Juges 16
1 Samson alla à Gaza; il y vit une prostituée, et il entra chez elle.
He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
2 Les habitants de Gaza furent informés: « Samson est ici! » Ils l'entourèrent et l'attendirent toute la nuit à la porte de la ville, et restèrent silencieux toute la nuit, en disant: « Attendez la lumière du matin; alors nous le tuerons. »
And when the Philistines had heard of this, and it had become well known among them, that Samson had entered the city, they surrounded him, placing guards at the gate of the city. And there they were keeping watch all night in silence, so that, in the morning, they might kill him as he was going out.
3 Samson resta couché jusqu'à minuit, puis se leva à minuit et saisit les portes de la porte de la ville, avec les deux poteaux, les arracha, barre et tout, les mit sur ses épaules et les porta au sommet de la montagne qui est devant Hébron.
But Samson slept until the middle of the night, and rising up from there, he took both doors from the gate, with their posts and bars. And laying them upon his shoulders, he carried them to the top of the hill that looks toward Hebron.
4 Par la suite, il aima une femme dans la vallée de Sorek, dont le nom était Dalila.
After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
5 Les princes des Philistins s'approchèrent d'elle et lui dirent: « Attire-le, et vois en quoi consiste sa grande force, et par quel moyen nous pouvons l'emporter sur lui, afin de le lier pour l'affliger; et nous te donnerons chacun onze cents pièces d'argent. »
And the leaders of the Philistines went to her, and they said: “Deceive him, and learn from him wherein lies his great strength, and how we may be able to overcome him and to impose restraints on him. And if you will do this, each one of us will give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.”
6 Dalila dit à Samson: « Dis-moi, je t'en prie, où réside ta grande force, et ce qui pourrait t'affliger. »
Therefore, Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, I beg you, wherein lies your very great strength, and with what might you be bound, so that you could not break free?”
7 Samson lui dit: « Si on me lie avec sept cordes vertes qui n'ont jamais séché, je deviendrai faible et je serai comme un autre homme. »
And Samson answered her, “If I will be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still damp, I will be weak like other men.”
8 Et les princes des Philistins lui apportèrent sept cordes vertes qui n'avaient pas séché, et elle le lia avec elles.
And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
9 Elle avait préparé une embuscade dans la salle intérieure. Elle lui dit: « Les Philistins sont sur toi, Samson! ». Il brisa les cordes comme on brise un fil de lin au contact du feu. Ainsi, sa force n'était pas connue.
And so, those hiding in ambush with her, in the bedroom, were expecting the end of the matter. And she cried out to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he broke the cords, as one would break a thread of flax, twisted for cutting and singed by fire. And so it was not known wherein lay his strength.
10 Dalila dit à Samson: « Voici, tu t'es moqué de moi et tu m'as dit des mensonges. Maintenant, dis-moi comment on peut te lier. »
And Delilah said to him: “Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken a falsehood. But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”
11 Il lui dit: « Si l'on me lie seulement avec des cordes neuves dont on n'a pas fait usage, je deviendrai faible et je serai comme un autre homme. »
And he answered her, “If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men.”
12 Alors Dalila prit des cordes neuves et le lia avec, puis elle lui dit: « Les Philistins sont sur toi, Samson! ». L'embuscade l'attendait dans la salle intérieure. Il les brisa sur ses bras comme un fil.
Again, Delilah tied him with these, and she cried out, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom. But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web.
13 Dalila dit à Samson: « Jusqu'à présent, tu t'es moqué de moi et tu m'as raconté des mensonges. Dis-moi avec quoi tu pourrais être lié. » Il lui dit: « Si tu tisses les sept mèches de ma tête avec le tissu du métier à tisser. »
And Delilah spoke to him again: “How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods? Reveal with what you ought to be bound.” And Samson responded to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom, and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground, I will be weak.”
14 Elle l'attacha avec l'épingle, et lui dit: « Les Philistins sont sur toi, Samson! » Il se réveilla de son sommeil, et arracha l'épingle de la poutre et du tissu.
And when Delilah had done this, she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And arising from sleep, he withdrew the spike with the hairs and the weaving.
15 Elle lui dit: « Comment peux-tu dire: « Je t'aime », alors que ton cœur n'est pas avec moi? Tu t'es moqué de moi ces trois fois, et tu ne m'as pas dit où était ta grande force. »
And Delilah said to him: “How can you say that you love me, when your soul is not with me? You have lied to me on three occasions, and you are not willing to reveal wherein lies your very great strength.”
16 Comme elle le pressait chaque jour de ses paroles et l'exhortait, son âme était troublée à mort.
And when she had been very troublesome to him, and over many days had continually stayed nearby, giving him no time to rest, his soul was faint, and he was weary, even unto death.
17 Il lui raconta tout son cœur et lui dit: « Jamais rasoir n'a touché ma tête, car j'ai été naziréen à Dieu dès le ventre de ma mère. Si l'on me rase, alors ma force s'en ira de moi et je deviendrai faible, et je serai comme n'importe quel autre homme. »
Then disclosing the truth of the matter, he said to her: “Iron has never been drawn across my head, for I am a Nazirite, that is, I have been consecrated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head will be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I will be faint and will be like other men.”
18 Lorsque Dalila vit qu'il lui avait dit tout son cœur, elle envoya chercher les princes des Philistins et dit: « Montez tout de suite, car il m'a dit tout son cœur. » Les princes des Philistins montèrent vers elle et apportèrent l'argent en main.
Then, seeing that he had confessed to her his whole soul, she sent to the leaders of the Philistines and ordered: “Come up just once more. For now he has opened his heart to me.” And they went up, taking with them the money that they had promised.
19 Elle le fit dormir sur ses genoux; elle appela un homme et lui rasa les sept boucles de la tête; elle commença à le tourmenter, et sa force le quitta.
But she made him sleep upon her knees, and recline his head upon her bosom. And she called a barber, and he shaved his seven locks of hair. And she began to push him away, and to repel him from herself. For immediately his strength departed from him.
20 Elle dit: « Les Philistins sont sur toi, Samson! » Il se réveilla de son sommeil, et dit: « Je sortirai comme les autres fois, et je me secouerai pour me libérer. » Mais il ne savait pas que Yahvé s'était éloigné de lui.
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind, “I will break away and shake myself free, just as I did before.” For he did not know that the Lord had withdrawn from him.
21 Les Philistins le saisirent et lui crevèrent les yeux; ils le firent descendre à Gaza et le lièrent avec des chaînes d'airain; et il moulait au moulin dans la prison.
And when the Philistines had seized him, they immediately plucked out his eyes. And they led him, bound in chains, to Gaza. And enclosing him in a prison, they made him work a millstone.
22 Cependant, les cheveux de sa tête se remirent à pousser après qu'il eut été rasé.
And now his hair began to grow back.
23 Les princes des Philistins s'assemblèrent pour offrir un grand sacrifice à Dagon, leur dieu, et pour se réjouir, car ils disaient: « Notre dieu a livré entre nos mains Samson, notre ennemi. »
And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god. And they feasted, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.”
24 Quand le peuple le vit, il loua son dieu, car il dit: « Notre dieu a livré entre nos mains notre ennemi et le destructeur de notre pays, qui a tué beaucoup d'entre nous. »
Then, too, the people, seeing this, praised their god, and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands: the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”
25 Lorsque leurs cœurs furent joyeux, ils dirent: « Appelez Samson, qu'il nous divertisse. » Ils appelèrent Samson hors de la prison, et il se produisit devant eux. Ils le placèrent entre les piliers,
And rejoicing in their celebration, having now taken food, they instructed that Samson be called, and that he be mocked before them. And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them. And they caused him to stand between two pillars.
26 et Samson dit au garçon qui le tenait par la main: « Permets-moi de toucher les piliers sur lesquels repose la maison, afin que je puisse m'appuyer dessus. »
And he said to the boy who was guiding his steps, “Permit me to touch the pillars, which support the entire house, and to lean against them, so that I may rest a little.”
27 Or, la maison était pleine d'hommes et de femmes, et tous les princes des Philistins étaient là; et il y avait sur le toit environ trois mille hommes et femmes, qui voyaient pendant que Samson exécutait.
Now the house was full of men and women. And all the leaders of the Philistines were there, as well as about three thousand persons, of both sexes, on the roof and in the upper level of the house, who were watching Samson being mocked.
28 Samson invoqua Yahvé et dit: « Seigneur Yahvé, souviens-toi de moi, s'il te plaît, et fortifie-moi, s'il te plaît, seulement cette fois, Dieu, afin que je sois immédiatement vengé des Philistins pour mes deux yeux. »
Then, calling upon the Lord, he said, “O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, so that I may avenge myself against my enemies, and so that I may receive one vengeance for the deprivation of my two eyes.”
29 Samson saisit les deux piliers centraux sur lesquels reposait la maison et s'y appuya, l'un de la main droite et l'autre de la main gauche.
And taking hold of both the pillars, on which the house rested, and holding one with his right hand and the other with his left,
30 Samson dit: « Que je meure avec les Philistins! » Il s'inclina de toutes ses forces, et la maison tomba sur les seigneurs et sur tout le peuple qui s'y trouvait. Ainsi les morts qu'il tua à sa mort furent plus nombreux que ceux qu'il tua de son vivant.
he said, “May my life die with the Philistines.” And when he had shaken the pillars strongly, the house fell upon all the leaders, and the rest of the multitude who were there. And he killed many more in his death than he had killed before in his life.
31 Alors ses frères et toute la maison de son père descendirent et le prirent, le firent monter et l'enterrèrent entre Zorah et Eshtaol, dans la sépulture de Manoah, son père. Il fut juge en Israël pendant vingt ans.
Then his brothers and all his relatives, going down, took his body, and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of his father, Manoah. And he judged Israel for twenty years.
