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1 Και υπήγεν ο Σαμψών εις την Γάζαν, και είδεν εκεί γυναίκα πόρνην και εισήλθε προς αυτήν.
He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
2 Ανήγγειλαν δε προς τους Γαζαίους, λέγοντες, Ο Σαμψών ήλθεν ενταύθα. Και αυτοί περικυκλώσαντες ενέδρευον αυτόν όλην την νύκτα εν τη πύλη της πόλεως· και ησύχαζον όλην την νύκτα, λέγοντες, Ας προσμένωμεν έως της αυγής της πρωΐας και θέλομεν φονεύσει αυτόν.
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 Ο δε Σαμψών εκοιμήθη έως μεσονυκτίου· και σηκωθείς περί το μεσονύκτιον επίασε τας θύρας της πύλης της πόλεως, και τους δύο παραστάτας, και αποσπάσας αυτάς μετά του μοχλού, επέθεσεν επί των ώμων αυτού και ανεβίβασεν αυτάς επί την κορυφήν του όρους του κατέναντι της Χεβρών.
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 Και μετά ταύτα ηγάπησε γυναίκα τινά εν τη κοιλάδι Σωρήκ, της οποίας το όνομα ήτο Δαλιδά.
After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
5 Και ανέβησαν προς αυτήν οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων και είπον προς αυτήν, Κολάκευσον αυτόν και ιδέ εις τι ίσταται η δύναμις αυτού η μεγάλη, και τίνι τρόπω δυνάμεθα να υπερισχύσωμεν κατ' αυτού, ώστε να δέσωμεν αυτόν, διά να δαμάσωμεν αυτόν· και ημείς θέλομεν σοι δώσει έκαστος χίλια εκατόν αργύρια.
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 Και είπεν η Δαλιδά προς τον Σαμψών, Φανέρωσόν μοι, παρακαλώ, εις τι ίσταται η δύναμίς σου η μεγάλη, και με τι ήθελες δεθή διά να δαμασθής.
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 Και είπε προς αυτήν ο Σαμψών, Εάν με δέσωσι με επτά χορδάς υγράς, αίτινες δεν εξηράνθησαν, τότε θέλω αδυνατήσει και θέλω είσθαι ως εις των ανθρώπων.
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 Τότε έφεραν προς αυτήν οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων επτά χορδάς υγράς, αίτινες δεν είχον ξηρανθή, και έδεσεν αυτόν με αυτάς.
And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
9 Ενέδρευον δε άνθρωποι καθήμενοι μετ' αυτής εν τω κοιτώνι. Και είπε προς αυτόν, Οι Φιλισταίοι επί σε, Σαμψών. Και εκείνος έκοψε τας χορδάς, καθώς ήθελε κοπή νήμα στυπίου, όταν μυρισθή το πυρ. Και δεν εγνωρίσθη η δύναμις αυτού.
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 Και είπεν η Δαλιδά προς τον Σαμψών, Ιδού, με εγέλασας και ελάλησας προς εμέ ψεύδη· ειπέ μοι λοιπόν, παρακαλώ, με τι ήθελες δεθή.
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 Και είπε προς αυτήν, Εάν με δέσωσι δυνατά με νέα σχοινία, με τα οποία δεν έγεινεν εργασία, τότε θέλω αδυνατήσει και θέλω είσθαι ως εις των ανθρώπων.
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 Έλαβε λοιπόν η Δαλιδά σχοινία νέα, και έδεσεν αυτόν με αυτά και είπε προς αυτόν, Οι Φιλισταίοι επί σε, Σαμψών. Ενέδρευον δε άνθρωποι καθήμενοι εν τω κοιτώνι. Και έκοψεν αυτά από των βραχιόνων αυτού ως νήμα.
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 Και είπεν η Δαλιδά προς τον Σαμψών, Μέχρι τούδε με εγέλασας και με είπας ψεύδη· ειπέ μοι με τι ήθελες δεθή. Και είπε προς αυτήν, Εάν πλέξης τους επτά πλοκάμους της κεφαλής μου εις το δίασμα.
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 Και αυτή επέρασεν αυτούς, εμπήγουσα και τον πάσσαλον· και είπε προς αυτόν, Οι Φιλισταίοι επί σε, Σαμψών. Και εξύπνησεν εκ του ύπνου αυτού και ανέσπασε τον πάσσαλον του υφάσματος με το δίασμα.
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 Τότε είπε προς αυτόν, Πως λέγεις, σε αγαπώ, ενώ η καρδία σου δεν είναι μετ' εμού; συ με εγέλασας τρίτην ταύτην την φοράν, και δεν με εφανέρωσας εις τι ίσταται η δύναμίς σου η μεγάλη.
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 Και επειδή εστενοχώρει αυτόν καθ' ημέραν με τους λόγους αυτής και εβίαζεν αυτόν, ώστε η ψυχή αυτού απέκαμε μέχρι θανάτου,
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 εφανέρωσε προς αυτήν όλην την καρδίαν αυτού και είπε προς αυτήν, ξυράφιον δεν ανέβη επί την κεφαλήν μου· διότι εγώ είμαι Ναζηραίος εις τον Θεόν εκ κοιλίας μητρός μου. Εάν ξυρισθώ, τότε η δύναμίς μου θέλει φύγει απ' εμού, και θέλω αδυνατίσει και κατασταθή ως πάντες οι άνθρωποι.
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 Και ιδούσα η Δαλιδά, ότι εφανέρωσε προς αυτήν όλην την καρδίαν αυτού, έστειλε και εκάλεσε τους άρχοντας των Φιλισταίων, λέγουσα, Ανάβητε ταύτην την φοράν· διότι μοι εφανέρωσεν όλην την καρδίαν αυτού. Τότε ανέβησαν προς αυτήν οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων, φέροντες και το αργύριον εις τας χείρας αυτών.
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 Και απεκοίμησεν αυτόν επί των γονάτων αυτής· και εκάλεσεν άνθρωπον και εξύρισε τους επτά πλοκάμους της κεφαλής αυτού· και ήρχισε να δαμάζη αυτόν, και η δύναμις αυτού έφυγεν απ' αυτού.
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 Και αυτή είπεν, Οι Φιλισταίοι επί σε, Σαμψών. Και αυτός εξύπνησεν εκ του ύπνου αυτού και είπε, Θέλω εξέλθει καθώς άλλοτε και θέλω εκτιναχθή. Αλλ' αυτός δεν εγνώρισεν ότι ο Κύριος είχεν απομακρυνθή απ' αυτού.
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 Και επίασαν αυτόν οι Φιλισταίοι και εξώρυξαν τους οφθαλμούς αυτού και κατεβίβασαν αυτόν εις Γάζαν και έδεσαν αυτόν με δύο χαλκίνας αλύσεις· και ήλεθεν εν τω οίκω του δεσμωτηρίου.
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 Αι δε τρίχες της κεφαλής αυτού ήρχισαν να εκφύωνται πάλιν, αφού εξυρίσθη.
And now his hair began to grow back.
23 Συνήχθησαν δε οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων, διά να προσφέρωσι θυσίαν μεγάλην εις Δαγών τον θεόν αυτών και να ευφρανθώσι διότι είπον, Ο Θεός ημών παρέδωκεν εις την χείρα ημών τον Σαμψών τον εχθρόν ημών.
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 Και ότε είδεν αυτόν ο λαός, εδόξασαν τον θεόν αυτών, λέγοντες, Ο θεός ημών παρέδωκεν εις την χείρα ημών τον εχθρόν ημών και τον ολοθρευτήν της γης ημών και τον φονεύσαντα πλήθος εξ ημών.
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 Και ότε ευθύμησεν η καρδία αυτών, είπαν, Καλέσατε τον Σαμψών, διά να παίξη εις ημάς. Και εκάλεσαν τον Σαμψών εκ του οίκου του δεσμωτηρίου, και έπαιξεν έμπροσθεν αυτών· και έστησαν αυτόν αναμέσον των στύλων.
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 Και είπεν ο Σαμψών προς το παιδίον, το οποίον εκράτει αυτόν εκ της χειρός, Άφες με να ψηλαφήσω τους στύλους, επί των οποίων ίσταται ο οίκος, διά να στηριχθώ επ' αυτούς.
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 Ο δε οίκος ήτο πλήρης ανδρών και γυναικών· και ήσαν εκεί πάντες οι άρχοντες των Φιλισταίων· και επί του δώματος περίπου τρεις χιλιάδες ανδρών και γυναικών, οίτινες εθεώρουν τον Σαμψών παίζοντα.
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 Και εβόησεν ο Σαμψών προς τον Κύριον και είπε, Δέσποτα Κύριε, ενθυμήθητί με, δέομαι και ενίσχυσόν με, παρακαλώ, μόνον ταύτην την φοράν, Θεέ, διά να εκδικηθώ κατά των Φιλισταίων διά μιας υπέρ των δύο οφθαλμών μου.
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 Και ενηγκαλίσθη ο Σαμψών τους δύο μέσους στύλους, επί των οποίων ίστατο ο οίκος, και επεστηρίχθη επ' αυτούς, τον ένα με την δεξιάν αυτού και τον άλλον με την αριστεράν αυτού.
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 Και είπεν ο Σαμψών, Αποθανέτω η ψυχή μου μετά των Φιλισταίων. Και εκάμφθη με δύναμιν· και ο οίκος έπεσεν επί τους άρχοντας και επί πάντα τον λαόν τον εν αυτώ. Οι δε αποθανόντες, τους οποίους εθανάτωσεν εν τω θανάτω αυτού, ήσαν περισσότεροι παρά όσους εθανάτωσεν εν τη ζωή αυτού.
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 Τότε κατέβησαν οι αδελφοί αυτού και πας ο οίκος του πατρός αυτού και εσήκωσαν αυτόν· και ανεβίβασαν και έθαψαν αυτόν μεταξύ Σαραά και Εσθαόλ, εν τω τάφω Μανωέ του πατρός αυτού. Έκρινε δε ούτος τον Ισραήλ είκοσι έτη.
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.
