قُضاة 13

١ 1 ثُمَّ عَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرْتَكِبُونَ الإِثْمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، فَأَسْلَمَهُمْ لِقَبْضَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

And the children of Israel yet again committed iniquity before the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phylistines forty years.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَلْدَةِ صُرْعَةَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ الدَّانِيِّينَ يُدْعَى مَنُوحَ، وَامْرَأَتُهُ عَاقِرٌ لَمْ تُنْجِبْ.

And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoe, and his wife was barren, and bore not.

٣ 3 فَتَجَلَّى مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِنَّكِ عَاقِرٌ لَمْ تُنْجِبِي، وَلَكِنَّكِ سَتَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً.

And an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have not born; yet you shall conceive a son.

٤ 4 إِنَّمَا إِيَّاكِ أَنْ تَشْرَبِي خَمْراً أَوْ مُسْكِراً أَوْ تَأْكُلِي شَيْئاً مُحَرَّماً

And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;

٥ 5 لأَنَّكِ سَتَحْمِليِنَ وَتُنْجِبِينَ ابْناً. فَلا تَحْلِقِي شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ لأَنَّ الصَّبِيَّ يَكُونُ نَذِيراً لِلهِ مِنْ مَوْلِدِهِ، وَهُوَ يَشْرَعُ فِي إِنْقَاذِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ تَسَلُّطِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

for behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.

٦ 6 فَأَسْرَعَتْ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا وَقَالَتْ: «ظَهَرَ لِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، وَمَنْظَرُهُ كَهَيْئَةِ مَلاكِ الرَّبِّ مُجَلَّلٌ بِالرَّهْبَةِ. لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءَ، وَلا هُوَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنِ اسْمِهِ،

And the woman went in, and spoke to her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance [was as] of an angel of God, very dreadful; and I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name.

٧ 7 وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنْتِ سَتَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً، فَإِيَّاكِ أَنْ تَشْرَبِي خَمْراً وَلا مُسْكِراً، وَلا تَأْكُلِي شَيْئاً مُحَرَّماً، لأَنَّ الصَّبِيَّ يَكُونُ نَذِيراً لِلرَّبِّ مُنْذُ مَوْلِدِهِ حَتَّى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ».

And he said to me, Behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until the day of his death.

٨ 8 فَتَضَرَّعَ مَنُوحُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنْ تُرْسِلَ إِلَيْنَا رَجُلَ اللهِ الَّذِي بَعَثْتَهُ، لِيُعَلِّمَنَا كَيْفَ نُرَبِّي الصَّبِيَّ الَّذِي يُولَدُ».

And Manoe prayed to the Lord and said, I pray you, O Lord my lord, [concerning] the man of God whom you sent; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about to be born.

٩ 9 فَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ صَلاةَ مَنُوحَ، فَتَجَلَّى مَلاكُ اللهِ أَيْضاً لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ فِي الْحَقْلِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ زَوْجُهَا مَنُوحُ مَعَهَا.

And the Lord heard the voice of Manoe, and the angel of God came yet again to the woman; and she sat in the field, and Manoe her husband was not with her.

١٠ 10 فَأَسْرَعَتْ وَأَخْبَرَتْ زَوْجَهَا قَائِلَةً: «تَرَاءَى لِيَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ».

And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in [the other] day to me has appeared to me.

١١ 11 فَهَبَّ مَنُوحُ فِي إِثْرِ زَوْجَتِهِ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ وَسَأَلَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي خَاطَبَ زَوْجَتِي مِنْ قَبْلُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ».

And Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I [am].

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ: «عِنْدَمَا يَتَحَقَّقُ كَلامُكَ فَكَيْفَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَقُومَ بِتَرْبِيَةِ الصَّبِيِّ وَمُعَامَلَتِهِ؟»

And Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?

١٣ 13 فَأَجَابَهُ الْمَلاكُ: «لِتَحْرِصِ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى طَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُهَا بِهِ.

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.

١٤ 14 وَإِيَّاهَا أَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْ كُلِّ نِتَاجِ الْكَرْمَةِ أَوْ تَشْرَبَ خَمْراً أَوْ مُسْكِراً، أَوْ تَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً مُحَرَّماً. لِتَحْرِصْ عَلَى إِطَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُهَا بِهِ».

She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنُوحُ: «نَوَدُّ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ مَعَنَا رَيْثَمَا نُجَهِّزُ لَكَ جَدْياً».

And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.

١٦ 16 فَأَجَابَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ: «وَلَوْ أَعَقْتَنِي لَنْ آكُلَ مِنْ خُبْزِكَ، وَإِنْ قَرَّبْتَ مُحْرَقَةً فَلِلرَّبِّ قَدِّمْهَا». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَنُوحُ يُدْرِكُ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ هُوَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ.

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, If you should detain me, I will not eat of your bread; and if you would offer a whole burnt offering, to the Lord you shall offer it: for Manoe knew not that he [was] an angel of the Lord.

١٧ 17 فَسَأَلَ مَنُوحُ مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ: «مَا اسْمُكَ حَتَّى إِذَا تَحَقَّقَ كَلامُكَ نُكْرِمُكَ؟»

And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What [is] your name, that [when] your word shall come to pass, we may glorify you?

١٨ 18 فَأَجَابَ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُ عَنِ اسْمِي وَهُوَ عَجِيبٌ؟»

And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?

١٩ 19 ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مَنُوحُ جَدْياً وَتَقْدِمَةَ حُبُوبٍ وَقَرَّبَهُمَا عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ لِلرَّبِّ. فَقَامَ الْمَلاكُ بِعَمَلٍ عَجِيبٍ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْ مَنُوحَ وَزَوْجَتِهِ

And Manoe took a kid of the goats and its meat-offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and [the angel] wrought a distinct work, and Manoe and his wife were looking on.

٢٠ 20 فَقَدْ صَعِدَ فِي أَلْسِنَةِ اللهِيبِ الْمُرْتَفِعَةِ مِنَ الْمَذْبَحِ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْهُمَا، فَخَرَّا عَلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِدَيْنِ.

And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoe and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth.

٢١ 21 وَلَمْ يَتَجَلَّ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ ثَانِيَةً لِمَنُوحَ وَزَوْجَتِهِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ أَدْرَكَ مَنُوحُ أَنَّهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ.

And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an angel of the Lord.

٢٢ 22 فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ: «إِنَّنَا لابُدَّ مَائِتَانِ لأَنَّنَا قَدْ رَأَيْنَا اللهَ»

And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

٢٣ 23 فَأَجَابَتْهُ: «لَوْ أَرَادَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُمِيتَنَا لَمَا قَبِلَ مِنَّا مُحْرَقَةً وَتَقْدِمَةً، وَلَمَا أَرَانَا كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ وَأَخْبَرَنَا بِها فِي هَذَا الْوَقْتِ».

But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received of our hand a whole burnt offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shown us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things

٢٤ 24 فَأَنْجَبَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ ابْناً دَعَتْهُ شَمْشُونَ. وَكَبُرَ الصَّبِيُّ وَبَارَكَهُ الرَّبُّ.

And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

٢٥ 25 وَابْتَدَأَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ يُحَرِّكُهُ فِي أَرْضِ سِبْطِ دَانَ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ.

And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.