Dommernes 14
1 Ein gong bar det so til at Samson gjekk ned til Timna; der fekk han sjå ei filistargjenta.
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines, and she was right in his eyes.
2 Då han kom heim att, sagde han det med far sin og mor si: «Eg såg ei filistargjenta i Timna; henne lyt de festa til kona åt meg!»
He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as wife."
3 Då sagde foreldri hans til honom: «Finst det då ingi gjenta hjå frendarne dine eller i heile vårt folk, sidan du vil ganga av og få deg ei kona hjå dei u-umskorne filistarane?» Men Samson svara far sin: «Henne lyt du festa åt meg! Ho er den som eg likar.»
Then his father and his mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" And Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes."
4 Foreldri hans skyna ikkje at dette kom frå Herren; for han søkte eit høve til å koma innpå filistarane - den gongen rådde filistarane i Israel.
But his father and his mother did not know that it was of the LORD, for he sought for an opportunity against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
5 So gjekk Samson og foreldri hans ned til Timna. Då dei kom til vinhagarne utanfor byen, for ei ung løva burande imot honom;
Then Samson went down with his father and his mother to Timnah. And he turned aside and went into the vineyards of Timnah, and look, a young lion roared against him.
6 då kom Herrens ande yver honom, og han tok løva, og sleit henne sund med berre nevarne, som det skulde vore eit kid; men han sagde’kje med foreldri sine kva han hadde gjort.
And the Ruach of the LORD rushed upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat. And he had nothing in his hand, but he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
7 So gjekk han ned og tala med gjenta; og han lika henne framifrå godt.
He went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson's eyes.
8 Um ei tid for han ned att og vilde gifta seg med henne. So tok han av vegen, vilde sjå løva som han hadde drepe; då fann han eit biebol med honning i skrovet hennar.
After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and look, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
9 Han tok honningen ut, og heldt honom i henderne og åt, med han gjekk frametter, og då han kom til foreldri sine, gav han dei og, og dei åt; men han sagde det ikkje med deim at han hadde funne honningen i løveskrovet.
He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
10 Då far hans kom ned til bruri, gjorde Samson eit gjestebod der, som dei unge mennerne hadde for vis.
His father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, since young men used to do so.
11 Og so snart dei fekk sjå honom, fann dei honom tretti fylgjesmenner; dei var stødt med honom,
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 og ein dag sagde Samson til deim: «No vil eg bjoda dykk ei gåta! Løyser de henne åt meg innan dei sju gjestebodsdagarne er ute, og løyser de henne rett, so skal eg gjeva dykk tretti fine skjortor og tretti festklædningar;
Samson said to them, "Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If you can explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and figure it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.
13 men kann de ikkje løysa henne, skal de gjeva meg tretti fine skjortor og tretti festklædningar.» «Seg fram gåta di, so me fær høyra henne!» svara dei.
But if you can't explain it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing." And they said to him, "Propose your riddle, we want to hear it."
14 Då sagde han: «Av ein etar kom etand’, av den sterke kom søtt.» So leid det tri dagar, og dei var ikkje god til å løysa gåta.
He said to them, "Out of the eater came forth food. Out of the strong came forth sweetness." They couldn't in three days declare the riddle.
15 Den sjuande dagen sagde dei til bruri: «Få mannen din til å segja oss løysningi på gåta, elles brenner me upp både deg og folket ditt! Er det for å arma oss ut at de hev bede oss hit?»
And it happened on the fourth day, that they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, that he may tell us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Did you invite us here to impoverish us?"
16 Då gret bruri framfyre honom, og sagde: «Du held ikkje av meg! Du berre hatar meg! Du hev bode landsmennerne mine ei gåta, men meg hev du ikkje sagt korleis ho skal løysast!» «Eg hev’kje sagt det med far min og mor mi; skulde eg so segja det med deg?» svara Samson.
Samson's wife wept before him, and said, "You just hate me, and do not love me. You have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and haven't told it me." And he said to her, "Look, I haven't told it to my father or my mother, and shall I tell you?"
17 Men ho hekk yver honom og gret alle dei sju dagarne som gjestebodet varde, og den sjuande dagen sagde han det med henne, av di ho plåga honom so. So løyste ho gåta for landsmennerne sine,
She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him hard; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
18 og fyrr soli gladde den sjuande dagen, kom mennerne i byen og sagde til honom: «Kva er søtar’ enn honning? Kva er sterkar’ enn løva?» Då svara Samson: «Hadde de’kje pløgt med mi kviga, so hadde de’kje løyst mi gåta.»
The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have found out my riddle."
19 Og Herrens ande kom yver honom; han gjekk ned til Askalon, og slo i hel tretti filistarar, tok klædi deira, og let deim som hadde løyst gåta få deim til høgtidsklede; og harm som han var, for han heim att til garden åt far sin.
The Ruach of the LORD rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their belongings, and gave their garments to those who explained the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
20 Men kona hans vart gjevi til den fylgjesmannen, som han hadde valt seg til brursvein.
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
