¹Abiit quoque in Gazam,He also went into Gaza.et vidit ibi mulierem meretricem,And there he saw a harlot woman,ingressusque est ad eam.and he entered to her.

¹Abiit quoque in Gazam,He also went into Gaza.et vidit ibi mulierem meretricem,And there he saw a harlot woman,ingressusque est ad eam.and he entered to her.

²Quod cum audissent Philisthiim,And when the Philistines had heard of this,et percrebruisset apud eos intrasse urbem Samson,and it had become well known among them, that Samson had entered the city,circumdederunt eum,they surrounded him,positis in porta civitatis custodibus:placing guards at the gate of the city.et ibi tota nocte cum silentio præstolantes,And there they were keeping watch all night in silence, so that,ut facto mane exeuntem occiderent.in the morning, they might kill him as he was going out.

²Quod cum audissent Philisthiim,And when the Philistines had heard of this,et percrebruisset apud eos intrasse urbem Samson,and it had become well known among them, that Samson had entered the city,circumdederunt eum,they surrounded him,positis in porta civitatis custodibus:placing guards at the gate of the city.et ibi tota nocte cum silentio præstolantes,And there they were keeping watch all night in silence, so that,ut facto mane exeuntem occiderent.in the morning, they might kill him as he was going out.

³Dormivit autem Samson usque ad medium noctem:But Samson slept until the middle of the night,et inde consurgens,and rising up from there,apprehendit ambas portæ fores cum postibus suishe took both doors from the gate,et sera,with their posts and bars.impositasque humeris suis portavit ad verticem montis,And laying them upon his shoulders,qui respicit Hebron.he carried them to the top of the hill that looks toward Hebron.

³Dormivit autem Samson usque ad medium noctem:But Samson slept until the middle of the night,et inde consurgens,and rising up from there,apprehendit ambas portæ fores cum postibus suishe took both doors from the gate,et sera,with their posts and bars.impositasque humeris suis portavit ad verticem montis,And laying them upon his shoulders,qui respicit Hebron.he carried them to the top of the hill that looks toward Hebron.

⁴Post hæc amavit mulierem,After these things,quæ habitabat in valle Sorec,he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek.et vocabatur Dalila.And she was called Delilah.

⁴Post hæc amavit mulierem,After these things,quæ habitabat in valle Sorec,he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek.et vocabatur Dalila.And she was called Delilah.

⁵Veneruntque ad eam principes Philisthinorum,And the leaders of the Philistines went to her,atque dixerunt:and they said:Decipe eum,“Deceive him,et disce ab illo, in quo habeat tantam fortitudinem,and learn from him wherein lies his great strength,et quomodo eum superare valeamus, et vinctum affligere:and how we may be able to overcome him and to impose restraints on him.quod si feceris,And if you will do this,dabimus tibi singuli mille et centum argenteos.each one of us will give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.”

⁵Veneruntque ad eam principes Philisthinorum,And the leaders of the Philistines went to her,atque dixerunt:and they said:Decipe eum,“Deceive him,et disce ab illo, in quo habeat tantam fortitudinem,and learn from him wherein lies his great strength,et quomodo eum superare valeamus, et vinctum affligere:and how we may be able to overcome him and to impose restraints on him.quod si feceris,And if you will do this,dabimus tibi singuli mille et centum argenteos.each one of us will give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.”

⁶Locuta est ergo Dalila ad Samson:Therefore, Delilah said to Samson,Dic mihi,“Tell me,obsecro,I beg you,in quo sit tua maxima fortitudo,wherein lies your very great strength,et quid sit quo ligatus erumpere nequeas?and with what might you be bound, so that you could not break free?”

⁶Locuta est ergo Dalila ad Samson:Therefore, Delilah said to Samson,Dic mihi,“Tell me,obsecro,I beg you,in quo sit tua maxima fortitudo,wherein lies your very great strength,et quid sit quo ligatus erumpere nequeas?and with what might you be bound, so that you could not break free?”

⁷Cui respondit Samson:And Samson answered her,Si septem nerviceis funibus necdum siccis,“If I will be bound with seven cords,et adhuc humentibus,made of sinews not yet dry,ligatus fuero,but still damp,infirmus ero ut ceteri homines.I will be weak like other men.”

⁷Cui respondit Samson:And Samson answered her,Si septem nerviceis funibus necdum siccis,“If I will be bound with seven cords,et adhuc humentibus,made of sinews not yet dry,ligatus fuero,but still damp,infirmus ero ut ceteri homines.I will be weak like other men.”

⁸Attuleruntque ad eam satrapæ Philisthinorum septem funes,And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords,ut dixerat:such as he had described.quibus vinxit eum,And she bound him with these.

⁸Attuleruntque ad eam satrapæ Philisthinorum septem funes,And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords,ut dixerat:such as he had described.quibus vinxit eum,And she bound him with these.

⁹latentibus apud se insidiis,And so, those hiding in ambush with her,et in cubiculo finem rei expectantibus:in the bedroom, were expecting the end of the matter.clamavitque ad eum:And she cried out to him,Philisthiim super te,“The Philistines are upon you,Samson.Samson!”Qui rupit vincula,And he broke the cords,quomodo si rumpat quis filum de stuppæ tortum putamine, cum odorem ignis acceperit:as one would break a thread of flax, twisted for cutting and singed by fire.et non est cognitum in quo esset fortitudo ejus.And so it was not known wherein lay his strength.

⁹latentibus apud se insidiis,And so, those hiding in ambush with her,et in cubiculo finem rei expectantibus:in the bedroom, were expecting the end of the matter.clamavitque ad eum:And she cried out to him,Philisthiim super te,“The Philistines are upon you,Samson.Samson!”Qui rupit vincula,And he broke the cords,quomodo si rumpat quis filum de stuppæ tortum putamine, cum odorem ignis acceperit:as one would break a thread of flax, twisted for cutting and singed by fire.et non est cognitum in quo esset fortitudo ejus.And so it was not known wherein lay his strength.

¹⁰Dixitque ad eum Dalila:And Delilah said to him:Ecce illusisti mihi,“Behold, you have mocked me,et falsum locutus es:and you have spoken a falsehood.saltem nunc indica mihi quo ligari debeas.But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”

¹⁰Dixitque ad eum Dalila:And Delilah said to him:Ecce illusisti mihi,“Behold, you have mocked me,et falsum locutus es:and you have spoken a falsehood.saltem nunc indica mihi quo ligari debeas.But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”

¹¹Cui ille respondit:And he answered her,Si ligatus fuero novis funibus,“If I will be bound with new cords,qui numquam fuerunt in opere,which have never been used,infirmus ero,I will be weaket aliorum hominum similis.and like other men.”

¹¹Cui ille respondit:And he answered her,Si ligatus fuero novis funibus,“If I will be bound with new cords,qui numquam fuerunt in opere,which have never been used,infirmus ero,I will be weaket aliorum hominum similis.and like other men.”

¹²Quibus rursum Dalila vinxit eum,Again, Delilah tied him with these,et clamavit:and she cried out,Philisthiim super te,“The Philistines are upon you,Samson:Samson!”in cubiculo insidiis præparatis.For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom.Qui ita rupit vincula quasi fila telarum.But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web.

¹²Quibus rursum Dalila vinxit eum,Again, Delilah tied him with these,et clamavit:and she cried out,Philisthiim super te,“The Philistines are upon you,Samson:Samson!”in cubiculo insidiis præparatis.For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom.Qui ita rupit vincula quasi fila telarum.But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web.

¹³Dixitque Dalila rursum ad eum:And Delilah spoke to him again:Usquequo decipis me, et falsum loqueris?“How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods?ostende quo vinciri debeas.Reveal with what you ought to be bound.”Cui respondit Samson:And Samson responded to her,Si septem crines capitis mei cum licio plexueris,“If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom,et clavum his circumligatum terræ fixeris,and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground,infirmus ero.I will be weak.”

¹³Dixitque Dalila rursum ad eum:And Delilah spoke to him again:Usquequo decipis me, et falsum loqueris?“How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods?ostende quo vinciri debeas.Reveal with what you ought to be bound.”Cui respondit Samson:And Samson responded to her,Si septem crines capitis mei cum licio plexueris,“If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom,et clavum his circumligatum terræ fixeris,and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground,infirmus ero.I will be weak.”

¹⁴Quod cum fecisset Dalila,And when Delilah had done this,dixit ad eum:she said to him,Philisthiim super te,“The Philistines are upon you,Samson.Samson.”Qui consurgens de somno extraxit clavum cum crinibusAnd arising from sleep,et licio.he withdrew the spike with the hairs and the weaving.

¹⁴Quod cum fecisset Dalila,And when Delilah had done this,dixit ad eum:she said to him,Philisthiim super te,“The Philistines are upon you,Samson.Samson.”Qui consurgens de somno extraxit clavum cum crinibusAnd arising from sleep,et licio.he withdrew the spike with the hairs and the weaving.

¹⁵Dixitque ad eum Dalila:And Delilah said to him:Quomodo dicis quod amas me,“How can you say that you love me,cum animus tuus non sit mecum?when your soul is not with me?Per tres vices mentitus es mihi,You have lied to me on three occasions,et noluisti dicere in quo sit maxima fortitudo tua.and you are not willing to reveal wherein lies your very great strength.”

¹⁵Dixitque ad eum Dalila:And Delilah said to him:Quomodo dicis quod amas me,“How can you say that you love me,cum animus tuus non sit mecum?when your soul is not with me?Per tres vices mentitus es mihi,You have lied to me on three occasions,et noluisti dicere in quo sit maxima fortitudo tua.and you are not willing to reveal wherein lies your very great strength.”

¹⁶Cumque molesta esset ei,And when she had been very troublesome to him,et per multos dies jugiter adhæreret,and over many days had continually stayed nearby,spatium ad quietem non tribuens,giving him no time to rest,defecit anima ejus,his soul was faint,et ad mortem usque lassata est.and he was weary, even unto death.

¹⁶Cumque molesta esset ei,And when she had been very troublesome to him,et per multos dies jugiter adhæreret,and over many days had continually stayed nearby,spatium ad quietem non tribuens,giving him no time to rest,defecit anima ejus,his soul was faint,et ad mortem usque lassata est.and he was weary, even unto death.

¹⁷Tunc aperiens veritatem rei,Then disclosing the truth of the matter,dixit ad eam:he said to her:Ferrum numquam ascendit super caput meum,“Iron has never been drawn across my head,quia nazaræus,for I am a Nazirite,id est,that is,consecratus Deo, sum de utero matris meæ:I have been consecrated to God from my mother’s womb.si rasum fuerit caput meum,If my head will be shaven,recedet a me fortitudo mea,my strength will depart from me,et deficiam, eroque sicut ceteri homines.and I will be faint and will be like other men.”

¹⁷Tunc aperiens veritatem rei,Then disclosing the truth of the matter,dixit ad eam:he said to her:Ferrum numquam ascendit super caput meum,“Iron has never been drawn across my head,quia nazaræus,for I am a Nazirite,id est,that is,consecratus Deo, sum de utero matris meæ:I have been consecrated to God from my mother’s womb.si rasum fuerit caput meum,If my head will be shaven,recedet a me fortitudo mea,my strength will depart from me,et deficiam, eroque sicut ceteri homines.and I will be faint and will be like other men.”

¹⁸Vidensque illa quod confessus ei esset omnem animum suum,Then,misit ad principes Philisthinorumseeing that he had confessed to her his whole soul,ac mandavit:she sent to the leaders of the Philistines and ordered:Ascende adhuc semel,“Come up just once more.quia nunc mihi aperuit cor suum.For now he has opened his heart to me.”Qui ascenderunt assumpta pecunia,And they went up,quam promiserant.taking with them the money that they had promised.

¹⁸Vidensque illa quod confessus ei esset omnem animum suum,Then,misit ad principes Philisthinorumseeing that he had confessed to her his whole soul,ac mandavit:she sent to the leaders of the Philistines and ordered:Ascende adhuc semel,“Come up just once more.quia nunc mihi aperuit cor suum.For now he has opened his heart to me.”Qui ascenderunt assumpta pecunia,And they went up,quam promiserant.taking with them the money that they had promised.

¹⁹At illa dormire eum fecit super genua sua,But she made him sleep upon her knees,et in sinu suo reclinare caput.and recline his head upon her bosom.Vocavitque tonsorem,And she called a barber,et rasit septem crines ejus,and he shaved his seven locks of hair.et cœpit abigere eum,And she began to push him away,et a se repellere:and to repel him from herself.statim enim ab eo fortitudo discessit.For immediately his strength departed from him.

¹⁹At illa dormire eum fecit super genua sua,But she made him sleep upon her knees,et in sinu suo reclinare caput.and recline his head upon her bosom.Vocavitque tonsorem,And she called a barber,et rasit septem crines ejus,and he shaved his seven locks of hair.et cœpit abigere eum,And she began to push him away,et a se repellere:and to repel him from herself.statim enim ab eo fortitudo discessit.For immediately his strength departed from him.

²⁰Dixitque:And she said,Philisthiim super te,“The Philistines are upon you,Samson.Samson!”Qui de somno consurgens,And awaking from sleep,dixit in animo suo:he said in his mind,Egrediar sicut ante feci,“I will break away and shake myself free,et me excutiam:just as I did before.”nesciens quod recessisset ab eo Dominus.For he did not know that the Lord had withdrawn from him.

²⁰Dixitque:And she said,Philisthiim super te,“The Philistines are upon you,Samson.Samson!”Qui de somno consurgens,And awaking from sleep,dixit in animo suo:he said in his mind,Egrediar sicut ante feci,“I will break away and shake myself free,et me excutiam:just as I did before.”nesciens quod recessisset ab eo Dominus.For he did not know that the Lord had withdrawn from him.

²¹Quem cum apprehendissent Philisthiim,And when the Philistines had seized him,statim eruerunt oculos ejus,they immediately plucked out his eyes.et duxerunt Gazam vinctum catenis,And they led him, bound in chains, to Gaza.et clausum in carcere molere fecerunt.And enclosing him in a prison, they made him work a millstone.

²¹Quem cum apprehendissent Philisthiim,And when the Philistines had seized him,statim eruerunt oculos ejus,they immediately plucked out his eyes.et duxerunt Gazam vinctum catenis,And they led him, bound in chains, to Gaza.et clausum in carcere molere fecerunt.And enclosing him in a prison, they made him work a millstone.

²²Jamque capilli ejus renasci cœperunt.And now his hair began to grow back.

²²Jamque capilli ejus renasci cœperunt.And now his hair began to grow back.

²³Et principes Philisthinorum convenerunt in unum ut immolarent hostias magnificas Dagon deo suo,And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god.et epularentur,And they feasted,dicentes:saying,Tradidit deus noster inimicum nostrum Samson in manus nostras.“Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.”

²³Et principes Philisthinorum convenerunt in unum ut immolarent hostias magnificas Dagon deo suo,And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god.et epularentur,And they feasted,dicentes:saying,Tradidit deus noster inimicum nostrum Samson in manus nostras.“Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.”

²⁴Quod etiam populus videns,Then, too, the people,laudabat deum suum,seeing this,eademque dicebat:praised their god,Tradidit deus noster adversarium nostrum in manus nostras,and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands:qui delevit terram nostram, et occidit plurimos.the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”

²⁴Quod etiam populus videns,Then, too, the people,laudabat deum suum,seeing this,eademque dicebat:praised their god,Tradidit deus noster adversarium nostrum in manus nostras,and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands:qui delevit terram nostram, et occidit plurimos.the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”

²⁵Lætantesque per convivia,And rejoicing in their celebration,sumptis jam epulis,having now taken food,præceperunt ut vocaretur Samson,they instructed that Samson be called,et ante eos luderet.and that he be mocked before them.Qui adductus de carcere ludebat ante eos,And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them.feceruntque eum stare inter duas columnas.And they caused him to stand between two pillars.

²⁵Lætantesque per convivia,And rejoicing in their celebration,sumptis jam epulis,having now taken food,præceperunt ut vocaretur Samson,they instructed that Samson be called,et ante eos luderet.and that he be mocked before them.Qui adductus de carcere ludebat ante eos,And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them.feceruntque eum stare inter duas columnas.And they caused him to stand between two pillars.

²⁶Qui dixit puero regenti gressus suos:And he said to the boy who was guiding his steps,Dimitte me, ut tangam columnas,“Permit me to touch the pillars,quibus omnis imminet domus,which support the entire house,et recliner super eas,and to lean against them,et paululum requiescam.so that I may rest a little.”

²⁶Qui dixit puero regenti gressus suos:And he said to the boy who was guiding his steps,Dimitte me, ut tangam columnas,“Permit me to touch the pillars,quibus omnis imminet domus,which support the entire house,et recliner super eas,and to lean against them,et paululum requiescam.so that I may rest a little.”

²⁷Domus autem erat plena virorum ac mulierum,Now the house was full of men and women. And all the leaders of the Philistines were there,et erant ibi omnes principes Philisthinorum,as well as about three thousand persons, of both sexes,ac de tecto et solario circiter tria millia utriusque sexus spectantes ludentem Samson.on the roof and in the upper level of the house, who were watching Samson being mocked.

²⁷Domus autem erat plena virorum ac mulierum,Now the house was full of men and women. And all the leaders of the Philistines were there,et erant ibi omnes principes Philisthinorum,as well as about three thousand persons, of both sexes,ac de tecto et solario circiter tria millia utriusque sexus spectantes ludentem Samson.on the roof and in the upper level of the house, who were watching Samson being mocked.

²⁸At ille invocato Domino ait:Then, calling upon the Lord, he said,Domine Deus, memento mei,“O Lord God remember me,et redde mihi nunc fortitudinem pristinam,and restore to me now my former strength, O my God,Deus meus, ut ulciscar me de hostibus meis,so that I may avenge myself against my enemies,et pro amissione duorum luminum unam ultionem recipiam.and so that I may receive one vengeance for the deprivation of my two eyes.”

²⁸At ille invocato Domino ait:Then, calling upon the Lord, he said,Domine Deus, memento mei,“O Lord God remember me,et redde mihi nunc fortitudinem pristinam,and restore to me now my former strength, O my God,Deus meus, ut ulciscar me de hostibus meis,so that I may avenge myself against my enemies,et pro amissione duorum luminum unam ultionem recipiam.and so that I may receive one vengeance for the deprivation of my two eyes.”

²⁹Et apprehendens ambas columnas quibus innitebatur domus,And taking hold of both the pillars,alteramque earum dexteraon which the house rested,et alteram læva tenens,and holding one with his right hand and the other with his left,

²⁹Et apprehendens ambas columnas quibus innitebatur domus,And taking hold of both the pillars,alteramque earum dexteraon which the house rested,et alteram læva tenens,and holding one with his right hand and the other with his left,

³⁰ait: Moriatur anima mea cum Philisthiim.he said, “May my life die with the Philistines.”Concussisque fortiter columnis,And when he had shaken the pillars strongly,cecidit domus super omnes principes,the house fell upon all the leaders,et ceteram multitudinem quæ ibi erat:and the rest of the multitude who were there.multoque plures interfecit moriens, quam ante vivus occiderat.And he killed many more in his death than he had killed before in his life.

³⁰ait: Moriatur anima mea cum Philisthiim.he said, “May my life die with the Philistines.”Concussisque fortiter columnis,And when he had shaken the pillars strongly,cecidit domus super omnes principes,the house fell upon all the leaders,et ceteram multitudinem quæ ibi erat:and the rest of the multitude who were there.multoque plures interfecit moriens, quam ante vivus occiderat.And he killed many more in his death than he had killed before in his life.

³¹Descendentes autem fratres ejus et universa cognatio,Then his brothers and all his relatives,tulerunt corpus ejus,going down, took his body,et sepelierunt inter Saraa et Esthaol in sepulchro patris sui Manue:and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of his father, Manoah.judicavitque Israël viginti annis.And he judged Israel for twenty years.

³¹Descendentes autem fratres ejus et universa cognatio,Then his brothers and all his relatives,tulerunt corpus ejus,going down, took his body,et sepelierunt inter Saraa et Esthaol in sepulchro patris sui Manue:and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of his father, Manoah.judicavitque Israël viginti annis.And he judged Israel for twenty years.