Judges 13
1 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.
Izraelci su opet okrenuli da čine ono što Jahvi nije po volji i Jahve ih predade u ruke Filistejcima za čerdeset godina.
2 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.
A bijaše neki čovjek iz Sore, od Danova plemena, po imenu Manoah. Žena mu bila nerotkinja i nije imala djece.
3 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.
Toj se ženi ukaza Anđeo Jahvin i reče joj: “Ti si neplodna i nisi rađala.
4 And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
Ali se odsad pazi: da ne piješ ni vina ni žestoka pića i da ne jedeš ništa nečisto.
5 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.
Jer, zatrudnjet ćeš, evo, i rodit ćeš sina. I neka mu britva ne prijeđe po glavi, jer će od majčine utrobe dijete biti Bogu posvećeno - bit će nazirej Božji i on će početi izbavljati Izraela iz ruke Filistejaca.”
6 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.
Žena ode i kaza mužu: “Božji čovjek došao k meni, lice mu kao u Božjeg anđela, puno dostojanstva. Nisam ga upitala odakle je došao, niti mi on kaza svog imena.
7 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.
Ali mi je rekao: 'Ti ćeš začeti i roditi sina. Ne pij odsad ni vina ni žestoka pića i ne jedi ništa nečisto jer će ti dijete biti nazirej Božji od majčine utrobe do smrti.'”
8 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.
Tada se Manoah pomoli Jahvi i reče: “Molim te, Gospode, neka Božji čovjek koga si jednom poslao dođe još jednom k nama i pouči nas što ćemo činiti s djetetom kad se rodi!”
9 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.
Jahve usliši Manoaha i Anđeo Jahvin dođe opet k ženi dok je sjedila u polju. Manoah, muž njezin, ne bijaše kraj nje.
10 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.
Žena brzo otrča da obavijesti muža i reče mu: “Gle, ukazao mi se čovjek koji mi je došao onog dana.”
11 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].
Manoah ustade, pođe za ženom i kada dođe k čovjeku, upita ga: “Jesi li ti onaj što je govorio s ovom ženom?” A on odgovori: “Jesam.”
12 And Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
“Kada se ispuni ono što si rekao”, opet će Manoah, “po kojim propisima i kako treba postupati s djetetom?”
13 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.
Anđeo Jahvin odgovori Manoahu: “Neka se žena čuva svega što sam joj zabranio.
14 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.
Neka ne uživa ništa što dolazi od vinove loze, neka ne pije ni vina ni žestoka pića, neka ne jede ništa nečisto i neka se drži svega što sam joj zapovjedio.”
15 And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.
Tada reče Manoah Anđelu Jahvinu: “Rado bismo te ustavili i pogostili jaretom.”
16 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.
Anđeo Jahvin nato će Manoahu: “Sve da me i ustaviš, ja ne bih jeo tvoga jela; nego ako želiš žrtvovati paljenicu, prinesi je Jahvi.” Manoah, ne znajući da je to Anđeo Jahvin,
17 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?
reče tada Anđelu Jahvinu: “Kako ti je ime, da te možemo častiti kada se ispuni što si obećao.”
18 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
Anđeo Jahvin odgovori mu: “Zašto pitaš za moje ime? Ono je tajanstveno.”
19 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.
Manoah nato uze jare i prinos te ga na stijeni kao paljenicu žrtvova Jahvi koji čini tajanstvene stvari.
20 And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar towards 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.
Kada se poče dizati plamen sa žrtvenika k nebu, podiže se Anđeo Jahvin u tome plamenu. Kad to vidješe Manoah i njegova žena, padoše ničice.
21 And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an angel of the Lord.
Anđeo Jahvin nije se više ukazivao Manoahu i njegovoj ženi. Manoah tada shvati da je to Anđeo Jahvin.
22 And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
“Zacijelo ćemo umrijeti”, reče ženi, “jer smo vidjeli Boga.”
23 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
“Da nas je htio usmrtiti”, odgovori mu žena, “ne bi iz naše ruke primio paljenice ni prinosa i ne bi nam dao da sve to vidimo niti da takvo što čujemo.”
24 And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
Žena rodi sina i nadjenu mu ime Samson. Dijete odraste i Jahve ga blagoslovi.
25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.
I Jahvin duh bijaše s njim u Danovu taboru, između Sore i Eštaola.
