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1 Xas Xoos mus txog Tis Nas. Nyob hauv cov ntxhais Fis Lis Tis, nws pom ib tug ntxhais xis nws siab. 2 Nws rov los txog tsev, nws hais qhia nws niam nws txiv tias : “cov ntxhais Fis Lis Tis uas nyob Tis Nas kuv pom ib tug ntxhais xis kuv siab kawg. Neb mus yuav nws los ua kuv poj niam.”
1 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. 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 Xas Xoos niam thiab txiv hais tias : Nyob hauv koj lub xeem thiab koj haiv neeg tsis muaj poj niam yuav lod ? Ua cas koj thiaj yuav mus nrhiav poj niam nyob hauv cov Fis Lis Tis uas lawv tsis txais lub Cim Txiav ntawd ?”
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?”
Tab sis Xas Xoos teb nws txiv tias : “Koj mus yuav tus ntawd rau kuv xwb, vim yog tus kuv nyiam.”
Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”
4 Nws niam thiab nws txiv nkawd tsis paub tias yog HUAB TAIS xav kom Xas Xoos ua li ntawd. HUAB TAIS xav kom cov His Xas Lais thiab cov Fis Lis Tis muaj plaub muaj ntug, vim thaum ntawd cov Fis Lis Tis yuam cov His Xas Lais.
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 Xas Xoos mus nram Tis Nas. Thaum nws mus txog ntawm cov hav txiv cawv, nws ntsib ib tug thav tsov nyooj laws rau nws. 6 Tam sim ntawd HUAB TAIS lub tswv yim nqes los nyob saum Xas Xoos, ces Xas Xoos muab tus tsov dua rhe yam li yus dua ib tug me nyuam tshis. Tab sis Xas Xoos tsis piav qhov ntawd qhia nws niam thiab nws txiv nkawd li. 7 Xas Xoos mus nram Tis Nas, nws mus nrog tus ntxhais tham, tus ntxhais ntawd xis nws siab. 8 Tau ob peb hnub tom qab, Xas Xoos rov tuaj yuav tus ntxhais. Xas Xoos lug kev rov mus xyuas tus tsov tuag. Muaj ib xub muv uas muaj muaj zib los nyob hauv tus tsov lub khauj khaum pob txha. 9 Xas Xoos xuas tes mus de tau ib qho zib los. Thaum nws mus kev nws muab ib qho los noj. Thaum nws los txog tsev nws kuj muab rau nws niam nws txiv noj. Tab sis nws tsis hais qhia nws niam nws txiv nkawd tias yog nws muab cov zib muv ntawd hauv lub khauj khaum pob txha tsov los.
10 Nws rov mus nram nws tus poj niam tsev, ces lawv ua tshoob tau xya hnub xya hmo rau Xas Xoos, vim lawv kev cai cov hluas yeej ua li ntawd. 11 Tab sis tog neej tsa ntshai Xas Xoos. Lawv xaiv peb caug tus txiv neej nrog nws nyob rawv.
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 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 He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well. 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 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 His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so. 11 When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 Ces Xas Xoos hais rau lawv tias : “Kuv txhiaj ib qho rau nej txhais. Kuv muab xya hnub nqaum paj nqaum nruas no rau nej txhais. Yog nej txhais tau mas kuv muab peb caug thooj ntaub tsuj ntaub npuag rau nej thiab peb caug cev khaub ncaws zoo nkauj rau nej. 13 Tab sis yog nej txhais tsis tau mas nej yuav tsum muab peb caug thooj ntaub tsuj ntaub npuag thiab peb caug cev khaub ncaws zoo nkauj rau kuv.”
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 but if you can’t tell me the answer, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.”
Lawv teb nws tias : “Koj txhiaj. Peb mloog.”
They said to him, “Tell us your riddle, that we may hear it.”
14 Ces nws hais rau lawv tias : “Tej yam zoo noj tawm hauv tus noj luag los, tej yam qab zib tawm hauv tus muaj zog los.”
14 He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.”
Tau peb hnub lawv txhais tsis tau li. 15 Ces hnub plaub lawv mus hais rau Xas Xoos tus poj niam tias : “Koj ntxias koj tus txiv kom nws qhia lo lus txhais rau koj. Yog koj tsis ua li ntawd mas peb yuav muab koj hlawv thiab muab koj txiv tsev neeg hlawv huv si. Puas yog vim nej xav lwg peb, nej thiaj hu peb tuaj nyob ntawm no ?”
They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle. 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 Ces Xas Xoos poj niam ua txuj quaj quaj khawm lias Xas Xoos caj dab hais tias : “Yog koj ntxub ntxub kuv xwb ! Koj twb tsis nyiam kuv ! Koj txhiaj ib qho rau kuv cov neej tsa txhais, tab sis koj twb tsis tau piav rau kuv paub li.”
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.”
Xas Xoos teb rau nws tias : “Kuv twb tsis tau hais qhia kuv niam kuv txiv nkawd. Ua cas kuv yuav hais qhia koj ?”
He said to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?”
17 Xya hnub uas lawv ua lom zem ntawd, nws tus poj niam quaj xya hnub nyob ntawm nws xub ntiag. Ces hnub xya Xas Xoos nyiaj tsis taus, nws qhia lo lus txhais rau nws poj niam. Ces tus poj niam qhia lo lus txhais rau nws cov neej tsa. 18 Hnub xya, thaum Xas Xoos tsis tau nkag hauv kem tsev pw, cov neeg hauv lub nroog tuaj hais rau Xas Xoos tias : “Tsis muaj ib yam qab zib cuag zib ntab ! Tsis muaj ib yam muaj zog cuag tsov ntxhuav!”
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 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?”
Xas Xoos teb ntua tias : “Yog nej tsis tau nrog kuv tus maum nyuj laij liag, mas nej yeej tsis paub kuv lo lus txhais.”
He said to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
19 Ces HUAB TAIS lub tswv yim tuaj nyob saum Xas Xoos. Nws ya ntxiag mus nram As Kes Loos, nws muab peb caug tus txiv neej tua, nws hle lawv cov khaub ncaws nqa los rau peb caug tus txiv neej uas lawv txhais tau nws cov lus. Nws npau taws ces nws rov mus tsev. 20 Lawv muab Xas Xoos tus poj niam rau tus phij laj yuav.
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 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.