23.非利士人的首領聚集,要給他們的神大袞獻大祭,並且歡樂,因為他們說:「我們的神將我們的仇敵參孫交在我們手中了。」
Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, 「Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.」
24.眾人看見參孫,就讚美他們的神說:「我們的神將毀壞我們地、殺害我們許多人的仇敵交在我們手中了!」
When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, 「Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands, the one who laid waste our land and multiplied our slain.」
25.他們正宴樂的時候,就說:「叫參孫來,在我們面前戲耍戲耍。」於是將參孫從監裏提出來,他就在眾人面前戲耍。他們使他站在兩柱中間。
While they were in high spirits, they shouted, 「Bring out Samson to entertain us.」 So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. When they stood him among the pillars,
26.參孫向拉他手的童子說:「求你讓我摸著托房的柱子,我要靠一靠。」
Samson said to the servant who held his hand, 「Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.」
27.那時房內充滿男女,非利士人的眾首領也都在那裏。房的平頂上約有三千男女,觀看參孫戲耍。
Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform.