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

¹In Samson je šel doli v Timnato, in ondi je videl ženo izmed hčera Filistejcev.

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.”

²In ko pride gori, naznani očetu svojemu in materi svoji ter reče: Videl sem ženo v Timnati med hčerami Filistejcev, in sedaj mi jo vzemite za ženo!

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.”

³Nato mu reče oče njegov in mati njegova: Ni li žene med hčerami bratov tvojih ali med vsem našim ljudstvom, da greš in jemlješ ženo od Filistejcev, tistih neobrezancev? A Samson reče očetu svojemu: Njo mi vzemi, ker ta je prava mojim očem.

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.

⁴Oče in mati njegova pa nista vedela, da je to od GOSPODA; kajti iskal je prilike zoper Filistejce. Ta čas so namreč Filistejci vladali Izraelu.

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.

⁵Odpravi se torej Samson z očetom in materjo svojo doli v Timnato. In ko pridejo k timnatskim vinogradom, glej, mlad lev mu pride rjoveč nasproti.

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.

⁶In duh GOSPODOV pride z močjo nad njega, da raztrga leva, kakor bi raztrgal kozliča, dasi ni ničesar imel v roki; pa ni povedal očetu svojemu ali materi svoji, kar je bil storil.

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

⁷In pride doli in govori s tisto ženo, in prava je bila očem Samsonovim.

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.

⁸In za nekaj časa pride zopet, da jo vzame, in stopi s pota, da pogleda mrhovino tistega leva, in glej, roj čebel je bil v levovem truplu in 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.

⁹In vzame si ga v roke in ga spotoma je, in ko pride k očetu svojemu in materi svoji, jima da, in tudi jesta; pa jima ni povedal, da je vzel med iz levovega trupla.

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

¹⁰In oče njegov pride doli k ženi, in Samson napravi ondi gostovanje; kajti tako je bilo v navadi pri mladeničih.

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

¹¹In ko ga Filistejci ugledajo, mu pridružijo trideset tovarišev, da bodo pri njem.

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;

¹²In Samson jim reče: Dovolite, da vam dam uganko: ako mi jo uganete in zadenete v sedmih dneh gostovanja, vam hočem dati trideset spodnjih oblek in trideset prazničnih oblačil.

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.”

¹³Ako je pa ne boste mogli uganiti, morate meni dati trideset spodnjih in trideset prazničnih oblačil. In mu reko: Zastavi uganko svojo, da jo čujemo!

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.

¹⁴In on jim reče: Iz požeruha je prišlo jedilo, in iz močnega je prišla sladkost. In po treh dnevih niso mogli uganke rešiti.

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?”

¹⁵In sedmi dan reko Samsonovi ženi: Pregovori moža svojega, da nam razloži tisto uganko, sicer sežgemo tebe in tvojega očeta hišo z ognjem. Ste li nas zato sem povabili, da nas pripravite v uboštvo, ali kaj?

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?”

¹⁶Tedaj je plakala Samsonova žena pred njim, govoreč: Ti me le sovražiš in me ne ljubiš. Uganko si dal ljudstva mojega sinovom, a meni je nisi povedal. On pa ji reče: Glej, očetu svojemu in materi svoji nisem povedal, tebi naj pa razodenem?

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.

¹⁷In plakala je pred njim sedem dni, dokler je trajalo njih gostovanje. In zgodi se sedmi dan, da ji razloži, ker ga je hudo nadlegovala. Ona pa izda uganko ljudstva svojega sinovom.

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.”

¹⁸Reko mu torej možje iz mesta sedmi dan, preden je zašlo solnce: Kaj je slajše nego med? in kaj močnejše nego lev? On pa jim reče: Ko bi ne bili orali z mojo junico, ne bi bili pogodili uganke moje.

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.

¹⁹In duh GOSPODOV pride z močjo nad njega, in gre doli v Askelon in pobije trideset mož izmed njih, in vzame njih obleko in da praznična oblačila tistim, ki so razložili uganko. In jeza se mu razvname, in odide gori v očeta svojega hišo.Žena Samsonova pa je bila dana enemu izmed tovarišev njegovih, s katerim se je bil sprijateljil.

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

²⁰Žena Samsonova pa je bila dana enemu izmed tovarišev njegovih, s katerim se je bil sprijateljil.