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1 Un día Sansón fue a Timnat y se enamoró de cierta joven filistea.
1 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 Cuando regresó a su casa y dijo a su padre y a su madre que quería casarse con ella,
2 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 ellos se opusieron rotundamente. ―¿Por qué has de casarte con una filistea pagana? ¿Es que no existe en el pueblo de Israel una joven con la que te puedas casar? ―Es que ella es a quien quiero —respondió Sansón—. Tómala para mí.
3 Then his father and his mother said to him, “Isn’t 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 El padre y la madre no comprendieron que el Señor estaba tras aquella petición, porque estaba preparando una trampa a los filisteos que en aquel tiempo dominaban a Israel.
4 But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.
5 Cuando Sansón y sus padres iban hacia Timnat, un cachorro de león atacó a Sansón en los viñedos de las afueras del pueblo.
5 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 En aquel momento el Espíritu de Dios vino poderosamente sobre Sansón y, aunque no tenía armas, despedazó al león con la facilidad con que se mata un cabrito. Pero nada les dijo a su padre ni a su madre acerca de ello.
6 Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done.
7 Llegados a Timnat, formalizó el compromiso con la muchacha que le agradaba.
7 He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
8 Días después, cuando volvía para la boda, Sansón se apartó del sendero para mirar los despojos del león y halló en él un panal de abejas que tenía miel.
8 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 Tomó un poco de miel consigo para comer mientras caminaba, y dio miel también a su padre y a su madre. Pero no les dijo de dónde la había sacado.
9 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 didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body.
10 Mientras su padre estaba haciendo los arreglos para la boda, Sansón preparó una fiesta y los filisteos le enviaron treinta jóvenes del pueblo, para que estuvieran con él y lo vigilaran.
10 His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so.
11 Not in this translation
11 When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 Sansón les preguntó si querían que les propusiera una adivinanza y ellos aceptaron. ―Si ustedes aciertan mi adivinanza durante los siete días de fiesta —les dijo—, les daré treinta túnicas y treinta mudas de ropa.
12 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 Pero si no aciertan, me dará cada uno una túnica y treinta mudas de ropa. ―De acuerdo —dijeron ellos—. Dinos el enigma, que lo escucharemos.
13 but if you can’t 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 Este era el enigma: «Del que come salió comida, y del fuerte salió dulzura». Tres días más tarde aún estaban ellos tratando de adivinarlo.
14 He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.
15 En el cuarto día le dijeron a la prometida de Sansón: ―Pídele a tu novio que te dé la respuesta, o nosotros quemaremos la casa de tu padre contigo adentro. ¿Fuimos invitados a esta fiesta para empobrecernos?
15 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? Isn’t that so?”
16 Entonces la prometida de Sansón se puso a llorar delante de él y le dijo: ―Tú no me amas; tú me odias, porque has dicho una adivinanza a mi pueblo y no me has dicho la respuesta. ―No se la he dicho ni a mi padre ni a mi madre. ¿Por qué habría de decírtela a ti? —replicó.
16 Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of my people, and haven’t told it to me.” He said to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?”
17 Cada vez que estaba con él, ella lloraba y se comportó de esa forma por el resto de la fiesta. Por fin, en el séptimo día, él le dio la respuesta y ella se la comunicó sin tardanza a los jóvenes.
17 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 Antes de la puesta del sol del séptimo día, vinieron a darle la respuesta. ―¿Qué es más dulce que la miel —le preguntaron—, y qué es más fuerte que un león? ―Si no hubieran arado con mi ternera, no habrían solucionado mi enigma —replicó Sansón.
18 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 hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
19 Entonces el Espíritu del Señor vino sobre él y fue hasta la ciudad de Ascalón, mató a treinta hombres, les quitó la ropa y se la dio a los jóvenes que le habían contestado el enigma. Pero estaba tan furioso que abandonó a su prometida y regresó a su casa para vivir con su padre y su madre.
19 Yahweh’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 La prometida de Sansón se casó entonces con el que iba a ser el padrino de la boda.
20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
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Samson
Nazirite from the womb, born to Manoah and his wife in answer to the angel's promise, whom the Spirit of the LORD empowered to strike the Philistines, who judged Israel twenty…
Cited in the guide: Judges 13:24; Judges 14:1; Judges 15:20
Cross references (15)
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- 1 Joshua 15:10; 1 John 2:16; Joshua 19:43; Psalm 119:37; Job 31:1
- 2 Genesis 34:4; Genesis 24:2–3; Genesis 21:21; Genesis 38:6; 2 Kings 14:9
- 3 1 Samuel 17:36; Judges 15:18; Deuteronomy 7:2–3; 1 Samuel 31:4; 2 Samuel 1:20
- 4 Joshua 11:20; Psalm 115:3; Judges 13:1; 2 Kings 6:33; 2 Chronicles 10:15
- 6 Judges 3:10; Zechariah 4:6; Judges 13:25; 1 Samuel 11:6; 1 Samuel 17:46
- 8 Genesis 29:21; Matthew 1:20
- 9 1 Samuel 14:25–30; Proverbs 25:15
- 10 Matthew 22:2–4; John 2:9; Genesis 29:22; Revelation 19:9; Ecclesiastes 10:19
- 12 1 Kings 10:1; Ezekiel 17:2; Genesis 45:22; 2 Kings 5:22; Proverbs 1:6
- 14 James 1:2–4; 1 Kings 17:6; Romans 8:37; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
- 15 Judges 15:6; Judges 16:5; Micah 7:5; Judges 12:1; Proverbs 6:26
- 16 Judges 16:15; Genesis 2:24
- 17 Judges 16:16; Luke 18:4–5; Job 2:9; Proverbs 7:21; Judges 16:13
- 19 Judges 3:10; Judges 13:25; 1 Samuel 11:6; Judges 15:14; Judges 14:6
- 20 Judges 15:2; John 3:29; John 13:18; Micah 7:5; Psalm 55:12–13
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