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

¹And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah 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 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 to 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.

³Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

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.

⁴But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule 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.

⁵Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against 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 came mightily upon 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.

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

⁷And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.

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 after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees 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 took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

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

¹⁰And his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

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

¹¹And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be 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 said unto them, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can declare it unto me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment;

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!

¹³but if ye cannot declare it unto me, then shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.

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

¹⁴And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

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 came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to impoverish us? is it not [so]?

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 wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?

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 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 pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children 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 said unto 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 unto them, If ye had not plowed 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 came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes [of raiment] unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

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

²⁰But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.