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 déplaît à l’Éternel; et l’Éternel 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 Tsorea, de la famille des Danites, et qui s’appelait Manoach. Sa femme était stérile, et n’enfantait pas.
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.
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 [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.
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 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 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, 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 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 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 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.”
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 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 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 So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
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 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.”
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 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]?”
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 Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
L’ange de l’Éternel répondit à Manoach: 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 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 Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”
Manoach dit à l’ange de l’Éternel: Permets-nous de te retenir, et de t’apprêter 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 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 Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor 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 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 l’Éternel lui répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu 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.
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 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 l’Éternel monta dans la flamme de l’autel. A cette vue, Manoach 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.
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 So he said, “Now we will 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, “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 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 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 l’Éternel le bénit.
25 And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel commença à l’agiter à Machané-Dan, entre Tsorea et Eschthaol.
