Jueces 14
1 Un día Sansón fue a Timná, donde le llamó la atención una joven filistea.
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 Volvió a su casa y les dijo a su padre y a su madre: “Una mujer filistea en Timná me ha llamado la atención. Tráiganmela porque quiero casarme con ella”.
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 Pero su padre y su madre le respondieron: “¿No puedes encontrar una joven de nuestra tribu o de nuestro propio pueblo? ¿Tienes que ir donde los filisteos paganos para conseguir una esposa?” Pero Sansón le dijo a su padre: “Sólo búscamela, ella es la que me gusta”.
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 (Su padre y su madre no se daban cuenta de que esto estaba en los planes del Señor, que buscaba una oportunidad para enfrentarse a los filisteos, porque en ese momento los filisteos gobernaban sobre Israel).
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 Sansón fue a Timná con su padre y su madre. Cuando pasaron por los viñedos de Timna, de repente salió un león joven rugiendo para atacarlo.
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 El Espíritu del Señor se apoderó de él y desgarró al león con sus propias manos, con la misma facilidad con que se desgarra un cabrito. Pero no le dijo a su padre ni a su madre lo que había hecho. Luegosiguiósucamino.
And the Ruach 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 When Samson talked with the woman and decided she was right for him.
He went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson's eyes.
8 Más tarde, cuando Sansón volvió para casarse con ella, se apartó del camino para buscar el cadáver del león. Dentro del cuerpo había un enjambre de abejas y su miel.
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 Raspó un poco de miel en sus manos y la comió mientras caminaba. Cuando volvió con su padre y su madre, les dio un poco y se la comieron. Pero no les dijo que había tomado la miel del cadáver de un león.
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 Mientras su padre iba a visitar a la mujer, Sansón organizó una fiesta para beber, porque esa era la costumbre entre los jóvenes de clase alta.
His father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, since young men used to do so.
11 Cuando el pueblo filisteo lo vio, dispuso que treinta hombres lo acompañaran.
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 “Dejen que les diga un acertijo”, les dijo Sansón. “Si pueden encontrar su significado y explicármelo durante los siete días de la fiesta, yo les daré treinta mantos de lino y treinta mudas de ropa.
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 Pero si no pueden explicármelo, ustedes me darána mi treinta mantos de lino y treinta mudas de ropa”. “De acuerdo”, respondieron. “¡Queremos oír tu acertijo!”
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 “La comida salió del que come, y la dulzura salió del fuerte”, dijo. Tres días después todavía no lo habían resuelto.
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 Alcuarto díase acercaron a la mujer de Sansón y le dijeron: “Utiliza tus encantos para que tu marido te explique el acertijo y luego nos lo cuentes, o te quemaremos a ti y a toda tu familia hasta la muerte. ¿Nos has traído aquí sólo para robarnos?”
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 Entonces la mujer de Sansón fue llorando hacia él, diciendo: “¡Realmente me odias, no es así! ¡No me amas en absoluto! Has planteado un enigma a mi pueblo, pero ni siquiera me lo has explicado”. “¿Y qué?”, respondió él. “¡Ni siquiera se lo he explicado a mi padre o a mi madre! ¿Por qué debería explicártelo a ti?”.
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 Ella lloró delante de él durante todo el tiempo que duró la fiesta, y al final, al séptimo día, se lo explicó porque ella lo regañaba mucho. Entonces les explicó el significado del acertijo a los jóvenes filisteos.
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 Antes de que se pusiera el sol del séptimo día, los hombres de la ciudad se acercaron a Sansón y le dijeron: “¿Qué es más dulce que la miel? ¿Qué es más fuerte que un león?” “Si no hubieran usado mi vaca para arar, no habrían descubierto el significado de mi acertijo”, respondió Sansón.
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 El Espíritu del Señor se apoderó de él y se dirigió a Ascalón, mató a treinta de sus hombres, tomó sus ropas y se las dio a los que habían explicado el enigma. Furioso, Sansón devolvió a la casa de su padre.
The Ruach 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 La mujer de Sansón fue entregada a su padrino, que lo había acompañado en su boda.
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
