Waamuzi 14
1 Samsoni akashuka kwenda Timna, na huko akaona mwanamke, mmojawapo wa binti za Wafilisti. Aliporudi, akamwambia baba yake na mama yake,
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 'Nimemwona mwanamke huko Timna, mmojawapo wa binti za Wafilisti. Sasa mkanichukulie awe mke wangu.
He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”
3 Baba yake na mama yake wakamwambia, “Je, hakuna mwanamke kati ya binti za ndugu zako, au kati ya watu wetu wote? Je! Utachukua mke kutoka kwa Wafilisti wasiotahiriwa?” Samsoni akamwambia baba yake, “Nichukulie kwa ajili yangu, kwa maana wakati nilipomwangalia, alinipendeza.'
Then his father and his mother said to him, “Is not there a woman among your brothers’ daughters, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?” Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”
4 Lakini baba yake na mama yake hawakujua kwamba suala hili lilikuja kutoka kwa Bwana, kwa maana alitaka kutengeneza mgogoro na Wafilisti (kwa wakati huo Wafilisti walikuwa wakitawala Israeli).
But his father and his mother did not know that it was of the LORD; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.
5 Basi Samsoni akaenda Timna pamoja na baba yake na mama yake; nao wakafika kwenye mashamba ya mizabibu ya Timna. Na, tazama, kuna simba mdogo wa alikuja na alikuwa akiunguruma.
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him.
6 Roho wa Bwana ghafla akaja juu yake, naye akamrarua simba kwa urahisi kama ambavyo angeweza kumrarua mbuzi mdogo, naye hakuwa na kitu mkononi mwake. Lakini hakuwaambia baba au mama yake kile alichofanya.
The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
7 Alikwenda na kuzungumza na mwanamke, na alipopomtazama, alimpendeza Samsoni.
He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
8 Siku chache baadaye aliporudi kumwoa, akageuka na kutafuta mzoga wa simba. Na, tazama, kulikuwa na kundi la nyuki na asali katika kile kilichobaki katika mwili wa simba.
After a while he returned to take her, and he went over to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
9 Akaweka asali mikononi mwake na akaenda, akala huku akienda. Alipokuja kwa baba yake na mama yake, akawapa, nao wakala. Lakini hakuwaambia kuwa amechukua asali nje ya kile kilichobaki kwenye mwili wa simba.
He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. 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 lion’s body.
10 Baba yake Samsoni akaenda chini alipokuwa mwanamke, na Samsoni akafanya sikukuu huko, kwa maana hii ilikuwa desturi ya vijana.
His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so.
11 Mara tu ndugu zake walipomwona, walimletea rafiki zao thelathini kuwa pamoja naye.
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 Samsoni akawaambia, Hebu nawaambieni kitendawili. Ikiwa mmoja wenu anaweza kuipata na kuniambia jibu wakati wa siku saba za sikukuu, nitatoa nguo za kitani thelathini na seti ya nguo thelathini.
Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
13 Lakini ikiwa hamuwezi kuniambia jibu, basi utanipa nguo za kitani thelathini na seti za nguo thelathini. ' Wakamwambia, Utuambie kitendawili chako, ili tukisikie.
but if you cannot tell me the answer, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.” They said to him, “Tell us your riddle, that we may hear it.”
14 Akawaambia, 'Kati ya mtu aliyekula alikuwa kitu cha kula; nje ya nguvu ilikuwa kitu tamu. Lakini wageni wake hawakuweza kupata jibu katika siku tatu.
He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They could not in three days declare the riddle.
15 Siku ya nne wakamwambia mkewe Samsoni, 'Mdanganye mume wako ili atuambie jibu la kitendawili, au tutakuchoma moto wewe na nyumba ya baba yako. Je, umetualika hapa ili kutufanya maskini? '
On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Is not that so?”
16 Mke wa Samsoni alianza kulia mbele yake; Akasema, 'Yote unayoyafanya ni kunichukia! Hunipendi. Umesema kitendawili kwa baadhi ya watu wangu, lakini hujawaambia jibu. ' Samsoni akamwambia, 'Angalia hapa, kama sijawaambia baba yangu au mama yangu, nikuambie wewe?'
Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and do not love me. You have told a riddle to the children of my people, and have not told it to me.” He said to her, “Behold, I have not told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?”
17 Alilia kwa siku saba ambazosikukuu yao iliendelea. Siku ya saba alimwambia jibu kwa sababu alimlazimisha sana. Akawaambia jibu jamaa zake.
She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted; and on the seventh day, he told her, because she pressed him severely; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
18 Na watu wa mji wakamwambia, siku ya saba kabla ya jua kuzama, 'Ni nini kilicho bora zaidi kuliko asali? Ni kitu gani chenye nguvu kuliko simba? ' Samsoni akawaambia, 'Ikiwa hamkulima na ng'ombe wangu, hamtapata jibu la kitendawili changu.'
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 had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.”
19 Kisha Roho wa Bwana akaja kwa Samsoni kwa nguvu. Samsoni akashuka kwenda Ashkeloni na kuuawa watu thelathini kati ya watu hao. Akachukua mateka yao, na akawapa seti ya nguo kwa wale waliomjibu kitendawili chake. Alikasirika akaenda nyumbani kwa baba yake.
The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them. He took their plunder, then gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.
20 Na mke wake akachukuliwa na rafiki yake wa karibu.
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
