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Judges Chapter قضاۃ باب 15
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Verse by Verse Analysis

Verse 1

Scripture: But it came to pass within a while after in the time of wheat harvest that Samson visited his wife with a kid and he said I will go in to my wife into the chamber But her father would not suffer him to go in

  • English Explanation: Samson returns during the harvest to reconcile with his wife, bringing a young goat as a gift. However, her father prevents him from entering, revealing the tension between the families.

  • Urdu Explanation: سمسون گندم کی کٹائی کے وقت اپنی بیوی سے ملنے گیا اور ایک حلوان (بکری کا بچہ) تحفے میں لایا۔ لیکن اس کے سسر نے اسے اندر جانے سے روک دیا، جو ایک نئے تنازعے کی بنیاد بنی۔

Verse 2

Scripture: And her father said I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her therefore I gave her to thy companion is not her younger sister fairer than she take her I pray thee instead of her

  • English Explanation: The father explains he gave Samson’s wife to the best man, assuming Samson hated her. He offers the younger sister as a replacement to avoid Samson’s wrath.

  • Urdu Explanation: اس کے سسر نے کہا کہ مجھے لگا تم اس سے نفرت کرتے ہو اس لیے میں نے اس کی شادی تمہارے دوست سے کر دی۔ اس نے بدلے میں اپنی چھوٹی بیٹی کی پیشکش کی جو زیادہ خوبصورت تھی۔

Verse 3

Scripture: And Samson said concerning them Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines though I do them a displeasure

  • English Explanation: Samson declares that he is now justified in taking revenge. He believes the Philistines’ actions have cleared him of any moral guilt for the havoc he is about to cause.

  • Urdu Explanation: سمسون نے کہا کہ اب اگر میں فلسطینیوں کو نقصان پہنچاؤں تو میں قصوروار نہیں ٹھہروں گا کیونکہ انہوں نے پہلے زیادتی کی ہے۔

Verse 4

Scripture: And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes and took firebrands and turned tail to tail and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails

  • English Explanation: Samson uses his supernatural strength and ingenuity to capture 300 foxes (or jackals), tying them in pairs with a torch between their tails.

  • Urdu Explanation: سمسون نے تین سو لومڑیاں پکڑیں اور ان کی دموں کو جوڑوں میں باندھ کر ان کے درمیان ایک جلتی ہوئی مشعل رکھ دی۔

Verse 5

Scripture: And when he had set the brands on fire he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines and burnt up both the shocks and also the standing corn with the vineyards and olives

  • English Explanation: The terrified animals ran through the Philistine fields, destroying their entire agricultural economy—grain, grapes, and olives—by fire.

  • Urdu Explanation: جب اس نے مشعلوں کو آگ لگائی تو لومڑیوں نے فلسطینیوں کی کھڑی فصلوں، انگور کے باغوں اور زیتون کے درختوں کو جلا کر راکھ کر دیا۔

Verse 6

Scripture: Then the Philistines said Who hath done this And they answered Samson the son in law of the Timnite because he had taken his wife and given her to his companion And the Philistines came up and burnt her and her father with fire

  • English Explanation: Seeking a target for their anger, the Philistines learn the cause. Cruelly, they burn Samson’s wife and father-in-law to death, the very outcome the wife tried to avoid earlier.

  • Urdu Explanation: جب فلسطینیوں کو پتہ چلا کہ یہ سمسون نے کیا ہے، تو انہوں نے بدلے میں اس کی بیوی اور سسر کو آگ لگا کر مار ڈالا۔

Verse 7

Scripture: And Samson said unto them Though ye have done this yet will I be avenged of you and after that I will cease

  • English Explanation: Samson vows further vengeance for the murder of his wife and her father, stating he will not stop until he has paid them back in full.

  • Urdu Explanation: سمسون نے قسم کھائی کہ جب تک وہ ان سے بدلہ نہیں لے لے گا، وہ چین سے نہیں بیٹھے گا۔

Verse 8

Scripture: And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam

  • English Explanation: Samson attacks the Philistines with great violence (“hip and thigh”) before retreating to a cave in the rock of Etam for safety.

  • Urdu Explanation: اس نے فلسطینیوں کی بری طرح پٹائی کی اور بڑی خونریزی کی، پھر وہ عیطام کی چٹان میں جا کر رہنے لگا۔

Verse 9 & 10

Scripture: Then the Philistines went up and pitched in Judah and spread themselves in Lehi And the men of Judah said Why are ye come up against us And they answered To bind Samson are we come up to do to him as he hath done to us

  • English Explanation: The Philistine army invades Judah to capture Samson. The men of Judah, fearful of their oppressors, ask why they are being attacked.

  • Urdu Explanation: فلسطینیوں نے یہوداہ پر حملہ کر دیا تاکہ وہ سمسون کو گرفتار کر سکیں۔ یہوداہ کے لوگ ڈر گئے اور پوچھا کہ تم ہم پر حملہ کیوں کر رہے ہو۔

Verse 11

Scripture: Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam and said to Samson Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us what is this that thou hast done unto us And he said unto them As they did unto me so have I done unto them

  • English Explanation: Instead of supporting their deliverer, 3,000 men of Judah confront Samson, blaming him for their trouble. Samson simply states he acted in retaliation.

  • Urdu Explanation: یہوداہ کے تین ہزار آدمی سمسون کے پاس گئے اور اسے ملامت کی کہ تمہاری وجہ سے فلسطینی ہم پر ناراض ہیں۔ سمسون نے جواب دیا کہ میں نے صرف ویسا ہی کیا جیسا انہوں نے میرے ساتھ کیا تھا۔

Verse 12 & 13

Scripture: And they said unto him We are come down to bind thee that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines And Samson said unto them Swear unto me that ye will not fall upon me yourselves And they spake unto him saying No but we will bind thee fast and deliver thee into their hand but surely we will not kill thee And they bound him with two new cords and brought him up from the rock

  • English Explanation: Samson agrees to be bound by his own people as long as they promise not to kill him themselves. They use two brand-new ropes to secure him.

  • Urdu Explanation: یہوداہ کے لوگوں نے اسے باندھ کر فلسطینیوں کے حوالے کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا۔ سمسون نے ان سے وعدہ لیا کہ وہ اسے خود قتل نہیں کریں گے، چنانچہ انہوں نے اسے نئی رسیوں سے باندھ لیا۔

Verse 14

Scripture: And when he came unto Lehi the Philistines shouted against him and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire and his bands loosed from off his hands

  • English Explanation: As the Philistines cheer at his capture, the Holy Spirit empowers Samson. The heavy ropes snap off his arms like charred thread.

  • Urdu Explanation: جب فلسطینیوں نے اسے دیکھا تو وہ خوشی سے چلانے لگے۔ تب خداوند کی روح سمسون پر نازل ہوئی اور مضبوط رسیاں ایسے ٹوٹ گئیں جیسے جلی ہوئی ڈوریاں ہوں۔

Verse 15

Scripture: And he found a new jawbone of an ass and put forth his hand and took it and slew a thousand men therewith

  • English Explanation: Lacking a conventional weapon, Samson picks up a fresh (heavy and not brittle) jawbone of a donkey and kills 1,000 Philistine soldiers.

  • Urdu Explanation: سمسون کو گدھے کے جبڑے کی ایک تازہ ہڈی ملی، اس نے اسے اٹھایا اور اس سے ایک ہزار فلسطینیوں کو ہلاک کر دیا۔

Verse 16

Scripture: And Samson said With the jawbone of an ass heaps upon heaps with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men

  • English Explanation: Samson chants a poem of victory, celebrating the irony of using a lowly donkey’s jawbone to create heaps of fallen enemies.

  • Urdu Explanation: سمسون نے فتح کا گیت گایا کہ گدھے کے جبڑے سے اس نے ڈھیروں کے ڈھیر لگا دیے اور ایک ہزار آدمیوں کو مار گرایا۔

Verse 17

Scripture: And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand and called that place Ramath-lehi

  • English Explanation: After the battle, he names the location “Ramath-lehi,” which means “The Height of the Jawbone.”

  • Urdu Explanation: اس جگہ کا نام اس نے “رامت لہی” رکھا جس کا مطلب ہے “جبڑے کی پہاڑی”۔

Verse 18

Scripture: And he was sore athirst and called on the LORD and said Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant and now shall I die for thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised

  • English Explanation: Exhausted and dehydrated, Samson humbles himself and prays to God, acknowledging that the victory came from the Lord and asking for water.

  • Urdu Explanation: جنگ کے بعد سمسون کو سخت پیاس لگی۔ اس نے خدا سے دعا کی کہ تو نے اتنی بڑی نجات دی ہے، کیا اب میں پیاس سے مر جاؤں گا؟

Verse 19

Scripture: But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw and there came water thereout and when he had drunk his spirit came again and he revived wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore which is in Lehi unto this day

  • English Explanation: God miraculously causes water to gush from a hollow place in the ground (Lehi). Samson drinks and is restored. He names the spring “En-hakkore” (The Spring of Him who Called).

  • Urdu Explanation: خدا نے زمین (لہی) میں ایک گڑھا کر دیا جہاں سے پانی نکلا۔ سمسون نے پانی پی کر تازگی پائی اور اس چشمے کا نام “عین ہقورے” رکھا یعنی “پکارنے والے کا چشمہ”۔

Verse 20

Scripture: And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years

  • English Explanation: This concludes this episode of his life, noting that Samson led Israel as a judge for twenty years during the period of Philistine oppression.

  • Urdu Explanation: سمسون نے فلسطینیوں کے دور میں بیس سال تک اسرائیل کی عدالت (قیادت) کی۔