Sudije 14
1 I siðe Samson u Tamnat, i vidje ondje jednu djevojku izmeðu kæeri Filistejskih.
One day when Samson was in Timnah [town], he saw a young Philistine woman there.
2 I vrativši se kaza ocu svojemu i materi svojoj govoreæi: vidjeh djevojku u Tamnatu izmeðu kæeri Filistejskih; oženite me njom.
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 A otac i mati rekoše mu: zar nema djevojke meðu kæerima tvoje braæe u svem narodu mom, da ideš da se oženiš izmeðu Filisteja neobrezanijeh? A Samson odgovori ocu svojemu: njom me oženi, jer mi je ona omiljela.
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 A otac i mati njegova ne znadijahu da je to od Gospoda, i da traži zadjevicu s Filistejima; jer u ono vrijeme Filisteji vladahu sinovima Izrailjevijem.
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 I tako side Samson s ocem svojim i s materom svojom u Tamnat, i kad doðoše do vinograda Tamnatskih, gle, mlad lav rièuæi sukobi ga.
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 I duh Gospodnji side na nj, te rastrže lava kao jare nemajuæi ništa u ruci: i ne kaza ocu ni materi šta je uèinio.
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 I tako došavši govori s djevojkom, i ona omilje Samsonu.
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 A poslije nekoliko dana iduæi opet da je odvede, svrne da vidi mrtvoga lava; a gle, u mrtvom lavu roj pèela i med.
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 I izvadi ga u ruku, i poðe putem jeduæi; i kad doðe k ocu i materi, dade im te jedoše; ali im ne reèe da je iz mrtvoga lava izvadio med.
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 I tako doðe otac njegov k onoj djevojci, i Samson uèini ondje veselje, jer tako èinjahu momci.
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 I kad ga vidješe Filisteji, izabraše trideset druga da budu s njim.
Thirty young man were invited to the party.
12 I reèe im Samson: ja æu vam zagonenuti zagonetku, pa ako mi je odgonenete za sedam dana dok je veselje i pogodite, daæu vam trideset košulja i tridesetore sveèane haljine.
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 Ako li ne odgonenete, vi æete dati meni trideset košulja i tridesetore sveèane haljine. A oni mu rekoše: zagoneni zagonetku svoju, da èujemo.
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 Tada im reèe: od onoga koji jede izide jelo, i od ljutoga izide slatko. I ne mogoše odgonenuti zagonetke tri dana.
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 I sedmi dan rekoše ženi Samsonovoj: nagovori muža svojega da nam kaže zagonetku, ili æemo spaliti ognjem tebe i dom oca tvojega. Jeste li nas zato pozvali da nam uzmete imanje? je li tako?
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 I stade plakati žena Samsonova pred njim govoreæi: ti mrziš na me, i ti me ne ljubiš; zagonenuo si zagonetku sinovima naroda mojega, a neæeš meni da je kažeš. A on joj reèe: gle, ni ocu svojemu ni materi svojoj nijesam je kazao, a tebi da je kažem?
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 I ona plaka pred njim za sedam dana dokle trajaše veselje. A sedmi dan kaza joj, jer bješe navalila na nj; a ona kaza zagonetku sinovima naroda svojega.
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 Tada mu rekoše ljudi grada onoga sedmi dan dok sunce ne zaðe: šta je slaðe od meda, i šta je ljuæe od lava? A on im reèe: da nijeste orali na mojoj junici, ne biste pogodili moje zagonetke.
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 I doðe na nj duh Gospodnji, te siðe u Askalon, i pobi ondje trideset ljudi, i uze odijelo s njih i dade sveèane haljine onima koji odgonenuše zagonetku; i rasrdi se vrlo i otide kuæi oca svojega.
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 A žena Samsonova udade se za druga njegova, s kojim se bijaše udružio.
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].
