Shìshījì 15

1 Guō le xiē rìzi , dào gē maìzi de shíhou , Cānsūn daì zhe yī zhǐ shānyánggāo qù kàn tāde qī , shuō , wǒ yào jìn neì shì jiàn wǒde qī . tā yuèfù bùróng tā jìn qù ,

2 Shuō , wǒ gū déng nǐ shì jíqí hèn tā , yīncǐ wǒ jiāng tā gĕi le nǐde péibàn . tāde meìzi bú shì bǐ tā hái mĕilì ma . nǐ kĕyǐ qǔ lái daìtì tā ba .

3 Cānsūn shuō , zhè huí wǒ jiā haì yú Fēilìshì rén bú suàn yǒu zuì .

4 Yúshì Cānsūn qù zhuō le sān bǎi zhǐ húli ( huò zuò yĕ gǒu ) , jiāng húli wĕiba yī duì yī duì dì kún shàng , jiāng huǒbǎ kún zaì liǎng tiaó wĕiba zhōngjiān ,

5 Diǎn zhe huǒbǎ , jiù fàng húli jìnrù Fēilìshì rén zhàn zhe de hé jià , jiāng duī jí de hé kún hé wèi gē de hé jià , bìng gǎnlǎn yuán jǐn dōu shāo le .

6 Fēilìshì rén shuō , zhè shì shì shuí zuò de ne . yǒu rén shuō , shì Tíngná rén de nǚxù Cānsūn , yīnwei tā yuèfù jiāng tāde qī gĕi le tāde péibàn . yúshì Fēilìshì rén shàng qù , yòng huǒshào le fùrén hé tāde fùqin .

7 Cānsūn duì Fēilìshì rén shuō , nǐmen jìrán zhèyàng xíng , wǒ bì xiàng nǐmen bàochóu cái kĕn ba xiū .

8 Cānsūn jiù dàdà jī shā tāmen , lián tuǐ daì yào dōu kǎn duàn le . tā biàn xià qù , zhù zaì Yǐtǎn pán de xué neì .

9 Fēilìshì rén shàng qù ān yíng zaì Yóudà , bù sǎn zaì lì xī .

10 Yóudà rén shuō , nǐmen wèihé shàng lái gōngjī wǒmen ne . tāmen shuō , wǒmen shàng lái shì yào kúnbǎng Cānsūn . tā xiàng wǒmen zĕnyàng xíng , wǒmen yĕ yào xiàng tā zĕnyàng xíng .

11 Yúshì yǒu sān qiā Yóudà rén xià dào Yǐtǎn pán de xué neì , duì Cānsūn shuō , Fēilìshì rén xiá zhì wǒmen , nǐ bù zhīdào ma . nǐ xiàng wǒmen xíng de shì shénme shì ne . tā huídá shuō , tāmen xiàng wǒ zĕnyàng xíng , wǒ yĕ yào xiàng tāmen zĕnyàng xíng .

12 Yóudà rén duì tā shuō , wǒmen xià lái shì yào kúnbǎng nǐ , jiāng nǐ jiāo zaì Fēilìshì rén shǒu zhōng. Cānsūn shuō , nǐmen yào xiàng wǒ qǐshì , yīng chéng nǐmen zìjǐ bù haì sǐ wǒ .

13 Tāmen shuō , wǒmen duàn bú shā nǐ , zhǐyào jiāng nǐ kúnbǎng jiāo zaì Fēilìshì rén shǒu zhōng . yúshì yòng liǎng tiaó xīn shéng kúnbǎng Cānsūn , jiāng tā cóng Yǐtǎn pán daì shàng qù .

14 Cānsūn dào le lì xī , Fēilìshì rén dōu yíng zhe xuān nāng . Yēhéhuá de líng dàdà gǎndòng Cānsūn , tā bei5 shàng de shéng jiù xiàng huǒshào de má yíyàng , tāde bǎng shéng dōu cóng tā shǒu shàng tuō luō xià lái .

15 Tā jiàn yī kuaì wèi gān de lü sāi gú , jiù shēnshǒu shí qǐlai , yòng yǐ jī shā yī qiā rén .

16 Cānsūn shuō , wǒ yòng lü sāi gú shārén chéng duī , yòng lü sāi gú shā le yī qiā rén .

17 Shuō wán zhè huà , jiù bǎ nà sāi gú cóng shǒu lǐ pāo chū qù le . nà dì biàn jiào là mò lì xī .

18 Cānsūn shén jué kǒu kĕ , jiù qiúgào Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐ jì jiè púrén de shǒu shīxíng zhème dà de zhĕngjiù , qǐ kĕ rén wǒ kĕ sǐ , luō zaì wèi shòu gēlǐ de rén shǒu zhōng ne .

19 Shén jiù shǐ lì xī de wā chù liè kāi , yǒu shuǐ cóng qízhōng yǒng chūlai . Cānsūn hē le jīng shén fù yuán . yīncǐ nà quán míng jiào yǐn hā gē lì , nà quán zhídào jīnrì hái zaì lì xī .

20 Dāng Fēilìshì rén xiá zhì Yǐsèliè rén de shíhou , Cānsūn zuò Yǐsèliè de shì shī èr shí nián .

Shìshījì 15 Commentary

Chapter 15

Samson is denied his wife, He smites the Philistines. (1-8) Samson kills a thousand of the Philistines with a jaw-bone. (9-17) His distress from thirst. (18-20)

Verses 1-8 When there are differences between relations, let those be reckoned the wisest and best, who are most forward to forgive or forget, and most willing to stoop and yield for the sake of peace. In the means which Samson employed, we must look at the power of God supplying them, and making them successful, to mortify the pride and punish the wickedness of the Philistines. The Philistines threatened Samson's wife that they would burn her and her father's house. She, to save herself and oblige her countrymen, betrayed her husband; and the very thing that she feared, and by sin sought to avoid, came upon her! She, and her father's house, were burnt with fire, and by her countrymen, whom she thought to oblige by the wrong she did to her husband. The mischief we seek to escape by any unlawful practices, we often pull down upon our own heads.

Verses 9-17 Sin dispirits men, it hides from their eyes the things that belong to their peace. The Israelites blamed Samson for what he had done against the Philistines, as if he had done them a great injury. Thus our Lord Jesus did many good works, and for those the Jews were ready to stone him. When the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson, his cords were loosed: where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, and those are free indeed who are thus set free. Thus Christ triumphed over the powers of darkness that shouted against him, as if they had him in their power. Samson made great destruction among the Philistines. To take the bone of an ass for this, was to do wonders by the foolish things of the world, that the excellency of the power might be of God, not of man. This victory was not in the weapon, was not in the arm; but it was in the Spirit of God, which moved the weapon by the arm. We can do all things through Him that strengtheneth us. Seest thou a poor Christian, who is enabled to overcome a temptation by weak, feeble counsel, there is the Philistine vanquished by a sorry jaw-bone.

Verses 18-20 So little notice did the men of Judah take of their deliverer, that he was ready to perish for want of a draught of water. Thus are the greatest slights often put upon those who do the greatest services. Samson prayed to God in this distress. Those that forget to attend God their praises, may be compelled to attend him with their prayers. Past experiences of God's power and goodness, are excellent pleas in prayer for further mercy. He pleads his being exposed to God's enemies; our best pleas are taken from God's glory. The Lord sent him seasonable relief. The place of this action was, from the jaw-bone, called Lehi. And in the place thus called, God caused a fountain suddenly and seasonably to open, close by Samson. We should be more thankful for the mercy of water, did we consider how ill we can spare it. Israel submitted to him whom they had betrayed. God was with him; henceforward they were directed by him as their judge.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 15

This chapter relates, that Samson being denied his wife, did by a strange stratagem burn the corn fields, vineyards, and olives of the Philistines, Jud 15:1-5, and that because of their burning her and her father, he made a great slaughter of them, Jud 15:6-8, which brought the Philistines against the men of Judah, who took Samson and bound him, to deliver him to the Philistines, when he, loosing himself, slew a thousand of them with the jaw bone of an ass, Jud 15:9-17 and being athirst, God in a wonderful manner supplied him with water, Jud 15:18-20.