Judges 15

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

وَكَانَ بَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ فِي أَيَّامِ حَصَادِ الْحِنْطَةِ، أَنَّ شَمْشُونَ افْتَقَدَ امْرَأَتَهُ بِجَدْيِ مِعْزًى.

And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

وَقَالَ: «أَدْخُلُ إِلَى امْرَأَتِي إِلَى حُجْرَتِهَا». وَلكِنَّ أَبَاهَا لَمْ يَدَعْهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ. وَقَالَ أَبُوهَا: «إِنِّي قُلْتُ إِنَّكَ قَدْ كَرِهْتَهَا فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا لِصَاحِبِكَ. أَلَيْسَتْ أُخْتُهَا الصَّغِيرَةُ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا؟ فَلِْتَكُنْ لَكَ عِوَضًا عَنْهَا».

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ الآنَ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ إِذَا عَمِلْتُ بِهِمْ شَرًّا».

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

وَذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ وَأَمْسَكَ ثَلاَثَ مِئَةِ ابْنِ آوَى، وَأَخَذَ مَشَاعِلَ وَجَعَلَ ذَنَبًا إِلَى ذَنَبٍ، وَوَضَعَ مَشْعَلاً بَيْنَ كُلِّ ذَنَبَيْنِ فِي الْوَسَطِ،

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

ثُمَّ أَضْرَمَ الْمَشَاعِلَ نَارًا وَأَطْلَقَهَا بَيْنَ زُرُوعِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، فَأَحْرَقَ الأَكْدَاسَ وَالزَّرْعَ وَكُرُومَ الزَّيْتُونِ.

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

فَقَالَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ: «مَنْ فَعَلَ هذَا؟» فَقَالُوا: «شَمْشُونُ صِهْرُ التِّمْنِيِّ، لأَنَّهُ أَخَذَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَأَعْطَاهَا لِصَاحِبِهِ». فَصَعِدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا وَأَبَاهَا بِالنَّارِ.

And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «وَلَوْ فَعَلْتُمْ هذَا فَإِنِّي أَنْتَقِمُ مِنْكُمْ، وَبَعْدُ أَكُفُّ».

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

وَضَرَبَهُمْ سَاقًا عَلَى فَخِْذٍ ضَرْبًا عَظِيمًا. ثُمَّ نَزَلَ وَأَقَامَ فِي شَقِّ صَخْرَةِ عِيطَمَ.

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

وَصَعِدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَنَزَلُوا فِي يَهُوذَا وَتَفَرَّقُوا فِي لَحْيٍ.

And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

فَقَالَ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا: «لِمَاذَا صَعِدْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا؟» فَقَالُوا: «صَعِدْنَا لِكَيْ نُوثِقَ شَمْشُونَ لِنَفْعَلَ بِهِ كَمَا فَعَلَ بِنَا».

Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

فَنَزَلَ ثَلاَثَةُ آلاَفِ رَجُل مِنْ يَهُوذَا إِلَى شَقِّ صَخْرَةِ عِيطَمَ، وَقَالُوا لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مُتَسَلِّطُونَ عَلَيْنَا؟ فَمَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِنَا؟» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «كَمَا فَعَلُوا بِي هكَذَا فَعَلْتُ بِهِمْ».

And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «نَزَلْنَا لِكَيْ نُوثِقَكَ وَنُسَلِّمَكَ إِلَى يَدِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «احْلِفُوا لِي أَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ لاَ تَقَعُونَ عَلَيَّ».

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

فَكَلَّمُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «كَلاَّ. وَلكِنَّنَا نُوثِقُكَ وَنُسَلِّمُكَ إِلَى يَدِهِمْ، وَقَتْلاً لاَ نَقْتُلُكَ». فَأَوْثَقُوهُ بِحَبْلَيْنِ جَدِيدَيْنِ وَأَصْعَدُوهُ مِنَ الصَّخْرَةِ.

And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

وَلَمَّا جَاءَ إِلَى لَحْيٍ، صَاحَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِلِقَائِهِ. فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ، فَكَانَ الْحَبْلاَنِ اللَّذَانِ عَلَى ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَكَتَّانٍ أُحْرِقَ بِالنَّارِ، فَانْحَلَّ الْوِثَاقُ عَنْ يَدَيْهِ.

And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

وَوَجَدَ لَحْيَ حِمَارٍ طَرِيًّا، فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ وَأَخَذَهُ وَضَرَبَ بِهِ أَلْفَ رَجُل.

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

فَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ: «بِلَحْيِ حِمَارٍ كُومَةً كُومَتَيْنِ. بِلَحْيِ حِمَارٍ قَتَلْتُ أَلْفَ رَجُل».

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath–lehi.

وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْكَلاَمِ رَمَى اللَّحْيِ مِنْ يَدِهِ، وَدَعَا ذلِكَ الْمَكَانَ «رَمَتَ لَحْيٍ».

And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

ثُمَّ عَطِشَ جِدًّا فَدَعَا الرَّبَّ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّكَ قَدْ جَعَلْتَ بِيَدِ عَبْدِكَ هذَا الْخَلاَصَ الْعَظِيمَ، وَالآنَ أَمُوتُ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ وَأَسْقُطُ بِيَدِ الْغُلْفِ».

But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En–hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

فَشَقَّ اللهُ الْكِفَّةَ الَّتِي فِي لَحْيِ، فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءٌ، فَشَرِبَ وَرَجَعَتْ رُوحُهُ فَانْتَعَشَ. لِذلِكَ دَعَا اسْمَهُ «عَيْنَ هَقُّورِي» الَّتِي فِي لَحْيٍ إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ.

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

وَقَضَى لإِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أَيَّامِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.