Съдии 14
1940 Bulgarian Bible
14 И Самсон слезе в Тамнат и видя в Тамнат една жена от филистимските дъщери.
2 И отиде да извести на баща си и на майка си, казвайки: Видях в Тамнат една жена от филистимските дъщери; сега, прочее, вземете ми я за жена.
3 А баща му и майка му му рекоха: Няма ли някоя жена между дъщерите на братята ти, или между всичките ми люде, та отиваш да вземаш жена от необрязаните филистимци? А Самсон рече на баща си: Нея ми вземи; защото тя ми е угодна.
4 Но баща му и майка му не знаеха, че това беше от Господа, и че той търсеше причина против филистимците; защото по онова време филистимците владееха над Израиля.
5 Тогава Самсон слезе с баща си в Тамнат; а като стигнаха до тамнатските лозя, ето, едно лъвче ревеше против него.
6 И Господният Дух дойде със сила на него; и той го разкъса както би разкъсал яре, и то без да има нещо в ръката си; но не каза на баща си и на майка си що бе сторил.
7 И слезе та говори с жената; и тя беше угодна на Самсона.
8 И след няколко дни, като се върна да я вземе, той се отби <от пътя>, за да види трупа на лъва; и ето рой пчели в лъвовия труп, и мед.
9 И взе от него в ръцете си, па вървеше и ядеше, и като застигна баща си и майка си даде и на тях, та ядоха; но не им каза, че беше взел меда от лъвовия труп.
10 И баща му слезе при жената; и там Самсон направи угощение, защото така правеха момците.
11 И като го видяха <филистимците> доведоха тридесет другари, за да бъдат с него.
12 И рече им Самсон: Сега ще ви предложа една гатанка. Ако можете да ми я отгатнете през седемте дена на угощението, и да я намерите, тогава аз ще ви дам тридесет ленени ризи и тридесет дрехи за премяна;
13 но ако не можете да ми я отгатнете, тогава вие ще ми дадете тридесет ленени ризи и тридесет дрехи за премяна. И те му казаха: Предложи гатанката си, за да я чуем.
14 И той им рече: - От ядящия излезе ястие, И от силния излезе сладост. А до третия ден те не можаха да отгатнат гатанката.
15 Тогава на седмия ден казаха на Самсоновата жена: Предумай мъжа си да ни каже гатанката, за да не би да изгорим тебе и бащиния ти дом с огън. За това ли ни поканихте, да ни оберете? не е ли <така?>
16 И тъй, жената на Самсона заплака пред него, като каза: Ти само ме мразиш, и не ме обичаш; предложил си гатанка на ония, които са от людете, ми, а на мене не си я казал. А той й рече: Ето, нито на баща си и на майка си не съм я казал, та на тебе ли ще я кажа?
17 Но тя плачеше пред него през седемте дена, в които ставаше угощението им; а на седмия ден й я откри, защото му бе много досадила; и тя каза гатанката на мъжете от людете си.
18 Тогава на седмия ден, преди да зайде слънцето, градските мъже му рекоха: - Що е по-сладко от мед? И що е по-яко от лъв? А той им рече: Ако не бяхте орали с моята юница, не бихте отгатнали гатанката ми.
19 И Господният Дух дойде със сила на него; и той слезе в Аскалон та изби тридесет мъже от тях, и като взе облеклата им, даде премените на ония, които отгатнаха гатанката. И гневът му пламна, и отиде в бащиния си дом.
20 А Самсоновата жена се омъжи за другаря му, който му беше приятел.
Judges 14
The Message
14 1-2 Samson went down to Timnah. There in Timnah a woman caught his eye, a Philistine girl. He came back and told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, a Philistine girl; get her for me as my wife.”
3 His parents said to him, “Isn’t there a woman among the girls in the neighborhood of our people? Do you have to go get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?”
But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me. She’s the one I want—she’s the right one.”
4 (His father and mother had no idea that God was behind this, that he was arranging an opportunity against the Philistines. At the time the Philistines lorded it over Israel.)
5-6 Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. When he got to the vineyards of Timnah, a young lion came at him, roaring. The Spirit of God came on him powerfully and he ripped it open barehanded, like tearing a young goat. But he didn’t tell his parents what he had done.
7 Then he went on down and spoke to the woman. In Samson’s eyes, she was the one.
8-9 Some days later when he came back to get her, he made a little detour to look at what was left of the lion. And there a wonder: a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass—and honey! He scooped it up in his hands and kept going, eating as he went. He rejoined his father and mother and gave some to them and they ate. But he didn’t tell them that he had scooped out the honey from the lion’s carcass.
10-11 His father went on down to make arrangements with the woman, while Samson prepared a feast there. That’s what the young men did in those days. Because the people were wary of him, they arranged for thirty friends to mingle with him.
12-13 Samson said to them: “Let me put a riddle to you. If you can figure it out during the seven days of the feast, I’ll give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of fine clothing. But if you can’t figure it out then you’ll give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of fine clothing.”
13-14 They said, “Put your riddle. Let’s hear it.” So he said,
From the eater came something to eat,
From the strong came something sweet.
14-15 They couldn’t figure it out. After three days they were still stumped. On the fourth day they said to Samson’s bride, “Worm the answer out of your husband or we’ll burn you and your father’s household. Have you invited us here to bankrupt us?”
16 So Samson’s bride turned on the tears, saying to him, “You hate me. You don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to my people but you won’t even tell me the answer.”
He said, “I haven’t told my own parents—why would I tell you?”
17 But she turned on the tears all the seven days of the feast. On the seventh day, worn out by her nagging, he told her. Then she went and told it to her people.
18 The men of the town came to him on the seventh day, just before sunset and said,
What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?
And Samson said,
If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer,
You wouldn’t have found out my riddle.
19-20 Then the Spirit of God came powerfully on him. He went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men, stripped them, and gave their clothing to those who had solved the riddle. Stalking out, smoking with anger, he went home to his father’s house. Samson’s bride became the wife of the best man at his wedding.
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Judges 14
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
14 Samson went down to Timnah and at Timnah saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 And he came up and told his father and mother, I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.
3 But his father and mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your kinsmen or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is all right in my eyes.
4 His father and mother did not know that it was of the Lord, and that He sought an occasion for assailing the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
5 Then Samson and his father and mother went down to Timnah and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him.
6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion as he would have torn a kid, and he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
7 And he went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
8 And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the body of the lion, and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
9 And he scraped some of the honey out into his hands and went along eating. And he came to his father and mother and gave them some, and they ate it; but he did not tell them he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
10 His father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for that was the customary thing for young men to do.
11 And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 And Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you; if you can tell me what it is within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen undergarments and thirty changes of raiment.
13 But if you cannot declare it to me, then shall you give me thirty linen undergarments and thirty changes of festive [costly] raiment. And they said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it.
14 And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not solve the riddle in three days.
15 And on the seventh day they said to Samson’s wife, Entice your husband to declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s household with fire. Have you invited us to make us poor? Is this not true?
16 And Samson’s wife wept before him and said, You only hate me, you do not love me; you have put forth a riddle to my countrymen and have not told the answer to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told my father or my mother, and shall I tell you?
17 And Samson’s wife wept before him the seven days their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him with entreaties. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen.
18 And the men of the city said to [Samson] on the seventh day before sundown, What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.
19 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and slew thirty men of them and took their apparel [as spoil], and gave the changes of garments to those who explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
20 But Samson’s wife was [given] to his companion who was his [best] friend.
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