الآنَ، وَلَمْ تَقُلْ لِي ما يَجعَلُكَ بِهَذِهِ القُوَّةِ.»

Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy great strength.

16 و َهَكَذا ظَلَّتْ تُزعِجُهُ بِكَلامِها يَوماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، وَتَضْغَطُ عَلَيهِ، حَتَّى جَعَلَتْهُ يَسْأمُ الحَياةَ.

And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death;

17 ف َأخبَرَها بِكُلِّ سِرِّهِ وَقالَ: «لَمْ تَلمَسْ شَفرَةُ حِلاقَةٍ رَأسِي، فَأنا نَذِيرٌ للهِ مُنْذُ وِلادَتِي. فَإذا حُلِقَ شَعْرُ رَأْسِي، أفْقِدُ قُوَّتِي، وَأصِيرُ ضَعِيفاً كَأيِّ إنسانٍ آخَرَ.»

and he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I am a Nazarite of God from my mother's womb; if I should be shaven, then my strength would go from me, and I should be weak, and be like all mankind.

18 ف َأدْرَكَتْ دَلِيلَةُ أنَّهُ كانَ صادِقاً مَعَها هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ، فَذَهَبَتْ إلَى سَادَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ وَقالَتْ لَهُمْ: «تَعالَوا هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ، فَقَدْ صَدَقَ مَعِي.» فَذَهَبَ سَادَةُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ حامِلِينَ فِضَّتَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ.

And Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, and she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this time, for he has told me all his heart. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.

19 و َتَرَكَتْ دَلِيلَةُ شَمْشُونَ يَنامُ عَلَى رُكبَتَيها. وَدَعَتْ رَجُلاً، وَطَلَبَتْ مِنْهُ أنْ يَقُصَّ الجَدائِلَ السَّبْعَ التِي عَلَى رَأسِ شَمْشُونَ. ثُمَّ أخَذَتْ تُذِلُّهُ، وَعَلِمَتْ أنْ قُوَّتَهُ قَدْ فارَقَتْهُ.

And she made him sleep upon her knees, and called a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to overpower him, and his strength went from him.

20 ث ُمَّ قالَتْ: «الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ هاجِمُونَ عَلَيكَ يا شَمْشُونُ!» فَأفاَقَ وَقالَ: «سَأخرُجُ فِي هَذِهِ المَرَّةِ أيضاً، وَسَأنقَضُّ عَلَى القُيُودِ.» لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعرِفْ أنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فارَقَهُ!

And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him.

21 ف َقَبَضَ عَلَيهِ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ، وَفَقَأُوا عَينَيهِ. وَنَزَلُوا بِهِ إلَى غَزَّةَ، وقَيَّدُوهُ بِسَلاسِلَ بُرُونزِيَّةٍ. وَجَعَلُوهُ طاحِنَ حُبُوبٍ فِي السِّجْنِ.

And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.

22 ل َكِنَّ شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ بَدَأ يَنْمُو مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.

23 و َاحتَشَدَ سَادَةُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ لِيُقَدِّمُوا ذَبِيحَةً كَبيرَةً لإلَهِهِمْ داجُونَ، وَيَبتَهِجُوا بِانْتِصارِهِمْ، إذْ قالُوا: «نَصَرَنا إلَهُنا عَلَى شَمْشُونَ.»

Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.

24 ف َلَمّا رَآهُ الشَّعبُ، سَبَّحُوا إلَهَهُمْ وَقالُوا: «نَصَرَنا إلَهُنا عَلَى عَدُوِّنا الَّذِي دَمَّرَ أرْضَنا، وَقَتَلَ كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ شَعبِنا.»

And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.

25 و َبَيْنَما كانُوا يَلهَونَ، قالُوا: «أحْضِرُوا شَمْشُونَ ليُرَفِّهَ عَنّا.» فأحْضَرُوا شَمْشُونَ مِنَ السِّجْنِ، فَقَدَّمَ أمامَهُمْ عَرضاً. ثُمَّ أوقَفُوهُ بَيِنَ عَمُودَينِ.

And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they set him between the pillars.

26 ف َقالَ شَمْشُونُ لِلصَّبِيِّ المُمسِكِ بِيَدِهِ: «ضَعْنِي فِي مَكانٍ أتَحَسَّسُ فِيهِ الأعمِدَةَ الَّتِي يَقُومُ عَلَيها البَيْتُ، فَأنا أُرِيدُ أنْ أتَّكِئَ عَلَيها.»

And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Let loose of me, and suffer me to feel the pillars upon which the house stands, that I may lean upon them.

27 و َكانَ البَيتُ مَلِيئاً بِالرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ، وَكُلُّ سَادَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ هُناكَ. وَكانَ عَلَى السَّطحِ نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ وَامرَأةٍ يَتَفَرَّجُونَ عَلَى شَمْشُونَ وَهُوَ يُسَلِّيهِمْ بِعُرُوضِهِ.

Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and upon the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport.

28 ث ُمَّ صَرَخَ شَمْشُونُ إلَى اللهِ وَقالَ: «أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، اذْكُرْنِي فِي وُقُوفِي هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ فَقَطْ يا اللهُ، لِكَي أنتَقِمَ بِعَمَلٍ واحِدٍ مِنَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ لِأنَّهُمْ فَقَأُوا عَينَيَّ.»

And Samson called to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may take one vengeance upon the Philistines for my two eyes.

29 ث ُمَّ أمسَكَ شَمْشُونُ بِالعَمُودَينِ المُتَوَسِّطَينِ اللَّذَينِ يَقُومُ البَيتُ عَلَيهِما. فَاسْتَنَدَ عَلَيهِما، عَلَى واحِدٍ بِيُمناهُ، وَعَلَى الآخَرِ بِيُسْراهُ.

And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (and he supported himself upon them), the one with his right hand and the other with his left.

30 ث ُمَّ قالَ شَمْشُونُ: «لأمُتْ مَعَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ!» وَدَفَعَ العَمُودَينِ بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِهِ، فانهَدَمَ البَيتُ عَلَى السَادَةِ وَكُلِّ النَّاسِ. فَكانَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ عِندَ مَوتِهِ أكثَرَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ أثناءَ حَياتِهِ.

And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself with might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life.

31 ث ُمَّ نَزَلَ إخْوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ عائِلَتِهِ وَأخَذُوهُ، وَأصعَدُوهُ وَدَفَنُوهُ بَينَ صُرْعَةَ وَأشْتَأُولَ فِي قَبْرِ أبِيهِ مَنُوحَ. وَكانَ شَمْشُونُ قَدْ قَضَى لإسْرائِيلَ مُدَّةَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.