قُضاة 14
| وَذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ حَيْثُ رَاقَتْهُ فَتَاةٌ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ | ١ 1 |
One day Samson went to Timnah, where a young Philistine woman attracted his attention.
| فَرَجَعَ إِلَى وَالِدَيْهِ وَأَخْبَرَهُمَا قَائِلاً: «رَاقَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ فِي تِمْنَةَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فَزَوِّجَانِي مِنْهَا». | ٢ 2 |
He went back home and told his father and mother, “A Philistine woman in Timnah caught my attention. Now get her for me because I want to marry her.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ وَالِدَاهُ: «أَلَمْ تَجِدْ بَيْنَ بَنَاتِ أَقْرِبَائِكَ وَفِي قَوْمِنَا فَتَاةً، حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ وَتَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْغُلْفِ؟» فَأَجَابَ شَمْشُونُ أَبَاهُ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْفَتَاةُ الَّتِي رَاقَتْنِي فَزَوِّجْنِي إِيَّاهَا». | ٣ 3 |
But his father and mother replied, “Can't you find a young woman from our tribe or from our own people? Do you have to go to the heathen Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Just get her for me, because she's the one I find her attractive.”
| وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْ وَالِدَاهُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الأَمْرَ كَانَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي كَانَ يَلْتَمِسُ عِلَّةً ضِدَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا آنَئِذٍ مُتَسَلِّطِينَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤ 4 |
(His father and mother didn't realize that this was in the Lord's plans, who was looking for an opportunity to deal with the Philistines; because at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.)
| فَانْحَدَرَ شَمْشُونُ وَوَالِدَاهُ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا كُرُومَهَا، وَإذَا بِشِبْلِ أَسَدٍ يَتَحَفَّزُ مُزَمْجِراً لِلانْقِضَاضِ عَلَيْهِ، | ٥ 5 |
Samson went to Timnah with his father and mother. When they passed the Timnah vineyards, all of a sudden young lion came roaring out to attack him.
| فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فَقَبَضَ عَلَى الأَسَدِ وَشَقَّهُ إِلَى نِصْفَيْنِ وَكَأَنَّهُ جَدْيٌ صَغِيرٌ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهُ سِلاحٌ. وَلَمْ يُنْبِئْ وَالِدَيْهِ بِمَا فَعَلَ. | ٦ 6 |
The Spirit of the Lord swept over him, and he ripped the lion apart with his bare hands as easily as ripping apart a young goat. But he didn't tell his father or mother what he'd done. Then he went on his way.
| ثُمَّ مَضَى إِلَى الْفَتَاةِ وَخَاطَبَهَا فَازْدَادَ بِها إِعْجَاباً. | ٧ 7 |
When Samson talked with the woman and decided she was right for him.
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ شَمْشُونُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ لِيَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْهَا مَالَ لِيُلْقِيَ نَظْرَةً عَلَى جُثَّةِ الأَسَدِ، فَوَجَدَ فِي جَوْفِهَا سَرْباً مِنَ النَّحْلِ وَبَعْضَ الْعَسَلِ، | ٨ 8 |
Later on when Samson returned to marry her, he turned off the road to look for the lion's carcass. Inside the body was a swarm of bees and their honey.
| فَتَنَاوَلَ مِنْهُ قَدْراً عَلَى كَفِّهِ وَمَضَى وَهُوَ يَأْكُلُ. ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى وَالِدَيْهِ فَأَعْطَاهُمَا فَأَكَلا، وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْهُمَا أَنَّهُ اشْتَارَ الْعَسَلَ مِنْ جَوْفِ الأَسْدِ. | ٩ 9 |
He scraped out some of honey into his hands and ate it as he walked. When he got back to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he didn't tell them he'd taken the honey from a lion's carcass.
| وَذَهَبَ وَالِدُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْعَرُوسِ، فَأَقَامَ شَمْشُونُ هُنَاكَ وَلِيمَةً كَمَا تَقْتَضِي أَعْرَافُ الزَّوَاجِ. | ١٠ 10 |
While his father went to visit the woman, Samson held a drinking party there, because this was the custom among high-class young men.
| وَدَعَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ ثَلاثِينَ شَابّاً لِيُنَادِمُوهُ (فِي فَتْرَةِ الاحْتِفَالِ بِزَوَاجِهِ). | ١١ 11 |
When the Philistine people saw him, they arranged for thirty men to accompany him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «سَأُلْقِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُحْجِيَّةً، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ حَلَّهَا الصَّحِيحَ فِي سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامِ الْوَلِيمَةِ أُعْطِيكُمْ ثَلاثِينَ قَمِيصاً وَثَلاثِينَ حُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ. | ١٢ 12 |
“Let me pose a riddle to you,” Samson said to them. “If you can find its meaning and explain it to me during the seven days of the party, I'll give you thirty lines cloaks and thirty sets of clothes.
| أَمَّا إِنْ عَجَزْتُمْ عَنْهَا فَسَتُعْطُونِي أَنْتُمْ ثَلاثِينَ قَمِيصاً وَثَلاثِينَ حُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ». فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «هَاتِ أُحْجِيَّتَكَ فَنَسْمَعَهَا». | ١٣ 13 |
But if you can't explain it to me, you'll give me thirty lines cloaks and thirty sets of clothes.” “Fine,” they replied. “Let's hear your riddle!”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مِنَ الآكِلِ خَرَجَ أُكْلٌ، وَمِنَ الْقَوِيِّ خَرَجَتْ حَلاوَةٌ». وَانْقَضَتْ ثَلاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَجِدُوا لَهَا حَلاً. | ١٤ 14 |
“Food came out of the eater, and sweetness came out of the strong,” he said. Three days later they still hadn't worked it out.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ قَالُوا لِزَوْجَةِ شَمْشُونَ: «تَمَلَّقِي زَوْجَكِ لِيَكْشِفَ لَنَا عَنْ حَلِّ الأُحْجِيَّةِ، لِئَلّا نُضْرِمَ النَّارَ فِيكِ وَفِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ. أَدَعَوْتُمُونَا إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ لِتَسْلِبُونَا؟» | ١٥ 15 |
On the fourth day they came to Samson's wife and told her, “Use your charms to get your husband to explain the riddle and then tell us, or we'll burn you and all your family to death. Did you bring us here just to rob us?”
| فَبَكَتِ امْرَأَةُ شَمْشُونَ لَدَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: «أَنْتَ تَمْقُتُنِي وَلا تُحِبُّنِي حَقّاً. فَقَدْ طَرَحْتَ عَلَى بَنِي قَوْمِي أُحْجِيَّةً وَلَمْ تُطْلِعْنِي عَلَى حَلِّهَا». فَقَالَ لَهَا: «هُوَذَا أَبِي وَأُمِّي لَمْ أُطْلِعْهُمَا عَلَى حَلِّهَا، فَلِمَاذَا أُخْبِرُكِ أَنْتِ بِهِ؟» | ١٦ 16 |
So Samson's wife went crying to him, saying, “You really do hate me, don't you! You don't love me at all! You have posed a riddle to my people, but haven't even explained it to me.” “So?” he replied. “I haven't even explained it to my father or mother! Why should I explain it to you?”
| فَظَلَّتْ تَبْكِي لَدَيْهِ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامِ الْوَلِيمَةِ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ أَطْلَعَهَا عَلَى الْحَلِّ لِفَرْطِ مَا ضَايَقَتْهُ، فَأَسَرَّتْ بِهِ لِبَنِي قَوْمِهَا. | ١٧ 17 |
She cried in front of him for the whole time of the party, and eventually on the seventh day he explained it to her because she nagged him so much. Then she explained the meaning of the riddle to the Philistine young men.
| وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِ شَمْسِ الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ قَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ: «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ، وَمَا هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنَ الأَسَدِ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «لَوْلا أَنَّكُمْ حَرَثْتُمْ عَلَى عِجْلَتِي لَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ حَلَّ أُحْجِيِّتِي». | ١٨ 18 |
Before the sun set on the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson and said, “What's sweeter than honey? What's stronger than a lion?” “If you hadn't used my cow to plough with, you wouldn't have found out the meaning of my riddle,” Samson replied.
| وَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فَانْحَدَرَ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ أَشْقَلُونَ وَقَتَلَ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَعْطَاهَا لِلرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ حَلُّوا لُغْزَهُ. وَلَكِنْ، إِذِ احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُهُ مَضَى إِلَى بَيْتِ وَالِدَيْهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The Spirit of the Lord swept over him and he went to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their clothing, and gave it to those who had explained the riddle. Furiously anger, Samson went back to his father's house.
| وَمَا لَبِثَتِ امْرَأَةُ شَمْشُونَ أَنْ أَصْبَحَتْ زَوْجَةً لِصَاحِبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ نَدِيماً لَهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Samson's wife was given to his best man who had accompanied him at the wedding.
