Judges 14
| Berean Standard Bible tier 2 | Nueva Biblia Viva tier 3 |
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| BSB 1 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. | NBVE 1 Un día Sansón fue a Timnat y se enamoró de cierta joven filistea. |
| BSB 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.” | NBVE 2 Cuando regresó a su casa y dijo a su padre y a su madre que quería casarse con ella, |
| BSB 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.” | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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.) | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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, | NBVE 5 Cuando Sansón y sus padres iban hacia Timnat, un cachorro de león atacó a Sansón en los viñedos de las afueras del pueblo. |
| BSB 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. | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 7 Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes. | NBVE 7 Llegados a Timnat, formalizó el compromiso con la muchacha que le agradaba. |
| BSB 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. | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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. | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 10 Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom. | NBVE 10–11 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. |
| BSB 11 And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him. | |
| BSB 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. | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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.” | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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. | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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?” | NBVE 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? |
| BSB 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?” | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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. | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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!” | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 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, | NBVE 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. |
| BSB 20 and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him. | NBVE 20 La prometida de Sansón se casó entonces con el que iba a ser el padrino de la boda. |
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