< Hakim-hakim 14 >

1 Simson pergi ke Timna dan di situ ia melihat seorang gadis Filistin.
And Samson goes down to Timnath, and sees a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
2 Ia pulang dan memberitahukan kepada ayahnya dan ibunya: "Di Timna aku melihat seorang gadis Filistin. Tolong, ambillah dia menjadi isteriku."
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.”
3 Tetapi ayahnya dan ibunya berkata kepadanya: "Tidak adakah di antara anak-anak perempuan sanak saudaramu atau di antara seluruh bangsa kita seorang perempuan, sehingga engkau pergi mengambil isteri dari orang Filistin, orang-orang yang tidak bersunat itu?" Tetapi jawab Simson kepada ayahnya: "Ambillah dia bagiku, sebab dia kusukai."
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.”
4 Tetapi ayahnya dan ibunya tidak tahu bahwa hal itu dari pada TUHAN asalnya: sebab memang Simson harus mencari gara-gara terhadap orang Filistin. Karena pada masa itu orang Filistin menguasai orang Israel.
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.
5 Lalu pergilah Simson beserta ayahnya dan ibunya ke Timna. Ketika mereka sampai ke kebun-kebun anggur di Timna, maka seekor singa muda mendatangi Simson dengan mengaum.
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,
6 Pada waktu itu berkuasalah Roh TUHAN atas dia, sehingga singa itu dicabiknya seperti orang mencabik anak kambing--tanpa apa-apa di tangannya. Tetapi tidak diceriterakannya kepada ayahnya atau ibunya apa yang dilakukannya itu.
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.
7 Maka pergilah ia ke sana, lalu bercakap-cakap dengan perempuan itu, sebab Simson suka kepadanya.
And he goes down and speaks to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson;
8 Setelah beberapa waktu kembalilah ia ke sana untuk kawin dengan perempuan itu; dan ketika ia menyimpang dari jalan untuk melihat bangkai singa itu, tampaklah ada kawanan lebah pada kerangka singa itu dan juga madu.
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.
9 Dikeruknya madu itu ke dalam tangannya dan sambil memakannya ia berjalan terus, kemudian pergilah ia kepada ayahnya dan ibunya, dan memberikannya juga kepada mereka, lalu mereka memakannya. Tetapi tidak diceriterakannya kepada mereka, bahwa madu itu dikeruknya dari kerangka singa.
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.
10 Setelah ayahnya pergi kepada perempuan itu, Simson mengadakan perjamuan di sana, sebab demikianlah biasanya dilakukan orang-orang muda.
And his father goes down to the woman, and Samson makes a banquet there, for so the young men does;
11 Ketika mereka melihat dia, dipilihlah tiga puluh orang kawan untuk menemani dia.
and it comes to pass, when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.
12 Kata Simson kepada mereka: "Aku mau mengatakan suatu teka-teki kepada kamu. Jika kamu dapat memberi jawabnya yang tepat kepadaku dalam tujuh hari selama perjamuan ini berlangsung dan menebaknya, maka aku akan memberikan kepadamu tiga puluh pakaian lenan dan tiga puluh pakaian kebesaran.
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;
13 Tetapi jika kamu tidak dapat memberi jawabnya kepadaku, maka kamulah yang harus memberikan tiga puluh pakaian dalam dan tiga puluh pakaian kebesaran kepadaku." Kata mereka kepadanya: "Katakanlah teka-tekimu itu, supaya kami dengar."
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!”
14 Lalu katanya kepada mereka: "Dari yang makan keluar makanan, dari yang kuat keluar manisan." Ada tiga hari lamanya mereka tidak dapat memberi jawab teka-teki itu.
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.
15 Pada hari ketujuh berkatalah mereka kepada isteri Simson: "Bujuklah suamimu, supaya diberitahukannya kepada kami jawab teka-teki itu; kalau tidak, kami akan membakar engkau beserta seisi rumah ayahmu. Apakah engkau mengundang kami untuk membuat kami menjadi miskin? Tidak, bukan?"
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?”
16 Lalu menangislah isteri Simson itu sambil memeluk Simson, katanya: "Engkau benci saja kepadaku, dan tidak cinta kepadaku; suatu teka-teki kaukatakan kepada orang-orang sebangsaku, tetapi jawabnya tidak kauberitahukan kepadaku." Sahutnya kepadanya: "Sedangkan kepada ayahku dan ibuku tidak kuberitahukan, masakan kepada engkau akan kuberitahukan?"
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?”
17 Tetapi isterinya itu menangis di sampingnya selama ketujuh hari mereka mengadakan perjamuan itu. Pada hari yang ketujuh diberitahukannyala kepadanya, karena ia merengek-rengek kepadanya, kemudian perempuan itu memberitahukan jawab teka-teki itu kepada orang-orang sebangsanya.
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.
18 Lalu pada hari yang ketujuh itu, sebelum matahari terbenam, berkatalah orang-orang kota itu kepadanya: "Apakah yang lebih manis dari pada madu? Apakah yang lebih kuat dari pada singa?" Sahutnya kepada mereka: "Kalau kamu tidak membajak dengan lembu betinaku, pasti kamu tidak menebak teka-tekiku."
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.”
19 Maka berkuasalah Roh TUHAN atas dia, lalu pergilah ia ke Askelon dan dibunuhnya tiga puluh orang di sana, diambilnya pakaian mereka dan diberikannya pakaian-pakaian kebesaran itu kepada orang-orang yang dapat memberi jawab teka-teki itu. Tetapi amarahnya masih juga bernyala-nyala, lalu pulanglah ia ke rumah ayahnya.
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;
20 Maka diberikanlah isteri Simson itu kepada kawannya, bekas pengiringnya.
and Samson’s wife becomes his companion’s, who had attended to him.

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