Judges 13
1 And again, the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
Les enfants d’Israël firent encore ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, et Yahweh les livra entre les mains des Philistins, pendant quarante ans.
2 Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.
Il y avait un homme de Saraa, de la famille des Danites, nommé Manué; sa femme était stérile, et n’avait pas enfanté.
3 And an Angel of the Lord appeared to her, and he said: “You are barren and without children. But you shall conceive and bear a son.
L’Ange de Yahweh apparut à la femme et lui dit: « Voici donc, tu es stérile et sans enfant; mais tu concevras et enfanteras un fils.
4 Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
Et maintenant, prends bien garde, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte et ne mange rien d’impur,
5 For you shall conceive and bear a son, whose head no razor shall touch. For he shall be a Nazirite of God, from his infancy and from his mother’s womb. And he shall begin to free Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
car tu vas concevoir et enfanter un fils. Le rasoir ne passera pas sur sa tête, car cet enfant sera nazaréen de Dieu, dès le sein de sa mère, et c’est lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël de la main des Philistins. »
6 And when she had gone to her husband, she said to him: “A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an Angel, exceedingly terrible. And when I had inquired of him, who he was, and where he was from, and what name he was called, he was not willing to tell me.
La femme alla dire à son mari: « Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi; il avait l’aspect d’un ange de Dieu, un aspect redoutable. Je ne lui ai pas demandé d’où il était, et il ne m’a pas fait connaître son nom;
7 But he responded: ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. And you shall not consume anything unclean. For the boy shall be a Nazirite of God from his infancy, from his mother’s womb, even until the day of his death.’”
mais il m’a dit: « Tu vas concevoir et enfanter un fils; et maintenant, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d’impur, parce que cet enfant sera nazaréen de Dieu dès le sein de sa mère, jusqu’au jour de sa mort. »
8 And so Manoah prayed to the Lord, and he said, “I beg you Lord, that the man of God, whom you sent, may come again, and may teach us what we ought to do about the boy who is to be born.”
Alors Manué invoqua Yahweh et dit: « Je vous prie, Seigneur, que l’homme de Dieu que vous avez envoyé vienne encore vers nous, et qu’il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire pour l’enfant qui naîtra! »
9 And the Lord heeded the prayer of Manoah, and the Angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife, sitting in a field. But her husband Manoah was not with her. And when she had seen the Angel,
Dieu exauça la prière de Manué, et l’Ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme; elle était assise dans un champ, et Manué, son mari, n’était pas avec elle.
10 she hurried and ran to her husband. And she reported to him, saying, “Behold, the man appeared to me, whom I had seen before.”
La femme courut aussitôt informer son mari et lui dit: « Voici, l’homme qui est venu l’autre jour vers moi m’est apparu. »
11 And he rose up and followed his wife. And going to the man, he said to him, “Are you the one who spoke to my wife?” And he responded, “I am.”
Manué se leva et, suivant sa femme, il alla vers l’homme et lui dit: « Est-ce toi qui as parlé à cette femme? » Il répondit: « C’est moi. »
12 And Manoah said to him: “When will your word be fulfilled. What do you want the boy to do? Or from what should he keep himself?”
Manué dit: « Maintenant, quand ta parole s’accomplira, que faudra-t-il observer à l’égard de cet enfant, et qu’y aura-t-il à faire pour lui? »
13 And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah: “Concerning all the things about which I have spoken to your wife, she herself should abstain.
L’Ange de Yahweh répondit à Manué: « La femme s’abstiendra de tout ce que je lui ai dit:
14 And let her eat nothing from the vine. She may not drink wine or strong drink. She may consume nothing unclean. And let her observe and keep what I have instructed to her.”
elle ne mangera rien de ce qui provient de la vigne, elle ne boira ni vin ni liqueur forte, et elle ne mangera rien d’impur: tout ce que je lui ai prescrit, elle l’observera. »
15 And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “I beg you to agree to my petition, and to let us prepare a kid from the goats.”
Manué dit à l’Ange de Yahweh: « Permets que nous te retenions et que nous t’apprêtions un chevreau. »
16 And the Angel answered him: “Even if you compel me, I will not eat from your bread. But if you are willing to offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord.” And Manoah did not know that he was an Angel of the Lord.
L’Ange de Yahweh répondit à Manué: « Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais pas de ton mets; mais si tu veux préparer un holocauste, à Yahweh, offre-le. » — Manué ne savait pas que c’était l’Ange de Yahweh —
17 And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”
Et Manué dit à l’Ange de Yahweh: « Quel est ton nom, afin que nous t’honorions, quand ta parole s’accomplira? »
18 And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”
L’Ange de Yahweh lui répondit: « Pourquoi m’interroges-tu sur mon nom? Il est Merveilleux. »
19 And so, Manoah took a kid from the goats, and libations, and he placed them upon a rock, as an offering to the Lord, who accomplishes wonders. Then he and his wife watched.
Manué prit le chevreau avec l’oblation et l’offrit à Yahweh sur le rocher, et Yahweh fit un prodige pendant que Manué et sa femme regardaient.
20 And when the flame of the altar ascended to heaven, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. And when Manoah and his wife had seen this, they fell prone on the ground.
Comme la flamme montait de dessus l’autel vers le ciel, l’Ange de Yahweh monta dans la flamme de l’autel. A cette vue, Manué et sa femme tombèrent la face contre terre.
21 And the Angel of the Lord no longer appeared to them. And immediately, Manoah understood him to be an Angel of the Lord.
Et l’Ange de Yahweh n’apparut plus à Manué et à sa femme. Alors Manué comprit que c’était l’Ange de Yahweh.
22 And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”
Et Manué dit à sa femme: « Nous allons mourir, car nous avons vu Dieu. »
23 And his wife answered him, “If the Lord wished to kill us, he would not have accepted the holocaust and the libations from our hands. He would not have revealed all these things to us, nor would he have told us the things that are in the future.”
Sa femme lui répondit: « Si Yahweh voulait nous faire mourir, il n’aurait pas reçu de nos mains l’holocauste et l’oblation, il ne nous aurait pas fait voir tout cela, il ne nous aurait pas fait entendre aujourd’hui de pareilles choses. »
24 And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
La femme enfanta un fils et lui donna le nom de Samson. L’enfant grandit et Yahweh le bénit;
25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
l’esprit de Yahweh commença à le pousser à Machanêh-Dan, entre Saraa et Esthaol.
