Judges 14

1 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.

1 参孙下到亭拿，在那里看中了一个非利士女子。

2 So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”

2 他回到家里便对父母说：“我在亭拿看中一个非利士女子，把她给我娶来做妻子吧！”

3 But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

3 他父母说：“难道我们的亲族和同胞中没有合适的女子吗？你为什么要娶未受割礼的非利士人的女子呢？”参孙却说：“我很喜欢她，请给我把她娶过来吧！”

4 (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

4 他的父母不知道这事是出于耶和华的旨意，祂要找机会对付非利士人。那时，非利士人统治着以色列。

5 Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,

5 参孙跟父母一起去亭拿，走到亭拿的葡萄园时，有一头猛狮吼叫着扑向他。

6 and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

6 耶和华的灵突然降在参孙身上，他虽然手无寸铁，竟撕裂了那头狮子，就像撕裂一只山羊羔一样。他没有把这事告诉父母。

7 Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.

7 到了亭拿，参孙跟那女子交谈，很喜欢她。

8 When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

8 过了些日子，参孙下去迎娶她，途中他顺便去看那只死狮子，见死狮子体内有一群蜜蜂和一些蜂蜜，

9 So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

9 就用手取了一些蜜，边走边吃。到了父母那里，他给了他们一些，他们也吃了。但他没有告诉父母蜂蜜是从死狮子体内取的。

10 Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.

10 参孙的父亲去那女子家，参孙按习俗摆设宴席。

11 And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.

11 众人看见参孙，就安排了三十个人陪他。

12 “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.

12 参孙对他们说：“我出一个谜语，如果你们可以在这七天的婚宴期间猜出来，我就送你们三十件细麻衣和三十件外袍。

13 But if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”

13 如果猜不中，你们就要给我三十件细麻衣和三十件外袍。”他们说：“请你出谜语吧！”

14 So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.

14 参孙说： “食物出自食者， 甜物出自强者。” 三天过后，他们仍然猜不出来。

15 So on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”

15 到了第四天，他们对参孙的妻子说：“你要哄你的丈夫把谜底说出来，不然我们就把你和你父亲一家全烧死。你们邀请我们来，难道是要夺取我们的家产吗？”

16 Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

16 于是，参孙的妻子向他哭诉说：“你是恨我，不是爱我。你给我的族人出了谜语，却没有告诉我谜底。”参孙回答说：“我连父母都没有告诉，又怎能告诉你呢？”

17 She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.

17 在七天的婚宴期间，她一直在丈夫跟前哭哭啼啼。到了第七天，参孙经不住妻子的催逼就把谜底告诉了她。她把谜底告诉了她的族人。

18 Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

18 在第七天日落之前，城里的人对参孙说： “有什么比蜂蜜更甜？ 有什么比狮子更强？” 参孙说： “你们若不是利用我的小母牛耕田， 肯定猜不出来。”

19 Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,

19 耶和华的灵突然降在参孙身上，他便去亚实基伦杀了三十个人，取走他们的衣服，交给猜中谜语的那些人，然后怒气冲冲地回父亲家去了。

20 and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.

20 参孙的妻子后来归了他的伴郎。