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

¹In Samson je šel v Gazo in ondi videl nečistnico in je stopil noter k njej.

²And 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.

²In povedalo se je Gažanom: Samson je prišel semkaj! In ga obkolijo in strežejo nanj vso noč ob mestnih vratih in se dogovore, da bodo tiho vso noč, češ, zjutraj, ko zasvita, ga umorimo!

³And 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.

³In Samson leži do polnoči; opolnoči pa vstane in zagrabi obe durnici mestnih vrat z obema podbojema in ju vzdigne z zapahi vred ter si ju zadene na ramo in odnese na vrh gore, ki je pred Hebronom.

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

⁴Potem pa se zaljubi v ženo v dolini Soreku, ki ji je bilo ime Delila.

⁵And 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.

⁵In knezi Filistejcev pridejo k njej ter ji reko: Pregovori ga in zvedi, v čem ima takovo veliko moč in s čim bi ga premagali, da ga zvežemo in ponižamo, in damo ti vsak tisoč in sto srebrnikov.

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

⁶Tedaj reče Delila Samsonu: Povej mi, prosim, v čem imaš veliko moč svojo in s čim bi te bilo zvezati, da te ukrote?

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

⁷In Samson ji reče: Ako me zvežejo s sedmimi novimi vrvmi, ki še niso posušene, oslabim in bom kakor drugi ljudje.

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

⁸Nato ji prineso knezi Filistejcev sedem novih vrvi, ki se še niso posušile, in ona ga zveže ž njimi.

⁹Now 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 withes, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

⁹V izbi pri njej pa so sedeli na preži. In ona mu reče: Filistejci nad te, Samson! On pa raztrga vrvi, kakor pretrga kdo nit iz preje, če se dotakne ognja. In se ni zvedelo, v čem je njegova moč.

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

¹⁰In Delila reče Samsonu: Glej, norčeval si se z menoj in si mi lagal! Sedaj pa mi povej, prosim, s čim naj bi bil zvezan.

¹¹And 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.

¹¹In ji odgovori: Ako me močno zvežejo z novimi vrvmi, ki se še niso rabile, oslabim in bodem kakor drugi ljudje.

¹²Delilah 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.

¹²Vzame torej Delila nove vrvi in ga zveže ž njimi ter mu reče: Filistejci nad te, Samson! V izbi pa so sedeli na preži. On pa raztrga vezi s svojih rok kakor nit.

¹³And 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.

¹³In Delila reče Samsonu: Doslej si se norčeval z menoj in mi lagal! Povej mi, s čim naj bi bil zvezan. Odgovori ji: Ako spleteš sedem kit glave moje z osnutkom na vratilu.

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁴In ona jih pribije s klinom in mu veli: Filistejci nad te, Samson! On pa se prebudi iz spanja in izdere klin z osnutkom in vratilo.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁵In ona mu reče: Kako smeš reči, da me ljubiš, ko vendar srce tvoje ni z menoj? Že trikrat si se norčeval z menoj in mi nisi povedal, v čem je tvoja velika moč.

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

¹⁶In ko ga dan na dan nadleguje z besedami svojimi in ga pritiska, mu duša obnemore do smrti.

¹⁷That 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.

¹⁷Tedaj ji odkrije vse srce svoje in ji reče: Nikoli mi ni prišla britev na glavo, kajti posvečenec Božji sem od materinega telesa. Ko bi me obrili, me zapusti moč moja, da oslabim in bodem kakor katerikoli človek.

¹⁸And 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 showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

¹⁸In ko Delila vidi, da ji je razodel vse srce svoje, pošlje in pokliče kneze Filistejcev ter jim sporoči: Pridite še enkrat, zakaj razodel mi je vse srce svoje. Tedaj pridejo k njej knezi Filistejcev in prineso srebro s seboj.

¹⁹And 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.

¹⁹In ona ga uspi na krilu svojem in pokliče moža, ki odstriže sedem kit na glavi njegovi. In ona ga je prva obvladala, in moč njegova ga je zapustila.

²⁰And 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.

²⁰In mu reče: Filistejci nad te, Samson! In ko se prebudi iz spanja svojega, reče: Uidem, kakor sem čestokrat storil, in vsega se otresem! A ni vedel, da je GOSPOD odstopil od njega.

²¹But 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.

²¹Filistejci pa ga ujamejo in mu iztaknejo oči, in ga peljejo doli v Gazo ter ga zvežejo z bronastimi verigami; in je moral mleti v jetnišnici.

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

²²Ali lasje na glavi so mu začeli rasti precej, ko je bil obrit.

²³Then 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.

²³In knezi Filistejcev so se zbrali, da opravijo veliko daritev svojemu bogu Dagonu in se vesele; kajti rekli so: Naš bog nam je dal v pest Samsona, sovražnika našega.

²⁴And 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.

²⁴In ko ga vidi ljudstvo, hvalijo boga svojega, kajti reko: Naš bog nam je dal v pest sovražnika našega, ki je našo deželo pustošil in mnogo naših pobil.

²⁵And 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.

²⁵In ko se jim srce razveseli, reko: Pokličite Samsona, da igra pred nami. Pokličejo torej Samsona iz ječe, in igral je pred njimi. In postavili so ga med stebri.

²⁶And 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.

²⁶In Samson veli dečku, ki ga je peljal za roko: Pusti me in daj, da otipam stebre, ki je na njih hiša postavljena, da se nanje naslonim.

²⁷Now 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.

²⁷Hiša pa je bila polna mož in žen. Tudi vsi knezi Filistejcev so bili tam in na strehi tri tisoč mož in žen, ki so gledali, kako je Samson igral.

²⁸And 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.

²⁸Samson pa kliče h GOSPODU in reče: O Gospod Jehova, spomni se me, prosim, in mi vsaj le to pot daj moč, o Bog, da se enkrat maščujem nad Filistejci za obe očesi svoji!

²⁹And 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.

²⁹In prime za oba srednja stebra, ki se je nanju hiša opirala, in se upre ob nju, v enega s svojo desno in v drugega z levo roko svojo.

³⁰And 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.

³⁰In Samson reče: Naj umrjem s Filistejci! In se nagne z vso močjo svojo, in hiša se zruši na kneze in na vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo v njej. In bilo je več mrtvih, ki jih je ubil v smrti svoji, nego njih, ki jih je pobil v življenju svojem.In pridejo doli bratje njegovi in vsa družina očeta njegovega, in ga vzdignejo in odneso gori in ga pokopljejo med Zoro in Estaolom v grobišču Manoaha, očeta njegovega. In on je sodil Izraela dvajset let.

³¹Then 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.

³¹In pridejo doli bratje njegovi in vsa družina očeta njegovega, in ga vzdignejo in odneso gori in ga pokopljejo med Zoro in Estaolom v grobišču Manoaha, očeta njegovega. In on je sodil Izraela dvajset let.