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사사기 16
Korean Living Bible
사사기 16
Korean Living Bible
삼손과 들릴라
16 어느 날 삼손은 가사로 가서 그 곳의 어떤 창녀를 보고 그녀의 침실로 들 어갔다.
2 가사 사람들은 삼손이 거기에 있다는 말을 듣고 그 곳을 포위하여 성문에서 밤새도록 숨어 기다렸다. 그들은 밤새도록 침묵을 지키며 “새벽까지 기다렸다가 죽여 버리자” 하고 속삭였다.
3 그러나 삼손은 자정까지 그 곳에 누워 있다가 한밤중에 일어나 밖으로 나가서 그 성의 문짝과 두 기둥과 빗장을 뽑아 어깨에 메고 헤브론 앞의 산꼭대기로 올라갔다.
4 이런 일이 있은 후에 삼손은 소렉 골짜기에 사는 들릴라라는 여자를 사랑하게 되었다.
5 그때 블레셋 다섯 지방의 통치자들이 그녀에게 가서 이렇게 말하였다. “너는 삼손을 꾀어 그가 지닌 큰 힘의 비결이 무엇이며 우리가 어떻게 하면 그를 눌러 묶고 복종시킬 수 있는지 알아 오너라. 그러면 우리가 각각 은화 1,100개씩 너에게 주겠다.”
6 그래서 들릴라는 삼손에게 간청하였다. “당신의 그 엄청난 힘이 어디서 나오며 어떻게 하면 당신을 묶어 꼼짝 못하게 할 수 있는지 좀 가르쳐 주세요.”
7 그러자 삼손은 “마르지 않은 칡 일곱 가닥으로 나를 묶으면 내가 약해져서 다른 사람과 같이 될 것이오” 하고 대답하였다.
8 그래서 블레셋 다섯 지방의 통치자들은 아직 마르지 않은 일곱 가닥의 푸른 칡 덩굴을 그 여자에게 갖다 주었고 그녀는 그 칡 덩굴로 잠들어 있는 삼손을 묶기 시작하였다.
9 이때 옆방에는 이미 몇 사람이 숨어 있었다. 그녀는 삼손을 꽁꽁 묶은 다음 “이봐요, 삼손! 블레셋 사람들이 왔어요!” 하고 외쳤다. 그러나 삼손은 그 일곱 가닥의 칡 덩굴을 불탄 새끼줄처럼 끊어 버렸다. 그래서 그들은 여전히 그 힘의 비결을 알지 못하였다.
10 그 후 들릴라가 삼손에게 말하였다. “이봐요, 당신이 저를 놀렸어요. 거짓말을 했단 말이에요. 어떻게 하면 당신을 꼼짝 못하게 묶을 수 있는지 제발 가르쳐 주세요.”
11 그때 삼손은 “한 번도 사용한 적이 없는 새 밧줄로 나를 꽁꽁 묶으면 내가 약해져서 다른 사람과 같이 될 것이오” 하고 대답하였다.
12 그래서 들릴라는 새 밧줄을 가지고 와서 삼손을 묶기 시작하였다. 이번에도 옆방에는 사람들이 숨어 있었다. 그녀는 삼손을 꽁꽁 묶은 다음 “이봐요, 삼손! 블레셋 사람들이 왔어요!” 하고 외쳤다. 그러나 삼손은 자기 팔에 묶여진 새 밧줄을 실 끊듯이 끊어 버렸다.
13 들릴라는 다시 삼손에게 말하였다. “지금까지 당신은 나를 놀리고 나에게 거짓말을 했단 말이에요. 어떻게 하면 당신을 꼼짝 못하게 묶을 수 있는지 제발 좀 가르쳐 주세요.” 그때 삼손은 “당신이 내 머리 일곱 가닥을 베틀 날실에 섞어 짠 다음 그것을 핀으로 단단하게 조이면 내가 약해져서 다른 사람과 같이 될 것이오” 하고 대답하였다.
14 그래서 들릴라는 삼손이 잠든 사이에 그의 머리 일곱 가닥을 베틀 날실과 섞어 짜고 핀으로 그것을 단단하게 조인 다음 다시 삼손에게 외쳤다. “이봐요, 삼손! 블레셋 사람들이 왔어요!” 그러자 삼손이 잠에서 깨어나 베틀 핀과 날실을 뽑아 버렸다.
15 그때 들릴라가 삼손에게 말하였다. “당신의 마음이 딴 곳에 있으면서 어떻게 나를 사랑한다고 말할 수 있어요? 당신이 나를 세 번이나 놀렸단 말이에요. 당신의 그 엄청난 힘이 어디서 나오는지 당신은 아직도 나에게 말해 주지 않았어요.”
16 들릴라가 날마다 치근거리며 졸라 대자 삼손은 괴로워서 죽을 지경이었다.
17 그래서 그는 모든 것을 털어놓았다. “나는 아직 한 번도 머리를 깎아 본 적이 없소. 이것은 내가 날 때부터 하나님께 바쳐진 나실인이기 때문이오. 만일 내 머리를 깎아 버리면 내가 힘을 잃고 약해져서 다른 사람과 같이 될 것이오.”
18 들릴라는 이제야 삼손이 진실을 말한 줄 알고 블레셋 사람의 다섯 통치자들에게 사람을 보내 “이제 한 번만 더 오십시오. 삼손이 사실을 다 털어놓았습니다” 하고 전하였다. 그래서 그들은 약속대로 은화를 가지고 왔다.
19 들릴라는 삼손을 자기 무릎에 눕혀 재운 후에 사람을 불러 일곱 가닥으로 늘어진 그의 머리털을 싹독 잘라 버렸다. 그러고서 그를 괴롭혀 보았으나 이미 힘은 그에게서 떠나고 없었다.
20 그때 들릴라가 삼손에게 “이봐요, 삼손! 블레셋 사람들이 왔어요!” 하고 소리치자 삼손은 잠에서 깨어나 “내가 전처럼 나가서 힘을 떨쳐야지!” 하고 혼자 중얼거렸다. 그러나 삼손은 여호와께서 자기를 떠나신 것을 깨닫지 못하였다.
21 그러자 블레셋 사람들이 그를 사로잡아 그의 두 눈을 뽑고 가사로 끌고 가서 놋사슬로 묶어 감옥에서 맷돌을 돌리게 하였다.
22 그러나 깎인 그의 머리털은 다시 자라기 시작하였다.
삼손의 죽음
23 블레셋 통치자들은 그들의 신 다곤에게 성대한 제사를 드리려고 한자리에 모여서 즐거워하며 “우리의 신이 우리 원수 삼손을 우리 손에 넘겨 주셨다!” 하고 외쳤다.
24 백성들도 삼손을 보고 그들의 신을 찬양하며 이렇게 외쳤다. “우리 땅을 못 쓰게 만들고 우리 백성을 수없이 죽인 원수 삼손을 우리의 신이 우리 손에 넘겨 주셨다!”
25 그들은 또 몹시 흥겨워 “삼손을 끌어내어 재주를 부리게 하자” 하고 삼손을 감옥에서 끌어내었다. 그래서 삼손은 그들을 위해 재주를 부렸다. 그들은 삼손을 기둥 사이에 세웠는데
26 그때 삼손이 자기 손을 붙들고 있는 소년에게 “이 신전을 버티고 있는 기둥을 찾아서 거기에 기댈 수 있게 해 다오” 하고 부탁하였다.
27 그 신전에는 수많은 남녀가 가득 차 있었다. 블레셋 모든 통치자들도 거기에 있었으며 옥상에는 3,000명 정도의 남녀가 삼손이 재주 부리는 것을 지켜 보고 있었다.
28 그때 삼손은 여호와께 기도하였다. “주 여호와여, 나를 기억하소서. 하나님이시여, 나에게 한 번만 더 힘을 주셔서 나의 두 눈을 뽑은 저 블레셋 사람들에게 단번에 원수를 갚게 해 주소서.”
29 그러고서 삼손은 그 신전을 버티고 있는 중앙의 두 기둥에 양손을 하나씩 갖다 대고 떠밀며
30 “블레셋 사람들과 함께 죽게 하소서!” 하고 외치며 있는 힘을 다해 그 기둥을 밀쳤다. 그러자 그 신전이 블레셋 통치자들과 그 안에 있는 모든 사람들 위에 무너져내렸다. 이와 같이 삼손은 살아 있을 때보다도 그가 죽을 때 더 많은 사람을 죽였다.
31 그런 다음에 그의 형제들과 친척들이 내려와 그의 시체를 거두어 가지고 올라와서 소라와 에스다올 사이에 있는 그의 아버지 마노아의 묘지에 장사하였다. 이렇게 해서 삼손은 20년 동안 이스라엘의 사사로 지냈다.
Judges 16
New International Version
Judges 16
New International Version
Samson and Delilah
16 One day Samson(A) went to Gaza,(B) where he saw a prostitute.(C) He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.(D) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn(E) we’ll kill him.”
3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.(F)
4 Some time later, he fell in love(G) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(H) 5 The rulers of the Philistines(I) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(J) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(K) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver.”(L)
6 So Delilah(M) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7 Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. 9 With men hidden in the room,(N) she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(O) But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;(P) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”
11 He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes(Q) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(R) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.
13 Delilah then said to Samson, “All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.”
He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric 14 and[b] tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(S) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(T) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(U) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(V)” 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
17 So he told her everything.(W) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(X) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines(Y), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.(Z) 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.[c] And his strength left him.(AA)
20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(AB)
He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.(AC)
21 Then the Philistines(AD) seized him, gouged out his eyes(AE) and took him down to Gaza.(AF) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain(AG) in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
The Death of Samson
23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon(AH) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god,(AI) saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,(AJ)
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
25 While they were in high spirits,(AK) they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.
When they stood him among the pillars, 26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” 27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof(AL) were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord,(AM) “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge(AN) on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
31 Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah(AO) his father. He had led[d](AP) Israel twenty years.(AQ)
Footnotes
- Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 16:14 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew replied, “I can if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom.” 14 So she
- Judges 16:19 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and he began to weaken
- Judges 16:31 Traditionally judged
Judges 16
King James Version
Judges 16
King James Version
16 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Judges 16
New King James Version
Judges 16
New King James Version
Samson and Delilah
16 Now Samson went to (A)Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they (B)surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.” 3 And Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.
4 Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the (C)lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, (D)“Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”
7 And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
8 So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he broke the bowstrings as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you have mocked me and told me lies. Now, please tell me what you may be bound with.”
11 So he said to her, “If they bind me securely with (E)new ropes [a]that have never been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
12 Therefore Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And men were lying in wait, staying in the room. But he broke them off his arms like a thread.
13 Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me what you may be bound with.”
And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head into the web of the loom”—
14 So she wove it tightly with the batten of the loom, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled out the batten and the web from the loom.
15 Then she said to him, (F)“How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.” 16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was [b]vexed to death, 17 that he (G)told her all his heart, and said to her, (H)“No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart.” So the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand. 19 (I)Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then [c]she began to torment him, and his strength left him. 20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord (J)had departed from him.
21 Then the Philistines took him and [d]put out his (K)eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison. 22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.
Samson Dies with the Philistines
23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to (L)Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said:
“Our god has delivered into our hands
Samson our enemy!”
24 When the people saw him, they (M)praised their god; for they said:
“Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy,
The destroyer of our land,
And the one who multiplied our dead.”
25 So it happened, when their hearts were (N)merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars. 26 Then Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars which support the temple, so that I can lean on them.” 27 Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there—about three thousand men and women on the (O)roof watching while Samson performed.
28 Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord God, (P)remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!” 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left. 30 Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.
31 And his brothers and all his father’s household came down and took him, and brought him up and (Q)buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel (R)twenty years.
Footnotes
- Judges 16:11 Lit. with which work has never been done
- Judges 16:16 Lit. impatient to the point of
- Judges 16:19 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX he began to be weak,
- Judges 16:21 Lit. bored out
사사기 16
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사사기 16
Korean Living Bible
삼손과 들릴라
16 어느 날 삼손은 가사로 가서 그 곳의 어떤 창녀를 보고 그녀의 침실로 들 어갔다.
2 가사 사람들은 삼손이 거기에 있다는 말을 듣고 그 곳을 포위하여 성문에서 밤새도록 숨어 기다렸다. 그들은 밤새도록 침묵을 지키며 “새벽까지 기다렸다가 죽여 버리자” 하고 속삭였다.
3 그러나 삼손은 자정까지 그 곳에 누워 있다가 한밤중에 일어나 밖으로 나가서 그 성의 문짝과 두 기둥과 빗장을 뽑아 어깨에 메고 헤브론 앞의 산꼭대기로 올라갔다.
4 이런 일이 있은 후에 삼손은 소렉 골짜기에 사는 들릴라라는 여자를 사랑하게 되었다.
5 그때 블레셋 다섯 지방의 통치자들이 그녀에게 가서 이렇게 말하였다. “너는 삼손을 꾀어 그가 지닌 큰 힘의 비결이 무엇이며 우리가 어떻게 하면 그를 눌러 묶고 복종시킬 수 있는지 알아 오너라. 그러면 우리가 각각 은화 1,100개씩 너에게 주겠다.”
6 그래서 들릴라는 삼손에게 간청하였다. “당신의 그 엄청난 힘이 어디서 나오며 어떻게 하면 당신을 묶어 꼼짝 못하게 할 수 있는지 좀 가르쳐 주세요.”
7 그러자 삼손은 “마르지 않은 칡 일곱 가닥으로 나를 묶으면 내가 약해져서 다른 사람과 같이 될 것이오” 하고 대답하였다.
8 그래서 블레셋 다섯 지방의 통치자들은 아직 마르지 않은 일곱 가닥의 푸른 칡 덩굴을 그 여자에게 갖다 주었고 그녀는 그 칡 덩굴로 잠들어 있는 삼손을 묶기 시작하였다.
9 이때 옆방에는 이미 몇 사람이 숨어 있었다. 그녀는 삼손을 꽁꽁 묶은 다음 “이봐요, 삼손! 블레셋 사람들이 왔어요!” 하고 외쳤다. 그러나 삼손은 그 일곱 가닥의 칡 덩굴을 불탄 새끼줄처럼 끊어 버렸다. 그래서 그들은 여전히 그 힘의 비결을 알지 못하였다.
10 그 후 들릴라가 삼손에게 말하였다. “이봐요, 당신이 저를 놀렸어요. 거짓말을 했단 말이에요. 어떻게 하면 당신을 꼼짝 못하게 묶을 수 있는지 제발 가르쳐 주세요.”
11 그때 삼손은 “한 번도 사용한 적이 없는 새 밧줄로 나를 꽁꽁 묶으면 내가 약해져서 다른 사람과 같이 될 것이오” 하고 대답하였다.
12 그래서 들릴라는 새 밧줄을 가지고 와서 삼손을 묶기 시작하였다. 이번에도 옆방에는 사람들이 숨어 있었다. 그녀는 삼손을 꽁꽁 묶은 다음 “이봐요, 삼손! 블레셋 사람들이 왔어요!” 하고 외쳤다. 그러나 삼손은 자기 팔에 묶여진 새 밧줄을 실 끊듯이 끊어 버렸다.
13 들릴라는 다시 삼손에게 말하였다. “지금까지 당신은 나를 놀리고 나에게 거짓말을 했단 말이에요. 어떻게 하면 당신을 꼼짝 못하게 묶을 수 있는지 제발 좀 가르쳐 주세요.” 그때 삼손은 “당신이 내 머리 일곱 가닥을 베틀 날실에 섞어 짠 다음 그것을 핀으로 단단하게 조이면 내가 약해져서 다른 사람과 같이 될 것이오” 하고 대답하였다.
14 그래서 들릴라는 삼손이 잠든 사이에 그의 머리 일곱 가닥을 베틀 날실과 섞어 짜고 핀으로 그것을 단단하게 조인 다음 다시 삼손에게 외쳤다. “이봐요, 삼손! 블레셋 사람들이 왔어요!” 그러자 삼손이 잠에서 깨어나 베틀 핀과 날실을 뽑아 버렸다.
15 그때 들릴라가 삼손에게 말하였다. “당신의 마음이 딴 곳에 있으면서 어떻게 나를 사랑한다고 말할 수 있어요? 당신이 나를 세 번이나 놀렸단 말이에요. 당신의 그 엄청난 힘이 어디서 나오는지 당신은 아직도 나에게 말해 주지 않았어요.”
16 들릴라가 날마다 치근거리며 졸라 대자 삼손은 괴로워서 죽을 지경이었다.
17 그래서 그는 모든 것을 털어놓았다. “나는 아직 한 번도 머리를 깎아 본 적이 없소. 이것은 내가 날 때부터 하나님께 바쳐진 나실인이기 때문이오. 만일 내 머리를 깎아 버리면 내가 힘을 잃고 약해져서 다른 사람과 같이 될 것이오.”
18 들릴라는 이제야 삼손이 진실을 말한 줄 알고 블레셋 사람의 다섯 통치자들에게 사람을 보내 “이제 한 번만 더 오십시오. 삼손이 사실을 다 털어놓았습니다” 하고 전하였다. 그래서 그들은 약속대로 은화를 가지고 왔다.
19 들릴라는 삼손을 자기 무릎에 눕혀 재운 후에 사람을 불러 일곱 가닥으로 늘어진 그의 머리털을 싹독 잘라 버렸다. 그러고서 그를 괴롭혀 보았으나 이미 힘은 그에게서 떠나고 없었다.
20 그때 들릴라가 삼손에게 “이봐요, 삼손! 블레셋 사람들이 왔어요!” 하고 소리치자 삼손은 잠에서 깨어나 “내가 전처럼 나가서 힘을 떨쳐야지!” 하고 혼자 중얼거렸다. 그러나 삼손은 여호와께서 자기를 떠나신 것을 깨닫지 못하였다.
21 그러자 블레셋 사람들이 그를 사로잡아 그의 두 눈을 뽑고 가사로 끌고 가서 놋사슬로 묶어 감옥에서 맷돌을 돌리게 하였다.
22 그러나 깎인 그의 머리털은 다시 자라기 시작하였다.
삼손의 죽음
23 블레셋 통치자들은 그들의 신 다곤에게 성대한 제사를 드리려고 한자리에 모여서 즐거워하며 “우리의 신이 우리 원수 삼손을 우리 손에 넘겨 주셨다!” 하고 외쳤다.
24 백성들도 삼손을 보고 그들의 신을 찬양하며 이렇게 외쳤다. “우리 땅을 못 쓰게 만들고 우리 백성을 수없이 죽인 원수 삼손을 우리의 신이 우리 손에 넘겨 주셨다!”
25 그들은 또 몹시 흥겨워 “삼손을 끌어내어 재주를 부리게 하자” 하고 삼손을 감옥에서 끌어내었다. 그래서 삼손은 그들을 위해 재주를 부렸다. 그들은 삼손을 기둥 사이에 세웠는데
26 그때 삼손이 자기 손을 붙들고 있는 소년에게 “이 신전을 버티고 있는 기둥을 찾아서 거기에 기댈 수 있게 해 다오” 하고 부탁하였다.
27 그 신전에는 수많은 남녀가 가득 차 있었다. 블레셋 모든 통치자들도 거기에 있었으며 옥상에는 3,000명 정도의 남녀가 삼손이 재주 부리는 것을 지켜 보고 있었다.
28 그때 삼손은 여호와께 기도하였다. “주 여호와여, 나를 기억하소서. 하나님이시여, 나에게 한 번만 더 힘을 주셔서 나의 두 눈을 뽑은 저 블레셋 사람들에게 단번에 원수를 갚게 해 주소서.”
29 그러고서 삼손은 그 신전을 버티고 있는 중앙의 두 기둥에 양손을 하나씩 갖다 대고 떠밀며
30 “블레셋 사람들과 함께 죽게 하소서!” 하고 외치며 있는 힘을 다해 그 기둥을 밀쳤다. 그러자 그 신전이 블레셋 통치자들과 그 안에 있는 모든 사람들 위에 무너져내렸다. 이와 같이 삼손은 살아 있을 때보다도 그가 죽을 때 더 많은 사람을 죽였다.
31 그런 다음에 그의 형제들과 친척들이 내려와 그의 시체를 거두어 가지고 올라와서 소라와 에스다올 사이에 있는 그의 아버지 마노아의 묘지에 장사하였다. 이렇게 해서 삼손은 20년 동안 이스라엘의 사사로 지냈다.
Judges 16
New International Version
Judges 16
New International Version
Samson and Delilah
16 One day Samson(A) went to Gaza,(B) where he saw a prostitute.(C) He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.(D) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn(E) we’ll kill him.”
3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.(F)
4 Some time later, he fell in love(G) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(H) 5 The rulers of the Philistines(I) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(J) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(K) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver.”(L)
6 So Delilah(M) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7 Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. 9 With men hidden in the room,(N) she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(O) But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;(P) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”
11 He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes(Q) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(R) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.
13 Delilah then said to Samson, “All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.”
He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric 14 and[b] tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(S) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(T) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(U) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(V)” 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
17 So he told her everything.(W) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(X) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines(Y), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.(Z) 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.[c] And his strength left him.(AA)
20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(AB)
He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.(AC)
21 Then the Philistines(AD) seized him, gouged out his eyes(AE) and took him down to Gaza.(AF) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain(AG) in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
The Death of Samson
23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon(AH) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god,(AI) saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,(AJ)
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
25 While they were in high spirits,(AK) they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.
When they stood him among the pillars, 26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” 27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof(AL) were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord,(AM) “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge(AN) on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
31 Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah(AO) his father. He had led[d](AP) Israel twenty years.(AQ)
Footnotes
- Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 16:14 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew replied, “I can if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom.” 14 So she
- Judges 16:19 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and he began to weaken
- Judges 16:31 Traditionally judged
Judges 16
King James Version
Judges 16
King James Version
16 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Judges 16
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Judges 16
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Samson and Delilah
16 Now Samson went to (A)Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they (B)surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.” 3 And Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.
4 Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the (C)lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, (D)“Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”
7 And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
8 So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he broke the bowstrings as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you have mocked me and told me lies. Now, please tell me what you may be bound with.”
11 So he said to her, “If they bind me securely with (E)new ropes [a]that have never been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
12 Therefore Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And men were lying in wait, staying in the room. But he broke them off his arms like a thread.
13 Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me what you may be bound with.”
And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head into the web of the loom”—
14 So she wove it tightly with the batten of the loom, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled out the batten and the web from the loom.
15 Then she said to him, (F)“How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.” 16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was [b]vexed to death, 17 that he (G)told her all his heart, and said to her, (H)“No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart.” So the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand. 19 (I)Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then [c]she began to torment him, and his strength left him. 20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord (J)had departed from him.
21 Then the Philistines took him and [d]put out his (K)eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison. 22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.
Samson Dies with the Philistines
23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to (L)Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said:
“Our god has delivered into our hands
Samson our enemy!”
24 When the people saw him, they (M)praised their god; for they said:
“Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy,
The destroyer of our land,
And the one who multiplied our dead.”
25 So it happened, when their hearts were (N)merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars. 26 Then Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars which support the temple, so that I can lean on them.” 27 Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there—about three thousand men and women on the (O)roof watching while Samson performed.
28 Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord God, (P)remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!” 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left. 30 Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.
31 And his brothers and all his father’s household came down and took him, and brought him up and (Q)buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel (R)twenty years.
Footnotes
- Judges 16:11 Lit. with which work has never been done
- Judges 16:16 Lit. impatient to the point of
- Judges 16:19 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX he began to be weak,
- Judges 16:21 Lit. bored out
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