Samson and Delilah Page #5

My son.

Mother? Yoram.

Sit. Drink. You've traveled far.

So is it true?

Is what true, Mother? That I live and work

here among people who ask nothing of me?

- Yes, that is true.

- You know of what I speak.

The story is abroad.

Everyone speaks of it.

That you are to marry a Philistine.

Is that true?

Her name is Rani. Yes, it is true.

The ceremony is tomorrow.

And you are welcome.

I'm glad you're here.

Among all the women

you might have chosen...

... was it God's will that you bring

a stranger to your bed?

She is a good woman.

Her father is honorable, just and kind.

- And I love her, Mother.

- And is this love...

... greater than the bonds

that tie you to our people?

Greater than our traditions?

Do not turn your back on us

by marrying a foreign woman.

Come back with us, Samson.

Before it's too late.

My home is here now.

You have punished us enough.

- I beg you.

- I have heard you, you have heard me.

That is an end to it.

Beware this woman, Samson.

Be it on your wedding day...

... or within the first circle

of the moon...

... she will betray you.

- My father.

- You have no father.

- And he has no son.

- Mother.

Yoram.

Mother!

See? I bleed.

Like any other man.

Samson stayed in the land

of the Philistines...

... where he had found

a woman he loved.

And it seemed the king had given

his approval for the marriage.

But those he sent to celebrate

had come for another purpose.

And thus did Samson 's love

for the Philistine woman...

... begin to fulfill the word of God.

Philistines.

Philistines.

I give you a riddle.

What's the prize?

There has to be a prize.

Yes, there must be a prize.

Very well. If you solve the riddle...

... 30 linen garments.

- And a flock of sheep.

And two shepherds.

And 100 silver pieces.

Out of the eater...

... something to eat.

Out of the strong...

... something sweet.

Impossible.

Out of the strong?

This is Samson himself.

No.

- Tell me the riddle, Samson.

- Why, so you may win the prize?

No. To share in your enjoyment...

... as I hope to do

throughout our life together.

- I don't think that that's...

- Tell her. She's your wife.

No secrets.

- A man must trust his wife.

- You won't trust me?

Excellent. You'll never get it.

My husband not only trusts me,

he gives you a true riddle to solve.

You keep your guests very happ y.

I'm glad you're enjoying our wedding.

The king is well pleased, Harach.

Good. Good.

He honors us with your company.

And will bestow more honor

with the answer to this riddle.

The riddle?

I need a pretext.

A reason.

A reason? For what?

A reason not to seize your land,

cut off your thieving fingers.

Sir, you are my guest.

- This is outrageous.

- The answer. I will have it.

Go.

Fetch it from your daughter.

Before I order your house

burned to the ground.

Rani.

Rani.

- Come here, Rani. Come.

- My father calls.

Then go to him. But return to me.

All right.

Come, Samson. We submit.

Tell us the answer to your riddle.

A Philistine submit to an Israelite?

- Shame.

- A father submits to his son.

You will never get to bed with my sister

until this riddle is solved.

Now there's a good reason.

All right.

All right.

All right.

- I see I have you all.

- All?

No.

- The answer is plain.

- Tell us.

What is sweeter than honey?

And what is stronger than a lion?

It is surely a honeycomb.

A beehive inside...

... the entrails of a desert lion.

Right? The lion and the honey.

That's right, you have it.

That's no riddle.

How could anyone guess

an answer like that?

How indeed?

Wife.

Why, Rani? Why?

- No.

- Why, Rani? Why?

Why?

Samson!

It was me.

They threatened to burn down

the house unless l...

She knew nothing.

- Rani.

- Stop it.

No! Stop! Please!

No!

Take him!

Stop.

- Come, Rani.

- Let me go.

Seize him!

Go!

Come on.

Samson.

Samson!

No. No, please.

See?

- See?

- Yes.

You threatened the life of my father,

of my friend, of my wife.

The garments are yours.

You won them. Pick them up.

I said, pick them up.

Now go.

Go back to Gaza.

Tell them Samson did this.

And tell them I have only begun.

I have only begun!

- All of them?

- Yes, Majesty.

His strength is not human.

- Not human?

- The fields. The fields are on fire.

No. No!

No! Rani!

No! No!

No! No!

Execute them.

Burn their fields.

No!

Here. Make it here.

It belongs to your enemy.

My love, who I betrayed.

Rani!

Rani. Rani.

Oh, no.

General Tariq should be ordered

to burn down every Israelite village.

Every village that makes payment

to our treasury? This isn't war.

Samson doesn't lead an army.

Not even his own people.

- He fights us alone.

- He must be stopped.

The dignity of your throne

is at stake here.

Do not mistake my throne

for your pride.

Consider this:

A farmer's field, Israelite or Philistine,

is more than just a crop.

It's a life's work, a child's future.

We will send an emissary

to these men of Judah.

Giving us Samson is a small price to pay

for leaving their fields untouched.

But he's one of them.

Why should they betray him?

It is a foolish man

who cannot be made afraid.

And these men we treat with

are not foolish.

Samson.

Amrok?

They are dead.

They're all dead.

They came from Gaza.

We were surrounded. Trapped.

There was no time to run.

The laborers were killed.

They took your wife, beat her.

Father too.

They left me for dead.

There was nothing I could do, Samson.

Nothing.

I can still hear him laughing, their leader.

I mean, laughing and laughing.

Amrok, who?

Who was their leader?

The laugh. The scar.

His name is Mahal.

Was it my fault, Samson? Was it?

- No.

- I brought you in.

I begged for the marriage.

I loved her, Amrok.

The fault was not yours.

The innocent are punished

for my sins.

Come with me. I am going home.

- No.

- Amrok.

Go, my brother.

Go.

And so Samson returned

to the land of the Israelites.

To a people confused

and angry with him...

... for having stirred the wrath

of the Philistines.

To a people no longer

seeking rebellion...

... but willing subjects

of the Philistines...

... and of their own fears.

Let me pass.

What is it? Have I done you harm?

Why are you doing this?

We will not lose our lives,

our homes, our crops...

... at the altar of your anger.

Then take me. Have done with it.

You, you or you, come, take me.

Take hold of me. Bind me.

I have not changed.

You have changed.

Yes, I want vengeance for the betrayals

that were done to me...

... and I will have it.

But you would betray me for fear

of what might happen to you.

Once you asked me to lead you

into what I believed would be...

... madness and slaughter.

Well, now I believe it more.

But I will go.

You'll hear no more of me.

Out of my anger and my hate...

... I'll try and find a peace with God.

Thus did Samson return to his home...

... hiding in his heart the revenge

which one day he would wreak.

And the hand of God

brought him back...

... just as the life of his father, Manoah,

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