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.

قوم اسرائیل بار دیگر نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزیدند. بنابراین خداوند ایشان را مدت چهل سال به دست فلسطینی‌ها گرفتار نمود.

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.

روزی فرشتهٔ خداوند بر همسر مانوح از قبیلهٔ دان که در شهر صرعه زندگی می‌کرد ظاهر شد. این زن، نازا بود و فرزندی نداشت، اما فرشته به او گفت: «هر چند تا به حال نازا بوده‌ای، ولی به‌زودی حامله شده، پسری خواهی زایید.

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.

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.

مواظب باش شراب و مسکرات ننوشی و چیز حرام و ناپاک نخوری.

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.”

موی سر پسرت هرگز نباید تراشیده شود، چون او نذیره بوده، از بدو تولد وقف خدا خواهد بود. او شروع به رهانیدن اسرائیلی‌ها از دست فلسطینی‌ها خواهد کرد.»

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.

آن زن با شتاب پیش شوهرش رفت و به او گفت: «مرد خدایی به من ظاهر شد که صورتش مانند فرشتهٔ خدا مهیب بود. من نام و نشانش را نپرسیدم و او هم اسم خود را به من نگفت.

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.’”

اما گفت که من صاحب پسری خواهم شد. او همچنین به من گفت که نباید شراب و مسکرات بنوشم و چیز حرام و ناپاکی بخورم؛ زیرا کودک نذیره بوده، از شکم مادر تا دم مرگ وقف خدا خواهد بود!»

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.”

آنگاه مانوح چنین دعا کرد: «ای خداوند، خواهش می‌کنم تو آن مرد خدا را دوباره نزد ما بفرستی تا او به ما یاد دهد با فرزندی که به ما می‌بخشی چه کنیم.»

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.

خدا دعای وی را اجابت فرمود و فرشتهٔ خدا بار دیگر بر زن او که در صحرا نشسته بود، ظاهر شد. این بار هم شوهرش مانوح نزد وی نبود.

10 So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”

پس او دویده، به شوهرش گفت: «آن مردی که به من ظاهر شده بود، باز هم آمده است!»

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.”

مانوح شتابان همراه همسرش نزد آن مرد آمده، از او پرسید: «آیا تو همان مردی هستی که با زن من صحبت کرده بودی؟» فرشته گفت: «بله.»

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]?”

پس مانوح از او پرسید: «بعد از تولد بچه چگونه باید او را بزرگ کنیم؟»

13 Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.

فرشته جواب داد: «زن تو باید از آنچه که او را منع کردم، پرهیز کند. او نباید از محصول درخت انگور بخورد یا شراب و مسکرات بنوشد. او همچنین نباید چیز حرام و ناپاک بخورد. او باید هر چه به او امر کرده‌ام بجا آورد.»

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.”

15 Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”

آنگاه مانوح به فرشته گفت: «خواهش می‌کنم همین جا بمان تا بروم و برایت غذایی بیاورم.»

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.)

فرشته جواب داد: «در اینجا منتظر می‌مانم، ولی چیزی نمی‌خورم. اگر می‌خواهی چیزی بیاوری، هدیه‌ای بیاور که به عنوان قربانی سوختنی به خداوند تقدیم گردد.» (مانوح هنوز نمی‌دانست که او فرشتهٔ خداوند است.)

17 Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”

سپس مانوح نام او را پرسیده، گفت: «وقتی هر آنچه گفته‌ای واقع گردد می‌خواهیم به مردم بگوییم که چه کسی این پیشگویی را کرده است!»

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).”

فرشته گفت: «نام مرا نپرس، زیرا نام عجیبی است!»

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.

پس مانوح بزغاله و هدیه‌ای از آرد گرفته، آن را روی مذبحی سنگی به خداوند تقدیم کرد و فرشته عمل عجیبی انجام داد.

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.

وقتی شعله‌های آتش مذبح به سوی آسمان زبانه کشید فرشته در شعلهٔ آتش به آسمان صعود نمود! مانوح و زنش با دیدن این واقعه رو بر زمین نهادند و مانوح فهمید که او فرشتهٔ خداوند بوده است. این آخرین باری بود که آنها او را دیدند.

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.

22 So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”

مانوح به همسر خود گفت: «ما خواهیم مرد، زیرا خدا را دیدیم!»

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.”

ولی زنش به او گفت: «اگر خداوند می‌خواست ما را بکشد هدیه و قربانی ما را قبول نمی‌کرد، این وعدهٔ عجیب را به ما نمی‌داد و این کار عجیب را به عمل نمی‌آورد.»

24 When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.

آن زن پسری به دنیا آورد و او را «سامسون» نام نهاد. او رشد کرد و بزرگ شد و خداوند او را برکت داد.

25 And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.

هر وقت که سامسون به لشکرگاه دان که بین صرعه و اِشتائُل قرار داشت می‌رفت، روح خداوند وی را به غیرت می‌آورد.