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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was in_the_day the_seventh and_they_said to_wife of_Shimshōn entice DOM your(fs)_man/husband and_tell to/for_us DOM the_riddle lest we_should_burn DOM_you and_DOM the_house father’s_your in/on/at/with_fire the_to_rob_us did_you_all_invite to/for_us not.
OET (OET-RV) Then on the seventh day,[fn] they pressured Shimshon’s wife, “Get your husband to tell you the answer of the riddle, otherwise we’ll burn down your father’ house and you as well. Did you invite us to the party just to impoverish us?”
14:15 The Greek Septuagint translation says ‘the fourth day’, which perhaps might fit better into the narrative, but ‘seventh’ is in the Hebrew that we have and not necessarily incorrect.
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
And it happened
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshōn's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )
The author is using this phrase to introduce a new development in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
on the seventh day
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshōn's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )
The author assumes that his readers will know that by on the seventh day he means the last day of the feast, when the Philistine young men would have to give Samson many expensive garments if they could not solve the riddle. You could say that explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “the last day of the feast, when they would have to give Samson many expensive garments if they could not solve the riddle”
Note 3 topic: translate-kinship
to the wife of Samson & your husband
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshōn's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )
In this culture, engagement was tantamount to marriage, so people would speak of a woman who was engaged to a man as his wife, and they would speak of a man who was engaged to a woman as her husband, even though the two were not yet married. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: “to the fiancée of Samson … your fiancé”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
we burn you and the house of your father with fire
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshōn's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )
It might seem that the expression we burn you and the house of your father with fire contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in your language. If so, you can shorten it. Alternate translation: “we burn to death you and the house of your father”
Note 5 topic: translate-kinship
and the house of your father
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshōn's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )
Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: “and your whole extended family”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
Did you invite us to dispossess us? {Is it} not {so}?
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and=they_said to,wife Shimshōn's entice DOM your(fs)=man/husband and,tell to/for=us DOM the,riddle lest burn DOM,you and=DOM house_of father's,your in/on/at/with,fire the,to,rob,us invited to/for=us ?,not )
The Philistine young men are using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “It certainly seems as if you invited us here to rob us!”
14:14-19 Israel’s hero, like Sisera, was defeated by a woman (4:21; see study note on 8:20-21).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was in_the_day the_seventh and_they_said to_wife of_Shimshōn entice DOM your(fs)_man/husband and_tell to/for_us DOM the_riddle lest we_should_burn DOM_you and_DOM the_house father’s_your in/on/at/with_fire the_to_rob_us did_you_all_invite to/for_us not.
OET (OET-RV) Then on the seventh day,[fn] they pressured Shimshon’s wife, “Get your husband to tell you the answer of the riddle, otherwise we’ll burn down your father’ house and you as well. Did you invite us to the party just to impoverish us?”
14:15 The Greek Septuagint translation says ‘the fourth day’, which perhaps might fit better into the narrative, but ‘seventh’ is in the Hebrew that we have and not necessarily incorrect.
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.