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

And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto 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.»

to the Gazathites, saying, `Samson hath come in hither;' and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, `Till the light of the morning -- then we have slain 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 lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which on the front of Hebron.

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

And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name 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 princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, `Entice him, and see wherein his great power, and wherein we are able for him -- and we have bound him to afflict him, and we -- we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.'

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

And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power, and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.'

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

And Samson saith unto her, `If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

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

And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth 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.

And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, `Philistines upon thee, Samson;' and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known.

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

And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.'

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

And he saith unto her, `If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

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 taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as 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 saith unto Samson, `Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, `If thou weavest 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 fixeth with the pin, and saith unto him, `Philistines upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with 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.»

And she saith unto him, `How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power.'

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

And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to 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.»

that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, `A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.'

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 seeth that he hath declared to her all his heart, and she sendeth and calleth for the princes of the Philistines, saying, `Come up this time, for he hath declared to me all his heart;' and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her, and bring up 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 maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off 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 saith, `Philistines upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `I go out as time by time, and shake myself;' and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him.

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

And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

22 ل َكِنَّ شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ بَدَأ يَنْمُو مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,

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

and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, `Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'

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

And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, `Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'

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

And it cometh to pass, when their heart glad, that they say, `Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;' and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand 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 saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, `Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I 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.

And the house hath been full of men and of women, and thither all the princes of the Philistines, and on the roof about three thousand men and women, who are looking on the playing of Samson.

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 calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this time, O God; and I am avenged -- vengeance at once -- because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.'

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

And Samson turneth aside the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, the one with his right hand, and one 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 saith, `Let me die with the Philistines,' and he inclineth himself powerfully, and the house falleth on the princes, and on all the people who in it, and the dead whom he hath put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death 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 come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.