Judges 14

14 ¹Samson go down go Timnah, and e see one young woman for there, one of di Philistine dem pikin. ²E go up go tell im papa and im mama, "I see one Philistine woman for Timnah; now go bring am make she be my wife."

³Im papa and im mama tell am, "E no get woman among your family or among all my people, wey make you go take wife from di Philistine dem wey no circumcise?" But Samson tell im papa, "Go bring am for me; she correct for my eye."

⁴Im papa and im mama no know say dis one come from our Papa, wey dey find reason to move against di Philistine dem, because for dat time di Philistine dem dey rule Israel.

⁵Samson go down go Timnah with im papa and im mama. For Timnah vineyard dem, one young lion come dey roar dey come am. ⁶Di Spirit of our Papa rush come on am, and e tear di lion apart with im bare hand like say na young goat, but e no tell im papa or im mama wetin e do. ⁷Den e go down go talk with di woman, and she correct for Samson eye.

⁸Later, as e dey return go marry am, e turn go one side go look di dead body of di lion. And see inside am, na swarm of bee dey there, and honey. ⁹E scoop di honey enter im hand and dey chop as e dey waka. As e reach im papa and im mama, e give dem some, and dem chop. But e no tell dem say na from di lion dead body e scoop am. ¹⁰Im papa go down go di woman, and Samson do one feast for there, as young men dem dey do. ¹¹As di people see am, dem bring thirty companion make dem dey with am.

¹²Samson tell dem, "Make I give una one riddle. Solve am inside di seven feast days and I go give una thirty linen wrap and thirty set of cloth. ¹³But if una no fit answer, una go give me thirty linen garment and thirty set of cloth." Dem say, "Talk your riddle; make we hear am."

¹⁴E say, "Out of di eater, something come out wey person dey chop; out of di strong one, something sweet come out." For three days dem no fit solve di riddle.

¹⁵For di fourth day dem tell Samson wife, "Sweet-talk your husband make e explain di riddle for us, if not we go burn you and your papa house to death. Na to rob us una call us come here?"

¹⁶Samson wife cry on top am: "Na hate you hate me; you no love me. You give my people one riddle but you never tell me di answer." E say, "I never tell my papa or my mama, so why I go tell you?"

¹⁷She cry on top am di seven days of dem feast, and for di seventh day e tell am, because she press am well well. Den she tell di riddle to her people. ¹⁸For di seventh day, before sun go down, di town men tell am, "Wetin sweet pass honey? Wetin strong pass lion?" Samson answer, "If una no plough with my heifer, una for no fit solve my riddle."

¹⁹Den di Spirit of our Papa rush come on am. E go down go Ashkelon, kill thirty of dem men, take dem property, and give dem cloth to di people wey solve di riddle. As e dey burn with vex, e go up go im papa house. ²⁰Dem give Samson wife to im companion, di one wey be im best man.