Judges 13
1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.
以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，耶和华将他们交在非利士人手中四十年。
2 Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.
那时，有一个琐拉人，是属但族的，名叫玛挪亚。他的妻不怀孕，不生育。
3 And an angel of the Lord appeared to her, and said: Thou art barren and without children: but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.
耶和华的使者向那妇人显现，对她说：“向来你不怀孕，不生育，如今你必怀孕生一个儿子。
4 Now therefore beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
所以你当谨慎，清酒浓酒都不可喝，一切不洁之物也不可吃。
5 Because thou shalt conceive and bear a son, and no razor shall touch his head: for he shall be a Nazarite of God, from his infancy, and from his mother’s womb, and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
你必怀孕生一个儿子，不可用剃头刀剃他的头，因为这孩子一出胎就归 神作拿细耳人。他必起首拯救以色列人脱离非利士人的手。”
6 And when she was come to her husband she said to him: A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an angel, very awful. And when I asked him who he was, and whence he came, and by what name he was called, he would not tell me.
妇人就回去对丈夫说：“有一个神人到我面前来，他的相貌如 神使者的相貌，甚是可畏。我没有问他从哪里来，他也没有将他的名告诉我，
7 But he answered thus: Behold thou shalt conceive and bear a son: beware thou drink no wine, nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite of God from his infancy, from his mother’s womb until the day of his death.
却对我说：‘你要怀孕生一个儿子，所以清酒浓酒都不可喝，一切不洁之物也不可吃；因为这孩子从出胎一直到死，必归 神作拿细耳人。’”
8 Then Manue prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, that the mail of God, whom thou didst send, may come again, and teach us what we ought to do concerning the child that shall be born.
玛挪亚就祈求耶和华说：“主啊，求你再差遣那神人到我们这里来，好指教我们怎样待这将要生的孩子。”
9 And the Lord heard the prayer of Manue, and the angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife as she was sitting in the field. But Manue her husband was not with her. And when she saw the angel,
神应允玛挪亚的话；妇人正坐在田间的时候， 神的使者又到她那里，她丈夫玛挪亚却没有同她在一处。
10 She made haste and ran to her husband: and told him saying: Behold the man hath appeared to me whom I saw before.
妇人急忙跑去告诉丈夫说：“那日到我面前来的人，又向我显现。”
11 He rose up and followed his wife: and coming to the man, said to him: Art thou he that spoke to the woman? And he answered: I am.
玛挪亚起来跟随他的妻来到那人面前，对他说：“与这妇人说话的就是你吗？”他说：“是我。”
12 And Manue said to him: When thy word shall come to pass, what wilt thou that the child should do? or from what shall he keep himself?
玛挪亚说：“愿你的话应验！我们当怎样待这孩子，他后来当怎样呢？”
13 And the angel of the Lord said to Manue: From all the things I have spoken of to thy wife, let her refrain herself:
耶和华的使者对玛挪亚说：“我告诉妇人的一切事，她都当谨慎。
14 And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: and whatsoever I have commanded her, let her fulfill and observe.
葡萄树所结的都不可吃，清酒浓酒都不可喝，一切不洁之物也不可吃。凡我所吩咐的，她都当遵守。”
15 And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee.
玛挪亚对耶和华的使者说：“求你容我们款留你，好为你预备一只山羊羔。”
16 And the angel answered him: If thou press me, I will not eat of thy bread: but if thou wilt offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord. And Manue knew not it was the angel of the Lord.
耶和华的使者对玛挪亚说：“你虽然款留我，我却不吃你的食物，你若预备燔祭就当献与耶和华。”原来玛挪亚不知道他是耶和华的使者。
17 And he said to him: What is thy name, that, if thy word shall come to pass, we may honour thee?
玛挪亚对耶和华的使者说：“请将你的名告诉我，到你话应验的时候，我们好尊敬你。”
18 And he answered him: Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful?
耶和华的使者对他说：“你何必问我的名，我名是奇妙的。”
19 Then Manue took a kid of the flocks, and the libations, and put them upon a rock, offering to the Lord, who doth wonderful things: and he and his wife looked on.
玛挪亚将一只山羊羔和素祭在磐石上献与耶和华，使者行奇妙的事；玛挪亚和他的妻观看，
20 And when the flame from the altar went up towards heaven, the angel of the lord ascended also in the flame. And when Manue and his wife saw this, they fell flat on the ground.
见火焰从坛上往上升，耶和华的使者在坛上的火焰中也升上去了。玛挪亚和他的妻看见，就俯伏于地。
21 And the angel of the Lord appeared to them no more. And forthwith Manue understood that it was an angel of the Lord,
耶和华的使者不再向玛挪亚和他的妻显现，玛挪亚才知道他是耶和华的使者。
22 And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God.
玛挪亚对他的妻说：“我们必要死，因为看见了 神。”
23 And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come.
他的妻却对他说：“耶和华若要杀我们，必不从我们手里收纳燔祭和素祭，并不将这一切事指示我们，今日也不将这些话告诉我们。”
24 And she bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
后来妇人生了一个儿子，给他起名叫参孙。孩子长大，耶和华赐福与他。
25 And the spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol.
在玛哈尼·但，就是琐拉和以实陶中间，耶和华的灵才感动他。
