Hakimler 14

¹Şimşon Timna ya indi ve Timna da yabancıların kızlarından bir kadın gördü.

²Yukarı çıkıp bunu babasına ve annesine haber verdi ve şöyle dedi: Timna da Filistîlerin kızlarından bir kadın gördüm; şimdi onu benim için kadın olarak alın.

³Babası ve annesi ona, Kardeşlerinin kızları arasında ya da tüm halkımın içinde hiç mi kadın yok ki, sünnetsiz yabancılardan kadın almaya gidiyorsun? dediler. Ama Şimşon babasına, Bunu benim için al, çünkü o benim gözlerimde doğrudur dedi.

⁴Babası ve annesi bunun Rab den olduğunu bilmediler; çünkü Rab yabancılardan bir öç alma arıyordu. O dönemde yabancılar İsrail üzerinde egemenlik sürüyorlardı.

⁵Şimşon, babası ve annesiyle birlikte Timna ya indi. Timna bağlarına vardıklarında, birden kükreyen bir aslan yavrusu onunla karşılaşmaya çıktı.

⁶Rab bin Ruhu onun üzerine sıçradı; Şimşon, elinde hiçbir şey olmadığı halde, aslanı bir keçi oğlağını parçalar gibi paramparça etti. Ama ne yaptığını babasına ya da annesine haber vermedi.

⁷Sonra aşağı indiler ve kadınla konuştular; kadın Şimşon un gözlerinde doğru göründü.

⁸Bir süre sonra kadını almak için geri döndüğünde, aslanın leşine bakmak için yoldan saptı; aslanın ağzında bir arı topluluğu ve bal vardı.

⁹Balı ellerine alıp çıkardı, yürürken yemeye devam etti. Babasıyla annesinin yanına varınca onlara da verdi ve yediler; ama balı aslanın ağzından çıkardığını onlara bildirmedi.

¹⁰Babası kadına doğru indi; Şimşon orada yedi gün süren bir içki şöleni düzenledi, çünkü gençlerin geleneği böyleydi.

¹¹Onu gördüklerinde, yanına yoldaşlık etsin diye otuz davetli getirdiler ve onlar onunla birlikte kaldılar.

¹²Şimşon onlara, Size bir bilmece sorayım dedi, Şölenin yedi günü içinde bunun yanıtını kesinlikle bulup bana açıklarsanız, size otuz keten örtü ve otuz takım giysi vereceğim.

¹³Ama açıklayamazsanız, siz bana otuz keten giysi ve otuz takım yedek giysi vereceksiniz. Onlar da, Bilmeceni sor, dinleyelim dediler.

¹⁴Şimşon onlara, Yiyenden yenilebilir şey çıktı, güçlüden tatlı çıktı dedi. Üç gün boyunca bilmeceyi çözemediler.

¹⁵Dördüncü günde Şimşon un karısına, Kocanı ikna et de bilmecenin anlamını sana açıklasın dediler, Yoksa seni de babanın evini de ateşle yakarız. Bizi buraya yoksullaştırmak için mi çağırdınız?

¹⁶Bunun üzerine Şimşon un karısı onun önünde ağlayarak, Benden sadece nefret ettin, beni hiç sevmedin! dedi, Halkımın oğullarına bir bilmece sordun ama anlamını bana açıklamadın. Şimşon ona, Ben bunu kendi babama ve anneme bile açıklamadım, sana mı açıklayayım? dedi.

¹⁷Şölenin sürdüğü yedi gün boyunca onun önünde ağladı. Yedinci gün Şimşon kadının kendisini çok rahatsız etmesine dayanamayıp bilmeceyi ona açıkladı; kadın da bunu kendi halkının oğullarına bildirdi.

¹⁸Yedinci gün, güneş doğmadan önce, kentin adamları Şimşon a, Baldan daha tatlı ne var? Aslandan daha güçlü ne var? dediler. Şimşon onlara, Eğer benim düveme saban koşmasaydınız, bilmecemi çözemezdiniz dedi.

¹⁹Rab bin Ruhu onun üzerine sıçradı; Aşkelon a inip onlardan otuz adam öldürdü, giysilerini soyup aldı ve bilmeceyi çözenlere bu giysi takımlarını verdi. Sonra büyük bir öfkeyle babasının evine döndü.

²⁰Şimşon un karısı ise, onunla dostluk kurmuş olan arkadaşlarından birine eş olarak verildi.

¹ΚΑΙ κατέβη Σαμψὼν εἰς Θαμναθὰ καὶ εἶδε γυναῖκα ἐν Θαμναθὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν ἀλλοφύλων.

²καὶ ἀνέβη καὶ ἀπήγγειλε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε· γυναῖκα ἑώρακα ἐν Θαμναθὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων Φυλιστιΐμ, καὶ νῦν λάβετε αὐτὴν ἐμοὶ εἰς γυναῖκα.

³καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ· μὴ οὐκ εἰσὶ θυγατέρες τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου καὶ ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου γυνή, ὅτι σὺ πορεύῃ λαβεῖν γυναῖκα ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τῶν ἀπεριτμήτων; καὶ εἶπε Σαμψὼν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· ταύτην λάβε μοι, ὅτι αὔτη εὐθεῖα ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου.

⁴καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι παρὰ Κυρίου ἐστίν, ὅτι ἐκδίκησιν αὐτὸς ζητεῖ ἐκ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων· καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι κυριεύοντες ἐν ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁵καὶ κατέβη Σαμψὼν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ εἰς Θαμναθά. καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος Θαμναθά, καὶ ἰδοὺ σκύμνος λέοντος ὠρυόμενος εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῦ·

⁶καὶ ἥλατο ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα Κυρίου, καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτόν, ὡσεὶ συντρίψει ἔριφον αἰγῶν, καὶ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ οὐκ ἀπήγγειλε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ ὃ ἐποίησε.

⁷καὶ κατέβησαν καὶ ἐλάλησαν τῇ γυναικί, καὶ ηὐθύνθη ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Σαμψών.

⁸καὶ ὑπέστρεψε μεθ᾿ ἡμέρας λαβεῖν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξέκλινεν ἰδεῖν τὸ πτῶμα τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ ἰδοὺ συναγωγὴ μελισσῶν ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ λέοντος καὶ μέλι.

⁹καὶ ἐξεῖλεν αὐτὸ εἰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπορεύετο πορευόμενος καὶ ἐσθίων· καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ πρὸς τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔφαγον· καὶ οὐκ ἀνήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἀπὸ στόματος τοῦ λέοντος ἐξεῖλε τὸ μέλι.

¹⁰κα’Ι κατέβη ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα· καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκεῖ Σαμψὼν πότον ἡμέρας ἑπτά, ὅτι οὕτως ποιοῦσιν οἱ νεανίσκοι.

¹¹καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε εἶδον αὐτόν, καὶ ἔλαβον τριάκοντα κλητούς, καὶ ἦσαν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹²καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Σαμψών· πρόβλημα ὑμῖν προβάλλομαι· ἐὰν ἀπαγγέλλοντες ἀπαγγείλητε αὐτὸ ἐν ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἡμέραις τοῦ πότου καὶ εὕρητε, δώσω ὑμῖν τριάκοντα σινδόνας καὶ τριάκοντα στολὰς ἱματίων·

¹³καὶ ἐὰν μὴ δύνησθε ἀπαγγεῖλαί μοι, δώσετε ὑμεῖς ἐμοὶ τριάκοντα ὀθόνια καὶ τριάκοντα ἀλλασσομένας στολὰς ἱματίων· καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· προβάλλου τὸ πρόβλημά σου, καὶ ἀκουσόμεθα αὐτό.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί βρωτὸν ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ βιβρώσκοντος καὶ ἀπὸ ἰσχυροῦ γλυκύ; καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο ἀπαγγεῖλαι τὸ πρόβλημα ἐπί τρεῖς ἡμέρας.

¹⁵καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ καὶ εἶπαν τῇ γυναικὶ Σαμψών· ἀπάτησον δὴ τὸν ἄνδρα σου καὶ ἀπαγγειλάτω σοι τὸ πρόβλημα, μή ποτε κατακαύσωμέν σε καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου ἐν πυρί· ἦ ἐκβιάσαι ἡμᾶς κεκλήκατε;

¹⁶καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ἡ γυνὴ Σαμψὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπε· πλὴν μεμίσηκάς με καὶ οὐκ ἠγάπησάς με, ὅτι τὸ πρόβλημα, ὃ προεβάλου τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ μου, οὐκ ἀπήγγειλάς μοι αὐτό· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Σαμψών· εἰ τῷ πατρί μου καὶ τῇ μητρί μου οὐκ ἀπήγγελκα, σοὶ ἀπαγγείλω;

¹⁷καὶ ἔκλαυσε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, ἃς ἦν αὐτοῖς ὁ πότος· καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῇ, ὅτι παρηνώχλησεν αὐτῷ· καὶ αὐτὴ ἀπήγγειλε τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτῆς.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ πρὸ τοῦ ἀνατεῖλαι τὸν ἥλιον· τί γλυκύτερον μέλιτος, καὶ τί ἰσχυρότερον λέοντος; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Σαμψών· εἰ μὴ ἠροτριάσατε ἐν τῇ δαμάλει μου, οὐκ ἂν ἔγνωτε τὸ πρόβλημά μου.

¹⁹καὶ ἥλατο ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα Κυρίου, καὶ κατέβη εἰς ᾿Ασκάλωνα καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐξ αὐτῶν τριάκοντα ἄνδρας καὶ ἔλαβε τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν καὶ ἔδωκε τὰς στολὰς τοῖς ἀπαγγείλασι τὸ πρόβλημα. καὶ ὠργίσθη θυμῷ Σαμψὼν καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.

²⁰καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ γυνὴ Σαμψὼν ἑνὶ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ, ὧν ἐφιλίασεν.

¹And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines.

²And he went up and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Phylistines; and now take her to me for a wife.

³And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and [is there not] a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she [is] right in my eyes.

⁴And his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought to be revenged on the Philistines: and at that time the Philistines lorded it over Israel.

⁵And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him.

⁶And the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done.

⁷And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.

⁸And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey [were] in the mouth of the lion.

⁹And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.

¹⁰And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.

¹¹And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.

¹²And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.

¹³And if ye cannot tell it me, ye shall give me thirty napkins and thirty changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound thy riddle, and we will hear it.

¹⁴And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.

¹⁵And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now thy husband, and let him tell thee the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: did ye invite us to do us violence?

¹⁶And Sampson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people thou hast not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee?

¹⁷And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.

¹⁸And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.

¹⁹And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ascalon, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Sampson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.

²⁰And the wife of Sampson was [given] to one of his friends, with whom he was on terms of friendship.