Judges 13
1 And the children of Israel did again the evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
以色列子民又行了上主視為惡的事，因此上主把他們交於培肋舍特人手中四十年之久。
2 And there was a certain man of Zor'ah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoach; and his wife was barren, and did not bear.
那時，在祚辣有一個人，屬於丹支派，名叫瑪諾亞，他的妻子是個石女，從未生育。
3 And there appeared an angel of the Lord unto the woman, and he said unto her, Behold, thou art barren, and hast not born; but thou wilt conceive, and bear a son.
上主的使者顯現給那婦人，對她說：「看，你原是個石女，從未生育，但是你要懷孕生子。
4 And now do beware, and drink neither wine nor strong drink, and eat not any thing unclean.
今後要留心：清酒濃酒都不可喝，各種不潔的東西也不可吃!
5 For, lo, thou wilt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for a Nazarite of God shall the lad be from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
看，你將懷孕生子，剃刀不可觸及他的頭，因為這孩子從母胎就是獻於上主的；他要開始從培肋舍特人手中拯救以色列。」
6 And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very terrible; but I asked him not whence he might be, and his name he did not tell me.
那婦人遂去告訴自己的丈夫說：「有一個天主的人來到我這裏，他的容貌好像天主的使者，極其威嚴；我沒有問他從那裏來；他也沒有告訴我他的名字。
7 And he said unto me, Behold, thou wilt conceive, and bear a son; and now thou must drink neither wine nor strong drink, and not eat anything unclean; for the child shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb until the day of his death.
他對我說：看，你將懷孕生子，從今以後清酒濃酒都不可喝，各種不潔的東西都不可吃，因為這孩從母胎一直到死，是獻於天主的。」
8 And Manoach entreated the Lord, and said, Hear me, O Lord, let the man of God, whom thou didst send, come again unto us, and instruct us what we shall do unto the child that is to be born.
瑪諾亞就向上主懇求說：「我主! 求你叫你所派的那位天主的人再到我們這裏來! 指教我們對於將生的嬰孩應該作什麼﹖」
9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoach; and the angel of God came again unto the woman, as she was sitting in the field; and Manoach her husband was not with her.
天主聽了瑪諾亞的話；天主的使者又來到那婦人跟前；那時她正坐在田間，她的丈夫沒有同她在一起。
10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and informed her husband; and she said unto him, Behold, there hath appeared unto me the man, that came unto me the other day.
那婦人就急速跑去告訴丈夫說：「看，那天來我跟前的那個人，又顯現給我了。」
11 And Manoach arose, and went after his wife; and he came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spokest unto the woman? and he said, I am.
瑪諾亞就起來，跟著妻子來到那人跟前，對他說：「你就是向這婦人說話的那人嗎﹖」他回答說：「我就是。」
12 And Manoach said, If now thy words come to pass, what shall be [our] proceeding with the child, and what shall be done unto him?
瑪諾亞向他說：「當你的話應驗的時候，我們應該怎樣管教這孩子﹖要怎樣待他﹖」
13 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoach, Of all that I have said unto the woman must she beware.
上主的使者對瑪諾亞說：「我給這婦人所說的一切，她都當留神：
14 Of any thing that cometh of the grape-vine she may not eat, and wine or strong drink she may not drink, and any thing unclean she may not eat: all that I commanded her must she observe.
凡葡萄樹所結的，她不能吃；清酒濃酒她不能喝，各種不潔的東西她不能吃；凡我所吩咐她的，她都該遵守。」
15 And Manoach said unto the angel of the Lord, Let us, I pray thee, detain thee, and we will make a kid ready for thee.
瑪諾亞對上主的使者說：「請容許我留你，為你預備一隻小山羊。」
16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoach, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; but if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord; for Manoach knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
上主的使者對瑪諾亞說：「你雖然劉我，我卻不吃你得食物；假使你要獻一全燔祭，就當獻於上主。」因瑪諾亞當時還不知道他是上主的使者。
17 And Manoach said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that, when thy word cometh to pass, we may do thee honor?
瑪諾亞問上主的使者說：「你叫什麼名字﹖當你的話應驗的時候，我們好恭敬你。」
18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why is it that thou wilt ask after my name, seeing it is secret?
上主的使者回答說：「你為什麼問我的名字﹖它是奧妙的。」
19 And Manoach took the kid and the meat-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the Lord: and he did wondrously; and Manoach and his wife looked on.
瑪諾亞取了一隻小山羊和素祭，在一塊磐石上獻於行奇事的上主。
20 And it came to pass, when the flame went up from off the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoach and his wife looked on, and they fell on their faces to the ground.
當火燄從祭壇上向天升起時，上主的使者也在祭壇的火燄中上升了。瑪諾亞和他的妻子看見這事，就俯伏在地上。
21 And the angel of the Lord was no longer visible to Manoach and to his wife: then knew Manoach that he was an angel of the Lord.
上主的使者沒有再顯現給瑪諾亞和他的妻子，那時瑪諾亞才知道他是上主的使者。
22 And Manoach said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because a divine being have we seen.
瑪諾亞對自己的妻子說：「我們必定要死，因為我們看見了天主。」
23 But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received from our hand a burnt-offering and a meat-offering, nor would he have let us see all these things, and at this time he would not have let us hear [such a thing] as this.
但他妻子對他說：「如果上主有意叫我們死，必定不會悅納我們的手所獻的全燔祭和素祭，必不會使我們看見這些事，也不會使我們聽到像現在這樣的話。」
24 And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the child grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
後來那婦人生了一個兒子，給他起名叫三松；孩子漸漸長大，上主祝福了他。
25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him in Machaneh-dan between Zor'ah and Eshtaol.
在瑪哈乃丹，即在祚辣與厄市陶耳之間，上主的神開始感動他。
