Judges 13
1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，耶和华将他们交在非利士人手中四十年。
2 Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
那时，有一个琐拉人，是属但族的，名叫玛挪亚。他的妻不怀孕，不生育。
3 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.
耶和华的使者向那妇人显现，对她说：“向来你不怀孕，不生育，如今你必怀孕生一个儿子。
4 Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
所以你当谨慎，清酒浓酒都不可喝，一切不洁之物也不可吃。
5 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.”
你必怀孕生一个儿子，不可用剃头刀剃他的头，因为这孩子一出胎就归 神作拿细耳人。他必起首拯救以色列人脱离非利士人的手。”
6 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.
妇人就回去对丈夫说：“有一个神人到我面前来，他的相貌如 神使者的相貌，甚是可畏。我没有问他从哪里来，他也没有将他的名告诉我，
7 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.’”
却对我说：‘你要怀孕生一个儿子，所以清酒浓酒都不可喝，一切不洁之物也不可吃；因为这孩子从出胎一直到死，必归 神作拿细耳人。’”
8 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.”
玛挪亚就祈求耶和华说：“主啊，求你再差遣那神人到我们这里来，好指教我们怎样待这将要生的孩子。”
9 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.
神应允玛挪亚的话；妇人正坐在田间的时候， 神的使者又到她那里，她丈夫玛挪亚却没有同她在一处。
10 The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
妇人急忙跑去告诉丈夫说：“那日到我面前来的人，又向我显现。”
11 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.
玛挪亚起来跟随他的妻来到那人面前，对他说：“与这妇人说话的就是你吗？”他说：“是我。”
12 Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
玛挪亚说：“愿你的话应验！我们当怎样待这孩子，他后来当怎样呢？”
13 So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
耶和华的使者对玛挪亚说：“我告诉妇人的一切事，她都当谨慎。
14 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.”
葡萄树所结的都不可吃，清酒浓酒都不可喝，一切不洁之物也不可吃。凡我所吩咐的，她都当遵守。”
15 “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
玛挪亚对耶和华的使者说：“求你容我们款留你，好为你预备一只山羊羔。”
16 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.
耶和华的使者对玛挪亚说：“你虽然款留我，我却不吃你的食物，你若预备燔祭就当献与耶和华。”原来玛挪亚不知道他是耶和华的使者。
17 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?”
玛挪亚对耶和华的使者说：“请将你的名告诉我，到你话应验的时候，我们好尊敬你。”
18 “Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
耶和华的使者对他说：“你何必问我的名，我名是奇妙的。”
19 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.
玛挪亚将一只山羊羔和素祭在磐石上献与耶和华，使者行奇妙的事；玛挪亚和他的妻观看，
20 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.
见火焰从坛上往上升，耶和华的使者在坛上的火焰中也升上去了。玛挪亚和他的妻看见，就俯伏于地。
21 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.
耶和华的使者不再向玛挪亚和他的妻显现，玛挪亚才知道他是耶和华的使者。
22 “We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
玛挪亚对他的妻说：“我们必要死，因为看见了 神。”
23 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.”
他的妻却对他说：“耶和华若要杀我们，必不从我们手里收纳燔祭和素祭，并不将这一切事指示我们，今日也不将这些话告诉我们。”
24 So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
后来妇人生了一个儿子，给他起名叫参孙。孩子长大，耶和华赐福与他。
25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
在玛哈尼·但，就是琐拉和以实陶中间，耶和华的灵才感动他。
