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.
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 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.
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 the woman, and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have not born; yet you shall conceive 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 And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
Maintenant prends bien garde, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d’impur.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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].
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 Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
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 Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.
L’ange de l’Éternel répondit à Manoach: La femme s’abstiendra de tout ce que je lui ai dit.
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.
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 Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of 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 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.
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 Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What [is] your name, that [when] your word shall come to pass, we may glorify 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 the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
L’ange de l’Éternel lui répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Il est merveilleux.
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.
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 it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward 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.
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 appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] 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 Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
et il dit à sa femme: Nous allons mourir, car nous avons vu Dieu.
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
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 the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, 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 go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.
Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel commença à l’agiter à Machané-Dan, entre Tsorea et Eschthaol.
