¹Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

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

²He 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 as wife.”

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.

³Then 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?” Samson said to his father, “Get her for me; for she pleases me well.”

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.

⁴But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

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.

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.

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.

⁶The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat; and he had nothing in his hand: but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done.

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.

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

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

⁸After 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.

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.

⁹He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate: but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

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.

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

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

¹¹It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

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

¹²Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;

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.

¹³but if you can’t declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.” They said to him, “Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it.”

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!

¹⁴He said to them, “Out of the eater came forth food. Out of the strong came forth sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.

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

¹⁵It happened 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 impoverish us? Is it not so?”

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?

¹⁶Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and haven’t told it me.” He said to her, “Behold, I haven’t told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?”

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?

¹⁷She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him severely; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

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.

¹⁸The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He said to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”

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.

¹⁹The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

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.

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

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