士師記 13
1 以色列子民又行了上主視為惡的事，因此上主把他們交於培肋舍特人手中四十年之久。
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
2 那時，在祚辣有一個人，屬於丹支派，名叫瑪諾亞，他的妻子是個石女，從未生育。
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
3 上主的使者顯現給那婦人，對她說：「看，你原是個石女，從未生育，但是你要懷孕生子。
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
4 今後要留心：清酒濃酒都不可喝，各種不潔的東西也不可吃!
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
5 看，你將懷孕生子，剃刀不可觸及他的頭，因為這孩子從母胎就是獻於上主的；他要開始從培肋舍特人手中拯救以色列。」
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
6 那婦人遂去告訴自己的丈夫說：「有一個天主的人來到我這裏，他的容貌好像天主的使者，極其威嚴；我沒有問他從那裏來；他也沒有告訴我他的名字。
So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
7 他對我說：看，你將懷孕生子，從今以後清酒濃酒都不可喝，各種不潔的東西都不可吃，因為這孩從母胎一直到死，是獻於天主的。」
But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
8 瑪諾亞就向上主懇求說：「我主! 求你叫你所派的那位天主的人再到我們這裏來! 指教我們對於將生的嬰孩應該作什麼﹖」
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
9 天主聽了瑪諾亞的話；天主的使者又來到那婦人跟前；那時她正坐在田間，她的丈夫沒有同她在一起。
And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 那婦人就急速跑去告訴丈夫說：「看，那天來我跟前的那個人，又顯現給我了。」
The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
11 瑪諾亞就起來，跟著妻子來到那人跟前，對他說：「你就是向這婦人說話的那人嗎﹖」他回答說：「我就是。」
So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
12 瑪諾亞向他說：「當你的話應驗的時候，我們應該怎樣管教這孩子﹖要怎樣待他﹖」
Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
13 上主的使者對瑪諾亞說：「我給這婦人所說的一切，她都當留神：
So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
14 凡葡萄樹所結的，她不能吃；清酒濃酒她不能喝，各種不潔的東西她不能吃；凡我所吩咐她的，她都該遵守。」
She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
15 瑪諾亞對上主的使者說：「請容許我留你，為你預備一隻小山羊。」
“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
16 上主的使者對瑪諾亞說：「你雖然劉我，我卻不吃你得食物；假使你要獻一全燔祭，就當獻於上主。」因瑪諾亞當時還不知道他是上主的使者。
And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.
17 瑪諾亞問上主的使者說：「你叫什麼名字﹖當你的話應驗的時候，我們好恭敬你。」
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
18 上主的使者回答說：「你為什麼問我的名字﹖它是奧妙的。」
“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
19 瑪諾亞取了一隻小山羊和素祭，在一塊磐石上獻於行奇事的上主。
Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
20 當火燄從祭壇上向天升起時，上主的使者也在祭壇的火燄中上升了。瑪諾亞和他的妻子看見這事，就俯伏在地上。
When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
21 上主的使者沒有再顯現給瑪諾亞和他的妻子，那時瑪諾亞才知道他是上主的使者。
And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
22 瑪諾亞對自己的妻子說：「我們必定要死，因為我們看見了天主。」
“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
23 但他妻子對他說：「如果上主有意叫我們死，必定不會悅納我們的手所獻的全燔祭和素祭，必不會使我們看見這些事，也不會使我們聽到像現在這樣的話。」
But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
24 後來那婦人生了一個兒子，給他起名叫三松；孩子漸漸長大，上主祝福了他。
So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
25 在瑪哈乃丹，即在祚辣與厄市陶耳之間，上主的神開始感動他。
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
