Dommer 13
1 Og Israels Børn bleve ved at gøre det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne, og Herren gav dem i Filisternes Haand fyrretyve Aar.
The Israelites continued to do what was evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines to rule them for forty years.
2 Og der var en Mand fra Zora, af en Daniters Slægt, og hans Navn var Manoa; og hans Hustru var ufrugtbar og fødte ikke.
At that time there was a man named Manoah. He was from the tribe of Dan and lived in the town of Zorah. His wife couldn't conceive and had no children.
3 Og Herrens Engel aabenbaredes for Kvinden, og han sagde til hende: Se, kære, du er ufrugtbar og føder ikke, men du skal blive frugtsommelig og føde en Søn.
The Angel of the Lord appeared to her and told her, “It's true that you couldn't conceive, and have no children, but now you're going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
4 Saa, kære, forvar dig nu, at du ikke drikker Vin ej heller stærk Drik, og at du ikke æder noget urent.
So then please be careful not to drink any wine or other alcoholic drink, and don't eat anything unclean.
5 Thi se, du skal vorde frugtsommelig og føde en Søn, og paa hans Hoved skal ikke komme Bagekniv; thi Drengen skal være en Guds Nasiræer fra Moders Liv af, og han skal begynde at frelse Israel af Filisternes Haand.
You're going to become pregnant and have a son whose head a razor must never touch, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from birth. He will start the process of saving Israel from the Philistines.”
6 Da kom Kvinden og sagde til sin Mand: Der kom en Guds Mand til mig, og hans Udseende var som en Guds Engels Udseende, saare forfærdelig; og jeg spurgte ham ikke, hvorfra han var, og han kundgjorde mig ikke sit Navn.
The woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like the Angel of God, really frightening. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he didn't did not tell me his name.
7 Men han sagde til mig: Se, du skal vorde frugtsommelig og føde en Søn; saa skal du nu ikke drikke Vin eller stærk Drik og ikke æde noget urent; thi Drengen skal være en Guds Nasiræer fra Moders Liv af indtil sin Dødsdag.
But he told me, ‘You're going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, and don't eat anything unclean. For the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from birth until the day of his death.’”
8 Da bad Manoa til Herren og sagde: Hør mig, Herre! Kære, lad den Guds Mand, som du udsendte, atter komme til os, at han kan lære os, hvad vi skulle gøre ved Drengen, som skal fødes.
Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, “Please, Lord, let the man of God you sent us return to us to explain what we're supposed to do with the boy who is to be born.”
9 Og Gud hørte Manoas Bøst; og Guds Engel kom atter til Kvinden, og hun sad paa Marken; men hendes Mand Manoa var ikke hos hende.
God responded to Manoah's request, and the Angel of God returned to the woman while she was sitting out in the field. However, her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 Da hastede Kvinden og løb og gav sin Mand det til Kende, og hun sagde til ham: Se, den Mand, der kom til mig hin Dag, aabenbaredes for mig.
So she ran quickly to tell her husband, “Look! The man who appeared to me the other day has come back!”
11 Da stod Manoa op og gik efter sin Hustru, og han kom til Manden og sagde til ham: Er du den Mand, som talede med Kvinden? og han sagde: Ja, jeg er.
Manoah got up and went back with his wife, and asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife before?” “Yes I am,” he replied.
12 Og Manoa sagde: Naar det nu kommer, som du har sagt, hvad skulle vi iagttage med Drengen, og hvad skulle vi gøre ved ham?
So Manoah said, “May your promise come true! What shall be decided for the boy, and what is to be his vocation?”
13 Og Herrens Engel sagde til Manoa: For alt det, som jeg har sagt til Kvinden, skal hun tage sig i Vare.
“Make sure your wife is careful to follow everything I told her,” the angel of the Lord replied.
14 Hun skal ikke æde af noget, som kommer af Vinstokken, og ikke drikke Vin eller stærk Drik og intet urent æde; alt det, som jeg har budet hende, skal hun holde.
“She must not eat anything that comes from the vine or drink wine or any other alcoholic drink. She must not eat anything unclean. Your wife must follow everything I instructed her to do.”
15 Og Manoa sagde til Herrens Engel: Kære, lad os opholde dig lidt, saa ville vi lave et Bukkekid for dit Ansigt.
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us keep you here while we prepare a meal of a young goat for you.”
16 Men Herrens Engel sagde til Manoa: Dersom du opholder mig, æder jeg dog ikke af din Mad, men dersom du vil gøre dit Brændoffer, maa du ofre Herren det; thi Manoa vidste ikke, at det var Herrens Engel.
The angel of the Lord replied, “I'll stay, but I won't eat your food. However, if you prepare a burnt offering, you can present it to the Lord.” (Manoah didn't know he was the angel of the Lord.)
17 Og Manoa sagde til Herrens Engel: Hvad er dit Navn, at vi kunne ære dig, naar det kommer, som du har sagt.
Manoah asked the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so when your promise comes true we may honor you?”
18 Og Herrens Engel sagde til ham: Hvi spørger du om mit Navn? se, det er underligt.
“Why do you ask this?” the angel of the Lord responded. “My name is beyond comprehension.”
19 Da tog Manoa et Bukkekid og Madofret og ofrede det for Herren paa Klippen; og Engelen gjorde et Under, men Manoa og hans Hustru saa til.
Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and presented them on a rock to the Lord. As Manoah and his wife watched, the LORD did something amazing.
20 Og det skete, der Luen for op fra Alteret til Himmelen, da for Herrens Engel op i Luen fra Alteret; der Manoa og hans Hustru saa det, da faldt de paa deres Ansigt til Jorden.
As the flame from the altar blazed up into the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Manoah and his wife saw what happened and fell with their faces to the ground.
21 Og Herrens Engel lod sig ikke ydermere se for Manoa og for hans Hustru; da fornam Manoa, at det var Herrens Engel.
The angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah or his wife again, and Manoah realized that he was the angel of the Lord.
22 Og Manoa sagde til sin Hustru: Vi dø visseligen; thi vi have set Gud.
“We're definitely going to die,” he told his wife, “for we have seen God!”
23 Men hans Hustru sagde til ham: Om Herren havde haft Lyst til at ihjelslaa os, havde han ikke taget Brændoffer og Madoffer af vor Haand, ej heller ladet os se alt dette og paa denne Tid ej ladet os høre saadanne Ting.
But his wife replied, “If the Lord had wanted to kill us he wouldn't have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn't have shown us all these things, and he wouldn't have come now and announced this to us.”
24 Og Kvinden fødte en Søn og kaldte hans Navn Samson; og Drengen blev stor, og Herren velsignede ham.
She gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 Og Herrens Aand begyndte at drive ham i Dans Lejr imellem Zora og Esthaol.
The Spirit of the Lord began to prompt him at Mahaneh Dan, a place between Zorah and Eshtaol.
