Dommer 15
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15 Efter nogen Tids Forløb, i Hvedehøstens Tid, besøgte Samson sin Hustru og havde et Gedekid med, og han sagde: "Lad mig gå ind i Kammeret til min Hustru!" Men hendes Fader tillod ham det ikke, 2 men sagde: "Jeg tænkte for vist, at du havde fået Uvilje mod hende, derfor gav jeg hende til ham, der var din Brudesvend; men hendes yngre Søster er smukkere end hun, lad hende blive din Hustru i Søsterens Sted!" 3 Da sagde Samson til dem: "Denne Gang er jeg sagesløs over for Filisterne, når jeg gør dem Fortræd!" 4 Så gik Samson hen og fangede 300 Ræve; derpå tog han Fakler, bandt Halerne sammen to og to og fastgjorde en Fakkel midt imellem; 5 så tændte han Faklerne, slap Rævene løs i Filisternes Korn og stak Ild både på Negene og Kornet på Roden, også på Vingårde og Oliventræer. 6 Da Filisterne spurgte, hvem der havde gjort det, blev der sagt: "Det bar Samson, Timnitens Svigersøn, fordi han tog hans Hustru og gav hende til hans Brudesvend." Da gik Filisterne op og brændte hende og hendes Faders Hus inde. 7 Men Samson sagde til dem: "Når I bærer eder således ad, under jeg mig ikke Ro, før jeg får hævnet mig på eder!" 8 Så slog han dem sønder og sammen med vældige Slag, og derpå steg han ned i Fjeldkløften ved Etam og tog Ophold der.
9 Filisterne drog nu op og slog Lejr i Juda og spredte sig ved Lehi. 10 Da sagde Judas Mænd: "Hvorfor er I draget op imod os?" Og de svarede: "Vi er draget herop for at binde Samson og handle mod ham,som han har handlet mod os!" 11 Så steg 3000 Mand fra Juda ned til Fjeldkløften ved Etam og sagde til Samson: "Ved du ikke, at Filisterne har Magten over os? Hvad er det dog, du har voldt os?." Han svarede dem: "Som de har handlet mod mig, har jeg handlet mod dem!" 12 Men de sagde til ham: "Vi er kommet ned for at binde dig og overgive dig til Filisterne!" Da sagde Samson til dem: "Sværg mig til, at I ikke vil slå mig ihjel!" 13 De svarede ham: "Nej, vi vil Kun binde dig og overgive dig til dem; slå dig ihjel vil vi ikke!" Så bandt de ham med to nye Reb og førte ham op af Fjeldkløften. 14 Men da han kom til Lehi, og Filisterne hilste hans Komme med Jubelråb, kom Herrens Ånd over ham, og Rebene om hans Arme blev som svedne Sytråde, og hans Bånd faldt skørnet af hans Hænder. 15 Og da han fik Øje på en frisk Æselkæbe, rakte han sin Hånd ud, greb den og huggede 1000 Mand ned med den. 16 Da sagde Samson: "Med en Æselkæbe har jeg flået dem sønder og sammen, med en Æselkæbe har jeg fældet 1000 Mand!" 17 Med disse Ord kastede han Kæbebenet fra sig, og derfor kaldte man Stedet Ramat Lehi. 18 Og da han var meget tørstig, råbte han til Herren og sagde: "Ved din Tjeners Hånd har du skaffet os denne vældige Sejr, skal jeg da nu dø af Tørst og falde i de uomskårnes Hånd?" 19 Da åbnede Gud Lavningen i Lehi, og der vældede Vand frem deraf; og da han havde drukket, fik han sin Livskraft igen. Derfor kaldte man denne Kilde En Hakkore; den findes i Lehi endnu den Dag i Dag.
20 Han var Dommer i Israel i Filistertiden i tyve År.
Dommer 15
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Samsons hævn over filistrene
15 Senere gik Samson ned for at besøge den pige, der trods alt var hans brud. Det var under hvedehøsten, og han havde et gedekid med. „Lad mig få lov at gå ind til min kone i hendes kammer,” sagde han. Men pigens far satte sig imod det.
2 „Jeg troede ikke, du brød dig om hende,” forklarede han. „Derfor gav jeg hende til den mand, der var forlover ved brylluppet. Men hendes lillesøster er endnu smukkere. Tag dog hende til kone i stedet for.”
3 Samson var rasende. „Denne gang er det ikke min skyld, at det kommer til at gå ud over filistrene!” snerrede han. 4 Så gik han ud og fangede 300 ræve, bandt halerne sammen på dem to og to og fastgjorde en fakkel midt imellem. 5 Efter at have sat ild til faklerne, slap han rævene løs i filistrenes marker, så både det uhøstede korn, de stablede neg, vinrankerne og oliventræerne gik op i lys lue.
6 „Hvem har gjort det?” spurgte filistrene. „Samson,” lød svaret. „Det er hans hævn over, at hans svigerfar fra Timna bortgiftede hans kone til forloveren.” Så gik filistrene hen og brændte huset ned, så både pigen og hendes far indebrændte. 7 Det fik Samson til at udbryde: „Fordi I har gjort sådan en udåd, vil jeg hævne mig på jer.” 8 I blindt raseri gik han løs på dem og slog mange af dem ihjel, hvorefter han flygtede til en klippehule ved Etam.
9 Filistrene svarede igen ved at sende en stor styrke ind i Juda, hvor de spredte sig og slog lejr i omegnen af Lehi. 10 „Hvorfor angriber I os?” spurgte judæerne. Filistrene svarede: „Fordi vi vil fange Samson og tage hævn over ham!” 11 Så sendte judæerne 3000 mænd af sted til klippehulen ved Etam for at hente Samson. „Hvorfor har du bragt os i den her ulykkelige situation?” spurgte de Samson. „Er du ikke klar over, at filistrene har magten i landet?” „Jeg har kun gjort gengæld for det, de gjorde imod mig,” lød Samsons svar.
12 Judæerne fortsatte: „Vi er kommet for at tage dig til fange og udlevere dig til filistrene!” „Lad gå,” svarede Samson, „bare I lover mig, at I ikke vil slå mig ihjel.” 13 „Vi binder dig bare og overgiver dig til filistrene,” sagde de. „Vi slår dig ikke ihjel.”
Så bandt de ham omkring håndled og overarme med to nye reb og førte ham bort. 14 Da de nåede frem til Lehi, blev filistrene ellevilde af begejstring, men i det samme kom Herrens Ånd over Samson og gav ham styrke, så han sprængte både rebet om overkroppen og det reb, hans håndled var bundet med. 15 Samson tog derpå en æselkæbe, der lå på jorden, og slog 1000 filistre ihjel med den. 16 Derefter udbrød han:
Med en æselkæbe har jeg dræbt bunker af „æsler”.
    Med en æselkæbe slog jeg 1000 mand ned.
17 Så kastede han æselkæben fra sig. Derfor kaldte man stedet for „Kæbehøjen”.[a]
18 Bagefter var Samson så udmattet af tørst, at han råbte til Herren: „I dag har du givet sejr til Israel ved min hånd! Skal jeg nu dø af tørst og falde i hænderne på de her ugudelige filistre?” 19 Da lod Herren vand strømme frem fra et hul i jorden, så Samson kunne drikke og komme til kræfter igen. Kilden kaldte man „Råbets Kilde”,[b] og den findes den dag i dag i Lehi.
20 De næste 20 år var Samson Israels befrier, men filistrene havde stadig magten i landet.
士师记 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
参孙向非利士人报仇
15 过了些日子,在割麦的时候,参孙带着一只山羊羔去探望他妻子。他说:“我要进内室见我妻子。”他岳父却不让他进去, 2 并对他说:“我以为你非常恨她,所以我把她改嫁给你的伴郎了。她妹子不是比她更美丽吗?你可以娶来代替她。”
3 参孙说:“这次我要加害非利士人,可不能怪我了。”
4 于是,他出去捉了三百只狐狸,把它们的尾巴一对一对绑起来,将火把绑在两条尾巴中间, 5 然后点燃火把,把狐狸放进非利士人的麦田里,将割好的麦捆和未割的麦子、葡萄园和橄榄园都烧毁了。 6 非利士人问:“这是谁干的?”有人回答说:“是亭拿人的女婿参孙干的,因为他岳父把他的妻子嫁给了他的伴郎。”非利士人就去放火烧死了参孙的妻子和岳父。 7 参孙说:“你们既然这样做,我不向你们报仇誓不罢休。” 8 参孙大肆击杀他们,杀死了很多人。事后,他下到以坦,住在那里的岩洞里。
9 非利士人进犯犹大,在利希一带扎营。 10 犹大人问他们:“你们为什么来攻打我们?”非利士人回答说:“我们来捉拿参孙,向他以报还报。” 11 于是,有三千犹大人去以坦的岩洞找参孙,对他说:“难道你不知道非利士人是我们的统治者吗?你为什么连累我们?”参孙回答说:“我只是以牙还牙。” 12 犹大人说:“我们来是要捉拿你,把你交给非利士人。”参孙说:“你们要保证你们不会亲手杀我。” 13 他们说:“我们不会杀你,只将你绑起来交给非利士人。”于是,他们用两根新绳子把参孙捆绑起来带出岩洞。
14 非利士人看见参孙来到利希,就呐喊着迎了上去。耶和华的灵降在参孙身上,绑在他手臂上的绳子就像被火烧的麻线一样脱落下来。 15 他看到一块还没有干的驴腮骨,就捡起来用它杀了一千个非利士人。 16 参孙说:
“用这驴腮骨,我杀人成堆;
用这驴腮骨,我杀戮千人。”
17 说完,他扔掉了手中的驴腮骨。因此,那地方叫拉末·利希[a]。
18 参孙觉得非常口渴,便向耶和华呼求说:“你既然借着仆人的手大败敌人,难道你会让我渴死、落在这些未受割礼的人手中吗?” 19 于是,上帝使利希的一处洼地裂开,涌出水来。参孙喝后恢复了精神。因此,那水泉叫隐哈·歌利[b]。那水泉今天还在利希。 20 在非利士人统治期间,参孙做以色列的士师二十年。
Judges 15
King James Version
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.
2 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.
3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
17 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 Ramathlehi.
18 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?
19 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 Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Judges 15
New International Version
Samson’s Vengeance on the Philistines
15 Later on, at the time of wheat harvest,(A) Samson(B) took a young goat(C) and went to visit his wife. He said, “I’m going to my wife’s room.”(D) But her father would not let him go in.
2 “I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion.(E) Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”
3 Samson said to them, “This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them.” 4 So he went out and caught three hundred foxes(F) and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch(G) to every pair of tails, 5 lit the torches(H) and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks(I) and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.
6 When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.(J)”
So the Philistines went up and burned her(K) and her father to death.(L) 7 Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.” 8 He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock(M) of Etam.(N)
9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.(O) 10 The people of Judah asked, “Why have you come to fight us?”
“We have come to take Samson prisoner,” they answered, “to do to him as he did to us.”
11 Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us?(P) What have you done to us?”
He answered, “I merely did to them what they did to me.”
12 They said to him, “We’ve come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.”
Samson said, “Swear to me(Q) that you won’t kill me yourselves.”
13 “Agreed,” they answered. “We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes(R) and led him up from the rock. 14 As he approached Lehi,(S) the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him.(T) The ropes on his arms became like charred flax,(U) and the bindings dropped from his hands. 15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.(V)
16 Then Samson said,
“With a donkey’s jawbone
    I have made donkeys of them.[a](W)
With a donkey’s jawbone
    I have killed a thousand men.”
17 When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was called Ramath Lehi.[b](X)
18 Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord,(Y) “You have given your servant this great victory.(Z) Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” 19 Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived.(AA) So the spring(AB) was called En Hakkore,[c] and it is still there in Lehi.
20 Samson led[d] Israel for twenty years(AC) in the days of the Philistines.
Footnotes
- Judges 15:16 Or made a heap or two; the Hebrew for donkey sounds like the Hebrew for heap.
- Judges 15:17 Ramath Lehi means jawbone hill.
- Judges 15:19 En Hakkore means caller’s spring.
- Judges 15:20 Traditionally judged
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