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 Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
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!»
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to 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 never a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me; for she pleases me well.
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 knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion 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 went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, 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 Spirit of the LORD came mightily on him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
7 So gjekk han ned og tala med gjenta; og han lika henne framifrå godt.
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
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.
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.
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.
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
10 Då far hans kom ned til bruri, gjorde Samson eit gjestebod der, som dei unge mennerne hadde for vis.
So his father went down to the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
11 Og so snart dei fekk sjå honom, fann dei honom tretti fylgjesmenner; dei var stødt med honom,
And it came to pass, 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;
And Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you: if you can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
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 cannot declare it me, then shall you give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may 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.
And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound 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 came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson’s wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire: have you called us to take that we have? is it not so?
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.
And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me, and love me not: you have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and have not told it me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it 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,
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore on him: 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.»
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you had not 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.
And the Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments to them which expounded the riddle. And 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, whom he had used as his friend.
