Juízes 14
1 E desceu Sansão a Timnatha: e, vendo em Timnatha a uma mulher das filhas dos philisteos,
One day when Samson was in Timnah [town], he saw a young Philistine woman there.
2 Subiu, e declarou-o a seu pae e sua mãe, e disse: Vi uma mulher em Timnatha, das filhas dos philisteos; agora pois, tomae-m'a por mulher.
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 Porém seu pae e sua mãe lhe disseram: Não ha porventura mulher entre as filhas de teus irmãos, nem entre todo o meu povo, para que tu vás tomar mulher dos philisteos, d'aquelles incircumcisos? E disse Sansão a seu pae: Tomae-me esta, porque ella agrada aos meus olhos
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 Mas seu pae e sua mãe não sabiam que isto vinha do Senhor; pois buscava occasião dos philisteos: porquanto n'aquelle tempo os philisteos dominavam sobre 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 Desceu pois Sansão com seu pae e com sua mãe a Timnatha: e, chegando ás vinhas de Timnatha, eis que um filho de leão, bramando, lhe saiu ao encontro.
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 Então o espirito do Senhor se apossou d'elle tão possantemente que o fendeu d'alto a baixo, como quem fende um cabrito, sem ter nada na sua mão: porém nem a seu pae nem a sua mãe deu a saber o que tinha feit
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 E desceu, e fallou áquella mulher, e agradou aos olhos de Sansão.
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 E depois de alguns dias voltou elle para a tomar: e, apartando-se do caminho a ver o corpo do leão morto, eis que no corpo do leão havia um enxame de abelhas com mel.
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 E tomou-o nas suas mãos, e foi-se andando e comendo d'elle; e foi-se a seu pae e a sua mãe, e deu-lhes d'elle, e comeram, porém não lhes deu a saber que tomara o mel do corpo do leão.
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 Descendo pois seu pae áquella mulher, fez Sansão ali um banquete; porque assim o costumavam fazer os mancebos.
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 E succedeu que, como o vissem, tomaram trinta companheiros para estarem com elle.
Thirty young man were invited to the party.
12 Disse-lhes pois Sansão: Vos darei um enigma a adivinhar: e, se nos sete dias das bodas m'o declarardes e descobrirdes, vos darei trinta lençoes e trinta mudas de vestidos.
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 E, se m'o não poderdes declarar, vós me dareis a mim os trinta lençoes e as trinta mudas de vestidos. E elles lhe disseram: Dá-nos o teu enigma a adivinhar, para que o ouçamos.
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 Então lhes disse: Do comedor saiu comida, e doçura saiu do forte. E em tres dias não poderam declarar o enigma.
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 E succedeu que, ao setimo dia, disseram á mulher de Sansão: Persuade a teu marido que nos declare o enigma, para que porventura não queimemos a fogo a ti e á casa de teu pae: chamastes-nos vós aqui para possuir o que é nosso, não é assim?
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 E a mulher de Sansão chorou diante d'elle, e disse: Tão sómente me aborreces, e não me amas; pois déste aos filhos do meu povo um enigma a adivinhar, e ainda m'o não declaraste a mim. E elle lhe disse: Eis que nem a meu pae nem a minha mãe o declarei, e t'o declararia a ti?
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 E chorou diante d'elle os sete dias em que celebravam as bodas: succedeu pois que ao setimo dia lh'o declarou, porquanto o importunava; então ella declarou o enigma aos filhos do seu povo.
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 Disseram-lhe pois os homens d'aquella cidade, ao setimo dia, antes de se pôr o sol: Que coisa ha mais doce do que o mel? e que coisa ha mais forte do que o leão? E elle lhes disse: Se vós não lavrasseis com a minha novilha, nunca terieis descoberto o meu enigma.
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 Então o espirito do Senhor tão possantemente se apossou d'elle, que desceu aos ascalonitas, e matou d'elles trinta homens, e tomou os seus vestidos, e deu as mudas de vestidos aos que declararam o enigma: porém accendeu-se a sua ira, e subiu á casa de seu pae
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 E a mulher de Sansão foi dada ao seu companheiro que o acompanhava.
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].
