¹Post aliquantulum autem temporis,Then, after some time,cum dies triticeæ messis instarent,when the days of the wheat harvest were near,venit Samson,Samson arrived,invisere volens uxorem suam,intending to visit his wife,et attulit ei hædum de capris.and he brought her a kid from the goats.Cumque cubiculum ejus solito vellet intrare,And when he wanted to enter her bedroom, as usual,prohibuit eum pater illius,her father prohibited him,dicens:saying:

¹Post aliquantulum autem temporis,Then, after some time,cum dies triticeæ messis instarent,when the days of the wheat harvest were near,venit Samson,Samson arrived,invisere volens uxorem suam,intending to visit his wife,et attulit ei hædum de capris.and he brought her a kid from the goats.Cumque cubiculum ejus solito vellet intrare,And when he wanted to enter her bedroom, as usual,prohibuit eum pater illius,her father prohibited him,dicens:saying:

²Putavi quod odisses eam,“I thought that you would hate her,et ideo tradidi illam amico tuo:and therefore I gave her to your friend.sed habet sororem,But she has a sister,quæ juniorwho is younger and more beautiful than she is.et pulchrior illa est:And she may be a wife for you,sit tibi pro ea uxor.instead of her.”

²Putavi quod odisses eam,“I thought that you would hate her,et ideo tradidi illam amico tuo:and therefore I gave her to your friend.sed habet sororem,But she has a sister,quæ juniorwho is younger and more beautiful than she is.et pulchrior illa est:And she may be a wife for you,sit tibi pro ea uxor.instead of her.”

³Cui Samson respondit:And Samson answered him:Ab hac die non erit culpa in me contra Philisthæos:“From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines.faciam enim vobis mala.For I will do harm to you all.”

³Cui Samson respondit:And Samson answered him:Ab hac die non erit culpa in me contra Philisthæos:“From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines.faciam enim vobis mala.For I will do harm to you all.”

⁴Perrexitque et cepit trecentas vulpes,And he went out and caught three hundred foxes.caudasque earum junxit ad caudas,And he joined them tail to tail.et faces ligavit in medio:And he tied torches between the tails.

⁴Perrexitque et cepit trecentas vulpes,And he went out and caught three hundred foxes.caudasque earum junxit ad caudas,And he joined them tail to tail.et faces ligavit in medio:And he tied torches between the tails.

⁵quas igne succendens,And setting these on fire,dimisit ut huc illucque discurrerent.he released them,Quæ statim perrexerunt in segetes Philisthinorum.so that they might rush from place to place.Quibus succensis,And immediately they went into the grain fields of the Philistines,et comportatæ jam fruges,setting these on fire,et adhuc stantes in stipula,both the grain that was already bound for carrying,concrematæ sunt,and what was still standing on the stalk.in tantum ut vineas quoqueThese were completely burned up,et oliveta flamma consumeret.so much so that the flame also consumed even the vineyards and the olive groves.

⁵quas igne succendens,And setting these on fire,dimisit ut huc illucque discurrerent.he released them,Quæ statim perrexerunt in segetes Philisthinorum.so that they might rush from place to place.Quibus succensis,And immediately they went into the grain fields of the Philistines,et comportatæ jam fruges,setting these on fire,et adhuc stantes in stipula,both the grain that was already bound for carrying,concrematæ sunt,and what was still standing on the stalk.in tantum ut vineas quoqueThese were completely burned up,et oliveta flamma consumeret.so much so that the flame also consumed even the vineyards and the olive groves.

⁶Dixeruntque Philisthiim:And the Philistines said,Quis fecit hanc rem?“Who has done this thing?”Quibus dictum est:And it was said:Samson gener Thamnathæi:“Samson,quia tulit uxorem ejus,the son-in-law of the Timnite,et alteri tradidit,because he took away his wife,hæc operatus est.and gave her to another.Ascenderuntque Philisthiim,He has done these things.”et combusserunt tam mulierem quam patrem ejus.And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.

⁶Dixeruntque Philisthiim:And the Philistines said,Quis fecit hanc rem?“Who has done this thing?”Quibus dictum est:And it was said:Samson gener Thamnathæi:“Samson,quia tulit uxorem ejus,the son-in-law of the Timnite,et alteri tradidit,because he took away his wife,hæc operatus est.and gave her to another.Ascenderuntque Philisthiim,He has done these things.”et combusserunt tam mulierem quam patrem ejus.And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.

⁷Quibus ait Samson:And Samson said to them,Licet hæc feceritis,“Even though you have done this,tamen adhuc ex vobis expetam ultionem,I will still fulfill vengeance against you,et tunc quiescam.and then I will be quieted.”

⁷Quibus ait Samson:And Samson said to them,Licet hæc feceritis,“Even though you have done this,tamen adhuc ex vobis expetam ultionem,I will still fulfill vengeance against you,et tunc quiescam.and then I will be quieted.”

⁸Percussitque eos ingenti plaga,And he struck them with a tremendous slaughter,ita ut stupentes suram femori imponerent.so much so that, out of astonishment, they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh.Et descendens habitavit in spelunca petræ Etam.And descending, he lived in a cave of the rock at Etam.

⁸Percussitque eos ingenti plaga,And he struck them with a tremendous slaughter,ita ut stupentes suram femori imponerent.so much so that, out of astonishment, they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh.Et descendens habitavit in spelunca petræ Etam.And descending, he lived in a cave of the rock at Etam.

⁹Igitur ascendentes Philisthiim in terram Juda,And so the Philistines,castrametati sunt in loco,ascending into the land of Judah,qui postea vocatus est Lechi,made camp at the place which was later called Lehi,id est,that is,Maxilla,the Jawbone,ubi eorum effusus est exercitus.where their army spread out.

⁹Igitur ascendentes Philisthiim in terram Juda,And so the Philistines,castrametati sunt in loco,ascending into the land of Judah,qui postea vocatus est Lechi,made camp at the place which was later called Lehi,id est,that is,Maxilla,the Jawbone,ubi eorum effusus est exercitus.where their army spread out.

¹⁰Dixeruntque ad eos de tribu Juda:And some from the tribe of Judah said to them,Cur ascendistis adversum nos?“Why have you ascended against us?”Qui responderunt:And they responded,Ut ligemus Samson venimus,“We have come to bind Samson,et reddamus ei quæ in nos operatus est.and to repay him for what he has done to us.”

¹⁰Dixeruntque ad eos de tribu Juda:And some from the tribe of Judah said to them,Cur ascendistis adversum nos?“Why have you ascended against us?”Qui responderunt:And they responded,Ut ligemus Samson venimus,“We have come to bind Samson,et reddamus ei quæ in nos operatus est.and to repay him for what he has done to us.”

¹¹Descenderunt ergo tria millia virorum de Juda ad specum silicis Etam,Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam.dixeruntque ad Samson:And they said to Samson:Nescis quod Philisthiim imperent nobis?“Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us?quare hoc facere voluisti?Why would you want to do this?”Quibus ille ait:And he said to them,Sicut fecerunt mihi,“As they have done to me,sic feci eis.so I have done to them.”

¹¹Descenderunt ergo tria millia virorum de Juda ad specum silicis Etam,Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam.dixeruntque ad Samson:And they said to Samson:Nescis quod Philisthiim imperent nobis?“Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us?quare hoc facere voluisti?Why would you want to do this?”Quibus ille ait:And he said to them,Sicut fecerunt mihi,“As they have done to me,sic feci eis.so I have done to them.”

¹²Ligare, inquiunt,And they said to him,te venimus, et tradere in manus Philisthinorum.“We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines.”Quibus Samson: Jurate,And Samson said to them,ait, et spondete mihi quod non occidatis me.“Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me.”

¹²Ligare, inquiunt,And they said to him,te venimus, et tradere in manus Philisthinorum.“We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines.”Quibus Samson: Jurate,And Samson said to them,ait, et spondete mihi quod non occidatis me.“Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me.”

¹³Dixerunt:They said:Non te occidemus,“We will not kill you.sed vinctum trademus.But we will deliver you tied.”Ligaveruntque eum duobus novis funibus,And they bound him with two new cords.et tulerunt eum de petra Etam.And they took him from the rock at Etam.

¹³Dixerunt:They said:Non te occidemus,“We will not kill you.sed vinctum trademus.But we will deliver you tied.”Ligaveruntque eum duobus novis funibus,And they bound him with two new cords.et tulerunt eum de petra Etam.And they took him from the rock at Etam.

¹⁴Qui cum venisset ad locum Maxillæ,And when he had arrived at the place of the Jawbone,et Philisthiim vociferantes occurrissent ei,and the Philistines,irruit spiritus Domini in eum:shouting aloud,et sicut solent ad odorem ignis lina consumi,had met him,ita vincula,the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him.quibus ligatus erat,And just as flax is usually consumed by a hint of fire,dissipata sunt et soluta.so were the ties with which he was bound broken and released.

¹⁴Qui cum venisset ad locum Maxillæ,And when he had arrived at the place of the Jawbone,et Philisthiim vociferantes occurrissent ei,and the Philistines,irruit spiritus Domini in eum:shouting aloud,et sicut solent ad odorem ignis lina consumi,had met him,ita vincula,the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him.quibus ligatus erat,And just as flax is usually consumed by a hint of fire,dissipata sunt et soluta.so were the ties with which he was bound broken and released.

¹⁵Inventamque maxillam,And finding a jawbone which was laying there,id est,that is,mandibulam asini,the jawbone of a donkey,quæ jacebat,snatching it up,arripiens interfecit in ea mille viros,he put to death a thousand men with it.

¹⁵Inventamque maxillam,And finding a jawbone which was laying there,id est,that is,mandibulam asini,the jawbone of a donkey,quæ jacebat,snatching it up,arripiens interfecit in ea mille viros,he put to death a thousand men with it.

¹⁶et ait:And he said,In maxilla asini,“With the jawbone of a donkey,in mandibula pulli asinarum,with the jaw of the colt of a donkey,delevi eos,I have destroyed them,et percussi mille viros.and I have struck down a thousand men.”

¹⁶et ait:And he said,In maxilla asini,“With the jawbone of a donkey,in mandibula pulli asinarum,with the jaw of the colt of a donkey,delevi eos,I have destroyed them,et percussi mille viros.and I have struck down a thousand men.”

¹⁷Cumque hæc verba canens complesset,And when he had completed these words,projecit mandibulam de manu,singing,et vocavit nomen loci illius Ramathlechi,he threw the jawbone from his hand.quod interpretatur,And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi,Elevatio maxillæ.which is translated as ‘the elevation of the jawbone.’

¹⁷Cumque hæc verba canens complesset,And when he had completed these words,projecit mandibulam de manu,singing,et vocavit nomen loci illius Ramathlechi,he threw the jawbone from his hand.quod interpretatur,And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi,Elevatio maxillæ.which is translated as ‘the elevation of the jawbone.’

¹⁸Sitiensque valde,And being very thirsty,clamavit ad Dominum,he cried out to the Lord,et ait:and he said:Tu dedisti in manu servi tui salutem hanc maximam atque victoriam:“You have given, to the hand of your servant, this very great salvation and victory.en siti morior,But see that I am dying of thirst,incidamque in manus incircumcisorum.and so I will fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.”

¹⁸Sitiensque valde,And being very thirsty,clamavit ad Dominum,he cried out to the Lord,et ait:and he said:Tu dedisti in manu servi tui salutem hanc maximam atque victoriam:“You have given, to the hand of your servant, this very great salvation and victory.en siti morior,But see that I am dying of thirst,incidamque in manus incircumcisorum.and so I will fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.”

¹⁹Aperuit itaque Dominus molarem dentem in maxilla asini,And so the Lord opened a large tooth in the jawbone of the donkey,et egressæ sunt ex eo aquæ.and water went out from it.Quibus haustis,And having drank it,refocillavit spiritum,his spirit was revived,et vires recepit.and he recovered his strength.Idcirco appellatum est nomen loci illius,For this reason,Fons invocantis de maxilla,the name of that place was called ‘the Spring called forth from the jawbone,’usque in præsentem diem.even to the present day.

¹⁹Aperuit itaque Dominus molarem dentem in maxilla asini,And so the Lord opened a large tooth in the jawbone of the donkey,et egressæ sunt ex eo aquæ.and water went out from it.Quibus haustis,And having drank it,refocillavit spiritum,his spirit was revived,et vires recepit.and he recovered his strength.Idcirco appellatum est nomen loci illius,For this reason,Fons invocantis de maxilla,the name of that place was called ‘the Spring called forth from the jawbone,’usque in præsentem diem.even to the present day.

²⁰Judicavitque Israël in diebus Philisthiim viginti annis.And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, for twenty years.

²⁰Judicavitque Israël in diebus Philisthiim viginti annis.And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, for twenty years.