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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

4 Saa, kære, forvar dig nu, at du ikke drikker Vin ej heller stærk Drik, og at du ikke æder noget urent.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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].

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?

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

13 Og Herrens Engel sagde til Manoa: For alt det, som jeg har sagt til Kvinden, skal hun tage sig i Vare.

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

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 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.

15 Og Manoa sagde til Herrens Engel: Kære, lad os opholde dig lidt, saa ville vi lave et Bukkekid for dit Ansigt.

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

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.

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.

17 Og Manoa sagde til Herrens Engel: Hvad er dit Navn, at vi kunne ære dig, naar det kommer, som du har sagt.

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?

18 Og Herrens Engel sagde til ham: Hvi spørger du om mit Navn? se, det er underligt.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

21 Og Herrens Engel lod sig ikke ydermere se for Manoa og for hans Hustru; da fornam Manoa, at det var Herrens Engel.

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

22 Og Manoa sagde til sin Hustru: Vi dø visseligen; thi vi have set Gud.

And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because 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 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

24 Og Kvinden fødte en Søn og kaldte hans Navn Samson; og Drengen blev stor, og Herren velsignede ham.

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

25 Og Herrens Aand begyndte at drive ham i Dans Lejr imellem Zora og Esthaol.

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