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

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

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!

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.`

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.`

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

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

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

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.`

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.`

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

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.`

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.

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.

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.

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.`

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.

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.

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.

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].`

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

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,

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.

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.`

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.`

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.

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.`

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.

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.

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.

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.`

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.

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.

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!

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.`

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.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.