¹And it came to pass after a time, in the days of the wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid of the goats. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber; but her father would not suffer him to go in.

¹[] Και μετα τινα καιρον, εν ταις ημεραις του θερισμου του σιτου επεσκεφθη ο Σαμψων την γυναικα αυτου, φερων εριφιον εξ αιγων· και ειπε, Θελω εισελθει προς την γυναικα μου εις τον κοιτωνα. Αλλ' ο πατηρ αυτης δεν αφηκεν αυτον να εισελθη.

²And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her, I pray thee, be thine instead of her.

²Και ειπεν ο πατηρ αυτης, Ειπα κατ' εμαυτον οτι διολου εμισησας αυτην· δια τουτο εδωκα αυτην εις τον συντροφον σου· η μικροτερα αδελφη αυτης δεν ειναι ωραιοτερα αυτης; λαβε λοιπον αυτην αντ' εκεινης.

³And Samson said to them, This time I am blameless toward the Philistines, though I do them harm.

³Ο δε Σαμψων ειπε περι αυτων, Τωρα θελω εισθαι αθωος προς τους Φιλισταιους, αν εγω κακοποιω αυτους.

⁴And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between the two tails.

⁴Και υπηγεν ο Σαμψων και επιασε τριακοσιας αλωπεκας, και ελαβε λαμπαδας, και εστρεψεν ουραν προς ουραν και εβαλε μιαν λαμπαδα μεταξυ των δυο ουρων εις το μεσον.

⁵And he set the torches on fire, and let [them] run into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, and the olive gardens.

⁵Και αναψας τας λαμπαδας, απελυσεν εις τα σπαρτα των Φιλισταιων, και εκαυσε τας θημωνιας, εως και τα αθεριστα ασταχυα, εως και τας αμπελους και ελαιας.

⁶And the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.

⁶Τοτε οι Φιλισταιοι ειπον, Τις εκαμε τουτο; Και απεκριθησαν, Σαμψων ο γαμβρος του Θαμναθαιου· διοτι ελαβε την γυναικα αυτου και εδωκεν αυτην εις τον συντροφον αυτου. Και ανεβησαν οι Φιλισταιοι και εκαυσαν αυτην και τον πατερα αυτης εν πυρι.

⁷And Samson said to them, If ye act thus, for a certainty I will avenge myself on you, and then I will cease.

⁷Και ειπε προς αυτους ο Σαμψων, Αν και σεις εκαμετε τουτο, εγω ομως θελω εκδικηθη εναντιον σας, και μετα ταυτα θελω παυσει.

⁸And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.

⁸Και επαταξεν αυτους κνημην και μηρον εν σφαγη μεγαλη· και κατεβη και εκαθισεν εις το χασμα της πετρας Ηταμ.

⁹And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

⁹[] Ανεβησαν δε οι Φιλισταιοι και εστρατοπεδευσαν εν γη Ιουδα και διεχυθησαν εις Λεχι.

¹⁰And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.

¹⁰Και ειπον οι ανδρες Ιουδα, Δια τι ανεβητε εναντιον ημων; Οι δε απεκριθησαν, Δια να δεσωμεν τον Σαμψων ανεβημεν, να καμωμεν εις αυτον ως εκαμεν εις ημας.

¹¹Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the cliff Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? And what is this that thou hast done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

¹¹Και κατεβησαν τρεις χιλιαδες ανδρων εκ του Ιουδα εις το χασμα της πετρας Ηταμ και ειπον προς τον Σαμψων, Δεν εξευρεις οτι οι Φιλισταιοι εξουσιαζουσιν εφ' ημων; τι τουτο λοιπον το οποιον εκαμες εις ημας; Ο δε ειπε προς αυτους, Ως εκαμαν εις εμε, ουτως εκαμον εις αυτους.

¹²And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may give thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall on me yourselves.

¹²Και ειπον προς αυτον, Κατεβημεν να σε δεσωμεν, δια να σε παραδωσωμεν εις την χειρα των Φιλισταιων. Και ειπε προς αυτους ο Σαμψων, Ορκισθητε προς εμε, οτι σεις δεν θελετε επιπεσει κατ' εμου.

¹³And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but we certainly shall not put thee to death. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the cliff.

¹³Και ειπαν προς αυτον, λεγοντες, Ουχι· αλλα θελομεν σε δεσει δυνατα και σε παραδωσει εις την χειρα αυτων· πλην βεβαιως δεν θελομεν σε θανατωσει. Εδεσαν λοιπον αυτον με δυο νεα σχοινια και ανεβιβασαν αυτον εκ της πετρας.

¹⁴When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and the cords that were on his arms became as threads of flax that are burned with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

¹⁴Και οτε ηλθεν εις Λεχι, οι Φιλισταιοι αλαλαζοντες εδραμον εις συναντησιν αυτου. Και επηλθεν επ' αυτον Πνευμα Κυριου· και τα σχοινια, τα εις τους βραχιονας αυτου, εγειναν ως λιναριον το οποιον εξαπτεται εν τω πυρι, και τα δεσμα αυτου επεσον εκ των χειρων αυτου, διεσπασμενα.

¹⁵And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men.

¹⁵Και ευρηκε σιαγονα ονου νωπην, και εκτεινας την χειρα αυτου ελαβεν αυτην και εφονευσε δι' αυτης χιλιους ανδρας.

¹⁶And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap, two heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

¹⁶Και ειπεν ο Σαμψων, Δια σιαγονος ονου εκαμα σωρους, σωρους, δια σιαγονος ονου εφονευσα χιλιους ανδρας.

¹⁷And it came to pass when he had ended speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-Lehi.

¹⁷Και αφου επαυσε λαλων, ερριψε την σιαγονα απο της χειρος αυτου· και ωνομασε τον τοπον εκεινον, Ραμαθ-λεχι.

¹⁸And he was very thirsty, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given by the hand of thy servant this great deliverance, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

¹⁸[] Και διψησας σφοδρα, εβοησε προς τον Κυριον και ειπε, Συ εδωκας δια χειρος του δουλου σου την μεγαλην ταυτην σωτηριαν· και τωρα να αποθανω υπο διψης και να πεσω εις την χειρα των απεριτμητων;

¹⁹And God clave the hallow rock which was in Lehi, and water came out of it. And he drank, and his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

¹⁹Και εσχισεν ο Θεος το κοιλωμα το εν Λεχι, και εξηλθεν υδωρ απ' αυτου· και αφου επιεν, ανελαβε το πνευμα αυτου, και ανεζωοποιηθη· δια τουτο εκαλεσε το ονομα αυτου, Εν-ακκορε, το οποιον ειναι εν Λεχι εως της ημερας ταυτης.

²⁰And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

²⁰Και αυτος εκρινε τον Ισραηλ εν ταις ημεραις των Φιλισταιων εικοσι ετη.