Jueces 14
1 Sansón bajó a Timnat y vio en Timnat a una mujer de las hijas de los filisteos.
And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah 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 Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines; and now take her for me as 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, Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the Philistines, the uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father, Take her for me, for she pleases me well.
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 did not know that it was of Jehovah, that he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling 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 Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnathah; and they came to the vineyards of Timnathah. And behold, a young lion roared against 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 Jehovah came upon him, and he rent it as one rends a kid, and nothing was in his hand. And he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
7 Entonces bajó y habló con la mujer, y ella agradó a Sansón.
And he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
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 he returned after a time to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, [there was] a swarm of bees in the carcase of the lion, and honey;
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 out in his hands, and went on, and ate as he went. And he came to his father and to his mother, and gave them, and they ate; but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase 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 Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men 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 brought thirty companions, 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 Samson said to them, Let me now propound a riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments.
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.
But if ye cannot explain [it] to me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments. And they said to him, Propound thy riddle, that we may 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, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days explain the riddle.
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 seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may explain to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye invited us to impoverish us, — is it not [so]?
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 Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not. Thou hast propounded the riddle to the children of my people, and hast not explained it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not explained it to my father nor my mother, and shall I explain 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, while they had the feast. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that he explained it to her, for she pressed him. And she explained the riddle 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 the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out 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 Jehovah came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew of them thirty men, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments unto them that explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
20 Y la esposa de Sansón fue dada a un compañero de él que fue amigo de Sansón.
And Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had made his friend.
