Judges 13

1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

١ ثُمَّ عَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرْتَكِبُونَ الإِثْمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، فَأَسْلَمَهُمْ لِقَبْضَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and did not bear.

٢ وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَلْدَةِ صُرْعَةَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ الدَّانِيِّينَ يُدْعَى مَنُوحَ، وَامْرَأَتُهُ عَاقِرٌ لَمْ تُنْجِبْ.

3 The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren, and do not bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.

٣ فَتَجَلَّى مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِنَّكِ عَاقِرٌ لَمْ تُنْجِبِي، وَلَكِنَّكِ سَتَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً.

4 Now therefore please be careful and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.

٤ إِنَّمَا إِيَّاكِ أَنْ تَشْرَبِي خَمْراً أَوْ مُسْكِراً أَوْ تَأْكُلِي شَيْئاً مُحَرَّماً

5 For look, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor will come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. And he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."

٥ لأَنَّكِ سَتَحْمِليِنَ وَتُنْجِبِينَ ابْناً. فَلا تَحْلِقِي شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ لأَنَّ الصَّبِيَّ يَكُونُ نَذِيراً لِلهِ مِنْ مَوْلِدِهِ، وَهُوَ يَشْرَعُ فِي إِنْقَاذِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ تَسَلُّطِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name,

٦ فَأَسْرَعَتْ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا وَقَالَتْ: «ظَهَرَ لِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، وَمَنْظَرُهُ كَهَيْئَةِ مَلاكِ الرَّبِّ مُجَلَّلٌ بِالرَّهْبَةِ. لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءَ، وَلا هُوَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنِ اسْمِهِ،

7 but he said to me, 'Look, you shall conceive, and bear a son. And now drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.'"

٧ وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنْتِ سَتَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً، فَإِيَّاكِ أَنْ تَشْرَبِي خَمْراً وَلا مُسْكِراً، وَلا تَأْكُلِي شَيْئاً مُحَرَّماً، لأَنَّ الصَّبِيَّ يَكُونُ نَذِيراً لِلرَّبِّ مُنْذُ مَوْلِدِهِ حَتَّى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ».

8 Then Manoah pleaded with the LORD, and said, "Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born."

٨ فَتَضَرَّعَ مَنُوحُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنْ تُرْسِلَ إِلَيْنَا رَجُلَ اللهِ الَّذِي بَعَثْتَهُ، لِيُعَلِّمَنَا كَيْفَ نُرَبِّي الصَّبِيَّ الَّذِي يُولَدُ».

9 God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah, her husband, wasn't with her.

٩ فَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ صَلاةَ مَنُوحَ، فَتَجَلَّى مَلاكُ اللهِ أَيْضاً لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ فِي الْحَقْلِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ زَوْجُهَا مَنُوحُ مَعَهَا.

10 The woman ran quickly, and told her husband, and said to him, "Look, the man who came to me the other day has appeared to me."

١٠ فَأَسْرَعَتْ وَأَخْبَرَتْ زَوْجَهَا قَائِلَةً: «تَرَاءَى لِيَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ».

11 Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to the woman?" He said, "I am."

١١ فَهَبَّ مَنُوحُ فِي إِثْرِ زَوْجَتِهِ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ وَسَأَلَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي خَاطَبَ زَوْجَتِي مِنْ قَبْلُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ».

12 Manoah said, "Now let your word happen. How shall the child be raised and what is he to do?"

١٢ فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ: «عِنْدَمَا يَتَحَقَّقُ كَلامُكَ فَكَيْفَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَقُومَ بِتَرْبِيَةِ الصَّبِيِّ وَمُعَامَلَتِهِ؟»

13 The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful.

١٣ فَأَجَابَهُ الْمَلاكُ: «لِتَحْرِصِ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى طَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُهَا بِهِ.

14 She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. All that I have commanded her she is to observe."

١٤ وَإِيَّاهَا أَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْ كُلِّ نِتَاجِ الْكَرْمَةِ أَوْ تَشْرَبَ خَمْراً أَوْ مُسْكِراً، أَوْ تَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً مُحَرَّماً. لِتَحْرِصْ عَلَى إِطَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُهَا بِهِ».

15 Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Please, stay a bit longer that we may prepare a young goat for you."

١٥ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنُوحُ: «نَوَدُّ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ مَعَنَا رَيْثَمَا نُجَهِّزُ لَكَ جَدْياً».

16 The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread. And if you prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD." For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.

١٦ فَأَجَابَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ: «وَلَوْ أَعَقْتَنِي لَنْ آكُلَ مِنْ خُبْزِكَ، وَإِنْ قَرَّبْتَ مُحْرَقَةً فَلِلرَّبِّ قَدِّمْهَا». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَنُوحُ يُدْرِكُ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ هُوَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ.

17 Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, that when your words come true we may honor you?"

١٧ فَسَأَلَ مَنُوحُ مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ: «مَا اسْمُكَ حَتَّى إِذَا تَحَقَّقَ كَلامُكَ نُكْرِمُكَ؟»

18 And the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask for my name? It is incomprehensible."

١٨ فَأَجَابَ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُ عَنِ اسْمِي وَهُوَ عَجِيبٌ؟»

19 So Manoah took the young goat and a grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the LORD, the LORD who works wonders. And Manoah and his wife looked on.

١٩ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مَنُوحُ جَدْياً وَتَقْدِمَةَ حُبُوبٍ وَقَرَّبَهُمَا عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ لِلرَّبِّ. فَقَامَ الْمَلاكُ بِعَمَلٍ عَجِيبٍ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْ مَنُوحَ وَزَوْجَتِهِ

20 For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on, and they fell on their faces to the ground.

٢٠ فَقَدْ صَعِدَ فِي أَلْسِنَةِ اللهِيبِ الْمُرْتَفِعَةِ مِنَ الْمَذْبَحِ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْهُمَا، فَخَرَّا عَلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِدَيْنِ.

21 But the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the LORD.

٢١ وَلَمْ يَتَجَلَّ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ ثَانِيَةً لِمَنُوحَ وَزَوْجَتِهِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ أَدْرَكَ مَنُوحُ أَنَّهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ.

22 Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God."

٢٢ فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ: «إِنَّنَا لابُدَّ مَائِتَانِ لأَنَّنَا قَدْ رَأَيْنَا اللهَ»

23 But his wife said to him, "If the LORD meant to kill us, he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a grain offering from us, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would he have spoken to us now like this."

٢٣ فَأَجَابَتْهُ: «لَوْ أَرَادَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُمِيتَنَا لَمَا قَبِلَ مِنَّا مُحْرَقَةً وَتَقْدِمَةً، وَلَمَا أَرَانَا كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ وَأَخْبَرَنَا بِها فِي هَذَا الْوَقْتِ».

24 The woman bore a son, and named him Samson. And the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

٢٤ فَأَنْجَبَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ ابْناً دَعَتْهُ شَمْشُونَ. وَكَبُرَ الصَّبِيُّ وَبَارَكَهُ الرَّبُّ.

25 And the Ruach of the LORD began to direct him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

٢٥ وَابْتَدَأَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ يُحَرِّكُهُ فِي أَرْضِ سِبْطِ دَانَ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ.