士16:1 参孙往迦萨去，在那里看见一个妓女，就进去与她亲近。
士16:1 Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.
士16:2 有人告诉迦萨人说：“参孙到这里来了。”他们就把他围住，整夜在城门口埋伏着，整夜默不作声，心里说：“等到早晨天亮，我们才杀他。”
士16:2 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.
士16:3 参孙睡到半夜，就在半夜起来，抓紧城门的门扇和两边门柱，把它们与门闩一起拔起来，放在自己的肩头上，扛到希伯仑对面的山顶去。
士16:3 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.
士16:4 后来参孙在梭烈谷又爱上了一个妇人，名叫大利拉。
士16:4 Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah.
士16:5 非利士人的领袖上到妇人那里去，对她说：“请你引诱他，看看他因什么缘故有这样大的力气，我们用什么方法才能胜过他，把他捆绑，好制伏他；我们每人就给你十二公斤银子。”
士16:5 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.
士16:6 大利拉对参孙说：“求你告诉我，你因什么缘故有这样大的力气，要用什么方法才能捆绑你，好把你制伏。”
士16:6 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.
士16:7 参孙对她说：“如果人用七条未干的青绳子捆绑我，我就会软弱无力，像平常人一样。”
士16:7 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.
士16:8 于是非利士人的领袖把七条未干的青绳子，带上来给那妇人，她就用那些绳子把参孙捆绑起来。
士16:8 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.
士16:9 有人埋伏在她的内室里等候着；她对参孙说：“参孙哪，非利士人上来捉你了！”参孙就挣断绳子，像麻线被火烧断一样。这样，他力气的由来，还是没有人知道。
士16:9 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.
士16:10 大利拉对参孙说：“你作弄我，向我说谎；现在求你告诉我，用什么东西才能把你捆绑。”
士16:10 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?
士16:11 参孙对她说：“如果人用从未使用过的新绳子把我紧紧地捆绑起来，我就软弱无力，像平常人一样。”
士16:11 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.
士16:12 于是大利拉把新绳子拿了来，把参孙捆绑了，对他说：“参孙哪，非利士人上来捉你了！”当时有人埋伏在她的内室里等候着。参孙把绳子从手臂上挣断下来，像挣断一根线一样。
士16:12 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.
士16:13 大利拉对参孙说：“到现在你还是作弄我，向我说谎；求你告诉我，人怎样才能捆绑你。”参孙对她说：“如果你把我头上的七条发辫与织布机上的纬线编织在一起就可以了。”
士16:13 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.
士16:14 于是大利拉把他的发辫与织布机上的纬线同织在一起，再用木橛钉紧，对参孙说：“参孙哪，非利士人上来捉你了！”参孙从睡梦中醒来，竟把织布机上的木橛，和纬线都拔了出来。
士16:14 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.
士16:15 大利拉对参孙说：“你既然对我不真心，你怎能说：‘我爱你’？你这三次作弄我，没有告诉我你这么大的力气是哪里来的。”
士16:15 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.
士16:16 大利拉天天用话逼他，催他，以致他的心烦得要死。
士16:16 So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.
士16:17 参孙就把他心中的一切告诉了她，对她说：“向来没有人用剃刀剃过我的头，因为我自出母胎就归 神作拿细耳人，如果人剃去我的头发，我的力气就离开了我，我就软弱无力，像所有人一样。”
士16:17 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.
士16:18 大利拉见参孙把心中的一切都告诉了她，就派人去请非利士人的领袖来，说：“这一次你们上来吧！因为他已经把心中的一切都告诉了我。”于是非利士人的领袖上到妇人那里，手里带着银子上去。
士16:18 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.
士16:19 大利拉使参孙睡在自己的膝上，又叫了一个人来，把参孙头上的七条发辫都剃去；大利拉就克制了他，因他的力气离开了他。
士16:19 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.
士16:20 大利拉说：“参孙哪，非利士人上来捉你了！”参孙从睡梦中醒来，心里说：“我要像前几次一样挣扎出去，必能脱身。”但他不知道耶和华已经离开他了。
士16:20 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.
士16:21 非利士人把他捉住，剜去了他的眼睛，带他下到迦萨，用铜炼捆绑着他，他就在监牢里推磨。
士16:21 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.
士16:22 但是他的头发被剃去以后，又开始生长起来了。
士16:22 But the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off.
士16:23 非利士人的领袖聚集起来，要给他们的神大衮献大祭，并且欢乐庆祝；他们说：“我们的神把我们的仇敌参孙交在我们手中了。”
士16:23 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.
士16:24 众人看见了参孙，就赞美他们的神，说：“我们的神把我们的仇敌，就是那毁坏我们的地，又杀死我们很多人的，交在我们手中了。”
士16:24 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.
士16:25 他们心里正在高兴的时候，就说：“叫参孙来，给我们耍耍把戏。”于是有人把参孙从监牢里叫出来；参孙就在他们面前耍把戏，他们又把他放在两根柱子中间。
士16:25 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.
士16:26 参孙对拉着他手的童子说：“请你让我摸摸支撑着这庙宇的柱子，我要在柱子上靠一靠。”
士16:26 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.
士16:27 那时房子里满了男男女女，非利士人的领袖也在那里；在房子的平顶上约有三千男女，都在观看参孙耍把戏。
士16:27 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.
士16:28 参孙呼求耶和华，说：“主耶和华啊，求你记念我； 神啊，求你加强我这一次的力量，只这一次罢了，使我尽一次在非利士人身上报那剜我双眼的仇！”
士16:28 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.
士16:29 参孙就抱住那支撑着房子中间的两根柱子，右手抱一根，左手抱一根。
士16:29 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.
士16:30 然后参孙说：“让我与非利士人同归于尽吧！”于是尽力屈身，房子就倒塌，压在众领袖和房子里所有的人身上。这样，参孙死的时候杀死的人，比他活着的时候杀死的人还多。
士16:30 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.
士16:31 参孙的众兄弟和他父亲的全家都下来，收殓他的尸体，把他抬上去，埋葬在琐拉和以实陶之间，在他父亲玛挪亚的坟墓里。参孙治理了以色列人二十年。
士16:31 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.