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 continuèrent à faire ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de 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.
Or, il y avait un homme de Tsora, d'une famille des Danites, dont le nom était Manoah; et sa femme était stérile, et n'avait pas d'enfant.
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.
Et un ange de l'Éternel apparut à cette femme, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile, et tu n'as pas d'enfants; mais tu concevras, et tu enfanteras un fils.
4 Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
Prends donc bien garde, dès maintenant, de ne point boire de vin ni de boisson forte, et de ne manger 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, voici, tu vas être enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils. Et le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête, parce que l'enfant sera Nazarien de Dieu dès le sein 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.
Or, la femme vint, et parla à son mari, en disant: Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, et son aspect était comme l'aspect d'un ange de Dieu, fort vénérable. Je ne lui ai point demandé d'où il était, et il ne m'a point dit 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: Voici, tu vas être enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils; maintenant donc, ne bois point de vin ni de boisson forte, et ne mange rien d'impur; car cet enfant sera Nazarien 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.”
Et Manoah supplia l'Éternel, et dit: Ah! Seigneur, que l'homme de Dieu que tu as envoyé, vienne encore, je te prie, vers nous, et qu'il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire à l'enfant qui doit naître.
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 Manoah. Et l'ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme, comme elle était assise dans un champ; mais Manoah, 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.”
Et la femme courut vite le rapporter 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.”
Et Manoah se leva, et suivit sa femme; et, venant vers l'homme, il lui dit: Es-tu l'homme qui a parlé à cette femme? Et 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?”
Et Manoah dit: Quand ce que tu as dit sera arrivé, quelle conduite faudra-t-il tenir envers l'enfant, et que lui faudra-t-il 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.
Et l'ange de l'Éternel répondit à Manoah: 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 du produit de la vigne, elle ne boira ni vin ni boisson forte, et elle ne mangera rien d'impur; elle observera tout ce que je lui ai commandé.
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.”
Alors Manoah dit à l'ange de l'Éternel: Permets que nous te retenions, et que nous t'apprêtions un chevreau de lait.
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.
Et l'ange de l'Éternel répondit à Manoah: Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais point de ton pain; mais si tu fais un holocauste, tu l'offriras à l'Éternel. Car Manoah 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?”
Manoah dit encore à l'ange de l'Éternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous t'honorions, quand ce que tu as dit sera arrivé?
18 And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”
Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Pourquoi t'informes-tu ainsi de 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.
Alors Manoah prit le chevreau de lait, et l'offrande, et les offrit à l'Éternel, sur le rocher. Et il se fit une chose merveilleuse, à la vue de Manoah et de sa femme;
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 les cieux, l'ange de l'Éternel monta aussi dans la flamme de l'autel. Manoah et sa femme, voyant cela, tombèrent le visage 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 l'Éternel n'apparut plus à Manoah ni à sa femme. Alors Manoah reconnut 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 Manoah dit à sa femme: Certainement, 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.”
Mais sa femme lui répondit: Si l'Éternel eût voulu nous faire mourir, il n'eût pas pris de notre main l'holocauste et l'offrande, et il ne nous eût point fait voir toutes ces choses-là, et, au temps où nous sommes, il ne nous eût pas fait entendre les choses que nous avons entendues.
24 And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
Puis cette femme enfanta un fils et l'appela Samson; et 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 de l'animer à Machané-Dan, entre Tsora et Eshthaol.
