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.
Et les enfants d'Israël continuèrent de faire ce qui déplaît à l'Éternel, et l'Éternel les livra entre les mains des Philistins pour 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.
Et il y avait un homme de Tsorea, de la race des Danites, et son nom était Manoah. Et 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.
Alors un ange de l'Éternel apparut à la femme et lui dit: Te voilà, hélas! stérile, et tu n'as pas d'enfants! mais 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.
Dès lors prends garde à toi, et ne bois ni vin, ni cervoise, et ne mange rien d'immonde.
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 voici, tu seras enceinte et tu enfanteras un fils, et le rasoir ne doit point passer sur sa tête. Car dès le sein maternel l'enfant sera consacré à Dieu; et il commencera à délivrer Israël des mains 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.
Alors la femme vint parler à son mari et lui dit: Un homme de Dieu est venu à moi, et son aspect était celui d'un ange de Dieu, très imposant, et je ne lui ai point demandé d'où il était, et il ne m'a point indiqué 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.’”
Et il m'a dit: Voici, tu deviendras enceinte et tu enfanteras un fils. Dès lors ne bois ni vin, ni cervoise et ne mange rien d'immonde, car dès le sein de sa mère jusqu'à sa mort l'enfant sera consacré à Dieu.
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 Manoah éleva sa prière vers l'Éternel et dit: Oh! Seigneur, permets que l'homme de Dieu que tu as envoyé revienne encore auprès de nous, et nous montre 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.
Et Dieu exauça la prière de Manoah et l'ange de Dieu revint auprès de la femme; or elle était assise dans la campagne et Manoah, 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!”
Et en toute hâte la femme courut informer son mari, et elle lui dit: Voici, l'homme qui est venu à moi l'autre jour, 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.”
Alors Manoah se leva et suivit sa femme; et arrivé auprès de l'homme il lui dit: Es-tu l'homme qui a parlé à cette femme? Et il répondit: Je le suis.
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]?”
Et Manoah dit: Maintenant, si ce que tu as dit arrive, quelle doit être la règle de l'enfant et que doit-il faire?
13 Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
Et l'ange de l'Éternel dit à Manoah: Il faut que la femme s'abstienne de tout ce que je lui ai indiqué.
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 sort du cep de vigne, et ne boira ni vin, ni cervoise et ne prendra aucun aliment immonde; elle doit observer 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.”
Et Manoah dit à l'ange de l'Éternel: Nous voudrions te retenir, et t'apprêter et te servir 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.)
Et l'ange de l'Éternel dit à Manoah: Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais pas de ton mets. Mais, si tu veux préparer un holocauste, offre-le à l'Éternel. Car Manoah ne savait pas 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 Manoah dit à l'ange de l'Éternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que si tes paroles s'accomplissent, nous te rendions honneur?
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).”
Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Pourquoi cette question que tu me fais sur mon nom? car 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.
Alors Manoah prit le chevreau et l'offrande et en fit un sacrifice à l'Éternel sur un rocher. Et Il opéra une merveille, et Manoah et sa femme furent témoins.
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.
Car comme la flamme s'éleva de l'autel vers le ciel, l'ange de l'Éternel s'éleva aussi dans la flamme de l'autel.
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 à ce spectacle Manoah et sa femme se jetèrent la face contre terre. Et l'ange de l'Éternel n'apparut plus à Manoah et à sa femme. Alors Manoah comprit que c'était un ange de l'Éternel.
22 So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”
Et Manoah dit à sa femme: Nous allons mourir, puisque 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.”
Mais sa femme lui dit: Si l'Éternel avait l'intention de nous faire mourir, Il n'aurait pas accepté de nos mains holocauste et offrande, et Il ne nous aurait pas fait voir ces choses, ni annoncé maintenant un tel événement.
24 When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
Et cette femme enfanta un fils et l'appela du nom de Samson (batteur). Et 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 lui donner l'impulsion à Mahaneh-Dan outre Tsorea et Esthaol.
