Judges 14
1 One day when Samson was in Timnah [town], he saw a young Philistine woman there.
Eso afaega, Sa: masane da Dimina moilaiga asili, Filisidini a: fini afadafa ba: i.
2 When he returned home, he told his mother and father, “I saw a young Philistine woman in Timnah, and I want you to get her for me so I can marry her.”
E da ea diasuga buhagili, ea eda amola ame elama amane sia: i, “Na da Dimina moilaiga Filisidini a: fini ba: i dagoi. Na da amo lamu hanai galebe. Amo lamusa: , ali amo a: fini nagili logela masa.”
3 His mother and father objected very strongly. They said, “Is there no woman from our tribe, or from the other Israeli tribes, that you could marry? Why must you go to the heathen Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She is the one I want!”
Be ea eda amola ame ela da amane sia: i, “Di da abuliba: le Gode Ea Hou hame lalegagui Filisidini fi uda lamusa: hanabela: ? Ninia fi amoga uda hogole lamu da defea!” Be Sa: masane da bu adole i, “Na da amo a: fini hanai. Na da e fawane lamusa: dawa:”
4 His mother and father did not realize that Yahweh was arranging this. He was preparing a way for [Samson to defeat] the Philistines, who were ruling over Israel at that time.
Hina Gode da hame lalegagui Filisidini dunu ilima gegemusa: logo hogoi helebeba: le, E da Sa: masane ea asigi dawa: su ganodini agoane hamosu. Bai amo esoga, Filisidini dunu da Isala: ili soge ouligisu. Be Sa: masane eda amola ame da amo hou hame dawa: iou.
5 So, as Samson was going down to Timnah, followed by his mother and father, a young lion attacked Samson near the vineyards close to Timnah.
Amaiba: le Sa: masane da ea eda amola ame Dimina moilaiga sigi asi. Ilia da waini sagai ganodini asili, Sa: masane da laione wa: me waha debe gasala amo ea gesenenanebe nabi.
6 Then Yahweh’s Spirit came upon Samson powerfully, with the result that he tore the lion apart with his hands. He did it [as easily] as if it were a young goat. But he did not tell his mother and father about it.
Hedolowane, Sa: masane da Hina Gode Ea gasa bagade lai. E da amo laione amo goudi mano defele, ea loboga medole legele, magado gowa: i. Be amo hou e da ea ada amola ea ame elama hame adole i.
7 When they arrived in Timnah, Samson talked with the young woman, and he liked her very much. [And his father made arrangements for the wedding].
Amalalu, e da amo a: fini amoma asili, sia: sa: i. E da amo a: fini hanai.
8 Later, when Samson returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to see the carcass of the lion. He discovered that [after other creatures had eaten all the flesh], a swarm of bees [had made a hive in the skeleton and] had made some honey.
Eso didia asili, e da amo a: fini lamusa: bu asi. E da logoga asili, amo logo fisili, laione wa: me e da medole legei amo ba: la asi. E da laione ea da: i hodo ganodini agime fila heda: i amola agime hano dialebe fofogadigili ba: i.
9 So he scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate some of it as he was walking along. He also gave some of it to his mother and father, but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the skeleton of the lion, [because anyone dedicated to God was not to touch any corpse].
E da amo agime hano lale, logoga ahoa nana asi. Amalalu, e da ea ada amola ame elama asili, agime hano mogili elama i. Ela da mai dagoi. Be Sa: masane da amo agime hano laione bogoi ea da: i hodo amoga lai, e da elama hame olelei.
10 As his father was making the final arrangements for the marriage, Samson gave a party [for the young men in that area]. That was the custom for men to do when they were about to be married.
Ea eda da a: fini ea diasuga asi. Amola amoga Sa: masane da lolo nasu hamoi. Bai amo esoga, ayeligi dunu da amo hou hamonanusu.
11 Thirty young man were invited to the party.
Filisidini dunu da Sa: masane ba: beba: le, ilia da Filisidini ayeligi 30 agoane e sigi esaloma: ne, asunasi.
12 Samson said to them, “Allow me to tell you a riddle. If you tel me the meaning of my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I will give each of you a linen robe and an extra set of clothes.
13 But if you cannot tell me the meaning, you must each give me a linen robe and an extra set of clothes.” They replied, “All right. Tell us your riddle.”
Sa: masane da ilima amane sia: i, “Na da dilima idinamasu adole ba: ma: bela: ? Uda lasu lolo nasu eso fesuale amoga, dilia da amo sia: ea bai nama adole iasea, na da dilima afae afae dilima abula noga: i amola abula salasu imunu. Be dilia amo ea bai hame dawa: sea, dilia da nama afae afae abula amola abula salasu noga: iwane ima.” Ilia da ema bu adole i, “Defea! Dia idinamasu ninima adole ima. Ninia nabimu hanai.”
14 So he said, “From the thing that eats came something to eat; out of something strong came something sweet.” But for three days they could not tell him the meaning of the riddle.
E da ilima amane sia: i, “Liligi da ha: i manu naha amo ea hagomodini amoga ha: i manu da misi. Amola gasa bagade liligi amo ea hagomodini amoga da hedai liligi misi.” Eso udiana da asili, be amo idinamasu ea bai ilia da hogoi helele hame dawa: i.
15 On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s bride, “Ask your husband to tell you the meaning of the riddle. If you do not do that, we will burn down your father’s house, with you inside it! Did you invite us here only to make us poor [by forcing us to buy a lot of clothes for your husband]?”
Eso biyaduga ilia da Sa: masane idua ema amane sia: i, “Diguama ogogoma. E da ninima amo idinamasu ea bai ninima olelema: ne agoane hamoma. Be dia agoane hame hamosea, ninia da dia ada diasu amo laluga ulagili salimu, amola di gilisili gobele salimu. Dafawane! Ania da nini liligi wamolamusa: , ninima guiguda: misa: ne sia: i.”
16 So Samson’s wife came to him, crying, and said to him, “You do not really love me. You hate me! You have told a riddle to my friends, but you have not told me the meaning of the riddle!” He replied, “I have not told the meaning of the riddle even to my mother and father, so why should I tell it to you?”
Amalalu, Sa: masane idua da ema digini asili, amane sia: i, “Di da nama hame asigisa. Di da nama higasa. Di da na dogolegei fi dunu amo idinamasu sia: adole ba: i. Be amo ea bai nama hame olelei.” Sa: masane da ema bu adole i, “Na da amo ea bai na ada amola ame elama hame olelei. Amaiba: le, na da abuli dima adole ima: bela: ?”
17 She continued to cry every time she was with him, all during the rest of the celebration. Finally, on the seventh day, because she continued to nag him, he told her the meaning of the riddle. Then she told it to the young men.
Amo lolo nasu eso fesuale amoga, Sa: masane idua da dinanawane ema adole ba: i. Be eso fesuale gala amoga, e da mae fisili sia: ga gegenabeba: le, Sa: masane da amo idinamasu ea bai ema olelei. Amalalu, e da Filisidini dunuma olelei.
18 So, before sunset on the seventh day, the young men came to Samson and said to him, “What/Nothing is sweeter than honey [RHQ]. What/Nothing is stronger than a lion [RHQ]!” Samson replied, “[You should not force a heifer to] plow a field [MET]. Similarly, if you had not forced my bride to ask me about the riddle [MET], you would not have known the answer to my riddle!”
Amalalu, eso fesu ganodini, eso dabe gadenenoba, Filisidini dunu da Sa: masane amoma amane sia: i, “Ha: i manu eno da hani ea hedai hame baligisa. Amola eno liligi ea gasa da laione wa: me ea gasa hame baligisa.” Sa: masane da bu adole i, “Dilia da na uda ea hou amo ganodini hame hamonoba, amo hedesu sia: bai hame dawa: la: loba.”
19 Then Yahweh’s Spirit powerfully took control of Samson. He went down to [the coast at] Ashkelon [town], and killed 30 men. He took their clothes [and went back to Timnah] and gave them to the men who had told him the meaning of the riddle. But he was very angry about what had happened, so he went back home to live with his mother and father.
Amalalu, hedolowane e da Hina Gode Ea gasa bagade lai. E da A: siegelone moilaiga asili, dunu 30 agoane amo medole legei. E da amo dunu ilia abula gigisa: le sasali, dunu amo da idinamasu ea bai olelei, ilima i dagoi. Amalalu, e da ougiwane hamonanu hi diasuga asi.
20 So (Samson’s wife was given/the bride’s father gave Samson’s wife) to the man who who had been Samson’s best man at the wedding, [but Samson did not know that].
Amola fa: no, Filisidini a: fini amo Sa: masane ea lai, amo ea ada da bu dunu eno Sa: masane e uda gaguli lasu lolo nasu fidisu dunu amogili lama: ne i.
