InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Hero C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 14 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20
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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Samson
OET-LV And_he/it_said to/for_them Shimshvōn/(Samson) let_me_ask_a_riddle please to/for_you(pl) a_riddle if actually_(tell) you(pl)_will_tell it to_me the_seven_of the_days_of the_feast and_you(pl)_will_find_it_out and_I_will_give to/for_you(pl) thirty linen_garments and_thirty changes_of garments.
OET (OET-RV) Shimshon said to them, “Let me suggest a riddle for you all. If you’re able to explain it to me during the seven days of the party and you’ve worked it out correctly, I’ll give you all thirty linen coats and thirty sets of clothes.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events
אִם־הַגֵּ֣ד תַּגִּידוּ֩ אוֹתָ֨הּ לִ֜י שִׁבְעַ֨ת יְמֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ וּמְצָאתֶ֔ם
if (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/for=them Shimshvōn/(Samson) tell now to/for=you(pl) riddle if to_tell explain ,it to=me seven_of days_of of,the_feast and,you(pl)_will_find_[it]_out and,I_will_give to/for=you(pl) thirty linen_garments and=thirty changes_of clothes )
Samson is describing one event before describing another event that would have to precede it. In your translation, you may wish to relate these events in the order in which they happened. Alternate translation: [If you are able to figure it out and tell me the answer during the seven days of the feast]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
אִם־הַגֵּ֣ד תַּגִּידוּ֩ אוֹתָ֨הּ
if (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/for=them Shimshvōn/(Samson) tell now to/for=you(pl) riddle if to_tell explain ,it to=me seven_of days_of of,the_feast and,you(pl)_will_find_[it]_out and,I_will_give to/for=you(pl) thirty linen_garments and=thirty changes_of clothes )
Samson is repeating forms of the verb declare in order to intensify the idea that it expresses. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: [If in fact you are able to declare it]
OET-LV And_he/it_said to/for_them Shimshvōn/(Samson) let_me_ask_a_riddle please to/for_you(pl) a_riddle if actually_(tell) you(pl)_will_tell it to_me the_seven_of the_days_of the_feast and_you(pl)_will_find_it_out and_I_will_give to/for_you(pl) thirty linen_garments and_thirty changes_of garments.
OET (OET-RV) Shimshon said to them, “Let me suggest a riddle for you all. If you’re able to explain it to me during the seven days of the party and you’ve worked it out correctly, I’ll give you all thirty linen coats and thirty sets of clothes.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.