¹A Samson sišiel dolu do Timnaty a videl tam nejakú ženu z dcér Filištínov.

¹And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,

²A navrátiac sa hore domov oznámil svojmu otcovi a svojej matke a povedal: Videl som ženu v Timnate, z dcér Filištínov, a tak teraz mi ju vezmite za ženu.

²and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, `A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.`

³Na to mu povedali jeho otec i jeho matka: Či nie je medzi dcérami tvojich bratov ani v celom mojom ľude ženy, že si ideš vziať ženu z Filištínov, z tých neobrezancov? A Samson povedal svojmu otcovi: Tú mi vezmi, lebo tá sa mi ľúbi.

³And his father saith to him — also his mother, `Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, a woman, that thou art going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?` and Samson saith unto his father, `Take her for me, for she is right in mine eyes.`

⁴Ale jeho otec ani jeho matka nevedeli, že je to od Hospodina, a že hľadal zámienku od Filištínov. Lebo toho času panovali Filištíni nad Izraelom.

⁴And his father and his mother have not known that from Jehovah it [is], that a meeting he is seeking of the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines are ruling over Israel.

⁵Vtedy sišiel Samson i jeho otec i jeho matka dolu do Timnaty a keď prišli až k viniciam Timnaty, tu hľa, mladý lev reval oproti nemu.

⁵And Samson goeth down — also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come unto the vineyards of Timnath, and lo, a lion`s whelp roareth at meeting him,

⁶Ale sostúpil na neho Duch Hospodinov, a roztrhnul ho, jako keby niekto roztrhnul kozľa, a nemal ničoho vo svojej ruke. Ale nepovedal svojmu otcovi ani svojej matke, čo urobil.

⁶and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he rendeth it as the rending of a kid, and there is nothing in his hand, and he hath not declared to his father and to his mother that which he hath done.

⁷A keď sišiel a hovoril so ženou, ľúbila sa Samsonovi.

⁷And he goeth down and speaketh to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson;

⁸A keď sa potom navracoval po niekoľkých dňoch, aby si ju vzal, odbočil z cesty, aby pozrel na mŕtve telo ľva. A hľa, roj včiel bol v mŕtvole ľva i med.

⁸and he turneth back after [some] days to take her, and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion, and lo, a company of bees [are] in the body of the lion — and honey.

⁹A nabral si ho na svoje ruky a išiel pozvoľna a jedol a išiel k svojmu otcovi a k svojej matke a dal im, a jedli, ale im nepovedal, že med vybral z mŕtvoly ľva.

⁹And he taketh it down on to his hands, and goeth on, going and eating; and he goeth unto his father, and unto his mother, and giveth to them, and they eat, and he hath not declared to them that from the body of the lion he took down the honey.

¹⁰Vtedy odišiel jeho otec dolu k žene, a Samson tam pripravil hostinu, lebo tak robievali mládenci.

¹⁰And his father goeth down unto the woman, and Samson maketh there a banquet, for so the young men do;

¹¹A stalo sa, keď ho uvideli, že vzali tridsiatich z priateľov, aby boli s ním.

¹¹and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.

¹²A Samson im povedal: Dovoľte, aby som vám zahádal hádku. Ak mi ju naozaj poviete za sedem dní svadobnej hostiny a uhádnete, dám vám tridsať ľanových košieľ a tridsať slávnostných rúch na premenu.

¹²And Samson saith to them, `Let me, I pray you, put forth to you a riddle; if ye certainly declare it to me [in] the seven days of the banquet, and have found [it] out, then I have given to you thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments;

¹³A jestli mi nebudete môcť povedať, dáte vy mne tridsať ľanových košieľ a tridsať slávnostných rúch na premenu. A povedali mu: Zahádaj tedy svoju hádku, nech ju počujeme!

¹³and if ye are not able to declare [it] to me, then ye have given to me thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments.` And they say to him, `Put forth thy riddle, and we hear it!`

¹⁴A povedal im: Z jediaceho vyšiel pokrm a zo silného vyšla sladkosť. A nemohli povedať hádku tri dni.

¹⁴And he saith to them: `Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness;` and they were not able to declare the riddle [in] three days.

¹⁵A stalo sa siedmeho dňa, že povedali žene Samsonovej: Prehovor svojho muža, aby nám povedal hádku, aby sme nespálili i teba i domu tvojho otca ohňom. Či nato ste nás pozvali, aby ste vzali náš majetok? Či nie je tak?

¹⁵And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson`s wife, `Entice thy husband, that he declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father with fire; to possess us have ye called for us? is it not?`

¹⁶Vtedy plakala žena Samsonova pred ním a vravela: Ty ma iba nenávidíš a nemiluješ ma. Hádku si zahádal synom môjho ľudu a mne si jej nepovedal. A riekol jej: Hľa, ani len svojmu otcovi ani svojej materi som jej nepovedal a tebe ju mám povedať?

¹⁶And Samson`s wife weepeth for it, and saith, `Thou hast only hated me, and hast not loved me; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people — and to me thou hast not declared it;` and he saith to her, `Lo, to my father and to my mother I have not declared [it] — and to thee I declare [it]!`

¹⁷A plakala pred ním tých sedem dní, v ktoré mali tú hostinu. A stalo sa na siedmy deň, že jej povedal, lebo ho sužovala, a potom oznámila hádku synom svojho ľudu.

¹⁷And she weepeth for it the seven days [in] which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth [it] to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people.

¹⁸A tak mu povedali mužovia mesta, siedmeho dňa, prv ako zašlo slnko: Čože by bolo sladšie ako med? A čo by bolo mocnejšie ako lev? Na to im povedal: Keby ste neboli orali na mojej jalovičke, neboli by ste uhádli mojej hádky.

¹⁸And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: — `What [is] sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?` And he saith to them: `Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.`

¹⁹A sostúpil na neho Duch Hospodinov, a odišiel dolu do Aškalona a pobil z nich tridsiatich mužov a vezmúc ich rúcha, ktoré svliekol s nich, dal slávnostné rúcha na premenu tým, ktorí povedali hádku. A veľmi sa nahneval a odišiel hore do domu svojho otca.

¹⁹And the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he goeth down to Ashkelon, and smiteth of them thirty men, and taketh their armour, and giveth the changes to those declaring the riddle; and his anger burneth, and he goeth up to the house of his father;

²⁰A žena Samsonova dostala sa jeho priateľovi, ktorého si bol zvolil za priateľa.

²⁰and Samson`s wife becometh his companion`s, who [is] his friend.