Judges 14
1 Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;
Engang Samson kom ned til Timna, så han en af Filisternes Døtre der.
2 And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.
Og da han kom tilbage derfra, fortalte han sin Fader og Moder det og sagde: "Jeg har set en Kvinde i Timna, en af Filisternes Døtre; nu må I hjælpe mig at få hende til Hustru!"
3 Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me.
Hans Fader og Moder svarede ham: "Findes der da ingen Kvinde blandt dine Landsmænds Døtre eller i hele dit Folk, siden du vil gå hen og tage dig en Hustru hos de uomskårne Filistere?" Men Samson svarede sin Fader: "Nej, hende må du hjælpe mig til, thi det er hende, jeg synes om!"
4 Now his father and mother had no knowledge that this was the purpose of the Lord, who had the destruction of the Philistines in mind. Now the Philistines at that time were ruling over Israel.
Hans Fader og Moder forstod ikke, at det kom fra HERREN, som søgte en Anledning til Strid over for Filisterne. På den Tid havde Filisterne nemlig Magten over Israel.
5 Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother, ) and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him.
Samson tog nu med sin Fader og Moder ned til Timna. Da de nåede Vingårdene uden for Timna, se, da kom en ung Løve brølende imod ham.
6 And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two as one might do to a young goat, he put him to death; (but he said nothing to his father and mother of what he had done.)
Så kom HERRENs Ånd over ham, og han sønderrev den med sine bare Næver, som var det et Gedekid; men sin Fader og Moder fortalte han ikke, hvad han havde gjort.
7 So he went down and had talk with the woman; and she was pleasing to Samson.
Derpå drog han ned og bejlede til Kvinden; thi Samson syntes om hende.
8 Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there.
Da han efter nogen Tids Forløb vendte tilbage for at ægte hende, gik han hen for at se til Løvens Ådsel, og se, da var der en Bisværm og Honning i Løvens Krop.
9 And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
Han tog da Honningen i sine Hænder og spiste deraf, medens han gik videre; og da han kom til sin Fader og Moder, gav han dem noget deraf, og de spiste; men han sagde dem ikke, at han havde taget Honningen fra Løvens Krop.
10 Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.
Så drog Samson ned til Kvinden; og de holdt Gilde, som de unge havde for Skik.
11 And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.
Da de så ham, udvalgte de tredive Brudesvende til at ledsage ham.
12 And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;
Og Samson sagde til dem: "Jeg vil give eder en Gåde at gætte; hvis I i Løbet af de syv Gildedage kan sige mig Løsningen, vil jeg give eder tredive Linnedkjortler og tredive Sæt klæder;
13 But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Put your hard question and let us see what it is.
men kan I ikke sige mig den, skal I give mig tredive Linnedkjortler og tredive Sæt klæder!" De svarede: "Sig din Gåde frem og lad os høre den!"
14 And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer.
Da sagde han til dem: "Fra Æderen kom Æde, fra den stærke Sødme!" Men da de tre Dage var omme, havde de ikke kunnet gætte Gåden,
15 So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by some trick or other, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire; did you get us here to take all we have?
og den fjerde Dag sagde de til Samsons Hustru: "Lok din Mand til at sige os Løsningen, ellers brænder vi dig og din Faders Hus inde! Har I budt os herhen for at tage alting fra os?"
16 Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me but only hate; you have put a hard question to the children of my people and have not given me the answer. And he said to her, See, I have not given the answer even to my father or my mother; am I to give it to you?
Da hang Samsons Hustru over ham med Gråd og sagde: "Du hader mig jo og elsker mig ikke! Du har givet mine Landsmænd en Gåde at gætte, og mig har du ikke sagt Løsningen!" Han svarede hende: "Jeg har ikke sagt min Fader eller Moder den, og så skulde jeg sige dig den!"
17 And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people.
Men hun hang over ham med Gråd, de syv Dage Gildet varede; og den syvende Dag sagde han hende Løsningen, fordi hun plagede ham. Så sagde hun sine Landsmænd Gådens Løsning;
18 Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.
og den syvende Dag, før han gik ind i Kammeret, sagde Byens Mænd til ham: "Hvad er sødere end Honning, og hvad er stærkere end en Løve?" Men han svarede dem: "Havde I ikke pløjet med min Kalv, havde I ikke gættet min Gåde!"
19 And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house.
Da kom HERRENs Ånd over ham, og han drog ned til Askalon, slog tredive Mænd ihjel der, trak deres Tøj af dem og gav Klæderne til dem, der havde sagt Løsningen på Gåden. Og hans Vrede blussede op, og han drog tilbage til sin Faders Hus.
20 But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.
Men Samsons Hustru blev givet til den Brudesvend, som havde været hans Brudefører.
