Judges 16
1 He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
E foi Sansão a Gaza, e viu ali uma mulher prostituta, e se deitou com ela.
2 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.
E foi dito aos de Gaza: Sansão veio aqui. E cercaram-no, e puseram-lhe espias toda aquela noite à porta da cidade: e estiveram calados toda aquela noite, dizendo: Até a luz da manhã; então o mataremos.
3 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.
Mas Sansão dormiu até a meia noite; e à meia noite se levantou, e tomando as portas da cidade com seus dois pilares e seu ferrolho, lançou-as ao ombro, e foi-se, e subiu-se com elas ao cume do monte que está diante de Hebrom.
4 After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
Depois disto aconteceu que se apaixonou por uma mulher no vale de Soreque, a qual se chamava Dalila.
5 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.”
E vieram a ela os príncipes dos filisteus, e disseram-lhe: Engana-o e sabe em que consiste sua grande força, e como o poderíamos vencer, para que o amarremos e o atormentemos; e cada um de nós te dará mil e cem siclos de prata.
6 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?”
E Dalila disse a Sansão: Eu te rogo que me declares em que consiste tua grande força, e como poderás ser acorrentado para ser atormentado.
7 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.”
E respondeu-lhe Sansão: Se me atarem com sete vimes verdes que ainda não estejam secos, então me debilitarei, e serei como qualquer um dos homens.
8 And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
E os príncipes dos filisteus lhe trouxeram sete vimes verdes que ainda não se haviam secado, e atou-lhe com eles.
9 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.
E estavam espias em casa dela em uma câmara. Então ela lhe disse: Sansão, os filisteus sobre ti! E ele rompeu os vimes, como se rompe uma corda de estopa quando sente o fogo: e não se soube sua força.
10 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.”
Então Dalila disse a Sansão: Eis que tu me enganaste, e me disseste mentiras: revela-me pois agora, eu te rogo, como poderás ser acorrentado.
11 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.”
E ele lhe disse: Se me atarem fortemente com cordas novas, com as quais nenhuma coisa se tenha feito, eu me debilitarei, e serei como qualquer um dos homens.
12 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.
E Dalila tomou cordas novas, e atou-lhe com elas, e disse-lhe: Sansão, os filisteus sobre ti! E os espias estavam em uma câmara. Mas ele as rompeu de seus braços como um fio.
13 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.”
E Dalila disse a Sansão: Até agora me enganas, e tratas comigo com mentiras. Revela-me pois agora como poderás ser acorrentado. Ele então lhe disse: Se teceres sete tranças de minha cabeça com a teia.
14 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.
E ela fincou a estaca, e disse-lhe: Sansão, os filisteus sobre ti! Mas despertando ele de seu sonho, arrancou a estaca do tear com a teia.
15 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.”
E ela lhe disse: Como dizes, Eu te amo, pois que teu coração não está comigo? Já me enganaste três vezes, e não me hás ainda descoberto em que está tua grande força.
16 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.
E aconteceu que, pressionando-lhe ela cada dia com suas palavras e importunando-lhe, sua alma foi reduzida à mortal angústia.
17 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.”
Revelou-lhe, pois, todo seu coração, e disse-lhe: Nunca a minha cabeça chegou navalha; porque sou nazireu de Deus desde o ventre de minha mãe. Se for rapado, minha força se apartará de mim, e serei debilitado, e como todos os homens.
18 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.
E vendo Dalila que ele lhe havia revelado todo seu coração, mandou chamar aos príncipes dos filisteus, dizendo: Vinde esta vez, porque ele me revelou todo seu coração. E os príncipes dos filisteus vieram a ela, trazendo em sua mão o dinheiro.
19 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.
E ela fez que ele dormisse sobre seus joelhos; e chamado um homem, rapou-lhe sete tranças de sua cabeça, e começou a afligi-lo, pois sua força se apartou dele.
20 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.
E disse-lhe: Sansão, os filisteus sobre ti! E logo que despertou ele de seu sonho, se disse: Esta vez sairei como as outras, e me escaparei: não sabendo que o SENHOR já se havia dele apartado.
21 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.
Mas os filisteus lançaram mão dele, e tiraram-lhe os olhos, e o levaram a Gaza; e o ataram com correntes, para que moesse no cárcere.
22 And now his hair began to grow back.
E o cabelo de sua cabeça começou a crescer, depois que foi rapado.
23 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.”
Então os príncipes dos filisteus se juntaram para oferecer sacrifício a Dagom seu deus, e para alegrar-se; e disseram: Nosso deus entregou em nossas mãos a Sansão nosso inimigo.
24 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.”
E vendo-o o povo, louvaram a seu deus, dizendo: Nosso deus entregou em nossas mãos a nosso inimigo, e ao destruidor de nossa terra, o qual havia matado a muitos de nós.
25 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.
E aconteceu que, indo-se alegrando o coração deles, disseram: Chamai a Sansão, para que divirta diante de nós. E chamaram a Sansão do cárcere, e fazia de joguete diante deles; e puseram-no entre as colunas.
26 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.”
E Sansão disse ao jovem que o guiava pela mão: Aproxima-me, e faze-me segurar as colunas sobre que se sustenta a casa, para que me apoie sobre elas.
27 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.
E a casa estava cheia de homens e mulheres: e todos os príncipes dos filisteus estavam ali; e no alto piso havia como três mil homens e mulheres, que estavam olhando o escárnio de Sansão.
28 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.”
Então clamou Sansão ao SENHOR, e disse: Senhor DEUS, lembra-te agora de mim, e esforça-me, te rogo, somente esta vez, ó Deus, para que de uma vez tome vingança dos filisteus, por meus dois olhos.
29 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,
Agarrou logo Sansão as duas colunas do meio sobre as quais se sustentava a casa, e apoiou-se nelas, a uma com a direita, e a outra com a esquerda;
30 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.
E disse Sansão: Morra eu com os filisteus. E apoiando com força, caiu a casa sobre os príncipes, e sobre todo aquele povo que estava nela. E foram muitos mais os que deles matou morrendo, que os que havia matado em sua vida.
31 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.
E desceram seus irmãos e toda a casa de seu pai, e tomaram-no, e levaram-no, e o sepultaram entre Zorá e Estaol, no sepulcro de seu pai Manoá. E ele julgou a Israel vinte anos.
