1Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
1 Kala Samson zulli ka koy Timna. A di wandiyo fo noodin Timna, Filistancey ize wandiyey ra.
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.”
2 Samson kaa ka ci nga baaba da nga nya se ka ne: «Ay di wandiyo fo Timna, Filistancey ize wandiyey ra. Sohõ binde, araŋ m'a hiiji ka kand'ay se.»
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.”
3 Gaa no baabo da nyaŋo ne a se: «Wandiyo jaŋ ni nya-izey wandiyey ra, wala baa ni dumo kulu ra, hala ni ma koy ka wande hiiji Filistancey ra, kaŋ yaŋ si dambangu?» Samson ne nga baabo se: «Kala day ni ma woodin ceeci ay se, zama a ga kaan ay se gumo.»
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.
4 Amma baabo da nyaŋo mana bay kaŋ Rabbi do no woodin fun, zama kobay no a goono ga ceeci Filistancey gaa. Zama alwaato din Filistancey goono ga Israyla may.
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.
5 Kala Samson da nga baabo da nyaŋo tun ka koy Timna. I kaa ka to Timna reyzin kaley ra. A go mo, kala muusu beeri ize furo-taji fo tun Samson gaa da dunduyaŋ.
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.
6 Kala Rabbi Biya zumbu a boŋ da hin. Samson na muuso di k'a tooru danga hincin ize cine. Hay kulu si no Samson kambe ra mo. Amma a mana ci baabo wala nyaŋo se haŋ kaŋ no nga te.
7He went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
7 Gaa no a zulli ka koy ka fakaaray wandiya se, a kaan Samson se mo gumo.
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.
8 Jirbi kayna fooyaŋ banda Samson ye ka kaa zama nga ma wandiya hiiji. A binde kamba ka gana zama nga ma di muuso buukwa. Guna mo, yu beeri zugula go muuso buukwa ra, hala nda yu hari.
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.
9 A na yuwo kaa nga kambey ra. A go ga dira ka ŋwa, kal a kaa ka to baabo da nyaŋo do. A n'i no, ngey mo ŋwa. Amma a mana ci i se hala muusu buuko ra no nga na yuwo kaa.
10His father went down to the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
10 Baabo binde koy Samson wandiya do. Samson mo na batu te noodin, zama yaadin no arwasey doona ka te.
11It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
11 A go mo, waato kaŋ i di Samson, noodin borey kande arwasu waranza, i ma goro a banda.
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;
12 Samson mo ne i se: «Wa naŋ ay ma jand'ize fo kaa araŋ se. D'araŋ n'a feerijo bay bato jirbi iyya ra, d'araŋ du a feerijo mo, kal ay m'araŋ no lin kwaay beeri waranza, da kwaay jinde waranza mo.
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.”
13 Amma d'araŋ mana hin k'a feerijo ci ay se, yaadin gaa, araŋ no g'ay no lin kwaay beeri waranza, da kwaay jinde waranza.» I ne a se: «Ci ni jand'izo, iri ma maa.»
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.
14 Samson ne i se: «}waari kaŋ fun ŋwaako ra, da kaani kaŋ fun gaabikooni ra.» Amma kal a to jirbi hinza i mana hin ka jand'izo kaajo bay k'a ci.
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?”
15 A ciya binde, zaari iyyanta hane, i ne Samson wando se: «Ma ni kurnye faali-faali zama a ma jando feerijo ci iri se, iri ma si ni ton da danji, nin da ni baaba windo. Araŋ n'iri ce neewo no zama araŋ m'iri arzakey ta, wala manti yaadin no?»
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?”
16 Samson wando mo hẽ Samson jine ka ne: «Ni ga konna ay day no, ni si ba ay. Ni na jand'izo ci ay dumey izey se, amma ni man'a feerijo ci ay se.» Samson ne a se: «A go, ay man'a ci ay baaba wala ay nya se. May ci nin hala y'a ci ni se?»
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.
17 Amma wando soobay ka hẽ a jine yaadin hala jirbi iyya din, bato alwaato me-a-me ra. A ciya binde, jirbi iyyanta hane, a na jand'izo ci wando se, zama a na Samson kankam da cimi. Gaa no nga mo na feerijo ci nga dumey izey se.
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.”
18 Jirbi iyyanta, hala wayna ga kaŋ, kwaara borey ne Samson se: «Ifo no ga bisa yu kaani? Wala mo ifo no ga bisa muusu beeri gaabi?» Amma a ne i se: «Da manti kaŋ araŋ n'ay haw zano daŋ ka far d'a, doŋ araŋ s'ay jand'izo wo kaa taray.»
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.
19 Rabbi Biya kaa a gaa da hin. A zulli ka koy Askelon. A na boro waranza wi a ra k'i daabirey ta. A na kwaay beeri waranza no borey kaŋ yaŋ n'a sanno feeri se. Amma Samson bine tun ka koroŋ kal a koy nga baabo kwaara.
20But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
20 Amma i na Samson wando ye k'a no a naanay bora se, nga kaŋ te Samson se arhiiji coro.