MLV(i)
1 And Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 And he came up and told his father and his mother and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as a wife.
3 Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she pleases me well.
4 But his father and his mother did not know that it was of Jehovah, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
5 Then Samson went down and his father and his mother, to Timnah and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him and he tore him apart as he would have torn a kid and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down and talked with the woman and she pleased Samson well.
8 And after a while he returned to take her. And he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion and honey. 9 And he took it into his hands and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother and gave to them and they ate, but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
10 And his father went down to the woman and Samson made a feast there, for so the young men used to do.
4 But his father and his mother did not know that it was of Jehovah, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
5 Then Samson went down and his father and his mother, to Timnah and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him and he tore him apart as he would have torn a kid and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down and talked with the woman and she pleased Samson well.
8 And after a while he returned to take her. And he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion and honey. 9 And he took it into his hands and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother and gave to them and they ate, but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
10 And his father went down to the woman and Samson made a feast there, for so the young men used to do.