Kaiwhakariterite 14
1 Na ka heke a Hamahona ki Timinata, a ka kite i tetahi wahine i Timinata no nga tamahine a nga Pirihitini.
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines, and she was right in his eyes.
2 Na ka haere ia, ka korero ki tona papa raua ko tona whaea, ka mea, I kite ahau i tetahi wahine i Timinata, no nga tamahine a nga Pirihitini: na, ma korua ia e tiki aianei hei wahine maku.
He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as wife."
3 Katahi ka mea tona papa raua ko tona whaea ki a ia; He kore koia no te wahine i roto i nga tamahine a ou tuakana, a toku iwi katoa hoki, i haere ai koe ki te tiki wahine i roto i nga Pirihitini kokotikore? A ka mea a Hamahona ki tona papa, Tikina atu maku; he pai hoki ia ki taku titiro.
Then his father and his mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" And Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes."
4 Kihai hoki tona papa raua ko tona whaea i mohio he mea tena na Ihowa, he take riri ki nga Pirihitini te rapua ana e ia. Na i taua wa he rangatira nga Pirihitini no Iharaira.
But his father and his mother did not know that it was of the LORD, for he sought for an opportunity against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
5 Na ka haere a Hamahona ratou ko tona papa, ko tona whaea, ki Timinata, a ka tae ki nga mara waina o Timinata, na ko te hamamatanga o tetahi kuao raiona; rere ana ki a ia.
Then Samson went down with his father and his mother to Timnah. And he turned aside and went into the vineyards of Timnah, and look, a young lion roared against him.
6 Na, ko te putanga iho o te wairua o Ihowa ki runga ki a ia, haea ana e ia, me te mea e haehae ana ia i te kuao koati; kahore hoki he mea i tona ringa: kihai hoki i korerotia e ia ki tona papa raua ko tona whaea tana i mea ai.
And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat. And he had nothing in his hand, but he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
7 Na ka haere ia ki raro, a ka korero ki taua wahine; a pai tonu tera ki ta Hamahona titiro.
He went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson's eyes.
8 A roa iho, ka hoki ia ki te tiki i a ia, a, no tona pekanga atu kia kite i te tinana o te raiona, na he pokai pi kei roto i te riu o te raiona, he honi ano hoki.
After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and look, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
9 Na ka mauria e ia i ona ringa, a ka kai haere; a, ka tae ki tona papa raua ko tona whaea, ka hoatu ma raua, a kai ana raua, kihai hoki i korerotia e ia ki a raua he mea tango mai nana taua honi i roto i te riu o te raiona.
He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
10 Na ka haere tona papa ki taua wahine, a ka tukua e Hamahona he hakari ki reira; ko te tikanga hoki tera ma nga taitamariki.
His father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, since young men used to do so.
11 A, no to ratou kitenga i a ia, na ka tikina atu e ratou etahi hoa e toru tekau, hei noho ki a ia.
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 Na ka mea a Hamahona ki a ratou, Me korero e ahau he kai ki a koutou: Ki te ata whakaaturia mai tona tikanga ki ahau i nga ra e whitu o te hakari, ki te kitea e koutou, na me hoatu e ahau etahi kakahu rinena ki a koutou, kia toru tekau, kia toru tekau ano nga whakarua mo nga kakahu.
Samson said to them, "Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If you can explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and figure it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.
13 A, ki te kahore e taea e koutou te whakaatu tona tikanga ki ahau, na kia toru tekau nga kakahu rinena e homai e koutou ki ahau, kia toru tekau ano hoki nga whakarua mo nga kakahu. Na ka mea ratou ki a ia, Maka mai tau kai, a ma matou e whakarong o atu.
But if you can't explain it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing." And they said to him, "Propose your riddle, we want to hear it."
14 Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, Ko tana hanga he kai, puta mai ana he kai i roto i a ia; i puta mai ano hoki he reka i roto i te mea kaha. A e toru nga ra kihai i taea e ratou te whakaatu i te tikanga o tena kai.
He said to them, "Out of the eater came forth food. Out of the strong came forth sweetness." They couldn't in three days declare the riddle.
15 A i te whitu o nga ra ka mea ratou ki te wahine a Hamahona, Whakawaia tau tahu kia whakaaturia mai e ia te kai ki a matou, kei tahuna koe me te whare o tou papa e matou ki te ahi: he pahua koia i a matou i karangatia ai matou e korua? ne?
And it happened on the fourth day, that they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, that he may tell us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Did you invite us here to impoverish us?"
16 A ka tangi te wahine a Hamahona ki a ia, ka mea, Kua kino noa iho koe ki ahau, kahore hoki ou aroha ki ahau: kua maka nei e koe he kai ki nga tama a toku iwi, a kihai i whakaaturia tona tikanga ki ahau. Na ka mea ia ki a ia, Nana, kahore i whaka aturia e ahau ki toku papa, ki toku whaea, a me whakaatu ano e ahau ki a koe?
Samson's wife wept before him, and said, "You just hate me, and do not love me. You have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and haven't told it me." And he said to her, "Look, I haven't told it to my father or my mother, and shall I tell you?"
17 Na ka tangi ia ki a ia i aua ra e whitu o ta ratou hakari; a i te whitu o nga ra ka whakaaturia e ia ki a ia, he tohe hoki nona ki a ia: a whakaaturia ana e ia ki nga tama a tona iwi.
She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him hard; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
18 Na ka mea nga tangata o te pa ki a ia i te whitu o nga ra, i te mea kahore ano i to noa te ra, Ko tehea te mea reka atu i to honi? ko te aha hoki te mea kaha atu i te raiona? A ka mea ia ki a ratou, Me i kahore taku kau uha hei parau ma koutou, kihai i kitea e koutou, taku kai.
The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have found out my riddle."
19 Na, ko te tino putanga mai o te wairua o Ihowa ki runga ki a ia, a haere ana ia ki raro, ki Ahakerono, a patua iho o ratou e toru tekau nga tangata, na huia ana e ia o ratou, a hoatu ana he whakarua mo nga kakahu o nga kaiwhakaatu o te tikanga o te kai. Na mura tonu tona riri, a haere ana ia ki runga ki te whare o tona papa.
The Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their belongings, and gave their garments to those who explained the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
20 Heoi hoatu ana ta Hamahona wahine ki tona hoa i waiho hei hoa mona.
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
