Hakim-hakim 14
1 Simson pergi ke Timna dan di situ ia melihat seorang gadis Filistin.
One day when Samson was in Timnah [town], he saw a young Philistine woman there.
2 Ia pulang dan memberitahukan kepada ayahnya dan ibunya: "Di Timna aku melihat seorang gadis Filistin. Tolong, ambillah dia menjadi isteriku."
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.”
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."
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!”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
7 Maka pergilah ia ke sana, lalu bercakap-cakap dengan perempuan itu, sebab Simson suka kepadanya.
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].
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.
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.
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.
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].
10 Setelah ayahnya pergi kepada perempuan itu, Simson mengadakan perjamuan di sana, sebab demikianlah biasanya dilakukan orang-orang muda.
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.
11 Ketika mereka melihat dia, dipilihlah tiga puluh orang kawan untuk menemani dia.
Thirty young man were invited to the party.
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.
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 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."
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.”
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.
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.
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?"
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]?”
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?"
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?”
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.
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.
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."
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!”
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.
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.
20 Maka diberikanlah isteri Simson itu kepada kawannya, bekas pengiringnya.
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].
