Judges 16
1 One day Samson went to Gaza [city in the Philistia area]. He spent some time with a prostitute.
OR Sansone andò in Gaza, e vide quivi una meretrice, ed entrò da lei.
2 People soon found out that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together at the city gate and waited all night. They said to themselves, “When it dawns tomorrow morning, we will kill him [when he tries to leave the city].”
[E] fu detto a que' di Gaza: Sansone è venuto qua. Ed essi l'intorniarono, e gli posero insidie tutta quella notte, [stando] alla porta della città, e stettero cheti tutta quella notte, dicendo: [Aspettiamo] fino allo schiarir della mattina; allora l'uccideremo.
3 But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight, he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted it up out of the ground, with its [connecting cross] bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it [many miles] uphill to Hebron.
Ma Sansone, giaciuto fino a mezza notte, in su la mezza notte si levò, e diè di piglio alle reggi delle porte della città, e alla due imposte, e le levò via, insieme con la sbarra; e, recatelesi in ispalla, le portò in su la sommità del monte, ch'[è] dirimpetto ad Hebron.
4 Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, [and started to live with her]. She lived in Sorek Valley [in the Philistia area].
Egli avvenne poi, ch'egli amò una donna, della valle di Sorec, il cui nome [era] Delila.
5 The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
E i principi de' Filistei salirono a lei, e le dissero: Lusingalo, e vedi in che [consiste quella] sua gran forza, e come noi potremmo superarlo, acciocchè lo leghiamo, per domarlo; e ciascun di noi ti donerà mille e cento [sicli] d'argento.
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong, and tell me how someone can subdue you and tie you up.”
Delila adunque disse a Sansone: Deh! dichiarami in che [consiste] la tua gran forza, e come tu potresti esser legato, per esser domato.
7 Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.”
E Sansone le disse: Se io fossi legato di sette ritorte fresche, che non fossero ancora secche, io diventerei fiacco, e sarei come un [altr]'uomo.
8 So [after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders], they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah.
E i principi de' Filistei le portarono sette ritorte fresche, che non erano ancora secche; ed ella lo legò con esse.
9 Then she hid the men in one of the rooms in her house. Then [while Samson was sleeping], she tied him up with the bowstrings. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come here to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as easily as though they were strings that had been singed in a fire. So the Philistines did not find out what made Samson so strong.
Or ella avea posto un agguato nella sua camera. Ed ella gli disse: O Sansone, i Filistei ti [sono] addosso. Ed egli ruppe le ritorte, come si rompe un fil di stoppa, quando sente il fuoco. E non fu conosciuto [in che consistesse] la sua forza.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have deceived me and lied to me! Now tell me [the truth, ] how someone can tie you up securely.”
E Delila disse a Sansone: Ecco, tu mi hai beffata, e mi hai dette delle bugie; ora dunque, dichiarami, ti prego, con che tu potresti esser legato.
11 Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.”
Ed egli le disse: Se io fossi legato ben bene con grosse corde nuove, le quali non fossero ancora state adoperate, io diventerei fiacco, e sarei come un [altr]'uomo.
12 So again, [she told the Philistine leaders, and] they [came and] hid in the room as they had done before. And again, while Samson was sleeping, she took the new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were threads.
E Delila prese delle grosse corde nuove, e lo legò; poi gli disse: O Sansone, i Filistei ti [sono] addosso. Or l'agguato era posto nella camera. Ed egli ruppe quelle corde d'in su le sue braccia, come refe.
13 Then Delilah said, “You have deceived me and lied to me [again]! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!” Samson replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with the pin [that makes the threads tight], then I will be as weak as other men.” So again, while Samson was sleeping on her lap, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom,
Poi Delila gli disse: Tu mi hai beffata fino ad ora, e mi hai dette delle bugie; dichiarami con che tu potresti esser legato. Ed egli le disse: Se tu tessessi le sette ciocche del mio capo ad un subbio.
14 and she tightened them with the pin. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up and pulled out the pin, and pulled his hair from the threads on the loom.
Ed ella conficcò [il subbio] con la caviglia, e gli disse: O Sansone, i Filistei ti [sono] addosso. Ed egli, svegliatosi dal suo sonno, se ne andò con la caviglia del telaro, e col subbio.
15 Then Delilah said to him, “How can you say that you love me when you do not tell me the truth about yourself? You have deceived me three times, and you still have not told me what really makes you so strong!”
Ed ella gli disse: Come dici: Io t'amo; e pure il tuo cuore non [è] meco? Già tre volte tu mi hai beffata, e non mi hai dichiarato in che [consiste] la tua gran forza.
16 Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging [IDM].
Or avvenne che, premendolo essa ogni giorno con le sue parole, e molestandolo, sì ch'egli si ne accorava l'animo fino alla morte,
17 Finally Samson told her the truth. He said, “I have been set apart for God since the day I was born. And because of that, my hair has never been cut. If my hair were shaved off, my strength would be gone, and I would be as weak as other men.”
egli le dichiarò tutto il suo cuore, e le disse: Rasoio non salì [mai] in sul mio capo; perciocchè io [son] Nazireo a Dio dal seno di mia madre; se io fossi raso, la mia forza si partirebbe da me, e diventerei fiacco, e sarei come qualunque [altr]'uomo.
18 Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she summoned the Philistine leaders again, saying, “Come back one more time, because Samson has really told me everything [about why he is so strong]”. So the Philistine leaders returned and brought to Delilah the money [that they promised to give her].
Delila adunque, veduto ch'egli le avea dichiarato tutto il cuor suo, mandò a chiamare i principi de' Filistei, dicendo: Venite questa volta; perciocchè egli mi ha dichiarato tutto il cuor suo. E i principi de' Filistei salirono a lei, recando in mano i danari.
19 Again she lulled Samson to sleep, with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and shave off Samson’s hair. As he did that, Samson began to get weaker. And finally his strength was all gone.
Ed ella addormentò Sansone sopra le sue ginocchia; poi, chiamato un uomo, gli fece radere le sette ciocche del capo; e così fu la prima a domarlo, e la sua forza si partì da lui.
20 Then [after she tied him up], she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before. I will shake [these ropes] off myself and be free!” But he did not realize that Yahweh had left him.
Allora ella gli disse: O Sansone, i Filistei ti [sono] addosso. Ed egli, risvegliatosi dal suo sonno, disse: Io uscirò come l'altre volte, e mi riscoterò; ma egli non sapeva che il Signore si era partito da lui.
21 So the Philistine men seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza. There they put him in prison and bound him with bronze chains. They made him [turn a millstone to] grind grain [every day].
E i Filistei lo presero, e gli abbacinarono gli occhi, e lo menarono in Gaza, e lo legarono con due catene di rame. Ed egli se ne stava macinando nella prigione.
22 But his hair started to grow again.
Or i capelli del capo ricominciandogli a crescere, come [erano] quando fu raso,
23 [Several months later] the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, “Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!”
i principi de' Filistei si adunarono per fare un gran sacrificio a Dagon, loro dio, e per rallegrarsi; e dissero: Il nostro dio ci ha dato nelle mani Sansone, nostro nemico.
24 And when the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying, “Samson ruined our crops and killed many of our people, but our god has put our enemy into our hands. Our god helped us to capture the one who has killed so many of us!”
Il popolo anch'esso, avendolo veduto, avea lodato il suo dio; perciocchè dicevano: Il nostro dio ci ha dato nelle mani il nostro nemico, e il distruggitore del nostro paese, il quale ha uccisi tanti di noi.
25 By that time the people were half-drunk. They shouted, “Bring Samson out of the prison! Bring him here so that he can entertain us!” So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. Then they made him stand in the center of the temple. They made him stand between the two pillars that held up the roof.
E, quando ebbero il cuore allegro, dissero: Chiamate Sansone, acciocchè ci faccia ridere. Sansone adunque fu chiamato dalla prigione, e giocava in presenza loro. Ed essi lo fecero stare in piè fra le colonne.
26 Samson said to the servant who was leading him by his hand, “Place my hands against the two pillars. I want to rest against them.”
E Sansone disse al fanciullo che lo teneva per la mano: Lasciami, e fammi toccar le colonne, sopra le quali la casa è posta; acciocchè io mi appoggi ad esse.
27 At that time the temple was full of men and women. All the Philistine leaders were also there. And there were about 3,000 people on the roof, watching Samson and making fun of him.
Or la casa [era] piena d'uomini e di donne; e tutti i principi de' Filistei [erano] quivi; e in sul tetto [v'erano] intorno a tremila [persone], uomini e donne, che stavano a veder Sansone, che giocava.
28 Then Samson prayed, saying, “Yahweh, my Lord, think about me again! Please give me strength one more time, so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!”
Allora Sansone invocò il Signore, e disse: Signore Iddio, ricordati, ti prego, di me, e fortificami pur questa volta, o Dio; acciocchè ad un tratto io mi vendichi de' Filistei, per li miei due occhi.
29 Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars of the temple. He put his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other pillar.
Poi, abbracciate le due colonne di mezzo, sopra le quali la casa era posta, [pontò], attenendosi ad esse, [avendo] l'una alla man destra, e l'altra alla sinistra.
30 Then he shouted [to God], “Let me die with the Philistines!”, and he pushed with all his strength. [The pillars collapsed], and the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the other Philistine people, [and they all died]. So Samson killed more people when he died than he had killed all during his life.
E disse: Muoia io pur co' Filistei. E, inchinatosi di forza, la casa cadde addosso a' principi, e addosso a tutto il popolo che [v'era] dentro. E più furono quelli che [Sansone] fece morire alla sua morte, che quelli ch'egli avea fatti morire in vita sua.
31 Later his brothers and their relatives went down [from Zorah to Gaza] to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Samson had been Israel’s leader for 20 years.
Poi i suoi fratelli, e tutta la casa di suo padre, vennero, e lo portarono via; e salirono, e lo seppellirono fra Sorea ed Estaol, nella sepoltura di Manoa, suo padre. Or egli giudicò Israele venti anni.
