Juges 16
1 Il alla aussi à Gaza, et là il vit une femme de mauvaise vie, et il entra chez elle.
He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
2 Lorsque les Philistins l’eurent appris, et que le bruit se fut répandu chez eux, que Samson était entré dans la ville, ils l’environnèrent, mettant des gardes à la porte de la ville, et attendant là, toute la nuit, en silence, pour le tuer, le matin venu, lorsqu’il sortirait.
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 Mais Samson dormit jusqu’au milieu de la nuit; et se levant alors il prit les deux battants de la porte avec ses poteaux et son verrou, et les ayant mis sur ses épaules, il les porta sur le sommet de la montagne qui regarde 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 Après cela il aima une femme, qui habitait dans la vallée de Sorec, et s’appelait Dalila.
After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
5 Et les princes des Philistins vinrent vers elle, et dirent: Trompe Samson, et apprends de lui comment il a une si grande force, et de quelle manière nous pourrions le vaincre, et après l’avoir lié, le tourmenter. Que si tu fais cela, nous te donnerons chacun mille et cent 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 donc à Samson: Dis-moi, je te conjure, d’où te vient ta très grande force, et quel est le lien, dont étant lié, tu ne pourrais t’échapper?
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 répondit: Si on me lie avec sept cordes de boyau non sèches, mais encore humides, je serai faible comme tous les autres hommes.
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 Les satrapes des Philistins lui apportèrent sept cordes comme il avait dit, dont elle le lia;
And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
9 Et, une embuscade ayant été placée chez elle, et attendant dans la chambre l’issue de la chose, elle lui cria: Les Philistins sur toi, Samson! Et lui, rompit les cordes, comme quelqu’un romprait un fil tordu avec le rebut de l’étoupe, lorsqu’il sent l’odeur du feu; et on ne connut point d’où venait sa force.
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 Alors Dalila lui dit: Voilà que tu t’es joué de moi, et tu as dit faux: au moins maintenant indique-moi avec quoi tu devrais être lié.
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 Samson lui répondit: Si je suis lié avec des cordes neuves, qui jamais n’ont été mises en œuvre, je serai faible et semblable aux autres hommes.
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 Dalila le lia encore avec ces cordes, et cria: Les Philistins sur toi, Samson! une embuscade ayant été disposée dans la chambre. Et lui rompit les cordes comme des fils de toiles.
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 Et Dalila lui dit de nouveau: Jusqu’à quand me tromperas-tu, et diras-tu faux? montre par quoi tu dois être lié. Samson lui répondit: Si tu entrelaces les sept tresses des cheveux de ma tête avec le fil de la trame, et que tu enfonces dans la terre le clou entouré de ces tresses, je serai faible.
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 Ce que Dalila ayant fait, elle lui dit: Les Philistins sur toi, Samson! Et lui, sortant de son sommeil, arracha le clou avec les tresses de cheveux et le fil de la trame.
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 Et Dalila lui dit: Comment dis-tu que tu m’aimes, puisque ton cœur n’est pas avec moi? Par trois fois tu m’as menti, et tu n’as pas voulu dire d’où vient ta très 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 Et comme elle lui était importune, et que pendant bien des jours elle se tint constamment attachée auprès de lui, ne lui accordant point de temps pour le repos, son âme défaillit, et se lassa jusqu’à la 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 Alors découvrant la vérité de la chose, il lui dit: Jamais fer n’a monté sur ma tête, parce que je suis nazaréen, c’est-à-dire, consacré à Dieu dès le sein de ma mère; si ma tête est rasée, ma force se retirera de moi; je deviendrai faible, et je serai comme tous les autres hommes.
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 Or, Dalila, voyant qu’il lui avait confessé tout son cœur, envoya vers les princes des Philistins, et leur manda: Montez encore une fois, parce que maintenant il m’a ouvert son cœur. Et ils montèrent, après avoir pris avec eux l’argent qu’ils avaient promis.
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 Ainsi, elle le fit dormir sur ses genoux, et reposer la tête sur son sein. Elle appela aussi un barbier, et il rasa les sept tresses de ses cheveux: alors elle commença à le chasser et à le repousser d’auprès d’elle; car aussitôt sa force se retira de lui.
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 Et elle dit: Les Philistins sur toi, Samson! Et lui, sortant de son sommeil, dit en son cœur: Je sortirai, comme j’ai fait auparavant, et je me dégagerai, ne sachant pas que le Seigneur s’était retiré 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 Lorsque les Philistins l’eurent pris, ils arrachèrent aussitôt ses yeux, le conduisirent à Gaza lié de chaînes, et l’enfermant dans la prison, ils lui firent tourner la meule.
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 Et déjà ses cheveux commençaient à revenir,
And now his hair began to grow back.
23 Lorsque les princes des Philistins s’assemblèrent pour immoler des hosties solennelles à Dagon leur dieu, et faire des festins, disant: Notre Dieu a livré Samson notre ennemi en nos mains.
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 Ce que le peuple aussi voyant, il louait son Dieu, et disait les mêmes choses: Notre dieu a livré en nos mains notre ennemi, qui a ruiné notre terre et a tué un grand nombre de Philistins.
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 Or, comme ils se réjouissaient au milieu des festins, les repas étant déjà pris, ils ordonnèrent que Samson fût appelé, et qu’il jouât devant eux. Samson ayant été amené de la prison, jouait devant eux, et ils le firent tenir debout entre les deux colonnes.
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 Samson dit à l’enfant qui dirigeait ses pas: Laisse-moi toucher les colonnes par lesquelles toute la maison est soutenue, et m’appuyer contre elles, et me reposer un peu.
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 là étaient tous les princes des Philistins, et environ trois mille personnes de l’un et de l’autre sexe, regardant, du toit et de la terrasse, Samson qui jouait.
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 Mais, Samson, le nom du Seigneur invoqué, dit: Seigneur Dieu, souvenez-vous de moi, et rendez-moi maintenant ma première force, mon Dieu, afin que je me venge de mes ennemis, et que, pour la perte de mes deux yeux, je lire une seule vengeance.
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 Et saisissant les deux colonnes sur lesquelles était appuyée la maison, tenant l’une d’elles 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 Il dit: Meure mon âme avec les Philistins; et, les colonnes fortement ébranlées, la maison tomba sur tous les princes et sur toute la multitude qui était là, et il en tua beaucoup plus en mourant, qu’il n’en avait tué auparavant, lorsqu’il vivait.
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 Or, ses frères et toute sa parenté descendant en ce lieu-, prirent son corps et l’ensevelirent entre Saraa et Esthaol dans le sépulcre de son père Manué. Et il jugea 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.
