Judges 13
1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
Bangsa Israel kembali berbuat jahat di mata TUHAN. Maka TUHAN menyerahkan mereka kepada bangsa Filistin, sehingga Filistin menindas mereka selama empat puluh tahun.
2 Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.
Pada masa itu, ada seorang dari suku Dan yang bernama Manoah. Dia tinggal di kota Zora. Istrinya mandul sehingga mereka tidak punya anak.
3 And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.
Suatu hari, seorang malaikat muncul kepada istri Manoah dan berkata, “Meskipun selama ini kamu mandul dan tidak memiliki anak, kamu akan hamil dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki.
4 Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
Karena itu jagalah dirimu. Jangan minum anggur ataupun minuman keras lainnya, dan jangan makan apa pun yang haram,
5 For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
sebab kamu akan mengandung dan melahirkan anak laki-laki. Rambutnya tidak boleh dipotong karena dia akan menjadi pengabdi Allah sejak dalam kandungan. Dia akan menyelamatkan Israel dari penindasan orang Filistin.”
6 Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;
Kemudian perempuan itu mendatangi suaminya dan berkata, “Tadi seorang utusan Allah datang menemui aku. Dia terlihat sangat menakjubkan, seperti malaikat. Aku tidak menanyakan asalnya. Dia juga tidak memberitahukan namanya.
7 But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.
Tetapi dia berkata, ‘Kamu akan hamil dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki. Jangan minum anggur ataupun minuman keras lainnya, dan jangan makan apa pun yang haram, karena anakmu akan menjadi orang nazir sejak dalam kandungan sampai dia mati.’”
8 Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.
Lalu Manoah berdoa kepada TUHAN, “Ya Allah, kiranya utusan-Mu itu kembali kepada kami untuk mengajarkan kami cara membesarkan anak yang akan lahir itu.”
9 And God gave ear to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was seated in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
Allah mendengar doa Manoah. Maka malaikat itu kembali menemui istrinya ketika dia sedang duduk-duduk di ladang. Saat itu Manoah sedang tidak bersamanya.
10 So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.
Perempuan itu pun segera berlari kepada suaminya dengan tergesa-gesa dan memberitahukan, “Orang yang waktu itu datang menemuiku muncul lagi.”
11 And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.
Manoah segera mengikuti istrinya. Dia menemui orang itu dan bertanya, “Apakah Tuan orang yang waktu itu berbicara kepada istri saya ini?” Jawabnya, “Ya, benar.”
12 And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?
Lanjut Manoah, “Sesudah yang Tuan katakan itu terjadi, bagaimana cara kami membesarkan anak itu, dan apa yang kelak harus dia lakukan?”
13 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.
Jawab malaikat itu, “Turutilah semua yang sudah aku sampaikan kepada istrimu.
14 She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.
Dia tidak boleh makan apa pun yang berasal dari pohon anggur. Dia juga tidak boleh minum anggur ataupun minuman keras lainnya, dan tidak boleh memakan apa pun yang haram. Semua yang sudah aku perintahkan itu harus dia turuti.”
15 And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.
Lalu kata Manoah kepada malaikat itu, “Izinkanlah kami menahan Tuan di sini, agar kami dapat menyajikan daging kambing muda untuk Tuan.”
16 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.
Jawab malaikat itu, “Walaupun aku menunggu, aku tidak akan memakan apa yang kamu sajikan. Tetapi kamu boleh menyiapkan kurban yang dibakar habis dan mempersembahkannya kepada TUHAN.” (Manoah belum menyadari bahwa orang itu adalah malaikat.)
17 Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?
Manoah kembali bertanya, “Siapa nama Tuan? Supaya waktu apa yang Tuan katakan itu terjadi, kami dapat menghormati Tuan.”
18 But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?
“Mengapa kamu menanyakan namaku?” kata malaikat itu, “Namaku terlalu ajaib untuk diterima oleh pikiranmu.”
19 So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.
Kemudian Manoah mengambil seekor anak kambing dan mempersembahkannya kepada TUHAN sebagai kurban yang dibakar habis di atas sebuah batu, beserta dengan persembahan gandum-gandumannya. Sementara Manoah dan istrinya menyaksikan, TUHAN melakukan suatu keajaiban.
20 And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.
Saat api dari mezbah batu itu membubung tinggi ke langit, malaikat itu ikut naik ke atas dalam api. Melihat itu, Manoah dan istrinya tersungkur di tanah dan sujud menyembah.
21 But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.
Malaikat itu tidak pernah muncul lagi kepada Manoah dan istrinya. Sesudah peristiwa itu, Manoah tahu bahwa orang itu adalah malaikat utusan TUHAN.
22 And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.
Lalu Manoah berkata kepada istrinya, “Kita pasti akan mati karena kita sudah melihat Allah!”
23 But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.
Tetapi jawab istrinya, “Jika TUHAN mau membunuh kita, tidak mungkin Dia menerima kurban dan persembahan gandum-ganduman kita. Dan tidak mungkin juga Dia melakukan keajaiban tadi, bahkan memberitahukan hal-hal luar biasa itu kepada kita.”
24 So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.
Beberapa waktu kemudian, istri Manoah melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki. Dia menamainya Simson. Anak itu tumbuh besar dan TUHAN memberkatinya.
25 And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Roh TUHAN mulai menggerakkan hati Simson ketika dia tinggal di Mahane Dan yang terletak di antara kota Zora dan kota Estaol.
