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 déplaît à l’Éternel; et l’Éternel 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 Tsorea, de la famille des Danites, et qui s’appelait Manoach. Sa femme était stérile, et n’enfantait pas.
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.
Un ange de l’Éternel apparut à la femme, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile, et tu n’as point d’enfants; tu deviendras enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils.
4 Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
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 devenir enceinte et tu enfanteras un fils. Le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête, parce que cet enfant sera consacré à Dieu dès le ventre de sa mère; et ce sera 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, et 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 devenir enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils; et maintenant ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d’impur, parce que cet enfant sera consacré à Dieu dès le ventre 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.”
Manoach fit cette prière à l’Éternel: Ah! Seigneur, que l’homme de Dieu que tu as 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 Manoach, et l’ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme. Elle était assise dans un champ, et Manoach, 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.”
Elle courut promptement donner cette nouvelle à son mari, et lui dit: Voici, l’homme qui était 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.”
Manoach se leva, suivit sa femme, 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?”
Manoach dit: Maintenant, si ta parole s’accomplit, que faudra-t-il observer à l’égard de l’enfant, et qu’y aura-t-il à faire?
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 l’Éternel répondit à Manoach: 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 goûtera d’aucun produit de la vigne, elle ne boira ni vin ni liqueur forte, et elle ne mangera rien d’impur; elle observera tout ce que je lui ai prescrit.
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.”
Manoach dit à l’ange de l’Éternel: Permets-nous de te retenir, et de t’apprêter 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 l’Éternel répondit à Manoach: Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais pas de ton mets; mais si tu veux faire un holocauste, tu l’offriras à l’Éternel. Manoach ne savait point que ce fût un ange de l’Éternel.
17 And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”
Et Manoach dit à l’ange de l’Éternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous te rendions gloire, quand ta parole s’accomplira?
18 And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”
L’ange de l’Éternel lui répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu 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.
Manoach prit le chevreau et l’offrande, et fit un sacrifice à l’Éternel sur le rocher. Il s’opéra un prodige, pendant que Manoach 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 l’Éternel monta dans la flamme de l’autel. A cette vue, Manoach 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.
L’ange de l’Éternel n’apparut plus à Manoach et à sa femme. Alors Manoach comprit que c’était l’ange de l’Éternel,
22 And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”
et il 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 l’Éternel eût voulu nous faire mourir, il n’aurait pas pris de nos mains l’holocauste et l’offrande, il ne nous aurait pas fait voir tout cela, et il ne nous aurait pas maintenant fait entendre 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 l’Éternel le bénit.
25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel commença à l’agiter à Machané-Dan, entre Tsorea et Eschthaol.
