1 T hen went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

وَذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ يَوْماً إلَى غَزَّةَ. وَهُناكَ رَأى عاهِرَةً، فَعاشَرَها.

2 A nd it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

فَقِيلَ 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.»

3 A nd Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

أمَّا 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

4 A nd it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

بَعْدَ هَذا، وَقَعَ شَمْشُونُ فِي غَرامِ امْرأةٍ تَسكُنُ فِي وادِي سُورَقَ اسْمُها دَلِيلَةُ.

5 A nd the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

وَصَعِدَ 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.»

6 A nd Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

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

7 A nd Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

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

8 T hen the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

فَجَلَبَ لَها سَادَةُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ سَبعَةَ أوتارٍ جَدِيدَةٍ مِنْ أوتارِ الأقواسِ الطَّرِيَّةِ، فَقَيَّدَتْهُ بِها.

9 N ow there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

وَكانَ 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.

10 A nd Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

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

11 A nd he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

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

12 D elilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

فَأخَذَتْ 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.

13 A nd Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

فَقالَتْ 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.»

14 A nd she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

وَبَينَما 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.

15 A nd she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

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

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

وَهَكَذا ظَلَّتْ تُزعِجُهُ بِكَلامِها يَوماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، وَتَضْغَطُ عَلَيهِ، حَتَّى جَعَلَتْهُ يَسْأمُ الحَياةَ.

17 T hat he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

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

18 A nd when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

فَأدْرَكَتْ 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.

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

وَتَرَكَتْ 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.

20 A nd she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

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

21 B ut the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

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

22 H owbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

لَكِنَّ شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ بَدَأ يَنْمُو مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

23 T hen the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

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

24 A nd when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

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

25 A nd 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 made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

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

26 A nd Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

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

27 N ow the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

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

28 A nd Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

ثُمَّ 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.»

29 A nd Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

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

30 A nd Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

ثُمَّ 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.

31 T hen his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

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