1Samson se jednou vydal do Gazy. Uviděl tam jednu nevěstku a šel k ní.2Mezi obyvateli Gazy se rozneslo: „Samson je tu!“ Obcházeli tedy kolem a celý den* na něj číhali v městské bráně. Celou noc ale byli v klidu, protože si říkali: „Zabijeme ho, až se rozední.“3Samson ale zůstal ležet jen do půlnoci. O půlnoci vstal, popadl vrata městské brány a vytrhl je i s oběma veřejemi a závorou. Naložil si je na záda a vynesl je až na vrchol té hory před Hebronem.4Jednou se pak zamiloval do jedné ženy v údolí Sorek. Jmenovala se Dalila.5Přišli za ní filištínští vládci a žádali ji: „Sveď ho a zjisti, v čem je ta jeho veliká síla a jak bychom ho mohli přemoci, spoutat a zkrotit. Každý z nás ti dá jedenáct set šekelů* stříbra.“6Dalila se tedy Samsona vyptávala: „Prozraď mi, prosím, v čem je ta tvoje veliká síla? Čím bys mohl být spoután a zkrocen?“7Samson jí řekl: „Kdyby mě spoutali sedmi novými tětivami, které ještě nevyschly, byl bych slabý jako každý jiný.“8Filištínští vládci za ní tedy přišli se sedmi novými tětivami, které ještě nevyschly, a ona ho jimi spoutala.9(V pokoji přitom měla ukryté muže.) Vtom na něj zavolala: „Samsone, Filištíni jdou na tebe!“ On ale ty tětivy roztrhal, jako se trhá koudel, když se jí dotkne plamen. Tajemství jeho síly tedy nebylo odhaleno.10Dalila pak Samsonovi vyčítala: „Ach, tys mě oklamal, říkal jsi mi lži! Teď už mi ale pověz, čím bys mohl být spoután.“11Řekl jí tedy: „Kdyby mě pevně spoutali novými provazy, které se ještě na nic nepoužily, byl bych slabý jako každý jiný.“12Dalila pak vzala nové provazy a spoutala ho jimi. Vtom na něj zavolala: „Samsone, Filištíni jdou na tebe!“ (V pokoji přitom měla ukryté muže.) On si ale ty provazy strhal z paží jako nitě.13Dalila pak Samsonovi vyčítala: „Až doteď jsi mě klamal, říkal jsi mi lži! Pověz mi, čím bys mohl být spoután?“ Řekl jí tedy: „Kdybys těch sedm copů, co mám na hlavě, vpletla do osnovy a utáhla kolíkem, byl bych slabý jako každý jiný.“14Když pak usnul, Dalila vzala sedm copů na jeho hlavě, vpletla je do osnovy* a utáhla kolíkem. Vtom na něj zavolala: „Samsone, Filištíni jdou na tebe!“ Probudil se ze spánku a vytrhl kolík i se stavem a osnovou.15A tak mu vyčítala: „Jak můžeš říkat, že mě miluješ, když u mě nemáš srdce? Už třikrát jsi mě oklamal! Copak mi nepovíš, v čem je ta tvoje veliká síla?“16Těmi řečmi ho mučila den co den, až jednou měl toho dotírání k smrti dost.17Tehdy jí všechno prozradil: „Mé hlavy se nedotkla břitva, protože jsem už od matčina lůna zasvěcen Bohu jako nazír. Kdyby mě oholili, má síla by mě opustila a byl bych slabý jako každý jiný.“18Dalila poznala, že jí všechno prozradil, a tak poslala pro filištínské vládce: „Přijďte ještě jednou – všechno mi prozradil!“ Filištínští vládci k ní tedy přišli a přinesli s sebou peníze.19Potom uspala Samsona na klíně a zavolala někoho, ať mu z hlavy oholí těch sedm copů. Tak ho ovládla a podmanila; jeho síla ho opustila.20Vtom zavolala: „Samsone, Filištíni jdou na tebe!“ Probudil se ze spánku a řekl si: „Z toho se dostanu jako už tolikrát; setřesu to ze sebe.“ Nevěděl, že od něj Hospodin odstoupil.21Filištíni ho popadli a vyloupli mu oči. Potom ho odvedli dolů do Gazy, kde ho spoutali bronzovými řetězy a ve vězení musel otáčet mlýnským kamenem.22Vlasy mu ale na oholené hlavě začaly znovu růst.
Samsonova smrt
23Filištínští vládci se sešli, aby přinesli velikou oběť svému bohu Dágonovi a aby oslavovali. Prohlašovali totiž: „Do rukou nám bůh náš dal našeho nepřítele Samsona!“24Lid při pohledu na něj chválil svého boha: „Do rukou nám bůh náš dal našeho nepřítele, naší země ničitele – tolik našich zmordoval!“25A když byli v nejlepším, řekli: „Zavolejte Samsona, ať je zábava!“ Zavolali tedy Samsona z vězení, aby je bavil. Když ho postavili mezi sloupy,26Samson požádal chlapce, který ho vedl za ruku: „Nech mě sáhnout na sloupy, které drží tenhle chrám. Chci se o ně opřít.“27Chrám byl plný mužů i žen. Byli tam i všichni filištínští vládci. I na střeše bylo kolem tří tisíc mužů a žen, kteří chtěli vidět tu zábavu se Samsonem.28Tehdy Samson volal k Hospodinu: „Hospodine, Pane můj, rozpomeň se na mě! Ještě jednou mi prosím dej sílu, Bože! Ať se Filištínům najednou pomstím za obě své oči!“29Pak nahmatal oba prostřední sloupy, které držely chrám, a opřel se o ně, pravicí o jeden a levicí o druhý.30„Ať zemřu i s těmi Filištíny“ zvolal Samson a zatlačil vší silou, takže se chrám zřítil na vládce i na všechen lid uvnitř. Tak jich zabil při své smrti více než za svého života.31Potom tam přišli jeho bratři a celá jeho rodina, aby si ho vzali. Odnesli ho a pohřbili mezi Coreou a Eštaolem v hrobě jeho otce Manoacha. Soudil Izrael dvacet let.
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Samson and Delilah
1Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.2The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”3But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.4After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.5And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”6So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you.”7Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.”8Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.9Now she had men lying in ambush in an inner chamber. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings, as a thread of flax snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.10Then Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you might be bound.”11And he said to her, “If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.”12So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And the men lying in ambush were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.13Then Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you might be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and fasten it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.”14So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web.* And she made them tight with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.15And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me where your great strength lies.”16And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.17And he told her all his heart, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.”18When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up again, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hands.19She made him sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.20And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.21And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. And he ground at the mill in the prison.22But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
The Death of Samson
23Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, “Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.”24And when the people saw him, they praised their god. For they said, “Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has killed many of us.”*25And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.26And Samson said to the young man who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them.”27Now the house was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about 3,000 men and women, who looked on while Samson entertained.28Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “O Lord God, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes.”29And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.30And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.31Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years.
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