1 καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαμψων ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Γάζαν καὶ εἶδεν ἐκεῖ γυναῖκα πόρνην καὶ πρὸς αὐτήν 2 καὶ τοῖς Γαζαίοις λέγοντες ἥκει Σαμψων ἐνταῦθα καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν καὶ ἐνήδρευσαν αὐτὸν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐπὶ τῆς πύλης τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἐκώφευσαν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα λέγοντες ἕως φωτὸς πρωὶ μείνωμεν καὶ αὐτόν 3 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Σαμψων ἕως τοῦ μεσονυκτίου καὶ περὶ τὸ μεσονύκτιον καὶ τῶν θυρῶν τῆς πύλης τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῶν δύο σταθμῶν καὶ αὐτὰς σὺν τῷ μοχλῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὰ ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν τοῦ ὄρους ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Χεβρων καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὰ ἐκεῖ 4 καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἠγάπησεν γυναῖκα ἐπὶ τοῦ χειμάρρου Σωρηχ καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῇ Δαλιλα 5 καὶ πρὸς αὐτὴν οἱ σατράπαι τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ ἀπάτησον αὐτὸν καὶ ἰδὲ ἐν τίνι ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἡ μεγάλη καὶ ἐν τίνι δυνησόμεθα πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ δήσομεν αὐτὸν ὥστε ταπεινῶσαι αὐτόν καὶ ἡμεῖς δώσομέν σοι ἀνὴρ χιλίους καὶ ἑκατὸν ἀργυρίου 6 καὶ εἶπεν Δαλιλα πρὸς Σαμψων μοι ἐν τίνι ἡ ἰσχύς σου ἡ μεγάλη καὶ ἐν τίνι δεθήσῃ τοῦ ταπεινωθῆναί σε 7 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὴν Σαμψων ἐὰν δήσωσίν με ἐν ἑπτὰ νευραῖς ὑγραῖς μὴ ἠρημωμέναις καὶ ἀσθενήσω καὶ ἔσομαι ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀνθρώπων 8 καὶ αὐτῇ οἱ σατράπαι τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἑπτὰ νευρὰς ὑγρὰς μὴ ἠρημωμένας καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐν αὐταῖς 9 καὶ τὸ ἔνεδρον αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ταμιείῳ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπὶ σέ Σαμψων καὶ τὰς νευράς ὃν τρόπον κλῶσμα τοῦ ἀποτινάγματος ἐν τῷ ὀσφρανθῆναι πυρός καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώσθη ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ 10 καὶ εἶπεν Δαλιλα πρὸς Σαμψων ἰδοὺ με καὶ ἐλάλησας πρός με ψευδῆ νῦν οὖν δή μοι ἐν τίνι δεθήσῃ 11 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτήν ἐὰν δεσμῷ δήσωσίν με ἐν ἑπτὰ καλωδίοις καινοῖς ἐν οἷς οὐκ ἐγενήθη ἔργον καὶ ἀσθενήσω καὶ ἔσομαι ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀνθρώπων 12 καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτῷ Δαλιλα καλώδια καινὰ καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπὶ σέ Σαμψων καὶ τὸ ἔνεδρον ἐν τῷ ταμιείῳ καὶ αὐτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν βραχιόνων αὐτοῦ ὡς ῤάμμα 13 καὶ εἶπεν Δαλιλα πρὸς Σαμψων ἕως νῦν με καὶ ἐλάλησας πρός με ψευδῆ δή μοι ἐν τίνι δεθήσῃ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτήν ἐὰν ὑφάνῃς τὰς ἑπτὰ σειρὰς τῆς κεφαλῆς μου μετὰ τοῦ διάσματος καὶ ἐν τῷ πασσάλῳ εἰς τὸν τοῖχον καὶ ἔσομαι ἀσθενὴς ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀνθρώπων 14 καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν Δαλιλα καὶ ἐδιάσατο τοὺς ἑπτὰ βοστρύχους τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῆς ἐκτάσεως καὶ ἐν τοῖς πασσάλοις εἰς τὸν τοῖχον καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπὶ σέ Σαμψων καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὕπνου αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς πασσάλους σὺν τῷ ὑφάσματι ἐκ τοῦ τοίχου καὶ τὸ δίασμα καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώσθη ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ 15 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Δαλιλα πῶς ἐρεῖς ἠγάπηκά σε καὶ ἡ καρδία σου οὐκ ἔστιν μετ' ἐμοῦ τοῦτο τρίτον με καὶ οὐκ μοι ἐν τίνι ἡ ἰσχύς σου ἡ μεγάλη 16 καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε αὐτὸν τοῖς λόγοις αὐτῆς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα καὶ αὐτόν καὶ ὠλιγοψύχησεν ἕως εἰς θάνατον 17 καὶ αὐτῇ πάντα τὰ ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ξυρὸν οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου ὅτι ναζιραῖος θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου καὶ ἐὰν ξυρήσωμαι ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἡ ἰσχύς μου καὶ ἀσθενήσω καὶ ἔσομαι κατὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους 18 καὶ εἶδεν Δαλιλα ὅτι αὐτῇ πάντα τὰ ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ καὶ καὶ ἐκάλεσεν πάντας τοὺς σατράπας τῶν ἀλλοφύλων λέγουσα τὸ ἅπαξ ὅτι μοι πᾶσαν τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ πρὸς αὐτὴν πᾶσαι αἱ σατραπίαι τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἤνεγκαν τὸ ἀργύριον ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν 19 καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν γονάτων αὐτῆς καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸν κουρέα καὶ ἐξύρησεν τοὺς ἑπτὰ βοστρύχους τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο ταπεινοῦσθαι καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ 20 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαλιλα οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπὶ σέ Σαμψων καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὕπνου αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν καὶ ποιήσω καθὼς ἀεὶ καὶ καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἔγνω ὅτι κύριος ἀπ' αὐτοῦ 21 καὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸν εἰς Γάζαν καὶ ἔδησαν αὐτὸν ἐν πέδαις χαλκαῖς καὶ ἦν ἀλήθων ἐν οἴκῳ τῆς φυλακῆς 22 καὶ ἤρξατο ἡ θρὶξ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ ἡνίκα ἐξυρήθη 23 καὶ οἱ σατράπαι τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τοῦ θῦσαι θυσίαν μεγάλην Δαγων τῷ θεῷ αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι καὶ εἶπαν ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐν χειρὶ ἡμῶν Σαμψων τὸν ἐχθρὸν ἡμῶν 24 καὶ εἶδεν αὐτὸν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ᾔνεσαν τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν τὸν ἐχθρὸν ἡμῶν ἐν χειρὶ ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν τὴν γῆν ἡμῶν ὅστις ἐπλήθυνεν τοὺς τραυματίας ἡμῶν 25 καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἠγαθύνθη ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν καλέσατε τὸν Σαμψων ἐξ οἴκου φυλακῆς καὶ παιξάτω ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν καὶ ἐκάλεσαν τὸν Σαμψων ἐξ οἴκου τῆς φυλακῆς καὶ αὐτῷ καὶ ἔστησαν αὐτὸν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο στύλων 26 καὶ εἶπεν Σαμψων πρὸς τὸ παιδάριον τὸν χειραγωγοῦντα αὐτόν με δὴ καὶ ποίησον ψηλαφῆσαί με ἐπὶ τοὺς στύλους ἐφ' ὧν ὁ οἶκος ἐπ' αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπ' αὐτούς ὁ δὲ παῖς ἐποίησεν οὕτως 27 ὁ δὲ οἶκος ἦν πλήρης ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν καὶ ἐκεῖ πάντες οἱ σατράπαι τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος ὡσεὶ τρισχίλιοι ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες τὸν Σαμψων 28 καὶ ἐβόησεν Σαμψων πρὸς κύριον καὶ εἶπεν κύριε κύριε μνήσθητί μου καὶ με δὴ πλὴν ἔτι τὸ ἅπαξ τοῦτο καὶ ἐκδίκησιν μίαν ἀντὶ τῶν δύο ὀφθαλμῶν μου ἐκ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων 29 καὶ Σαμψων τοὺς δύο στύλους τοὺς μέσους ἐφ' ὧν ὁ οἶκος ἐπ' αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπ' αὐτοῖς ἕνα ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕνα ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ αὐτοῦ 30 καὶ εἶπεν Σαμψων ἡ ψυχή μου μετὰ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἔκλινεν ἐν ἰσχύι καὶ ἔπεσεν ὁ οἶκος ἐπὶ τοὺς σατράπας καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ τεθνηκότες οὓς ἐθανάτωσεν Σαμψων ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτοῦ πλείους ὑπὲρ οὓς ἐθανάτωσεν ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ 31 καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὸν καὶ καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἀνὰ μέσον Σαραα καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Εσθαολ ἐν τῷ τάφῳ Μανωε τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν τὸν Ισραηλ εἴκοσι ἔτη