¹A stalo sa po nejakom čase, vo dňoch pšeničnej žatvy, že Samson navštívil svoju ženu s kozľaťom a riekol: Vojdem ku svojej žene do komory. Ale mu nedal jej otec, aby vošiel.

¹And it cometh to pass, after [some] days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looketh after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and saith, `I go in unto my wife, to the inner chamber;` and her father hath not permitted him to go in,

²A jej otec povedal: Ja som naozaj myslel, že ju doista nenávidíš, preto som ju dal tvojmu priateľovi. Ale veď či nie je jej mladšia sestra peknejšia ako ona? Nechže ti je tá miesto nej.

²and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister — the young one — better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.`

³Vtedy im povedal Samson? Tento raz budem bez viny u Filištínov, keď im vykonám zlé.

³And Samson saith of them, `I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.`

⁴A tak odišiel Samson a nachytal tristo líšek, vzal fakle a obrátiac chvost ku chvostu vložil po jednej fakli medzi dva chvosty do prostredku.

⁴And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst,

⁵Potom zapálil fakle a pustil líšky do stojaceho zbožia Filištínov a tak zapálil všetko, od snopa až po to, čo ešte stálo na koreni, a tak až po vinice a olivy.

⁵and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth [them] out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth [it] from heap even unto standing corn, even unto vineyard — olive-yard.

⁶Vtedy vraveli Filištíni: Kto to urobil? A ktorísi povedali: Samson, zať Timňanského, pretože vzal jeho ženu a dal ju jeho priateľovi. Vtedy vyšli Filištíni hore a spálili ju i jej otca ohňom.

⁶And the Philistines say, `Who hath done this?` And they say, `Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken away his wife, and giveth her to his companion;` and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire.

⁷A Samson im povedal. Ak vy robíte tak, istotne sa pomstím na vás a potom prestanem.

⁷And Samson saith to them, `Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!`

⁸A zbil ich, lýtko i s bedrom, veľkou porážkou. A potom odišiel dolu a býval v rozpukline skaly Étam.

⁸And he smiteth them hip and thigh — a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.

⁹Vtedy vyšli Filištíni hore a položili sa táborom v Júdovi a rozprestreli sa v Lechi.

⁹And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,

¹⁰A mužovia Júdovi im povedali: Prečo ste vyšli hore proti nám? A povedali: Poviazať Samsona sme vyšli, aby sme mu urobili tak, ako on nám urobil.

¹⁰and the men of Judah say, `Why have ye come up against us?` and they say, `To bind Samson we have come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.`

¹¹Vtedy sišlo dolu tri tisíce mužov z Júdu a prišli k rozpukline skaly Étam a povedali Samsonovi: Či ty nevieš, že nad nami panujú Filištíni, a čo si nám to tedy vykonal? A on im riekol: Ako oni mne vykonali, tak som i ja im vykonal.

¹¹And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, `Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what [is] this thou hast done to us?` And he saith to them, `As they did to me, so I did to them.`

¹²A riekli mu: Sišli sme ťa poviazať, aby sme ťa vydali do ruky Filištínov. Na to im povedal Samson: Prisahajte mi, že sa vy sami neoboríte na mňa!

¹²And they say to him, `To bind thee we have come down — to give thee into the hand of the Philistines.` And Samson saith to them, `Swear to me, lest ye fall upon me yourselves.`

¹³A oni mu odpovedali a riekli: Nie, len ťa dobre poviažeme a vydáme ťa do ich ruky, ale zabiť nezabijeme ťa. A tak ho poviazali dvoma novými povrazmi a odviedli ho zo skaly hore k Filištínom.

¹³And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;` and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.

¹⁴A keď prišiel až do Lechi, Filištíni kričali od radosti oproti nemu. Ale prišiel na neho Duch Hospodinov, a povrazy, ktoré boly na jeho ramenách, staly sa jako ľanové niti, ktoré zhoria na ohni, a jeho putá sa rozplynuly s jeho rúk.

¹⁴He hath come unto Lehi — and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him — and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which [are] on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

¹⁵A našiel osliu čelusť, ešte čerstvú, a vystrúc svoju ruku pochytil ju a pobil ňou tisíc mužov.

¹⁵and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it — a thousand men.

¹⁶Vtedy povedal Samson: Čelusťou osla hromadu, dve hromady, čelusťou osla som pobil tisíc mužov.

¹⁶And Samson saith, `With a jaw-bone of the ass — an ass upon asses — with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men.`

¹⁷A stalo sa, keď dohovoril, že odhodil čelusť zo svojej ruky a nazval to miesto Rámat-lechi.

¹⁷And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi;

¹⁸A súc veľmi smädný volal k Hospodinovi a riekol: Ty si dal rukou svojho služobníka toto veľké spasenie, a hľa, teraz zomriem smädom a padnem do ruky tých neobrezancov.

¹⁸and he thirsteth exceedingly, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Thou — Thou hast given by the hand of Thy servant this great salvation; and now, I die with thirst, and have fallen into the hand of the uncircumcised.`

¹⁹Vtedy rozpoltil Bôh priehlbinu, ktorá je v Lechi, a vyšly z nej vody, a napil sa, a navrátil sa jeho duch, a ožil. Preto nazvali jej meno Én-hakkóre, ktorý je v Lechi, a tak sa volá až do tohoto dňa.

¹⁹And God cleaveth the hollow place which [is] in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinketh, and his spirit cometh back, and he reviveth; therefore hath [one] called its name `The fountain of him who is calling,` which [is] in Lehi unto this day.

²⁰A súdil Izraela za času Filištínov dvadsať rokov.

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