Jueces 14
1 Y descendiendo Samsón en Tamnata, vio en Tamnata una mujer de las hijas de los Filisteos.
And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 Y subió, y declarólo a su padre y a su madre, diciendo: Yo he visto en Tamnata una mujer de las hijas de los Filisteos: ruégoos que me la toméis por mujer.
And he went up and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Phylistines; and now take her to me for a wife.
3 Y su padre y su madre le dijeron: ¿No hay mujer entre las hijas de tus hermanos, ni en todo mi pueblo, para que vayas tú a tomar mujer de los Filisteos incircuncisos? Y Samsón respondió a su padre: Tómamela por mujer, porque ésta agradó a mis ojos.
And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of your brethren, and [is there not] a woman of all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she [is] right in my eyes.
4 Mas su padre, y su madre no sabían que esta venía de Jehová, y que él buscaba ocasión contra los Filisteos: porque en aquel tiempo los Filisteos dominaban sobre Israel.
And his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought to be revenged on the Philistines: and at that time the Philistines lorded it over Israel.
5 Y Samsón descendió con su padre y con su madre a Tamnata: y como llegaron a las viñas de Tamnata, he aquí un cachorro de león, que venía bramando hacia él.
And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him.
6 Y el Espíritu de Jehová cayó sobre él, y despedazólo como quien despedaza un cabrito, sin tener nada en su mano: y no dio a entender a su padre ni a su madre lo que había hecho.
And the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done.
7 Y viniendo, habló a la mujer que había agradado a Samsón.
And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.
8 Y tornando después de algunos días para tomarla, apartóse del camino para ver el cuerpo muerto del león: y, he aquí que estaba en el cuerpo del león un enjambre de abejas, y un panal de miel.
And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey [were] in the mouth of the lion.
9 Y tomándolo en sus manos fuése comiéndolo por el camino: y como llegó a su padre y a su madre, dióles también a ellos que comiesen: mas no les descubrió, que había tomado aquella miel del cuerpo del león.
And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.
10 Y vino su padre a la mujer: e hizo allí Samsón banquete: porque así solían hacer los mancebos.
And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.
11 Y como ellos lo vieron, tomaron treinta compañeros que estuviesen con él.
And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.
12 A los cuales Samsón dijo: Yo os propondré ahora una pregunta, lo cual si en los siete días del banquete vosotros me declarareis y hallareis, yo os daré treinta sábanas, y treinta mudas de vestidos:
And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if you will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will you give thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.
13 Mas si no me la supiereis declarar, vosotros me daréis las treinta sábanas, y las treinta mudas de vestidos. Y ellos respondieron: Propónenos tu pregunta, y oírla hemos.
And if you can’t tell it me, you shall give me thirty napkins and thirty changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound your riddle, and we will hear it.
14 Entonces les dijo: Del comedor salió comida, y del fuerte salió dulzura. Y ellos no pudieron declararle la pregunta en tres días:
And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.
15 Y al séptimo día dijeron a la mujer de Samsón: Induce a tu marido a que nos declare esta pregunta; porque no te quememos a ti y a la casa de tu padre. ¿Habéisnos llamado aquí para poseernos?
And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now your husband, and let him tell you the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire: did you invite us to do us violence?
16 Y lloró la mujer de Samsón delante de él, y dijo: Solamente me aborreces, y no me amas, pues que no me declaras la pregunta que propusiste a los hijos de mi pueblo. Y él le respondió: He aquí, que ni a mi padre ni a mi madre la he declarado; ¿y habíatela de declarar a ti?
And Sampson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me, and love me not; for the riddle which you have propounded to the children of my people you have not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to you?
17 Y ella lloró delante de él los siete días que ellos tuvieron banquete: mas al séptimo día él se la declaró, porque le constriñó a ello: Y ella la declaró a los hijos de su pueblo.
And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.
18 Y al séptimo día, antes que el sol se pusiese, los de la ciudad le dijeron: ¿Qué cosa hay más dulce que la miel? ¿Y qué cosa hay más fuerte que el león? Y él les respondió: Si no hubierais arado con mi novilla, nunca hubierais hallado mi pregunta.
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have known my riddle.
19 Y el Espíritu de Jehová cayó sobre él, y vino a Ascalón, e hirió treinta hombres de ellos; y tomando sus despojos, dio las mudas de vestidos a los que habían soltado la pregunta: y encendido en enojo vínose a casa de su padre.
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ascalon, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Sampson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.
20 Y la mujer de Samsón fue dada a su compañero, con el cual antes se acompañaba.
And the wife of Sampson was [given] to one of his friends, with whom he was on terms of friendship.
