Judges 13
1 Again the Israeli people did things that Yahweh said were very evil. So Yahweh enabled the people of Philistia to conquer them. They ruled over the Israelis for 40 years.
Les enfants d'Israël firent encore ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, et Yahweh les livra entre les mains des Philistins, pendant quarante ans.
2 There was a man named Manoah from the descendants of Dan who lived in Zorah [town]. His wife was unable to become pregnant, so they had no children.
Il y avait un homme de Saraa, de la famille des Danites, nommé Manué; sa femme était stérile, et n'avait pas enfanté.
3 One day, Yahweh appeared to Manoah’s wife in the form of an angel, and said to her, “Even though you have not been able to give birth to any children until now, you will soon become pregnant and give birth to a son.
L'Ange de Yahweh apparut à la femme et lui dit: " Voici donc, tu es stérile et sans enfant; mais tu concevras et enfanteras un fils.
4 [From now until he is born], you must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink, and you must not eat any food that will make you unacceptable to God.
Et maintenant, prends bien garde, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte et ne mange rien d'impur,
5 After you give birth to your son, you must never allow his hair to be cut. He must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies. He is the one who will rescue [many of] the Israeli people from the people of Philistia.”
car tu vas concevoir et enfanter un fils. Le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête, car cet enfant sera nazaréen de Dieu, dès le sein de sa mère, et c'est lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël de la main des Philistins. "
6 The woman ran and told her husband, “A prophet came to me. He looked awesome, like an angel from God. I did not ask where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
La femme alla dire à son mari: " Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi; 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 But he told me, ‘You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. Until then, you must not drink any wine or any alcoholic/fermented drink, and you must not eat any food that would make you unacceptable to God. Your son must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies.’”
mais il m'a dit: " Tu vas concevoir et enfanter un fils; et maintenant, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d'impur, parce que cet enfant sera nazaréen de Dieu dès le sein de sa mère, jusqu'au jour de sa mort. "
8 Then Manoah prayed to Yahweh, saying, “O Yahweh, I plead with you, allow that prophet whom you sent to us to come again, and teach us how we should raise the boy who will be born to us.”
Alors Manué invoqua Yahweh et dit: " Je vous prie, Seigneur, que l'homme de Dieu que vous avez envoyé vienne encore vers nous, et qu'il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire pour l'enfant qui naîtra! "
9 God did what Manoah asked, and Yahweh again appeared to his wife in the form of an angel, while she was out in the field. But again her husband Manoah was not with her.
Dieu exauça la prière de Manué, et l'Ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme; elle était assise dans un champ, et Manué, son mari, n'était pas avec elle.
10 So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
La femme courut aussitôt informer son mari et lui dit: " Voici, l'homme qui est venu l'autre jour vers moi m'est apparu. "
11 Manoah ran back with his wife, and asked, “Are you the man who talked with my wife a few days ago?” He replied, “Yes, I am.”
Manué se leva et, suivant sa femme, il alla vers l'homme et lui dit: " Est-ce toi qui as parlé à cette femme? " Il répondit: " C'est moi. "
12 Manoah asked him, “When what you promised occurs [and my wife gives birth to a son], what rules must he obey, and what work will he do [when he grows up]?”
Manué dit: " Maintenant, quand ta parole s'accomplira, que faudra-t-il observer à l'égard de cet enfant, et qu'y aura-t-il à faire pour lui? "
13 Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
L'Ange de Yahweh répondit à Manué: " La femme s'abstiendra de tout ce que je lui ai dit:
14 [Before the baby is born], she must not eat grapes, or drink wine or any other alcoholic/fermented drink, or eat anything that would make her unacceptable to God.”
elle ne mangera rien de ce qui provient de la vigne, elle ne boira ni vin ni liqueur forte, et elle ne mangera rien d'impur: tout ce que je lui ai prescrit, elle l'observera. "
15 Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”
Manué dit à l'Ange de Yahweh: " Permets que nous te retenions et que nous t'apprêtions un chevreau. "
16 Yahweh replied, “I will stay here, but I will not eat anything. However, you may kill an animal and sacrifice it as a burned offering to Yahweh.” (Manoah did not realize that the [man he thought was an] angel was really Yahweh.)
L'Ange de Yahweh répondit à Manué: " Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais pas de ton mets; mais si tu veux préparer un holocauste, à Yahweh, offre-le. " — Manué ne savait pas que c'était l'Ange de Yahweh —
17 Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”
Et Manué dit à l'Ange de Yahweh: " Quel est ton nom, afin que nous t'honorions, quand ta parole s'accomplira? "
18 Yahweh replied, “(Why do you ask me my name?/You should not ask me my name.) [RHQ] It is (wonderful/it cannot be understood).”
L'Ange de Yahweh lui répondit: " Pourquoi m'interroges-tu sur mon nom? Il est Merveilleux. "
19 Then Manoah killed a young goat and burned it on a rock, along with a grain offering, as a sacrifice to Yahweh. And Yahweh did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched.
Manué prit le chevreau avec l'oblation et l'offrit à Yahweh sur le rocher, et Yahweh fit un prodige pendant que Manué et sa femme regardaient.
20 Flames from the altar blazed up toward the sky, and Yahweh ascended in the flames. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they prostrated themselves on the ground.
Comme la flamme montait de dessus l'autel vers le ciel, l'Ange de Yahweh monta dans la flamme de l'autel. A cette vue, Manué et sa femme tombèrent la face contre terre.
21 Although Yahweh did not appear in the form of an angel to Manoah and his wife again, Manoah realized that the [man they thought was an] angel was really Yahweh.
Et l'Ange de Yahweh n'apparut plus à Manué et à sa femme. Alors Manué comprit que c'était l'Ange de Yahweh.
22 So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”
Et Manué dit à sa femme: " Nous allons mourir, car nous avons vu Dieu. "
23 But his wife said, “No, we will not die, because if Yahweh intended to kill us, he would not have accepted the burned offering and the grain offering. And he would not have appeared to us and told us the wonderful thing that would happen to us, and he would not have performed this miracle.”
Sa femme lui répondit: " Si Yahweh voulait nous faire mourir, il n'aurait pas reçu de nos mains l'holocauste et l'oblation, il ne nous aurait pas fait voir tout cela, il ne nous aurait pas fait entendre aujourd'hui de pareilles choses. "
24 When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
La femme enfanta un fils et lui donna le nom de Samson. L'enfant grandit et Yahweh le bénit;
25 And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
l'esprit de Yahweh commença à le pousser à Machanêh-Dan, entre Saraa et Esthaol.
