Judges, 15

1. Then, after some time, when the days of the wheat harvest were near, Samson arrived, intending to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid from the goats. And when he wanted to enter her bedroom, as usual, her father prohibited him, saying:

1. Poslije nekog vremena, o žetvi pšenice, Samson doðe da pohodi svoju ženu, donijevši joj kozle i reèe: "Želim uæi k svojoj ženi u ložnicu." Ali mu tast ne dopusti.

2. “I thought that you would hate her, and therefore I gave her to your friend. But she has a sister, who is younger and more beautiful than she is. And she may be a wife for you, instead of her.”

2. "Mislio sam," reèe mu on, "da si je zamrzio, pa sam je dao tvome drugu. Ali zar njezina mlaða sestra nije ljepša od nje? Uzmi je namjesto one!"

3. And Samson answered him: “From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines. For I will do harm to you all.”

3. Samson mu odgovori: "Ovaj put neæu biti krivac Filistejcima kad im uèinim zlo."

4. And he went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he joined them tail to tail. And he tied torches between the tails.

4. I ode Samson, ulovi tri stotine lisica, uze luèi i, okrenuvši rep prema repu, stavi jednu luè meðu dva repa.

5. And setting these on fire, he released them, so that they might rush from place to place. And immediately they went into the grain fields of the Philistines, setting these on fire, both the grain that was already bound for carrying, and what was still standing on the stalk. These were completely burned up, so much so that the flame also consumed even the vineyards and the olive groves.

5. Tad zapali luèi, pusti lisice u filistejska polja i popali im snopove, i nepokošeno žito, i vinograde, i maslinike.

6. And the Philistines said, “Who has done this thing?” And it was said: “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another. He has done these things.” And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.

6. Filistejci zapitaše: "Tko je to uèinio?" Odgovoriše im: "Samson, Timnjaninov zet, zato što mu tast oduze ženu i dade je njegovu drugu." Tad Filistejci odoše i spališe onu ženu i njenu obitelj.

7. And Samson said to them, “Even though you have done this, I will still fulfill vengeance against you, and then I will be quieted.”

7. "Kad ste to uèinili", reèe im Samson, "neæu mirovati dok vam se ne osvetim."

8. And he struck them with a tremendous slaughter, so much so that, out of astonishment, they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And descending, he lived in a cave of the rock at Etam.

8. I sve ih izudara uzduž i poprijeko i žestoko ih porazi. Poslije toga ode u spilju Etamske stijene i ondje se nastani.

9. And so the Philistines, ascending into the land of Judah, made camp at the place which was later called Lehi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army spread out.

9. Tad Filistejci krenuše, utaboriše se u Judi i raširiše do Lehija.

10. And some from the tribe of Judah said to them, “Why have you ascended against us?” And they responded, “We have come to bind Samson, and to repay him for what he has done to us.”

10. "Zašto ste pošli na nas?" - upitaše ih Judejci. A oni im odgovoriše: "Pošli smo da svežemo Samsona i da mu uèinimo kako je on uèinio nama."

11. Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam. And they said to Samson: “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why would you want to do this?” And he said to them, “As they have done to me, so I have done to them.”

11. Tri tisuæe Judejaca odoše tada k spilji Etamske stijene i rekoše Samsonu: "Zar ne znaš da Filistejci nama gospodare? Zašto si nam onda to uèinio?" On im odgovori: "Kako oni meni, tako ja njima!" A oni mu rekoše:

12. And they said to him, “We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me.”

12. "Doðosmo da te svežemo i predamo u ruke Filistejaca." "Zakunite mi se", reèe im, "da me neæete ubiti."

13. They said: “We will not kill you. But we will deliver you tied.” And they bound him with two new cords. And they took him from the rock at Etam.

13. "Ne", odgovoriše mu, "mi æemo te samo svezati i predati u njihove ruke, ali te zacijelo ne želimo pogubiti." Onda ga svezaše sa dva nova užeta i odvedoše iz spilje.

14. And when he had arrived at the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines, shouting aloud, had met him, the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him. And just as flax is usually consumed by a hint of fire, so were the ties with which he was bound broken and released.

14. Kad ga dovedoše u Lehi i kad Filistejci, vièuæi od radosti, pojuriše na nj, duh Jahvin zahvati ga i užeta na njegovim rukama postadoše kao laneni konci, spaljeni ognjem, i spadoše mu s ruku.

15. And finding a jawbone which was laying there, that is, the jawbone of a donkey, snatching it up, he put to death a thousand men with it.

15. Spazivši još sirovu magareæu èeljust, pruži on ruku, uze onu èeljust i pobi njome tisuæu ljudi.

16. And he said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, with the jaw of the colt of a donkey, I have destroyed them, and I have struck down a thousand men.”

16. Tad reèe Samson: "Magareæom èeljusti gomile prebih, Magareæom èeljusti tisuæu pobih."

17. And when he had completed these words, singing, he threw the jawbone from his hand. And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi, which is translated as ‘the elevation of the jawbone.’

17. Rekavši to, baci èeljust iz ruke. Zato odonda ono mjesto zovu Ramat Lehi.

18. And being very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, and he said: “You have given, to the hand of your servant, this very great salvation and victory. But see that I am dying of thirst, and so I will fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.”

18. Kako bijaše jako ožednio, zavapi Jahvi govoreæi: "Ti si izvojštio ovu veliku pobjedu rukama svoga sluge, a zar sada moram umrijeti od žeði i pasti u ruke neobrezanima?"

19. And so the Lord opened a large tooth in the jawbone of the donkey, and water went out from it. And having drank it, his spirit was revived, and he recovered his strength. For this reason, the name of that place was called ‘the Spring called forth from the jawbone,’ even to the present day.

19. Tad Jahve rasijeèe udubinu što je kod Lehija i voda poteèe iz nje. Samson se napi i vrati mu se snaga, oživje mu duh. Zato su onom izvoru dali ime En Hakore, a postoji još i danas u Lehiju.

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

20. Samson bijaše sudac u Izraelu za vrijeme filistejske vladavine dvadeset godina.