ሳምሶን ፍልስጥኤማውያንን ተበቀለ
1ከጥቂት ጊዜ በኋላ በስንዴ መከር ወራት ሳምሶን አንድ የፍየል ጠቦት ይዞ ሚስቱን ለማየት ሄደ፤ እርሱም፣ “ሚስቴ ወዳለችበት ጫጕላው ቤት ልግባ” አለ፤ አባቷ ግን እንዲገባ አልፈቀደለትም።
2አባትየውም፣ “ፈጽሞ የጠላሃት መሆንህን ስለ ተረዳሁ ለሚዜህ ድሬለታለሁ፤ ታናሽ እኅቷ ከእርሷ ይልቅ ውብ አይደለችምን? እርሷን አግባት” አለው።
3ሳምሶንም መልሶ፣ “ከእንግዲህ በፍልስጥኤማውያን ላይ በሚደርሰው ጕዳት ተጠያቂ አልሆንም” አላቸው። 4ከዚያም ወጥቶ በመሄድ ሦስት መቶ ቀበሮች ያዘ፤ የሁለት ሁለቱን ጭራ አንድ ላይ ካሰረ በኋላ ችቦ ወስዶ ጥንድ ሆኖ ከተያያዘው ጭራ ጋር አሰረው። 5ችቦውን በእሳት አቀጣጥሎ ቀበሮቹን በፍልስጥኤማውያን የእህል አዝመራ ላይ ለቀቃቸው፤ ነዶውንና የቆመውን አዝመራ እንዲሁም የወይኑንና የወይራውን ተክል አቃጠለ።
6ፍልስጥኤማውያን፣ “ይህን ያደረገው ማን ነው?” ብለው ሲጠይቁ፣ “ሚስቱ ለሚዜው ስለ ተሰጠችበት የተምናዊው ዐማች ሳምሶን ነው” የሚል መልስ አገኙ።
ስለዚህም ፍልስጥኤማውያን ወጥተው ሴቲቱንና አባቷን በእሳት አቃጥለው ገደሏቸው። 7ሳምሶንም፣ “እንግዲህ እናንተ ይህን ካደረጋችሁ እኔ ደግሞ ሳልበቀላችሁ አልመለስም” አለ። 8ክፉኛ መታቸው፤ ከነርሱም ብዙዎችን ገደለ፤ ከዚያም ወርዶ በኢታም ዐለት ዋሻ ተቀመጠ።
9ፍልስጥኤማውያን ወጥተው በይሁዳ ሰፈሩ፤ ከዚያም በሌሒ አጠገብ ተበታትነው አደፈጡ። 10የይሁዳም ሰዎች፣ “ልትወጉን የመጣችሁት ለምንድን ነው?” ሲሉ ጠየቋቸው።
እነርሱም “እኛ የመጣነው ሳምሶንን ልናስርና ያደረገብንን ልናደርግበት ነው” ብለው መለሱላቸው።
11ከዚያም ሦስት ሺሕ ሰዎች ከይሁዳ ተነሥተው በኤታም ዐለት ወዳለው ዋሻ ወርደው ሳምሶንን፣ “ፍልስጥኤማውያን ገዦቻችን መሆናቸውን አታውቅምን? ያደረግህብንስ ነገር ምንድን ነው?” ብለው ጠየቁት።
ሳምሶንም፣ “ያደረግሁት እነርሱ ያደረጉብኝን ነው” በማለት መለሰላቸው።
12እነርሱም፣ “አስረን ለፍልስጥኤማውያን ልንሰጥህ ይኸው መጥተናል” አሉት።
ሳምሶንም፣ “እናንተ ራሳችሁ ላትገድሉኝ ማሉልኝ” አላቸው።
13እነርሱም፣ “አስረን ብቻ ለእነርሱ አሳልፈን እንሰጥሃለን እንጂ ራሳችን አንገድልህም” አሉት፤ ከዚያ በሁለት አዳዲስ ገመድ አስረው ከዐለቱ ዋሻ አወጡት። 14ሳምሶን ሌሒ እንደ ደረሰም ፍልስጥኤማውያን እየጮኹ ወደ እርሱ መጡ፤ በዚህ ጊዜ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ በሳምሶን ላይ በኀይል ወረደበት። እጆቹ የታሰሩበትም ገመድ እሳት ውስጥ እንደ ገባ የተልባ እግር ፈትል ሆኖ ከእጆቹ ላይ ወደቀ። 15ከዚያም በቅርቡ የሞተ የአንድ የአህያ መንጋጋ አይቶ ከመሬት አነሣ፤ በዚያም አንድ ሺሕ ሰው ገደለ።
16ሳምሶንም፣
“በአንድ የአህያ መንጋጋ፣
ሺሕ ሰው ዘራሪ፤
በአንድ የአህያ መንጋጋ፣
ሺሕ ሬሳ አነባባሪ15፥16 በዕብራይስጡ አህያ የሚለው ቃል ፍም ከመረ ወይም አነባበረ ከሚለው ጋር ተመሳሳይ ነው።”
ብሎ ፎከረ። 17ይህን ተናግሮ እንዳበቃ የአህያውን መንጋጋ ከእጁ ወዲያ ወረወረው፤ የዚያም ቦታ ስም ራማት ሌሒ15፥17 ራማት ሌሒ ማለት የመንጋጋ ኰረብታ ክምር ማለት ነው። ተብሎ ተጠራ።
18እጅግ ተጠምቶ ስለ ነበር፤ “እነሆ፤ ለአገልጋይህ ይህን ታላቅ ድል አጐናጽፈሃል፤ ታዲያ አሁን በውሃ ጥም ልሙት? እንዴትስ በእነዚህ ባልተገረዙ ፍልስጥኤማውያን እጅ ልውደቅ?” በማለት ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኸ። 19እግዚአብሔርም በሌሒ ዐለት ሰነጠቀለት፤ ከዚያም ውሃ ወጣ፤ ሳምሶንም ያን ሲጠጣ በረታ፤ መንፈሱም ታደሰ። ስለዚህ ያ ምንጭ ዓይንሀቆሬ15፥19 ዓይንሀቆሬ ማለት የጠሪዎች ምንጭ ማለት ነው ተባለ፤ እስከ ዛሬም ድረስ በዚያው በሌሒ ይገኛል።
20ሳምሶንም በፍልስጥኤማውያን ዘመን በእስራኤል ላይ ለሃያ ዓመት ፈራጅ15፥20 በትውፊት መሳፍንት ይባላል። ሆነ።
1But 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. 2And 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.15.2 take…: Heb. let her be thine
3¶ And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.15.3 more…: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc 4And 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.15.4 firebrands: or, torches 5And 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. 8And 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. 10And 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. 11Then 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.15.11 went: Heb. went down 12And 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. 13And 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.15.14 loosed: Heb. were melted 15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.15.15 new: Heb. moist 16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.15.16 heaps upon…: Heb. an heap, two heaps 17And 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 Ramath-lehi.15.17 Ramath-lehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone
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? 19But 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 En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.15.19 En-hakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried15.19 the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter 20And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
