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1He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman, a harlot, and went in unto her.Andò eziandio a Gaza, e ivi vide una donna meretrice, ed entrò in casa di lei.HE went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman that was an harlot, and went in vnto her.Abiit quoque in Gazam, et vidit ibi mulierem meretricem, ingressusque est ad eam. 2And when the Philistines had heard this, and it was noised about among them, that Samson was come into the city, they surrounded him, setting guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all the night in silence, that in the morning they might kill him as he went out.La qual cosa avendo udita i Filistei, ed essendosi propalato tra loro, che Sansone era entrato nella città, lo circondarono, e posero guardie alle porte della città: e ivi aspettarono quietamente tutta la notte per ucciderlo la mattina, quando partisse.Which when the Philisthiims had heard, and it was bruted among them, that Samson was entered into the citie, they compassed him, keepers being sette in the gate of the citie: and there al the night wayting with silence, that in the morning they might kil him going out.Quod cum audissent Philisthiim, et percrebruisset apud eos intrasse urbem Samson, circumdederunt eum, positis in porta civitatis custodibus: et ibi tota nocte cum silentio præstolantes, ut facto mane exeuntem occiderent. 3But Samson slept till midnight, and then rising, he took both the doors of the gate, with the posts thereof and the bolt, and laying them on his shoulders, carried them up to the top of the hill, which looketh towards Hebron.Ma Sansone dormì sino alla mezza notte: e di poi alzatosi prese ambedue le porte della città co' loro contrafforti, e serrature, e messele sulle sue spalle, le portò alla cima del monte che guarda Hebron.But Samson slept vntil midnight, and then arising he tooke both the leaues of the gate, with their postes and locke, and laying them on his shoulders, caried them to the toppe of the mountaine, which looketh toward Hebron.Dormivit autem Samson usque ad medium noctem: et inde consurgens, apprehendit ambas portæ fores cum postibus suis et sera, impositasque humeris suis portavit ad verticem montis, qui respicit Hebron. 4After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Dalila.Amò di poi una donna che abitava nella valle di Sorec, chiamata Dalila.After these thinges he loued a woman, which dwelt in Valley Sorec, and she was called Dalila.Post hæc amavit mulierem, quæ habitabat in valle Sorec, et vocabatur Dalila.

5And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.E andarono a lei i principi de' Filistei, e dissero: Ingannalo, e fatti dire, donde a lui venga tanta fortezza, e in qual modo noi possiam superarlo e legarlo, e punirlo: se tu farai questo, ti daremo ciascun di noi mille, e cento monete d'argento.And the princes of the Philisthiims came to her, and said: Deceiue him, and learne of him, wherein he hath so great strength, and how we may be able to ouercome him, and being bound to afflict him. which if thou shalt doe, we wil geue thee euerie one a thousand and an hundred peeces of siluer.Veneruntque ad eam principes Philisthinorum, atque dixerunt: Decipe eum, et disce ab illo, in quo habeat tantam fortitudinem, et quomodo eam superare valeamus, et vinctum affligere: quod si feceris, dabimus tibi singuli mille et centum argenteos. 6And Dalila said to Samson: Tell me, I beseech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and what it is, wherewith if thou wert bound, thou couldst not break loose.Disse adunque Dalila a Sansone: Dimmi di grazia in che consista la tua somma fortezza; e qual sia quella cosa, colla quale tu essendo legato non potresti scappare.Dalila therfore spake to Samson: Tel me, I besech thee, wherein thy greatest strength is, and what it is wherewith being bound thou canst not breake forth.Locuta est ergo Dalila ad Samson: Dic mihi, obsecro, in quo sit tua maxima fortitudo, et quid sit quo ligatus erumpere nequeas ? 7And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.Le rispose Sansone: Ove io sia legato con sette corde fatte di nerbi freschi, e ancora umidi, io sarò debole come gli altri uomini.To whom Samson answered: If I shal be bound with seuen cordes of sinewes not yet drie, and moyste as yet, I shal be weake as ot hermen.Cui respondit Samson: Si septem nerviceis funibus necdum siccis, et adhuc humentibus, ligatus fuero, infirmus ero ut ceteri homines. 8And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she bound him;E i principi de' Filistei portarono a lei le sette corde, come avea detto: e con esse ella legollo,And the princes of the Philisthimesbrought vnto her seuen cordes, as he had said: with the which she bound him,Attuleruntque ad eam satrapæ Philisthinorum septem funes, ut dixerat: quibus vinxit eam,

9Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay.Stando quelli nella casa di lei in agguato, e aspettando l'esito dell'affare, ed ella gridò a lui: Sansone, i Filistei ti sono addosso. Ed egli ruppe le corde, come uno romperebbe un filo torto di cattiva stoppa, allorché ha sentito l'odor del fuoco: così non potè sapersi, donde fosse in lui tanta forza.ambushementes lying secretely in wayte neere her, and in the chamber expecting the end of the thing, and she cried to him: The Philisthijms vpon thee Samson. Who brake the bandes, as if a man should breake a thread of tow twyned with spittle, when it hath taken the sauor of fyre: and it was not knowen wherein his strength was.latentibus apud se insidiis, et in cubiculo finem rei expectantibus: clamavitque ad eum: Philisthiim super te, Samson. Qui rupit vincula, quomodo si rumpat quis filum de stuppæ tortum putamine, cum odorem ignis acceperit: et non est cognitum in quo esset fortitudo ejus. 10And Dalila said to him: Behold thou hast mocked me, and hast told me a false thing: but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound.E dissegli Dalila: Ecco che tu mi hai ingannata, e m'hai detto il falso: dimmi almeno adesso con qual cosa convenga legarti.And Dalila said to him: Behold thou hast deluded me, and hast spoken false: now at the least tel me wherwith thou mayest be bound.Dixitque ad eum Dalila: Ecce illusisti mihi, et falsum locutus es: saltem nunc indica mihi quo ligari debeas. 11And he answered her: If I shall be bound with new ropes, that were never in work, I shall be weak and like other men.Egli le rispose: Ove io sia legato con funi nuove, che non sieno state mai messe in opera, io sarò debole, e simile agli altri uominiTo whom he answered: If I shal be bound with new cordes, that were neuer occupied, I shal be weake, and like to other men.Cui ille respondit: Si ligatus fuero novis funibus, qui numquam fuerunt in opere, infirmus ero, et aliorum hominum similis. 12Dalila bound him again with these, and cried out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson, there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber. But he broke the bands like threads of webs.E Dalila legollo ancora con queste, e gridò: Sansone, i Filistei ti sono addosso: ed erano preparate in una stanza le insidie. Ma egli ruppe i legami come un tenue laccio.With the which Dalila againe bound him, and cried: The Philisthijmes vpon thee Samson, ambushementes being prepared in the chamber. Who did so breake the bandes as threades of linnen cloth.Quibus rursum Dalila vinxit eum, et clamavit: Philisthiim super te, Samson: in cubiculo insidiis præparatis. Qui ita rupit vincula quasi fila telarum.

13And Dalila said to him again: How long dost thou deceive me, and tell me lies? Shew me wherewith thou mayest be bound. And Samson answered her: If thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace, and tying them round about a nail, fastenest it in the ground, I shall be weak.E dissegli di bel nuovo Dalila: Sino a quando m'ingannerai, e dirai bugia? Insegnami con che convenga legarti. Risposele Sansone: Se le sette trecce de' miei capelli tu le tesserai nella tua tela, e attaccatovi un chiodo, lo ficcherai nella terra, io diventerò debole.And Dalila said to him againe: How long deceiuest thou me, and speakest false? Shew wherewith thou mayest be bound. To whom Samson answered: If thou platte seuen heares of my head with a heare lase, and fasten a nayle tyed round about them in the ground, I shal be weake.Dixitque Dalila rursum ad eum: Usquequo decipis me, et falsum loqueris ? ostende quo vinciri debeas. Cui respondit Samson: Si septem crines capitis mei cum licio plexueris, et clavum his circumligatum terræ fixeris, infirmus ero. 14And when Dalila had done this, she said to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking out of his sleep, he drew out the nail with the hairs and the lace.E avendo ciò fatto Dalila, gli disse: Sansone, i Filistei ti son addosso. Ed ei svegliato dal sonno sconficcò il chiodo co' capelli, e colla tela.Which when Dalila had done, she said to him: The Philisthijms vpon thee Samson. Who rysing vp from sleepe drew out the nayle with the heares and the heare lase.Quod cum fecisset Dalila, dixit ad eum: Philisthiim super te, Samson. Qui consurgens de somno extraxit clavum cum crinibus et licio. 15And Dalila said to him: How dost thou say thou lovest me, when thy mind is not with me? Thou hast told me lies these three times, and wouldst not tell me wherein thy greatest strength lieth.Ma Dalila gli disse: Come mai dici di amarmi, mentre il tuo cuore non è con me? Per tre volte mi hai detto bugia, e non hai voluto dirmi in che sia posta la massima tua fortezza.And Dalila said to him: How doest thou say that thou louest me, whereas thy mind is not with me? These three times thou hast lied to me, & wouldest not tel wherein thy greatest strength is.Dixitque ad eum Dalila: Quomodo dicis quod amas me, cum animus tuus non sit mecum ? Per tres vices mentitus es mihi, et noluisti dicere in quo sit maxima fortitudo tua. 16And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even unto death.E molestando, e standogli ella attorno continuamente per molti dì senza lasciargli spazio di riposare, s'illanguidì il suo spirito, e diede in un battimento mortale.And when she molested him, and continually hong vpon him for many daies, not geuing him space to rest, his soule faynted, and was wearied euen vnto death.Cumque molesta esset ei, et per multos dies jugiter adhæreret, spatium ad quietem non tribuens, defecit anima ejus, et ad mortem usque lassata est.

17Then opening the truth of the thing, he said to her: The razor hath never come upon my head, for I am a Nazarite, that is to say, consecrated to God from my mother’s womb: If my head be shaven, my strength shall depart from me, and I shall become weak, and shall be like other men.Allora manifestando la verità le disse: Non è mai passato il rasoio per la mia testa, perocché io son Nazareo, cioè consacrato a Dio dall'utero di mia madre: tosata che sia la mia testa, se n'anderà la mia fortezza, e verrà meno, e sarò come tutti gli altri uomini.Then opening the truth of the thing, he said to her: There neuer came yron vpon my head, because I am a Nazareite, that is to say, consecrated to God from my mothers wombe: if my head shal be shauen, my strength shal depart from me, and I shal fayle, and shal be as other men.Tunc aperiens veritatem rei, dixit ad eam: Ferrum numquam ascendit super caput meum, quia nazaræus, id est, consecratus Deo, sum de utero matris meæ: si rasum fuerit caput meum, recedet a me fortitudo mea, et deficiam, eroque sicut ceteri homines. 18Then seeing that he had discovered to her all his mind, she sent to the princes of the Philistines, saying: Come up this once more, for now he hath opened his heart to me. And they went up, taking with them the money which they had promised.Ed ella vedendo, com'egli le avea aperto il cuor suo, ne mandò avviso a' principi de' Filistei, e fece dir loro: Venite ancora per questa volta, perchè egli mi ha aperto il suo cuore. Ed essi andarono portando seco il denaro promesso.And she seing that he had confessed to her al his minde, sent to the princes of the Philisthijms and willed them: Come vp yet once more, for now he hath opened his hart to me. Who went vp taking with them the money which they had promised.Vidensque illa quod confessus ei esset omnem animum suum, misit ad principes Philisthinorum ac mandavit: Ascende adhuc semel, quia nunc mihi aperuit cor suum. Qui ascenderunt assumpta pecunia, quam promiserant. 19But she made him sleep upon her knees, and lay his head in her bosom. And she called a barber and shaved his seven locks, and began to drive him away, and thrust him from her: for immediately his strength departed from him.Ed ella lo fece addormentare sulle sue ginocchia, e posare il corpo sul suo seno. E chiamò un barbiere, il quale tosò le sette trecce di lui: e di poi cominciò a respingerlo, e cacciarlo da se: perocché subito ebbe egli perduta la sua fortezza:But she made him to sleepe vpon her knees, and to lay his head in her bosome. And she called a barber, and shaued his seuen heares, and beganne to driue him away, and thrust him from her: for immediately the streingth departed from him:At illa dormire eum fecit super genua sua, et in sinu suo reclinare caput. Vocavitque tonsorem, et rasit septem crines ejus, et cœpit abigere eum, et a se repellere: statim enim ab eo fortitudo discessit. 20And she said: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind: I will go out as I did before, and shake myself, not knowing that the Lord was departed from him.E disse: Sansone, i Filistei ti sono addosso. Ed egli svegliato dal sonno disse dentro di se: Io mi svilupperò, come per lo passato, e mi distrigherò: perocché non sapeva come il Signore si era ritirato da lui.and she said: The Philisthijms vpon thee Samson. Who arysing from sleepe, said in his mind: I wil goe forth as I did before, and wil shake my self, not knowing that our Lord was departed from him.Dixitque: Philisthiim super te, Samson. Qui de somno consurgens, dixit in animo suo: Egrediar sicut ante feci, et me excutiam: nesciens quod recessisset ab eo Dominus.

21Then the Philistines seized upon him, and forthwith pulled out his eyes, and led him bound in chains to Gaza, and shutting him up in prison made him grind.E i Filistei avendolo preso gli cavaron subito gli occhi, e lo condussero incatenato a Gaza, e chiusolo nella prigione gli fecero girar la macina.Whom when the Philisthijmes had apprehended, forthwith they plucked forth his eies, and led him to Gaza bound with chaynes, and being shut vp in prison they made him grinde.Quem cum apprehendissent Philisthiim, statim eruerunt oculos ejus, et duxerunt Gazam vinctum catenis, et clausum in carcere molere fecerunt. 22And now his hair began to grow again,E già cominciavano a rinascere i suoi capelli,And now his heares had begone to grow againe,Jamque capilli ejus renasci cœperunt. 23And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god, and to make merry, saying: Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands.Quando i Filistei si raunarono per offerire ostie solenni a Dagon loro dio, e far banchetto, dicendo: Il nostro dio ha dato nelle mani nostre il nemico nostro Sansone.and the princes of the Philisthijms assembled in one, that they might immolate magnifical hostes to Dagon their god, and might feast, saying: Our God hath deliuered our enemie Samson into our handes.Principes Philisthinorum convenerunt in unum ut immolarent hostias magnificas Dagon deo suo, et epularentur, dicentes: Tradidit deus noster inimicum nostrum Samson in manus nostras. 24And the people also seeing this, praised their god, and said the same: Our god hath delivered our adversary into our hands, him that destroyed our country, and killed very many.E ciò vedendo il popolo dava lodi al suo dio, e dicea similmente: Il nostro dio ha dato nelle mani nostre il nostro avversario, il qual devastò il nostro paese e uccise tanta gente.Which thing the people also seing, praysed their god, and said the same thinges: Our God hath deliuered our aduersarie into our handes, who destroyed our countrie, and killed verie manie.Quod etiam populus videns, laudabat deum suum, eademque dicebat: Tradidit deus noster adversarium nostrum in manus nostras, qui delevit terram nostram, et occidit plurimos. 25And rejoicing in their feasts, when they had now taken their good cheer, they commanded that Samson should be called, and should play before them. And being brought out of prison, he played before them; and they made him stand between two pillars.E banchettavano allegramente, e dopo aver ben mangiato ordinarono di far venire Sansone per prendersene trastullo. Ed egli tratto fuori del carcere serviva loro di divertimento: e lo fecero star ritto tra due colonne.And reioysing through out their bankettes, when they had now taken their good cheere, they commanded that Samson should be called, and should play before them. Who being brought out of prison played before them, and they made him to stand betwen two pillers.Lætantesque per convivia, sumptis jam epulis, præceperunt ut vocaretur Samson, et ante eos luderet. Qui adductus de carcere ludebat ante eos, feceruntque eum stare inter duas columnas.

26And he said to the lad that guided his steps: Suffer me to touch the pillars which support the whole house, and let me lean upon them, and rest a little.Ed egli disse al fanciullo che lo menava a mano: Lascia ch'io tocchi le colonne, sopra le quali posa tutta la casa, e mi appoggi ad esse, e riposi un tantino.Who said to the seruant that gouerned his steppes: Suffer me to touch the pillers, on which al the house stayeth, and let me leane vpon them, and rest a litle.Qui dixit puero regenti gressus suos: Dimitte me, ut tangam columnas, quibus omnis imminet domus, et recliner super eas, et paululum requiescam. 27Now the house was full of men and women, and all the princes of the Philistines were there. Moreover about three thousand persons of both sexes, from the roof and the higher part of the house, were beholding Samson’s play.Or la casa era piena di uomini, e di donne, e vi erano tutt'i principi de' Filistei, e v'eran circa tre mila persone dell'uno e dell'altro sesso, le quali dal tetto, e dal solaio stavano a vedere gli scherni fatti a Sansone.And the house was ful of men and wemen, and there were al the princes of the Philisthijms, also from the roofe and higher part, about three thousand of both sexe beholding Samson playing.Domus autem erat plena virorum ac mulierum, et erant ibi omnes principes Philisthinorum, ac de tecto et solario circiter tria millia utriusque sexus spectantes ludentem Samson. 28But he called upon the Lord, saying: O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, that I may revenge myself on my enemies, and for the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge.Ma egli invocò il Signore, e disse: Dio Signore, ricordati di me, e restituiscimi adesso la mia fortezza, Dio mio, affinchè io faccia vendetta de' miei nemici, e faccia loro pagare in una sola volta il fio della privazione de' miei due occhi.But he inuocating our Lord, said: Lord God remember me, & restore now to me myne old strength my God, that I may reuenge me of myne enemies, and for the losse of two eies may receiue one reuenge.At ille invocato Domino ait: Domine Deus, memento mei, et redde mihi nunc fortitudinem pristinam, Deus meus, ut ulciscar me de hostibus meis, et pro amissione duorum luminum unam ultionem recipiam. 29And laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and the other with his left,E prendendo le due colonne, sulle quali posava la casa, e una tenendone colla destra, l'altra colla sinistra,And taking both the pillers, on which the house rested, and holding the one in his right hand, and the other in his left,Et apprehendens ambas columnas quibus innitebatur domus, alteramque earum dextera et alteram læva tenens, 30He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude, that was there: and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life.Disse: Muoja io co' Filistei: e scosse con forza grande le colonne: rovinò la casa addosso a tutti i principi, e a tutto il resto della moltitudine che vi era, e molti più ne uccise egli morendo che non aveane uccisi pell'innanzi da vivo.he said: Let me die with the Philisthijms. And the pillers being strongly shaken, the house fel vpon al the princes, and the rest of the multitude, that was there: and he killed manie moe dying, then before he had killed liuing.ait: Moriatur anima mea cum Philisthiim. Concussisque fortiter columnis, cecidit domus super omnes principes, et ceteram multitudinem quæ ibi erat: multoque plures interfecit moriens, quam ante vivus occiderat.

31And his brethren and all his kindred, going down took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol, in the buryingplace of his father Manue: and he judged Israel twenty years.E andarono i suoi fratelli, e la tutta parentela, e preso il suo corpo lo seppellirono tra Saraa, ed Esthaol nel sepolcro del padre suo Manue. Ed egli fu giudice d'Israele per venti anni.And his brethren going downe and al his kindred, they tooke his bodie, and buried it betwixt Saraa and Esthaol in the sepulchre of his father Manue, and he iudged Israel twentie yeares.Descendentes autem fratres ejus et universa cognatio, tulerunt corpus ejus, et sepelierunt inter Saraa et Esthaol in sepulchro patris sui Manue: judicavitque Israël viginti annis.