¹Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.

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

²The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “Wait until morning light, then we will kill him.”

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.

³Samson lay until 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 on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

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.

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

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

⁵The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

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.

⁶Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”

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

⁷Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”

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.

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

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

⁹Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.

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.

¹⁰Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound.”

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

¹¹He said to her, “If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”

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.

¹²So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.

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.

¹³Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.”

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.

¹⁴She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and 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.

¹⁵She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”

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.

¹⁶It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.

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.

¹⁷He told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”

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.

¹⁸When 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 has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.

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.

¹⁹She made him sleep on 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.

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.

²⁰She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He awoke out of his sleep, and said, “I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.” But he didn’t know that Yahweh had departed 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.

²¹The 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 ground at the mill in the prison.

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

²²However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.

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

²³The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”

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.

²⁴When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, 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.

²⁵It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may entertain us.” They called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. They set him between the pillars;

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.

²⁶and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars whereupon the house rests, that I may lean on them.”

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.

²⁷Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson performed.

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.

²⁸Samson called to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

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!

²⁹Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.

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

³⁰Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were therein. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.

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.

³¹Then his brothers 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 burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.

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.