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.
Pero los hijos de Israel volvieron a hacer lo malo ante Yavé, y Él los entregó en mano de los filisteos 40 años.
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.
Hubo entonces un hombre de Sora, de la tribu de Dan, llamado Manoa. Su esposa era estéril y no tenía descendencia.
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.
Pero el Ángel de Yavé apareció a aquella mujer y le dijo: Mira, eres estéril y no tienes descendencia, pero concebirás y darás a luz un hijo.
4 And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
Ahora pues, no bebas vino ni jugo de manzana fermentado, ni comas cosa impura,
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.
porque ciertamente concebirás y darás a luz un hijo. No pasará navaja sobre su cabeza, porque ese niño será nazareo de ʼElohim desde el vientre. Él comenzará a librar a Israel de mano de los filisteos.
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.
La mujer fue y se lo contó a su esposo: Un varón de ʼElohim vino a mí. Su aspecto era como el aspecto de un Ángel de ʼElohim, muy asombroso. No le pregunté de dónde era, ni él me dijo su nombre.
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.
Y me dijo: Mira, concebirás y darás a luz un hijo. Por tanto, ahora no bebas vino ni jugo de manzana fermentado, ni comas cosa impura, porque este niño será nazareo de ʼElohim desde el vientre hasta el día de su muerte.
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.
Entonces Manoa imploró a Yavé: Oh, ʼAdonay, te ruego que el Varón de ʼElohim a Quien enviaste, venga otra vez a nosotros aquí, y nos enseñe qué hacer con el niño que va a nacer.
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.
ʼElohim escuchó la voz de Manoa, y el Ángel de ʼElohim vino otra vez a la mujer, cuando ella estaba sentada en el campo, pero Manoa, su esposo, no estaba con ella.
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.
La mujer se apresuró y corrió. Le informó a su esposo y le dijo: Mira, me apareció el mismo Varón que vino a mí el otro día.
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].
Manoa se levantó y fue tras su esposa, y al llegar ante aquel Varón, le dijo: ¿Eres Tú el varón que habló a [mi] esposa? Él respondió: Yo soy.
12 And Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
Manoa dijo: Cuando se cumplan tus palabras, ¿cómo será el modo de vida del niño y cuál su vocación?
13 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.
El Ángel de Yavé respondió a Manoa: [Tu] esposa pondrá atención a todo lo que Yo le dije:
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.
No comerá nada que proceda de la vid, ni beberá vino, ni jugo de manzana fermentado, ni cosa impura. Guardará todo lo que le ordené.
15 And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.
Entonces Manoa dijo al Ángel de Yavé: Te ruego, permítenos detenerte y preparar para ti un cabrito del rebaño.
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.
El Ángel de Yavé respondió a Manoa: Aunque me detengas no comeré de tu manjar. Pero si preparas un holocausto, ofrécelo a Yavé. Manoa no sabía que Él era el Ángel de Yavé.
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?
Y Manoa preguntó al Ángel de Yavé: ¿Cuál es tu nombre, para que te honremos cuando se cumpla tu Palabra?
18 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
El Ángel de Yavé respondió a Manoa: ¿Por qué preguntas mi Nombre si ves que es Admirable?
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.
Entonces Manoa tomó un cabrito del rebaño y la ofrenda vegetal, y lo sacrificó sobre la peña a Yavé. Mientras Manoa y su esposa lo contemplaban, Él obró una maravilla.
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.
Pues sucedió que mientras la llama subía del altar hacia el cielo, el Ángel de Yavé ascendió en la llama del altar. Al ver esto Manoa y su esposa cayeron a tierra sobre sus rostros.
21 And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an angel of the Lord.
El Ángel de Yavé no volvió a aparecer a Manoa ni a su esposa. Entonces Manoa comprendió que era el Ángel de Yavé.
22 And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Por lo cual Manoa dijo a su esposa: ¡Sin duda moriremos, porque vimos a ʼElohim!
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
Pero su esposa le respondió: Si Yavé hubiera querido hacernos morir, no habría tomado de nuestra mano el holocausto y la ofrenda, ni nos habría mostrado estas cosas, ni nos habría anunciado en este tiempo cosa semejante.
24 And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
La mujer dio a luz un hijo y lo llamó Sansón. El niño creció, y Yavé lo bendijo.
25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.
El Espíritu de Yavé comenzó a impulsarlo en los campamentos de Dan, entre Sora y Estaol.
