Jij 14
1 Samson te desann Thimna. La li te wè yon fanm Thimna; youn nan fi Filisten yo.
Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;
2 Konsa, li te retounen pou te di papa l avèk manman l: “Mwen te wè yon fanm Thimna, youn nan fi Filisten yo. Alò pou sa, al chache li pou mwen kòm madanm.”
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.
3 Papa l avèk manman l te di li: “Èske pa gen okenn fanm pami fi a fanmi ou yo, oswa pami tout pèp nou an, pou ou alepran yon madanm pami Filisten ensikonsi sa yo?” Samson te di a papa l: “Ale pran li pou mwen; paske selon mwen menm, li byen bèl.”
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.
4 Alò, papa li avèk manman li pa t konnen ke sa se te yon bagay a SENYÈ a; paske Li t ap chache yon okazyon kont Filisten yo. Alò, nan tan sa a, Filisten yo t ap domine sou Israël.
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.
5 Epi Samson te desann Thimna avèk papa l avèk manman l e yo te avanse rive jis nan chan rezen a Thimna yo; epi vwala, yon jenn lyon tou ap gwonde te vin lonje sou li.
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.
6 Lespri SENYÈ a te vin monte byen fò sou li e li te chire li tankou yon moun ta chire yon jenn kabrit, malgre anyen pa t nan men li. Men li pa t pale ni papa l ni manman l sa li te fè a.
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.)
7 Konsa, li te desann pale avèk fanm nan, epi li te fè kè l kontan.
So he went down and had talk with the woman; and she was pleasing to Samson.
8 Lè l te retounen pita pou pran l, li te vire akote pou gade kadav lyon an. Epi vwala, yon desen myèl te nan kò lyon an.
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.
9 Konsa, li te fè yon grate lasi ak siwo myèl nan men li e li te fè wout li pandan li t ap manje. Lè li te vin kote papa l avèk manman l, li te bay yo, e yo te manje. Men li pa t di yo ke li te grate siwo a sòti nan kò lyon an.
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.
10 Alò, papa li te desann vè fanm nan; epi Samson te fè yon fèt la, paske jennonm yo te konn fè sa kòm koutim pa yo.
Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.
11 Lè yo te wè li, yo te mennen trant zanmi parèy a yo pou yo ta kab la avèk li.
And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.
12 Samson te di yo: “Kite m bannou yon kont pou nou kab devine l. Si nou kab vrèman reponn pandan sèt jou ki ekoule nan fèt la pou twouve bout li, alò, mwen va bannou trant gwo manto fèt an len avèk trant echanj vètman.
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;
13 Men si nou pa kab reponn mwen, alò, nou va ban mwen trant echanj vètman.” Yo te di li: “Bannou kont lan pou nou kab koute li.”
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.
14 Konsa, li te di yo: “Sòti nan sila ki konn manje, te parèt yon bagay pou manje. Sòti nan sila ki gen fòs, te parèt yon bagay ki dous.” Men nan twa jou, yo pa t kab ba li repons lan.
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.
15 Alò, li te vin rive ke nan katriyèm jou a, ke yo te di a madanm Samson an: “Mennen mari ou pou l kab bannou repons kont lan, oswa nou va brile ou menm avèk kay papa ou avèk dife. Èske se pou fè nou vin pòv ke ou te envite nou? Se pa sa w ap fè la a?”
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?
16 Madanm a Samson te kriye devan li e te di: “Se sèlman ke ou rayi mwen e ou pa renmen m. Ou te prezante yon kont a fis pèp mwen yo e ou pa t pale m de sa.” Li te di li: “Gade byen, mwen pa t pale l ni a manman m, ni a papa m. Èske se a ou menm pou m ta pale li?”
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?
17 Men li te kriye devan li pandan sèt jou pandan fèt yo a t ap pase. Epi nan setyèm jou a, li te pale li kont lan, akoz li menm (fanm nan) te peze li rèd. Alò konsa, li al pale istwa a fis pèp li yo.
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.
18 Konsa, mesye lavil yo te di a li nan setyèm jou a avan solèy la te kouche: “Se kisa ki pi dous ke siwo myèl? Epi kisa ki pi fò pase yon lyon?” Li te reponn yo: “Si nou pa t raboure avèk gazèl bèf mwen, nou pa t ap dekouvri kont mwen an.”
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.
19 Lespri SENYÈ a te vini sou li byen fò, e li te desann Askalon pou te touye trant nan Filisten yo. Li te pran piyaj pa yo e te bay echanj rad yo a sila ki te reponn kont lan. Epi kòlè li te monte, e li te monte vè lakay papa l.
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.
20 Men madanm a Samson an te vin bay a yon konpanyen li ki te bon zanmi li.
But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.
