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OET (OET-RV) Some days later during the wheat harvest, Shimshon visited his wife with a young goat as a present for the family, because he said, “I’ll go into the bedroom with my wife.” But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in,
OET-LV And_he/it_was from_days in/on/at/with_time_of the_harvest_of wheat(s) and_ Shimshōn _visited DOM his/its_wife/woman in/on/at/with_young_goat_of goats and_he/it_said let_me_go into wife’s_of_my the_room_in and_not let_him father_of_her to_enter.
UHB וַיְהִ֨י מִיָּמִ֜ים בִּימֵ֣י קְצִיר־חִטִּ֗ים וַיִּפְקֹ֨ד שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹן אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ בִּגְדִ֣י עִזִּ֔ים וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָבֹ֥אָה אֶל־אִשְׁתִּ֖י הֶחָ֑דְרָה וְלֹֽא־נְתָנ֥וֹ אָבִ֖יהָ לָבֽוֹא׃ ‡
(vayəhiy miyyāmim biymēy qəʦīr-ḩiţţim vayyifqod shimshōn ʼet-ʼishtō bigədiy ˊizzim vayyoʼmer ʼāⱱoʼāh ʼel-ʼishtiy heḩādərāh vəloʼ-nətānō ʼāⱱiyhā lāⱱōʼ.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο μεθʼ ἡμέρας ἐν ἡμέραις θερισμοῦ πυρῶν, καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο Σαμψὼν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐρίφῳ αἰγῶν, καὶ εἶπεν, εἰσελεύσομαι πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκά μου καὶ εἰς τὸ ταμεῖον· καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆς εἰσελθεῖν.
(Kai egeneto methʼ haʸmeras en haʸmerais therismou purōn, kai epeskepsato Sampsōn taʸn gunaika autou en erifōi aigōn, kai eipen, eiseleusomai pros taʸn gunaika mou kai eis to tameion; kai ouk edōken auton ho pataʸr autaʸs eiselthein. )
BrTr And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Sampson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in.
ULT And it happened after some days, in the days of the harvest of wheat, that Samson visited his wife with a kid of goats. And he said, “I will go in to my wife, to the chamber.” But her father would not allow him to go in.
UST Some time later, during the wheat harvest, Samson visited the woman he was supposed to marry. He brought a young goat as a gift. He told her father that he wanted to sleep with her to make their marriage official. But her father would not let him do that.
BSB Later on at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEBBE But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said, “I will go in to my wife’s room.”
¶ But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father, “I want to have sex with my bride in her bedroom!” But her father would not let him enter.
LSV And it comes to pass after [some] days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looks after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and says, “I go in to my wife, to the inner chamber”; and her father has not permitted him to go in,
FBV Some time later when the wheat was being harvested, Samson went to pay his wife a visit, taking with him a young goat as a present. “I want to go to my wife in her bedroom,” he said when he arrived,[fn] but her father would not let him go in.
15:1 “When he arrived”: supplied for clarity.
T4T During the time that they harvested wheat, Samson took a young goat to Timnah as a present for his wife. He planned to sleep with [EUP] his wife, but her father would not let him go into her room.
LEB No LEB JDG book available
BBE Now a short time after, at the time of the grain-cutting, Samson, taking with him a young goat, went to see his wife; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the bride's room. But her father would not let him go in.
Moff No Moff JDG book available
JPS But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said: 'I will go in to my wife into the chamber.' But her father would not suffer him to go in.
ASV But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
DRA And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying:
YLT And it cometh to pass, after [some] days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looketh after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and saith, 'I go in unto my wife, to the inner chamber;' and her father hath not permitted him to go in,
Drby And it came to pass after a time, in the days of the wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid of the goats. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber; but her father would not suffer him to go in.
RV But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
SLT And it will be after days in days of the wheat harvest, and Samson will look after his wife with a kid of the goats; and he will say, I will go to my wife to the chamber. And her father gave him not to go in.
Wbstr But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
KJB-1769 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
KJB-1611 ¶ But it came to passe within a while after, in the time of wheat haruest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid, and he said, I will goe in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to goe in.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps No Bshps JDG book available
Gnva But within a while after, in the time of wheate haruest, Samson visited his wife with a kid, saying, I wil go in to my wife into the chamber: but her father would not suffer him to goe in.
(But within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a kid, saying, I will go in to my wife into the chamber: but her father would not suffer him to go in. )
Cvdl No Cvdl JDG book available
Wycl No Wycl JDG book available
Luth No Luth JDG book available
ClVg Post aliquantulum autem temporis, cum dies triticeæ messis instarent, venit Samson, invisere volens uxorem suam, et attulit ei hædum de capris. Cumque cubiculum ejus solito vellet intrare, prohibuit eum pater illius, dicens:
(After aliquantulum however time, when/with days triticeæ messis instarent, he_came Samson, invisere willing wife his_own, and attulit to_him hædum from/about capris. And_when cubiculum his solito vellet intrare, I_forbadet him father of_that, saying: )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available
15:1 Wheat harvest came at the end of May; how long this was after the wedding feast is not known. There was some precedent for a bride’s remaining in her parents’ home for a few months before moving to the groom’s home, while allowing conjugal visits.
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וַיְהִ֨י
and=he/it_was
The author is using this phrase to introduce a new event 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 / metonymy
בִּימֵ֣י
in/on/at/with,time_of
The author is using the word days by association to mean ”time.” Alternate translation: [at the time of]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
בִּגְדִ֣י עִזִּ֔ים
in/on/at/with,young_goat_of goats
Bringing a kid of goats was a symbolic action that showed Samson wanted to reconcile with his wife. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [with a young goat as a gift to show he was no longer angry]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בִּגְדִ֣י עִזִּ֔ים
in/on/at/with,young_goat_of goats
See how you translated the same expression in [6:19](../06/19.md).
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
אָבֹ֥אָה אֶל־אִשְׁתִּ֖י הֶחָ֑דְרָה
go to/towards wife's_of,my the,room,in
Samson is speaking in a polite way about a private or uncomfortable matter. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [I would like to sleep with my bride] or [I would like to make the marriage official by consummating it]
Note 6 topic: translate-kinship
אִשְׁתִּ֖י
wife's_of,my
In this culture, 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 before the two were yet married. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [my fiancée]