Jueces 14
1 Sansón bajó a Timna y vio en Timna a una mujer de las hijas de los filisteos.
Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;
2 Subió y se lo contó a su padre y a su madre, diciendo: “He visto una mujer en Timna de las hijas de los filisteos. Consíguemela, pues, como esposa”.
And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.
3 Entonces su padre y su madre le dijeron: “¿No hay ninguna mujer entre las hijas de tus hermanos, o entre todo mi pueblo, para que vayas a tomar esposa de los filisteos incircuncisos?” Sansón dijo a su padre: “Tráemela, pues me agrada”.
Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me.
4 Pero su padre y su madre no sabían que era de Yahvé, porque buscaba una ocasión contra los filisteos. En aquel tiempo los filisteos gobernaban sobre Israel.
Now his father and mother had no knowledge that this was the purpose of the Lord, who had the destruction of the Philistines in mind. Now the Philistines at that time were ruling over Israel.
5 Entonces Sansón bajó a Timná con su padre y su madre, y llegó a las viñas de Timná; y he aquí que un león joven rugió contra él.
Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother, ) and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him.
6 El Espíritu de Yahvé vino poderosamente sobre él, y lo desgarró como se hubiera desgarrado un cabrito con sus propias manos, pero no dijo a su padre ni a su madre lo que había hecho.
And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two as one might do to a young goat, he put him to death; (but he said nothing to his father and mother of what he had done.)
7 Bajó y habló con la mujer, y ella se mostró complaciente con Sansón.
So he went down and had talk with the woman; and she was pleasing to Samson.
8 Al cabo de un rato volvió para llevársela, y se acercó a ver el cadáver del león; y he aquí que en el cuerpo del león había un enjambre de abejas y miel.
Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there.
9 Lo tomó en sus manos y siguió adelante, comiendo a su paso. Se acercó a su padre y a su madre y les dio, y ellos comieron, pero no les dijo que había sacado la miel del cuerpo del león.
And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
10 Su padre bajó a la mujer, y Sansón hizo allí un banquete, pues los jóvenes solían hacerlo.
Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.
11 Cuando lo vieron, trajeron a treinta compañeros para que estuvieran con él.
And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.
12 Sansón les dijo: “Déjenme decirles ahora un acertijo. Si podéis decirme la respuesta dentro de los siete días de la fiesta, y la averiguáis, entonces os daré treinta vestidos de lino y treinta mudas de ropa;
And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;
13 pero si no podéis decirme la respuesta, entonces me daréis treinta vestidos de lino y treinta mudas de ropa.” Le dijeron: “Dinos tu acertijo, para que lo escuchemos”.
But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Put your hard question and let us see what it is.
14 Les dijo, “Del comensal salió la comida. De lo fuerte salió lo dulce”. En tres días no pudieron declarar el enigma.
And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer.
15 Al séptimo día dijeron a la mujer de Sansón: “Incita a tu marido a que nos declare el enigma, no sea que te quememos a ti y a la casa de tu padre. ¿Nos has llamado para empobrecernos? ¿No es así?”
So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by some trick or other, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire; did you get us here to take all we have?
16 La mujer de Sansón lloró ante él y le dijo: “Sólo me odias y no me amas. Has contado un acertijo a los hijos de mi pueblo, y no me lo has contado a mí”. Él le dijo: “He aquí que no se lo he dicho a mi padre ni a mi madre, ¿por qué habría de decírtelo a ti?”.
Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me but only hate; you have put a hard question to the children of my people and have not given me the answer. And he said to her, See, I have not given the answer even to my father or my mother; am I to give it to you?
17 Ella lloró delante de él los siete días que duró su fiesta; y al séptimo día se lo contó, porque ella lo presionó mucho; y ella contó el acertijo a los hijos de su pueblo.
And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people.
18 Los hombres de la ciudad le dijeron al séptimo día, antes de que se pusiera el sol: “¿Qué es más dulce que la miel? ¿Qué es más fuerte que un león?” Les dijo, “Si no hubieras arado con mi vaquilla, no habrías descubierto mi acertijo”.
Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.
19 El Espíritu de Yahvé vino poderosamente sobre él, y bajó a Ascalón y golpeó a treinta hombres de ellos. Tomó su botín, y luego dio las mudas de ropa a los que declararon el enigma. Su ira ardió, y subió a la casa de su padre.
And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house.
20 Pero la mujer de Sansón fue entregada a su compañero, que había sido su amigo.
But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.
