Judges 16
1 And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
Ein gong kom Samson til Gaza; der fekk han sjå ei skjøkja, og gjekk inn til henne.
2 And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, Sampson is come here: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will kill him.
Då det spurdest bland folket i Gaza at Samson var komen der, ringa dei honom inne, og lurde på honom innmed byporten heile natti, men heldt seg elles rolege med natti var. «Me vil bia til det dagast; då skal me slå honom i hel, » tenkte dei.
3 And Sampson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Chebron, and laid them there.
Samson vart liggjande til midt på natti. Midnattsbil reis han upp. Han tok tak i hurderne i byporten og i båe portstolparne, og rykte deim upp i hop med bommen, lagde deim på herdarne, og bar deim upp på toppen av det fjellet som ligg midt for Hebron.
4 And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in Alsorech, and her name [was] Dalida.
Sidan lagde han hug til ei kvinna i Sorekdalen, som heitte Dalila.
5 And the princess of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength [is], and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give you each eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
Då kom filistarfyrstarne upp til henne og sagde: «Sjå um du kann få lokka honom til å segja deg kvar han hev den store styrken sin frå, og korleis me kann råda med honom og binda honom, so me fær døyvt honom! Då skal me gjeva deg tusund sylvdalar kvar, og meir.
6 And Dalida said to Sampson, Tell me, I pray you, wherein [is] your great strength, and wherewith you shall be bound that you may be humbled.
So sagde Dalila til Samson: «Kjære, seg meg kvar du hev den store styrken din frå, og korleis du kann bindast, so ein fær døyvt deg!»
7 And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men.
«Dersom dei bind meg med sju rå senestrengjer, som ikkje hev vorte turre, so veiknar eg og vert som eit anna menneskjebarn, » svara han.
8 And the princess of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them.
Då kom filistarfyrstarne upp til henne med sju rå senestrengjer, som ikkje hadde vorte turre; deim batt ho honom med,
9 And the liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, the Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he broke the cords as if any one should break a thread of tow when it has touched the fire, and his strength was not known.
og i kammerset hadde ho folk sitjande og lura. So ropa ho: «filistarane er yver deg, Samson!» Då sleit han sund strengjerne, som ein strytråd brest når han kjem innåt elden, og ingen fekk vita kvar han hadde styrken sin frå.
10 And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, you have cheated me, and told me lies; now then tell me wherewith you shall be bound.
So sagde ho til honom: Du hev narra meg, og loge for meg. Kjære, seg meg no korleis du kann bindast!»
11 And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man.
«Dersom dei bind meg vel med nye reip som aldri hev vore bruka til noko, so veiknar eg og vert som eit anna menneskjebarn, » svara han.
12 And Dalida took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the liers in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he broke them off his arms like a thread.
So tok Dalila nye reip og batt honom med, og ropa: «Filistarane er yver deg, Samson!» og i kammerset sat det folk og lurde. Men han sleit reipi av armarne sine, som det var tråd.
13 And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, you have deceived me, and told me lies; tell me, I entreat you, wherewith you may be bound: and he said to her, If you should weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and should fasten them with the pin into the wall, then shall I be weak as another man.
Då sagde Dalila til honom: «Til dessa hev du narra meg og loge for meg! Seg no korleis du kann bindast!» «Dersom du vev dei sju hårflettorne mine inn i veven!» svara han.
14 And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall.
So slo ho ått med vevskeidi, og ropa: «Filistarane er yver deg, Samson!» Då vakna han or svevnen, og rykte ut både vevskeidi og varpet.
15 And Dalida said to Sampson, How say you, I love you, when your heart is not with me? this third time you have deceived me, and have not told me wherein [is] your great strength.
So sagde ho til honom: «Korleis kann du segja du hev meg kjær, når du ikkje hev tiltru til meg? No hev du narra meg tri gonger og ikkje sagt meg kvar du hev den store styrken din frå!»
16 And it came to pass as she pressed him sore with her words continually, and straitened him, that his spirit failed almost to death.
Som ho no tagg og truga dag etter dag, og aldri let honom få fred, vart han so leid seg at han vilde mest døy,
17 Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy [one] of God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all [other] men.
og so opna han heile sitt hjarta for henne: «Det hev aldri kome saks på mitt hovud, » sagde han; «for eg hev vore vigd til Gud alt ifrå morsliv. Vert eg raka, so fer styrken min frå meg; eg veiknar og vert som alle andre menneskjeborn.»
18 And Dalida saw that he told her all his heart, and she sent and called the princess of the Philistines, saying, Come up yet this once; for he has told me all his heart. And the chiefs of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
Då skyna Dalila at han hadde sagt henne heile sanningi; ho sende bod etter filistarfyrstarne, og sagde: «Kom her upp! For denne gongen hev han sagt meg heile sanningi.» Då kom filistarfyrstarne upp til henne, og hadde pengarne med seg.
19 And Dalida made Sampson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him.
So svævde ho Samson i fanget sitt, og ropa på ein mann ho hadde sitjande der, og let honom klyppa dei sju hårflettorne hans; då tok han til å veikna, og styrken hans for frå honom.
20 And Dalida said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord was departed from him.
Og Dalila ropa: «Filistarane er yver deg, Samson!» Då vakna han or svevnen, og tenkte: «Eg skal gjera meg fri og rista meg laus, som so mang ein gong fyrr; » for han visste ikkje at Herren hadde vendt seg ifrå honom.
21 And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison-house.
Filistarane tok Samson, og stakk ut augo på honom, og førde han ned til Gaza; der batt dei honom med dubbel koparlekkja, og han laut sveiva handkverni i fangehuset.
22 And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
Men håret hans tok til å veksa sterkt med same det var klypt.
23 And the chiefs of the Philistines met to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to make merry; and they said, God has given into our hand our enemy Sampson.
So kom Filistarfyrstarne i hop, og bar fram eit stort offer for Dagon, guden sin, og heldt fest; «for, » sagde dei, «vår gud hev gjeve Samson, vår uven, i vår magt.»
24 And the people saw him, and sang praises to their god; for our god, [said they], has delivered into our hand our enemy, who wasted our land, and who multiplied our slain.
og då folket såg honom, lova dei guden sin, og kvad: I handi vår gav guden vår uvenen vår, han som øydde landet vårt han som drap ned folket vårt.
25 And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison-house, and let him play before us: and they called Sampson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they struck him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.
Som dei no var komne på godlag, ropa dei: «Henta Samson hit, so han kann leika for oss!» Då henta dei Samson or fangehuset, og han laut leika for deim. Dei sette honom millom stolparne.
26 And Sampson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house [rests], and I will stay myself upon them.
Då sagde Samson til guten som leidde honom: «Slepp meg, og lat meg få halda i dei stolparne som huset kviler på, og stydja meg innåt deim!»
27 And the house [was] full of men and woman, and there were all the chiefs of the Philistines, and on the roof [were] about three thousand men and woman looking at the sports of Sampson.
Men huset var fullt av menner og kvinnor; alle filistarfyrstarne var der, og på taket var det um lag tri tusund menner og kvinnor, som såg på med Samson leika.
28 And Sampson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my lord, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes.
Og Samson kalla på Herren og sagde: «Herre, min Gud, kom meg i hug, og styrk meg denne eine gongen, min Gud, so eg fær hemnt meg på filistarane for eitt av dei tvo augo mine!»
29 And Sampson took hold of the two pillars of the house on which the house stood, and leaned on them, and laid hold of one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
So femnde han kringum båe midstolparne som huset kvilde på, og klemde deim innåt seg, ein med høgre, og ein med vinstre handi.
30 And Sampson said, Let my wife perish with the Philistines: and he bowed himself mightily; and the house fell upon the princes, and upon all the people that were in it: and the dead whom Sampson killed in his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.
«Lat meg døy i hop med filistarane!» sagde han, og tok i med all si magt; då ramla huset i hop yver fyrstarne og yver alt folket som var der, og dei som han drap då han døydde, var fleire enn dei han hadde drepe med han livde.
31 And his brethren and his father's house went down, and they took him; and they went up and buried him between Saraa and Esthaol in the sepulchre of his father Manoe; and he judged Israel twenty years.
Men brørne hans og alt skyldfolket kom og tok honom, og førde honom heim, og sette honom ned i gravstaden åt Manoah, far hans, millom Sora og Estaol. Då hadde han styrt Israel i tjuge år.
