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

¹And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went 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[And 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, [Let be] till morning light, then we will kill 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 lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

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

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

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 said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be 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 said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

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

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

⁹Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not 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 said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be 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 said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

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.

¹²So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like 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 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.

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 fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and 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 said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

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 came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto 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.

¹⁷And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite 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.

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 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 told me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought 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 made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from 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 said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from 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 laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.

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

²²Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was 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 lords of the Philistines gathered them together 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.

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 when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.

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 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 sport before them. And they set him 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 said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house resteth, that I may 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.

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.

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 called unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, 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.

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 took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other 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 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 that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew 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.

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 burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.