Jueces 14
1 Sansón bajó a Timnat y vio en Timnat a una mujer de las hijas de los filisteos.
And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 Subió y se lo declaró a su padre y a su madre: Vi en Timnat a una mujer de las hijas de los filisteos. Tómenla para mí como esposa.
And he went up and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Phylistines; and now take her to me for a wife.
3 Entonces su padre y su madre le dijeron: ¿No hay mujer entre las hijas de tus hermanos, ni en todo nuestro pueblo, para que vayas a tomar esposa de los filisteos incircuncisos? Y Sansón respondió a su padre: ¡Tómala para mí como esposa, porque me parece agradable!
And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and [is there not] a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she [is] right in my eyes.
4 Pero su padre y su madre no sabían que esto venía de Yavé, porque buscaba ocasión contra los filisteos, pues en aquel tiempo los filisteos tenían dominio sobre Israel.
And his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought to be revenged on the Philistines: and at that time the Philistines lorded it over Israel.
5 Sansón bajó con su padre y con su madre a Timnat. Cuando llegaron a las viñas de Timnat, ahí salía un leoncillo que rugía hacia él.
And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him.
6 El Espíritu de Yavé vino poderosamente sobre él, y lo destrozó como el que destroza un cabrito, sin tener algo en su mano. Pero no contó a su padre ni a su madre lo que hizo.
And the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done.
7 Entonces bajó y habló con la mujer, y ella agradó a Sansón.
And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.
8 Después de algunos días, volvió para tomarla. Se desvió para ver el cadáver del león y vio que en el esqueleto del león estaba una colmena de abejas con miel.
And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey [were] in the mouth of the lion.
9 Tomó la miel en sus manos y siguió caminando y comiendo por el camino, hasta que alcanzó a su padre y a su madre. Les dio para que comieran, pero no les explicó que tomó la miel del esqueleto del león.
And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.
10 Su padre bajó adonde estaba la mujer, y Sansón hizo allí un banquete, porque los jóvenes acostumbraban esto.
And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.
11 Sucedió que cuando lo vieron, llevaron 30 compañeros para que estuvieran con él.
And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.
12 Sansón les dijo: Les propongo ahora una adivinanza. Si en los siete días del banquete me la declaran y descifran, les daré 30 túnicas de lino y 30 mudas de ropa.
And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will you give thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.
13 Pero si no me la pueden declarar, me tendrán que dar ustedes 30 túnicas de lino y 30 mudas de ropa. Le dijeron: Propón tu adivinanza para que la escuchemos.
And if ye cannot tell it me, ye shall give me thirty napkins and thirty changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound thy riddle, and we will hear it.
14 Él les dijo: Del devorador salió comida, Y del fuerte salió dulzura. Y no lograron descifrar la adivinanza en tres días.
And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.
15 Pero al séptimo día dijeron a la esposa de Sansón: Seduce a tu esposo para sonsacarle la solución de la adivinanza, o te quememos a ti y la casa de tu padre. ¿Nos invitaron para despojarnos?
And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now thy husband, and let him tell thee the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: did ye invite us to do us violence?
16 La esposa de Sansón lloraba delante de él y le decía: ¡Solo me odias, y no me amas! Propusiste una adivinanza a los hijos de mi pueblo y no me la declaras. Y él respondió: Mira, no se la dije a mi padre ni a mi madre, ¿y te la voy a declarar a ti?
And Sampson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people thou hast not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee?
17 Lloró los siete días que duró su banquete, y aconteció que al séptimo día se la declaró, porque lo presionaba. Ella entonces declaró la adivinanza a los hijos de su pueblo.
And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.
18 Al séptimo día, antes de ocultarse el sol, los hombres de la ciudad le dijeron: ¿Qué es más dulce que la miel? ¿Y qué es más fuerte que el león? Y él les contestó: Si no hubieran arado con mi novilla, nunca habrían descubierto mi adivinanza.
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.
19 Entonces el Espíritu de Yavé vino sobre él, de manera que bajó a Ascalón y mató a 30 hombres de ellos, tomó sus despojos y dio las mudas de ropa a los que habían declarado la adivinanza. Luego, encendido en ira, regresó a la casa de su padre.
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ascalon, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Sampson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.
20 Y la esposa de Sansón fue dada a un compañero de él que fue amigo de Sansón.
And the wife of Sampson was [given] to one of his friends, with whom he was on terms of friendship.
