Judges 16
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Juízes 16
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Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her. | Sansão foi a Gaza, e viu ali uma prostituta, e entrou a ela. |
And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death. | E foi dito aos gazitas: Sansão entrou aqui. Cercaram-no, pois, e de emboscada à porta da cidade o esperaram toda a noite; assim ficaram quietos a noite toda, dizendo: Quando raiar o dia, matá-lo-emos. |
And Samson was there till the middle of the night; then he got up, and took a grip on the doors of the town, pulling them up, together with their two supports and their locks, and put them on his back and took them up to the top of the hill in front of Hebron. | Mas Sansão deitou-se até a meia-noite; então, levantando-se, pegou nas portas da entrada da cidade, com ambos os umbrais, arrancou-as juntamente com a tranca e, pondo-as sobre os ombros, levou-as até o cume do monte que está defronte de Hebrom. |
Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah. | Depois disto se afeiçoou a uma mulher do vale de Soreque, cujo nome era Dalila. |
And the chiefs of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Make use of your power over him and see what is the secret of his great strength, and how we may get the better of him, and put bands on him, so that we may make him feeble; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver. | Então os chefes dos filisteus subiram a ter com ela, e lhe disseram: Persuade-o, e vê em que consiste a sua grande força, e como poderemos prevalecer contra ele e amarrá-lo, para assim o afligirmos; e te daremos, cada um de nós, mil e cem moedas de prata. |
So Delilah said to Samson, Make clear to me now what is the secret of your great strength, and how you may be put in bands and made feeble. | Disse, pois, Dalila a Sansão: Declara-me, peço-te, em que consiste a tua grande força, e com que poderias ser amarrado para te poderem afligir. |
And Samson said to her, If seven new bow-cords which have never been made dry are knotted round me, I will become feeble and will be like any other man. | Respondeu-lhe Sansão: Se me amarrassem com sete cordas de nervos, ainda não secados, então me tornaria fraco, e seria como qualquer outro homem. |
So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him. | Então os chefes dos filisteus trouxeram a Dalila sete cordas de nervos, ainda não secados, com as quais ela o amarrou. |
Now she had men waiting secretly in the inner room; and she said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And the cords were broken by him as a twist of thread is broken when touched by a flame. So the secret of his strength did not come to light. | Ora, tinha ela em casa uns espias sentados na câmara interior. Então ela disse: Os filisteus vêm sobre ti, Sansão! E ele quebrou as cordas de nervos, como se quebra o fio da estopa ao lhe chegar o fogo. Assim não se soube em que consistia a sua força. |
Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands? | Disse, pois, Dalila a Sansão: Eis que zombaste de mim, e me disseste mentiras; declara-me agora com que poderia ser a amarrado. |
And he said to her, If they only put round me new thick cords which have never been used, then I will become feeble and will be like any other man. | Respondeu-lhe ele: Se me amarrassem fortemente com cordas novas, que nunca tivessem sido usadas, então me tornaria fraco, e seria como qualquer outro homem. |
So Delilah took new thick cords, knotting them tightly round him, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And men were waiting secretly in the inner room. And the cords were broken off his arms like threads. | Então Dalila tomou cordas novas, e o amarrou com elas, e disse-lhe: Os filisteus vêm sobre ti, Sansão! E os espias estavam sentados na câmara interior. Porém ele as quebrou de seus braços como a um fio. |
Then Delilah said to Samson, Up to now you have made sport of me with false words; now say truly, how may you be put in bands? And he said to her, If you get the seven twists of my hair worked into the cloth you are making and fixed with the pin, I will become feeble and will be like any other man. | Disse Dalila a Sansão: Até agora zombaste de mim, e me disseste mentiras; declara-me pois, agora, com que poderia ser amarrado. E ele lhe disse: Se teceres as sete tranças da minha cabeça com os liços da teia. |
So while he was sleeping she got the seven twists of his hair worked into her cloth and fixed with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. Then awaking from his sleep, he got up quickly, pulling up cloth and machine together. | Assim ela as fixou com o torno de tear, e disse-lhe: Os filisteus vêm sobre ti, Sansão! Então ele despertou do seu sono, e arrancou o torno do tear, juntamente com os liços da teia. |
And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength. | Disse-lhe ela: como podes dizer: Eu te amo! não estando comigo o teu coração? Já três vezes zombaste de mim, e ainda não me declaraste em que consiste a tua força. |
So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death. | E sucedeu que, importunando-o ela todos os dias com as suas palavras, e molestando-o, a alma dele se angustiou até a morte. |
And opening all his heart to her, he said to her, My head has never been touched by a blade, for I have been separate to God from the day of my birth: if my hair is cut off, then my strength will go from me and I will become feeble, and will be like any other man. | E descobriu-lhe todo o seu coração, e disse-lhe: Nunca passou navalha pela ninha cabeça, porque sou nazireu de Deus desde o ventre de minha mãe; se viesse a ser rapado, ir-se-ia de mim a minha força, e me tornaria fraco, e seria como qualquer outro homem. |
And when Delilah saw that he had let her see into his heart, she sent word to the chiefs of the Philistines saying, Come up this time, for he has let out all his heart to me. Then the chiefs of the Philistines came to her, with the money in their hands. | Vendo Dalila que ele lhe descobrira todo o seu coração, mandou chamar os chefes dos filisteus, dizendo: Subi ainda esta vez, porque agora me descobriu ele todo o seu coração. E os chefes dos filisteus subiram a ter com ela, trazendo o dinheiro nas maos. |
And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven twists of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him. | Então ela o fez dormir sobre os seus joelhos, e mandou chamar um homem para lhe rapar as sete tranças de sua cabeça. Depois começou a afligi-lo, e a sua força se lhe foi. |
Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him. | E disse ela: Os filisteus vêm sobre ti, Sansão! Despertando ele do seu sono, disse: Sairei, como das outras vezes, e me livrarei. Pois ele não sabia que o Senhor se tinha retirado dele. |
So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house. | Então os filisteus pegaram nele, arrancaram-lhe os olhos e, tendo-o levado a Gaza, amarraram-no com duas cadeias de bronze; e girava moinho no cárcere. |
But the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off. | Todavia o cabelo da sua cabeça, logo que foi rapado, começou a crescer de novo: |
And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to Dagon their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson our hater. | Então os chefes dos filisteus se ajuntaram para oferecer um grande sacrifício ao seu deus Dagom, e para se regozijar; pois diziam: Nosso deus nos entregou nas mãos a Sansão, nosso inimigo. |
And when the people saw him, they gave praise to their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands the one who was fighting against us, who made our country waste, and who put great numbers of us to death. | semelhantemente o povo, vendo-o, louvava ao seu deus, dizendo: Nosso Deus nos entregou nas mãos o nosso inimigo, aquele que destruía a nossa terra, e multiplicava os nossos mortos. |
Now when their hearts were full of joy, they said, Send for Samson to make sport for us. And they sent for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them; and they put him between the pillars. | E sucedeu que, alegrando-se o seu coração, disseram: Mandai vir Sansão, para que brinque diante de nós. Mandaram, pois, vir do cárcere Sansão, que brincava diante deles; e fizeram-no estar em pé entre as colunas. |
And Samson said to the boy who took him by the hand, Let me put my hand on the pillars supporting the house, so that I may put my back against them. | Disse Sansão ao moço que lhe segurava a mão: Deixa-me apalpar as colunas em que se sustém a casa, para que me encoste a elas. |
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and about three thousand men and women were on the roof, looking on while Samson made sport. | Ora, a casa estava cheia de homens e mulheres; e também ali estavam todos os chefes dos filisteus, e sobre o telhado havia cerca de três mil homens e mulheres, que estavam vendo Sansão brincar. |
And Samson, crying out to the Lord, said, O Lord God, do have me now in mind, and do make me strong only this once, O God, so that I may take one last payment from the Philistines for my two eyes. | Então Sansão clamou ao Senhor, e disse: Ó Senhor Deus! lembra-te de mim, e fortalece-me agora só esta vez, ó Deus, para que duma só vez me vingue dos filisteus pelos meus dois olhos. |
Then Samson put his arms round the two middle pillars supporting the house, putting his weight on them, on one with his right hand and on the other with his left. | Abraçou-se, pois, Sansão com as duas colunas do meio, em que se sustinha a casa, arrimando-se numa com a mão direita, e na outra com a esquerda. |
And Samson said, Let death overtake me with the Philistines. And he put out all his strength, and the house came down on the chiefs and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he sent to destruction by his death were more than all those on whom he had sent destruction in his life. | E bradando: Morra eu com os filisteus! inclinou-se com toda a sua força, e a casa caiu sobre os chefes e sobre todo o povo que nela havia. Assim foram mais os que matou ao morrer, do que os que matara em vida. |
Then his brothers and his father's people came down and took him up and put his body to rest in the earth between Zorah and Eshtaol in the resting-place of Manoah his father. And he had been judge of Israel for twenty years. | Então desceram os seus irmãos e toda a casa de seu pai e, tomando-o, o levaram e o sepultaram, entre Zorá e Estaol, no sepulcro de Manoá, seu pai. Ele havia julgado a Israel vinte anos. |