اَلْقُضَاة 14
| وَنَزَلَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ، وَرَأَى ٱمْرَأَةً فِي تِمْنَةَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. | ١ 1 |
And Samson goes down to Timnath, and sees a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
| فَصَعِدَ وَأَخْبَرَ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَقَالَ: «قَدْ رَأَيْتُ ٱمْرَأَةً فِي تِمْنَةَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، فَٱلْآنَ خُذَاهَا لِيَ ٱمْرَأَةً». | ٢ 2 |
and comes up and declares [it] to his father and to his mother, and says, “I have seen a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ: «أَلَيْسَ فِي بَنَاتِ إِخْوَتِكَ وَفِي كُلِّ شَعْبِي ٱمْرَأَةٌ حَتَّى أَنَّكَ ذَاهِبٌ لِتَأْخُذَ ٱمْرَأَةً مِنَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ ٱلْغُلْفِ؟» فَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ لِأَبِيهِ: «إِيَّاهَا خُذْ لِي لِأَنَّهَا حَسُنَتْ فِي عَيْنَيَّ». | ٣ 3 |
And his father says to him—also his mother, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brothers, and among all my people, that you are going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson says to his father, “Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”
| وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَطْلُبُ عِلَّةً عَلَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. وَفِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ كَانَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ مُتَسَلِّطِينَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤ 4 |
And his father and his mother have not known that it [is] from YHWH, that He is seeking a meeting of the Philistines; and the Philistines are ruling over Israel at that time.
| فَنَزَلَ شَمْشُونُ وَأَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ، وَأَتَوْا إِلَى كُرُومِ تِمْنَةَ. وَإِذَا بِشِبْلِ أَسَدٍ يُزَمْجِرُ لِلِقَائِهِ. | ٥ 5 |
And Samson goes down—also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come to the vineyards of Timnath, and behold, a lion’s whelp roars at meeting him,
| فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَشَقَّهُ كَشَقِّ ٱلْجَدْيِ، وَلَيْسَ فِي يَدِهِ شَيْءٌ. وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ بِمَا فَعَلَ. | ٦ 6 |
and the Spirit of YHWH prospers over him, and he tears it as the tearing of a kid, and there is nothing in his hand, and he has not declared to his father and to his mother that which he has done.
| فَنَزَلَ وَكَلَّمَ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ فَحَسُنَتْ فِي عَيْنَيْ شَمْشُونَ. | ٧ 7 |
And he goes down and speaks to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson;
| وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ لِكَيْ يَأْخُذَهَا، مَالَ لِكَيْ يَرَى رِمَّةَ ٱلْأَسَدِ، وَإِذَا دَبْرٌ مِنَ ٱلنَّحْلِ فِي جَوْفِ ٱلْأَسَدِ مَعَ عَسَلٍ. | ٨ 8 |
and he turns back after [some] days to take her, and turns aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, a swarm of bees [are] in the body of the lion—and honey.
| فَٱشْتَارَ مِنْهُ عَلَى كَفَّيْهِ، وَكَانَ يَمْشِي وَيَأْكُلُ، وَذَهَبَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَأَعْطَاهُمَا فَأَكَلَا، وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْهُمَا أَنَّهُ مِنْ جَوْفِ ٱلْأَسَدِ ٱشْتَارَ ٱلْعَسَلَ. | ٩ 9 |
And he takes it down on to his hands, and goes on, going and eating; and he goes to his father, and to his mother, and gives to them, and they eat, and he has not declared to them that he took down the honey from the body of the lion.
| وَنَزَلَ أَبُوهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، فَعَمِلَ هُنَاكَ شَمْشُونُ وَلِيمَةً، لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْفِتْيَانُ. | ١٠ 10 |
And his father goes down to the woman, and Samson makes a banquet there, for so the young men does;
| فَلَمَّا رَأُوهُ أَحْضَرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَصْحَابِ، فَكَانُوا مَعَهُ. | ١١ 11 |
and it comes to pass, when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «لَأُحَاجِيَنَّكُمْ أُحْجِيَّةً، فَإِذَا حَلَلْتُمُوهُا لِي فِي سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامِ ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ وَأَصَبْتُمُوهَا، أُعْطِيكُمْ ثَلَاثِينَ قَمِيصًا وَثَلَاثِينَ حُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ. | ١٢ 12 |
And Samson says to them, “Now let me put forth a riddle to you; if you certainly declare it to me [in] the seven days of the banquet, and have found [it] out, then I have given thirty linen shirts and thirty changes of garments to you;
| وَإِنْ لَمْ تَقْدِرُوا أَنْ تَحُلُّوهَا لِي، تُعْطُونِي أَنْتُمْ ثَلَاثِينَ قَمِيصًا وَثَلَاثِينَ حُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ». فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «حَاجِ أُحْجِيَّتَكَ فَنَسْمَعَهَا». | ١٣ 13 |
and if you are not able to declare [it] to me, then you have given thirty linen shirts and thirty changes of garments to me.” And they say to him, “Put forth your riddle, and we hear it!”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مِنَ ٱلْآكِلِ خَرَجَ أُكْلٌ، وَمِنَ ٱلْجَافِي خَرَجَتْ حَلَاوَةٌ». فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ يَحُلُّوا ٱلأُحْجِيَّةَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ. | ١٤ 14 |
And he says to them: “Out of the eater came forth something to eat, And out of the strong came forth [something] sweet”; and they were not able to declare the riddle [in] three days.
| وَكَانَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّابِعِ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لِٱمْرَأَةِ شَمْشُونَ: «تَمَلَّقِي رَجُلَكِ لِكَيْ يُظْهِرَ لَنَا ٱلأُحْجِيَّةَ، لِئَلَّا نُحْرِقَكِ وَبَيْتَ أَبِيكِ بِنَارٍ. أَلِتَسْلِبُونَا دَعَوْتُمُونَا أَمْ لَا؟» | ١٥ 15 |
And it comes to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he declare the riddle to us, lest we burn you and the house of your father with fire; have you not called for us [here] to rob us?”
| فَبَكَتِ ٱمْرَأَةُ شَمْشُونَ لَدَيْهِ وَقَالَتْ: «إِنَّمَا كَرِهْتَنِي وَلَا تُحِبُّنِي. قَدْ حَاجَيْتَ بَنِي شَعْبِي أُحْجِيَّةً وَإِيَّايَ لَمْ تُخْبِرْ». فَقَالَ لَهَا: «هُوَذَا أَبِي وَأُمِّي لَمْ أُخْبِرْهُمَا، فَهَلْ إِيَّاكِ أُخْبِرُ؟». | ١٦ 16 |
And Samson’s wife weeps for it and says, “You have only hated me, and have not loved me; you have put forth the riddle to the sons of my people, but have not declared it to me”; and he says to her, “Behold, I have not declared [it] to my father and to my mother—and I declare [it] to you?”
| فَبَكَتْ لَدَيْهِ ٱلسَّبْعَةَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا كَانَتْ لَهُمُ ٱلْوَلِيمَةُ. وَكَانَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّابِعِ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهَا لِأَنَّهَا ضَايَقَتْهُ، فَأَظْهَرَتِ ٱلأُحْجِيَّةَ لِبَنِي شَعْبِهَا. | ١٧ 17 |
And she weeps for it the seven days [in] which their banquet has been, and it comes to pass on the seventh day that he declares [it] to her, for she has distressed him; and she declares the riddle to the sons of her people.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّابِعِ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ ٱلشَّمْسِ: «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْلَى مِنَ ٱلْعَسَلِ، وَمَا أَجْفَى مِنَ ٱلْأَسَدِ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَوْ لَمْ تَحْرُثُوا عَلَى عِجْلَتِي، لَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ أُحْجِيَّتِي». | ١٨ 18 |
And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goes in: “What [is] sweeter than honey? And what [is] stronger than a lion?” And he says to them: “Unless you had plowed with my heifer, You had not found out my riddle.”
| وَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ فَنَزَلَ إِلَى أَشْقَلُونَ وَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ ثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا، وَأَخَذَ سَلَبَهُمْ وَأَعْطَى ٱلْحُلَلَ لِمُظْهِرِي ٱلأُحْجِيَّةِ. وَحَمِيَ غَضَبُهُ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
And the Spirit of YHWH prospers over him, and he goes down to Ashkelon, and strikes down thirty of their men, and takes their armor, and gives the changes to those declaring the riddle; and his anger burns, and he goes up to the house of his father;
| فَصَارَتِ ٱمْرَأَةُ شَمْشُونَ لِصَاحِبِهِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يُصَاحِبُهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
and Samson’s wife becomes his companion’s, who had attended to him.
