Judges 14
1 And Samson goes down to Timnath, and sees a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
Samsoni akashuka kwenda Timna, na huko akaona mwanamke, mmojawapo wa binti za Wafilisti. Aliporudi, akamwambia baba yake na mama yake,
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.”
'Nimemwona mwanamke huko Timna, mmojawapo wa binti za Wafilisti. Sasa mkanichukulie awe mke wangu.
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.”
Baba yake na mama yake wakamwambia, “Je, hakuna mwanamke kati ya binti za ndugu zako, au kati ya watu wetu wote? Je! Utachukua mke kutoka kwa Wafilisti wasiotahiriwa?” Samsoni akamwambia baba yake, “Nichukulie kwa ajili yangu, kwa maana wakati nilipomwangalia, alinipendeza.'
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.
Lakini baba yake na mama yake hawakujua kwamba suala hili lilikuja kutoka kwa Bwana, kwa maana alitaka kutengeneza mgogoro na Wafilisti (kwa wakati huo Wafilisti walikuwa wakitawala Israeli).
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,
Basi Samsoni akaenda Timna pamoja na baba yake na mama yake; nao wakafika kwenye mashamba ya mizabibu ya Timna. Na, tazama, kuna simba mdogo wa alikuja na alikuwa akiunguruma.
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.
Roho wa Bwana ghafla akaja juu yake, naye akamrarua simba kwa urahisi kama ambavyo angeweza kumrarua mbuzi mdogo, naye hakuwa na kitu mkononi mwake. Lakini hakuwaambia baba au mama yake kile alichofanya.
7 And he goes down and speaks to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson;
Alikwenda na kuzungumza na mwanamke, na alipopomtazama, alimpendeza Samsoni.
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.
Siku chache baadaye aliporudi kumwoa, akageuka na kutafuta mzoga wa simba. Na, tazama, kulikuwa na kundi la nyuki na asali katika kile kilichobaki katika mwili wa simba.
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.
Akaweka asali mikononi mwake na akaenda, akala huku akienda. Alipokuja kwa baba yake na mama yake, akawapa, nao wakala. Lakini hakuwaambia kuwa amechukua asali nje ya kile kilichobaki kwenye mwili wa simba.
10 And his father goes down to the woman, and Samson makes a banquet there, for so the young men does;
Baba yake Samsoni akaenda chini alipokuwa mwanamke, na Samsoni akafanya sikukuu huko, kwa maana hii ilikuwa desturi ya vijana.
11 and it comes to pass, when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.
Mara tu ndugu zake walipomwona, walimletea rafiki zao thelathini kuwa pamoja naye.
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;
Samsoni akawaambia, Hebu nawaambieni kitendawili. Ikiwa mmoja wenu anaweza kuipata na kuniambia jibu wakati wa siku saba za sikukuu, nitatoa nguo za kitani thelathini na seti ya nguo thelathini.
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!”
Lakini ikiwa hamuwezi kuniambia jibu, basi utanipa nguo za kitani thelathini na seti za nguo thelathini. ' Wakamwambia, Utuambie kitendawili chako, ili tukisikie.
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.
Akawaambia, 'Kati ya mtu aliyekula alikuwa kitu cha kula; nje ya nguvu ilikuwa kitu tamu. Lakini wageni wake hawakuweza kupata jibu katika siku tatu.
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?”
Siku ya nne wakamwambia mkewe Samsoni, 'Mdanganye mume wako ili atuambie jibu la kitendawili, au tutakuchoma moto wewe na nyumba ya baba yako. Je, umetualika hapa ili kutufanya maskini? '
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?”
Mke wa Samsoni alianza kulia mbele yake; Akasema, 'Yote unayoyafanya ni kunichukia! Hunipendi. Umesema kitendawili kwa baadhi ya watu wangu, lakini hujawaambia jibu. ' Samsoni akamwambia, 'Angalia hapa, kama sijawaambia baba yangu au mama yangu, nikuambie wewe?'
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.
Alilia kwa siku saba ambazosikukuu yao iliendelea. Siku ya saba alimwambia jibu kwa sababu alimlazimisha sana. Akawaambia jibu jamaa zake.
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.”
Na watu wa mji wakamwambia, siku ya saba kabla ya jua kuzama, 'Ni nini kilicho bora zaidi kuliko asali? Ni kitu gani chenye nguvu kuliko simba? ' Samsoni akawaambia, 'Ikiwa hamkulima na ng'ombe wangu, hamtapata jibu la kitendawili changu.'
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;
Kisha Roho wa Bwana akaja kwa Samsoni kwa nguvu. Samsoni akashuka kwenda Ashkeloni na kuuawa watu thelathini kati ya watu hao. Akachukua mateka yao, na akawapa seti ya nguo kwa wale waliomjibu kitendawili chake. Alikasirika akaenda nyumbani kwa baba yake.
20 and Samson’s wife becomes his companion’s, who had attended to him.
Na mke wake akachukuliwa na rafiki yake wa karibu.
