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.
Bangsa Israel kembali berbuat jahat di mata TUHAN. Maka TUHAN menyerahkan mereka kepada bangsa Filistin, sehingga Filistin menindas mereka selama empat puluh tahun.
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.
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 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.
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 And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
Karena itu jagalah dirimu. Jangan minum anggur ataupun minuman keras lainnya, dan jangan makan apa pun yang haram,
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
Allah mendengar doa Manoah. Maka malaikat itu kembali menemui istrinya ketika dia sedang duduk-duduk di ladang. Saat itu Manoah sedang tidak bersamanya.
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.
Perempuan itu pun segera berlari kepada suaminya dengan tergesa-gesa dan memberitahukan, “Orang yang waktu itu datang menemuiku muncul lagi.”
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 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 Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
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 Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.
Jawab malaikat itu, “Turutilah semua yang sudah aku sampaikan kepada istrimu.
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.
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 Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.
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 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.
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 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?
Manoah kembali bertanya, “Siapa nama Tuan? Supaya waktu apa yang Tuan katakan itu terjadi, kami dapat menghormati Tuan.”
18 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
“Mengapa kamu menanyakan namaku?” kata malaikat itu, “Namaku terlalu ajaib untuk diterima oleh pikiranmu.”
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.
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 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.
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 And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an 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 Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Lalu Manoah berkata kepada istrinya, “Kita pasti akan mati karena kita sudah melihat Allah!”
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
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 And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed 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 began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.
Roh TUHAN mulai menggerakkan hati Simson ketika dia tinggal di Mahane Dan yang terletak di antara kota Zora dan kota Estaol.
