Balam 14
1 Awo Samusooni n’aserengeta e Timuna n’alaba omukazi mu bawala ab’Abafirisuuti.
And Samson goes down to Timnath, and sees a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
2 N’addayo eka, n’ategeeza kitaawe ne nnyina ng’agamba nti, “Nalabye omukazi ku bawala ab’Abafirisuuti mu Timuna. Kale mumumpasize kaakano.”
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 Awo kitaawe ne nnyina ne bamugamba nti, “Tewali mukazi n’omu mu baganda bo newaakubadde mu Bantu bange gw’oyinza kuwasa, olyoke ogende ofune omukazi okuva mu Bafirisuuti abatali bakomole?” Naye Samusooni n’addamu kitaawe nti, “Mpasiza oyo kubanga ye gwe nsiimye.”
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 Kitaawe ne nnyina tebaamanya ekyo nga kyava eri Mukama Katonda, kubanga Mukama yali anoonya ensonga ku Bafirisuuti. Mu biro ebyo Abafirisuuti be baafuganga Isirayiri.
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 Awo Samusooni ne kitaawe ne nnyina ne bagenda e Timuna. Bwe baali basemberedde ennimiro z’emizabbibu egy’omu Timuna, empologoma ento n’ewuluguma nga bw’emulumba.
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 Awo Omwoyo wa Mukama Katonda n’amukkako, n’ayuzaayuza empologoma n’emikono gye ng’ayuzaayuza akabuzi akato, naye n’atabaako ky’ategeeza kitaawe newaakubadde nnyina.
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 Samusooni n’aserengeta n’agenda n’anyumya n’omukazi era n’amusiima.
And he goes down and speaks to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson;
8 Ebbanga bwe lyayitawo, n’addayo okumuwasa, naye aba ali ku lugendo, n’akyama okulaba omulambo gw’empologoma, era laba, nga mu mulambo gw’empologoma mulimu enjuki n’omubisi gw’enjuki.
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 N’atoola ku mubisi n’engalo ze, n’atambula n’agenda. Bwe yasiŋŋaana kitaawe ne nnyina nabo n’abawaako ne balya, wabula n’atabagamba nti omubisi ogwo gwe balya aguggye mu mulambo gw’empologoma.
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 Awo n’aserengeta ne kitaawe eri omukazi, era Samusooni n’akolerayo embaga ng’empisa y’abawasa bwe yali.
And his father goes down to the woman, and Samson makes a banquet there, for so the young men does;
11 Abafirisuuti bwe bajja okulaba Samusooni, ne bamuwa bannaabwe amakumi asatu okumuwerekerako.
and it comes to pass, when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.
12 Awo Samusooni n’abagamba nti, “Kaakano ka mbakokkolere ekikokko. Bwe mulikivvuunula ennaku omusanvu ez’embaga nga tezinnaggwaako, ndibawa ebyambalo ebya linena amakumi asatu, n’emiteeko gy’engoye amakumi asatu.
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 Naye bwe kinaabalema okuddamu, muteekwa okumpa ebyambalo ebya linena amakumi asatu, n’emiteeko gy’engoye amakumi asatu.” Ne bamugamba nti, “Kokkola ekikokko kyo tukiwulire.”
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 N’abagamba nti, “Mu muli mwavaamu ekyokulya Mu w’amaanyi mwavaamu ekiwoomerera.” Ennaku ssatu ne ziyitawo nga bakyalemeddwa okuvvuunula ekikokko.
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 Awo ku lunaku olwokuna ne bagamba mukazi wa Samusooni nti, “Sendasenda balo atuvvuunulire ekikokko. Bwe kitaabe bwe kityo tujja kukwokya omuliro ggwe n’ennyumba ya kitaawo. Mwatuyita kutunyaga, si bwe kiri?”
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 Mukazi wa Samusooni n’agenda gy’ali ng’akaaba amaziga, ng’agamba nti, “Ddala ddala onkyawa so tonjagala. Wakokkolera abasajja b’omu bantu bange ekikokko, naye n’otakivvuunula.” N’amuddamu nti, “Laba sinnakivuunulira kitange newaakubadde mmange, noolwekyo lwaki nkikuvuunulira?”
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 N’amukaabirira okumala ebbanga eryo lyonna ery’embaga, olwo n’alyoka akimuvuunulira, kubanga yamwetayirira nnyo. N’oluvannyuma omukazi n’annyonnyola abasajja b’omu bantu be ekikokko.
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 Awo ku lunaku olw’omusanvu enjuba nga tennagwa abasajja ab’omu kibuga ne bagamba Samusooni nti, “Kiki ekisinga omubisi gw’enjuki okuwoomerera? Kiki ekisinga empologoma amaanyi?” N’abaddamu nti, “Singa temwalimya nnyana yange, temwandivuunudde kikokko kyange.”
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 Awo Omwoyo wa Mukama Katonda n’amukkako, n’aserengeta e Asukulooni n’atta abasajja amakumi asatu, n’abambulamu ebyambalo byabwe, engoye zaabwe n’aziwa abavvuunula ekikokko. N’anyiiga nnyo, n’ayambuka n’addayo ewa kitaawe.
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 Mukazi wa Samusooni ne bamuwa mukwano gwe, eyabeeranga ne Samusooni.
and Samson’s wife becomes his companion’s, who had attended to him.
