Judges 14 Reina-Valera 1909
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1 Y DESCENDIENDO Samsón á Timnah, vió en Timnah una mujer de las hijas de los Filisteos.
1 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 Y subió, y declarólo á su padre y á su madre, diciendo: Yo he visto en Timnah una mujer de las hijas de los Filisteos: ruégoos que me la toméis por mujer.
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 Y su padre y su madre le dijeron: ¿No hay mujer entre las hijas de tus hermanos, ni en todo mi pueblo, para que vayas tú á tomar mujer de los Filisteos incircuncisos? Y Samsón respondió á su padre: Tómamela [por mujer], porque ésta agradó á mis ojos.
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 Mas su padre y su madre no sabían que esto venía de Jehová, y que él buscaba ocasión contra los Filisteos: porque en aquel tiempo los Filisteos dominaban sobre 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 Y Samsón descendió con su padre y con su madre á Timnah: y como llegaron á las viñas de Timnah, he aquí un cachorro de león que venía bramando hacia él.
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 Y el espíritu de Jehová cayó sobre él, y despedazólo como quien despedaza un cabrito, sin tener nada en su mano: y no dió á entender á su padre ni á su madre lo que había hecho.
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 Vino pues, y habló á la mujer que había agradado á Samsón.
7 He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
8 Y volviendo después de algunos días para tomarla, apartóse para ver el cuerpo muerto del león, y he aquí en el cuerpo del león un enjambre de abejas, y [un panal de] 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 Y tomándolo en sus manos, fuése comiéndolo por el camino: y llegado que hubo á su padre y á su madre, dióles también á ellos que comiesen; mas no les descubrió que había tomado aquella miel del cuerpo del león.
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 Vino pues su padre á la mujer, y Samsón hizo allí banquete; porque así solían hacer los mancebos.
10 His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so.
11 Y como ellos le vieron, tomaron treinta compañeros que estuviesen con él;
11 When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 A los cuales Samsón dijo: Yo os propondré ahora un enigma, el cual si en los siete días del banquete vosotros me declarareis y descubriereis, yo os daré treinta sábanas y treinta mudas de vestidos.
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 Mas si no me lo supiereis declarar, vosotros me daréis las treinta sábanas y las treinta mudas de vestidos. Y ellos respondieron: Propónnos tu enigma, y lo oiremos.
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 Entonces les dijo: Del comedor salió comida, y del fuerte salió dulzura. Y ellos no pudieron declararle el enigma en tres días.
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 Y al séptimo día dijeron á la mujer de Samsón: Induce á tu marido á que nos declare este enigma, porque no te quememos á ti y á la casa de tu padre. ¿Habéisnos llamado aquí para poseernos?
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 Y lloró la mujer de Samsón delante de él, y dijo: Solamente me aborreces y no me amas, pues que no me declaras el enigma que propusiste á los hijos de mi pueblo. Y él respondió: He aquí que ni á mi padre ni á mi madre lo he declarado; y ¿habíalo de declarar á ti?
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 Y ella lloró delante de él los siete días que ellos tuvieron banquete: mas al séptimo día él se [lo] declaró, porque le constriñó; y ella lo declaró á los hijos de su pueblo.
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 Y al séptimo día, antes que el sol se pusiese, los de la ciudad le dijeron: ¿Qué cosa más dulce que la miel? ¿y qué cosa más fuerte que el león?
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 Y él les respondió: Si no araseis con mi novilla, nunca hubierais descubierto mi enigma.
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 Y el espíritu de Jehová cayó sobre él, y descendió á Ascalón, é hirió treinta hombres de ellos; y tomando sus despojos, dió las mudas de vestidos á los que habían explicado el enigma: y encendido en enojo fuése á casa de su padre. Y la mujer de Samsón fué [dada] á su compañero, con el cual él [antes] se acompañaba.
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 (16)
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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
- 11 John 3:29; 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 10:23; Matthew 9:15
- 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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