Judges 14
1 and to go down Samson Timnah [to] and to see: see woman in/on/with Timnah [to] from daughter Philistine
One day Samson went to Timnah, where a young Philistine woman attracted his attention.
2 and to ascend: rise and to tell to/for father his and to/for mother his and to say woman to see: see in/on/with Timnah [to] from daughter Philistine and now to take: take [obj] her to/for me to/for woman: wife
He went back home and told his father and mother, “A Philistine woman in Timnah caught my attention. Now get her for me because I want to marry her.”
3 and to say to/for him father his and mother his nothing in/on/with daughter brother: male-relative your and in/on/with all kinsman my woman for you(m. s.) to go: went to/for to take: marry woman: wife from Philistine [the] uncircumcised and to say Samson to(wards) father his [obj] her to take: marry to/for me for he/she/it to smooth in/on/with eye my
But his father and mother replied, “Can't you find a young woman from our tribe or from our own people? Do you have to go to the heathen Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Just get her for me, because she's the one I find her attractive.”
4 and father his and mother his not to know for from LORD he/she/it for opportunity he/she/it to seek from Philistine and in/on/with time [the] he/she/it Philistine to rule in/on/with Israel
(His father and mother didn't realize that this was in the Lord's plans, who was looking for an opportunity to deal with the Philistines; because at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.)
5 and to go down Samson and father his and mother his Timnah [to] and to come (in): come till vineyard Timnah [to] and behold lion lion to roar to/for to encounter: meet him
Samson went to Timnah with his father and mother. When they passed the Timnah vineyards, all of a sudden young lion came roaring out to attack him.
6 and to rush upon him spirit LORD and to cleave him like/as to cleave [the] kid and anything nothing in/on/with hand his and not to tell to/for father his and to/for mother his [obj] which to make: do
The Spirit of the Lord swept over him, and he ripped the lion apart with his bare hands as easily as ripping apart a young goat. But he didn't tell his father or mother what he'd done. Then he went on his way.
7 and to go down and to speak: speak to/for woman and to smooth in/on/with eye Samson
When Samson talked with the woman and decided she was right for him.
8 and to return: return from day to/for to take: marry her and to turn aside: turn aside to/for to see: see [obj] carcass [the] lion and behold congregation bee in/on/with body [the] lion and honey
Later on when Samson returned to marry her, he turned off the road to look for the lion's carcass. Inside the body was a swarm of bees and their honey.
9 and to scrape him to(wards) palm his and to go: went to go: come and to eat and to go: went to(wards) father his and to(wards) mother his and to give: give to/for them and to eat and not to tell to/for them for from body [the] lion to scrape [the] honey
He scraped out some of honey into his hands and ate it as he walked. When he got back to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he didn't tell them he'd taken the honey from a lion's carcass.
10 and to go down father his to(wards) [the] woman and to make there Samson feast for so to make: do [the] youth
While his father went to visit the woman, Samson held a drinking party there, because this was the custom among high-class young men.
11 and to be like/as to see: see they [obj] him and to take: take thirty companion and to be with him
When the Philistine people saw him, they arranged for thirty men to accompany him.
12 and to say to/for them Samson to riddle please to/for you riddle if to tell to tell [obj] her to/for me seven day [the] feast and to find and to give: give to/for you thirty linen and thirty change garment
“Let me pose a riddle to you,” Samson said to them. “If you can find its meaning and explain it to me during the seven days of the party, I'll give you thirty lines cloaks and thirty sets of clothes.
13 and if not be able to/for to tell to/for me and to give: give you(m. p.) to/for me thirty linen and thirty change garment and to say to/for him to riddle [emph?] riddle your and to hear: hear her
But if you can't explain it to me, you'll give me thirty lines cloaks and thirty sets of clothes.” “Fine,” they replied. “Let's hear your riddle!”
14 and to say to/for them from [the] to eat to come out: issue food and from strong to come out: issue sweet and not be able to/for to tell [the] riddle three day
“Food came out of the eater, and sweetness came out of the strong,” he said. Three days later they still hadn't worked it out.
15 and to be in/on/with day [the] seventh and to say to/for woman: wife Samson to entice [obj] man: husband your and to tell to/for us [obj] [the] riddle lest to burn [obj] you and [obj] house: home father your in/on/with fire to/for to possess: poor us to call: call to to/for us not
On the fourth day they came to Samson's wife and told her, “Use your charms to get your husband to explain the riddle and then tell us, or we'll burn you and all your family to death. Did you bring us here just to rob us?”
16 and to weep woman: wife Samson upon him and to say except to hate me and not to love: lover me [the] riddle to riddle to/for son: descendant/people people my and to/for me not to tell and to say to/for her behold to/for father my and to/for mother my not to tell and to/for you to tell
So Samson's wife went crying to him, saying, “You really do hate me, don't you! You don't love me at all! You have posed a riddle to my people, but haven't even explained it to me.” “So?” he replied. “I haven't even explained it to my father or mother! Why should I explain it to you?”
17 and to weep upon him seven [the] day which to be to/for them [the] feast and to be in/on/with day [the] seventh and to tell to/for her for to press him and to tell [the] riddle to/for son: descendant/people people her
She cried in front of him for the whole time of the party, and eventually on the seventh day he explained it to her because she nagged him so much. Then she explained the meaning of the riddle to the Philistine young men.
18 and to say to/for him human [the] city in/on/with day [the] seventh in/on/with before to come (in): come [the] sun [to] what? sweet from honey and what? strong from lion and to say to/for them unless to plow/plot in/on/with heifer my not to find riddle my
Before the sun set on the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson and said, “What's sweeter than honey? What's stronger than a lion?” “If you hadn't used my cow to plough with, you wouldn't have found out the meaning of my riddle,” Samson replied.
19 and to rush upon him spirit LORD and to go down Ashkelon and to smite from them thirty man and to take: take [obj] spoil their and to give: give [the] change to/for to tell [the] riddle and to be incensed face: anger his and to ascend: rise house: home father his
The Spirit of the Lord swept over him and he went to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their clothing, and gave it to those who had explained the riddle. Furiously anger, Samson went back to his father's house.
20 and to be woman: wife Samson to/for companion his which to befriend to/for him
Samson's wife was given to his best man who had accompanied him at the wedding.
