¹Potom odišiel Samson do Gazy a uvidiac tam ženu smilnicu vošiel k nej.

¹And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;

²A voľakto povedal Gažanom: Samson prišiel sem! Vtedy ho obkľúčili a úkladili mu celú noc v bráne mesta. A boli ticho celú noc a vraveli: Čakať, až bude svetlo ráno, a zabijeme ho.

²[it is told] 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.`

³A Samson ležal až do polnoci. Potom o polnoci vstal, pochytil vráta brány mesta s oboma podvojami a vytrhnúc ich aj so závorou vzložil na svoje plecia a vyniesol ich na temeno vrchu, ktorý leží naproti Hebronu.

³And 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 [is] on the front of Hebron.

⁴A stalo sa potom, že si zamiloval ženu na doline Sórek, ktorej to žene bolo meno Delila.

⁴And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name [is] Delilah,

⁵A prišli k nej hore kniežatá Filištínov a povedali jej: Prehovor ho a zveď, v čom leží jeho veľká sila, a čím by sme ho mohli premôcť, aby sme ho poviazali a pokorili. A my ti dáme každý tisíc a jednosto šeklov striebra.

⁵and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, `Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], 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.`

⁶Vtedy povedala Delila Samsonovi: Povedz mi, prosím, v čom leží tvoja veľká sila, a čím by ťa bolo možno poviazať a tak pokoriť?

⁶And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power [is], and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.`

⁷A Samson jej povedal: Keby ma poviazali siedmimi surovými húžvami, ktoré ešte neuschly, nemal by som vlády a bol by som ako ktorýkoľvek iný človek.

⁷And 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.`

⁸A kniežatá Filištínov jej doniesli hore sedem surových húžev, ktoré ešte neboly uschly, a poviazala ho nimi.

⁸And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.

⁹A úkladník jej sedel v komore. A povedala mu: Filištíni na teba, Samsone! Ale on roztrhol húžvy, jako sa roztrhne motúz z kúdele, keď zavonia oheň. A nebola poznaná jeho sila.

⁹And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, `Philistines [are] 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.

¹⁰Vtedy povedala Delila Samsonovi: Hľa, oklamal si ma a hovoril si mi lži. Nože mi teraz povedz, prosím, čím by si mohol byť poviazaný.

¹⁰And 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.`

¹¹Na to jej odpovedal: Keby ma dobre poviazali novými povrazmi, ktorými sa ešte nič nerobilo, nemal by som vlády a bol by som ako ktorýkoľvek iný človek.

¹¹And 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.`

¹²A Delila vzala nové povrazy a poviazala ho nimi a povedala mu: Filištíni na teba, Samsone! A úkladník sedel v komore. Ale on ich roztrhol a shodil so svojich ramien ako niti.

¹²And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.

¹³Tu povedala Delila Samsonovi: Až doteraz si ma klamal a hovoril si mi lži. Povedz mi, čím by si mohol byť poviazaný! A povedal jej: Keby si sotkala sedem vrkočov mojej hlavy s osnovou.

¹³And 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.`

¹⁴A urobila tak, zarazila klinom a povedala mu: Filištíni na teba, Samsone! Ale keď sa prebudil zo svojho spánku, vytrhol klin tkaniva aj s osnovou.

¹⁴And she fixeth [it] with the pin, and saith unto him, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web.

¹⁵Na to mu povedala: Jako môžeš povedať: Milujem ťa, keď nie je so mnou tvoje srdce? Toto už trikrát si ma oklamal a nepovedal si mi, v čom leží tvoja veľká sila.

¹⁵And 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 [is].`

¹⁶A stalo sa, keď ho len deň ako deň sužovala svojimi slovami a naliehala na neho, že to už nemohla zniesť jeho duša, znavená až na smrť.

¹⁶And 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,

¹⁷vtedy jej vyjavil celé svoje srdce a povedal jej; Britva nikdy nevyšla na moju hlavu, lebo som nazarej Boží od života svojej matky. Keby ma oholili, odišla by odo mňa moja sila, a nemal by som vlády, ale by som bol ako každý iný človek.

¹⁷that 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 [am] 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.`

¹⁸A Delila vidiac, že jej vyjavil celé svoje srdce, poslala a zavolala kniežatá Filištínov a odkázala: Poďte už teraz hore, lebo mi vyjavil celé svoje srdce. A tak prišli k nej hore kniežatá Filištínov a doniesli striebro vo svojej ruke.

¹⁸And 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.

¹⁹A keď ho uspala na svojich kolenách, zavolala človeka a sholila sedem vrkočov jeho hlavy a začala ho pokorovať. A tak odišla jeho sila od neho.

¹⁹and 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;

²⁰A povedala: Filištíni na teba, Samsone! A keď sa prebudil zo svojho spánku, povedal si: Vyjdem von ako po každé a otrasiem sa. Ale on nevedel, že Hospodin odišiel od neho.

²⁰and she saith, `Philistines [are] 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.

²¹Vtedy ho pochytili Filištíni a vyklali mu oči a odviedli ho dolu do Gazy, poviazali ho dvoma medenými reťazami, a mlel v dome väzňov.

²¹And 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.

²²Ale vlas jeho hlavy započal zase rásť po jeho oholení.

²²And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,

²³A kniežatá Filištínov sa shromaždili, aby obetovali veľkú bitnú obeť Dágonovi, svojmu bohu, a aby sa veselili, lebo povedali: Náš boh dal Samsona, nášho nepriateľa, do našej ruky.

²³and 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.`

²⁴A keď ho videl ľud, chválil svojeho boha, lebo vravel: Náš boh dal nášho nepriateľa do našej ruky a toho, ktorý pustošil našu zem a pobil mnohých z našich ľudí.

²⁴And 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.`

²⁵A stalo sa, keď sa už bolo rozveselilo ich srdce, že povedali: Zavolajte Samsona, aby nás zabával. A tak zavolali Samsona z domu väzňov, a robil žarty pred nimi. A postavili ho medzi stĺpy.

²⁵And it cometh to pass, when their heart [is] 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.

²⁶A Samson povedal mládencovi, ktorý ho držal za ruku a vodil: Nechaj ma a daj mi ohmatať stĺpy, na ktorých stojí dom, aby som sa oprel o ne.

²⁶And 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.`

²⁷A dom bol plný mužov i žien, a boly ta sídené všetky kniežatá Filištínov, a na streche bolo asi tri tisíce mužov a žien, ktorí sa dívali, keď zabával Samson.

²⁷And the house hath been full of men and of women, and thither [are] all the princes of the Philistines, and on the roof [are] about three thousand men and women, who are looking on the playing of Samson.

²⁸A Samson volal k Hospodinovi a povedal: Pane, Hospodine, rozpomeň sa, prosím, na mňa a posilni ma, prosím, už len tento raz, ó, Bože, aby som sa raz pomstil na Filištínoch za obe svoje oči!

²⁸And 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.`

²⁹Vtedy objal Samson oba prostredné stĺpy, na ktorých stál dom a na ktorých spočíval, jeden svojou pravou rukou a druhý svojou ľavou rukou.

²⁹And Samson turneth aside [to] the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, [to] the one with his right hand, and one with his left;

³⁰A Samson povedal: Nech tedy zomrie moja duša s Filištínmi! A nahol sa mocne, a dom padol na kniežatá a na všetok ľud, ktorý bol v ňom, takže bolo mŕtvych, ktorých pobil, keď zomieral, viacej, než bolo tých, ktorých pobil vo svojom živote.

³⁰and 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 [are] 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.

³¹Potom sišli jeho bratia i celý dom jeho otca a vezmúc ho odniesli hore a pochovali ho medzi Careou a medzi Eštaolom, v hrobe Manoacha, jeho otca. A on súdil Izraela dvadsať rokov.

³¹And 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.