5. Samson went with his father and mother to Timnah. When they were coming to the vineyards of Timnah, a young roaring lion met Samson.
6. The Lord’s Spirit came over him. With his bare hands, he tore the lion apart as if it were a young goat. He didn’t tell his parents what he had done.
7. Then he went to talk to the young woman. She was the one he wanted.
8. Later he went back to marry her. ⌊On his way⌋ he left the road to look at the lion he had killed. He saw a swarm of bees and some honey in the lion’s dead body.
9. He scraped ⌊the honey⌋ into his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he came to his father and mother, he gave them some of the honey to eat. He didn’t tell them he had scraped it out of the lion’s dead body.
10. After his father went to see the woman, Samson threw a party. (This is what young men used to do.)
11. When ⌊her family⌋ saw him, they chose 30 of their friends to be with him.
12. Then Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you solve it during the seven days of the party, I’ll give you 30 linen shirts and 30 changes of clothes.
13. But if you can’t solve it, you will give me the same things.”They responded, “Tell us your riddle! Let’s hear it!”
14. So Samson said to them,“From the eatercame something to eat.From the strong onecame something sweet.”For three days they couldn’t solve the riddle.