Judges 13
1 The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
Et les fils d’Israël firent de nouveau ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel; et l’Éternel les livra en la main des Philistins pendant 40 ans.
2 There was a man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was not able to become pregnant and so she had not given birth.
Et il y avait un homme de Tsorha, de la famille des Danites, et son nom était Manoah; et sa femme était stérile et n’enfantait pas.
3 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman and said to her, “See now, you have been unable to become pregnant, and you have not given birth, but you will become pregnant and you will give birth to a son.
Et l’Ange de l’Éternel apparut à la femme, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile et tu n’enfantes pas; mais tu concevras, et tu enfanteras un fils.
4 Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean.
Et maintenant, prends garde, je te prie, et ne bois ni vin ni boisson forte, et ne mange rien d’impur;
5 Look, you will become pregnant and give birth to a son. No razor will be used upon his head, for the child will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
car voici, tu concevras, et tu enfanteras un fils; et le rasoir ne passera pas sur sa tête, car le jeune garçon sera nazaréen de Dieu dès le ventre [de sa mère]; et ce sera lui qui commencera à sauver Israël de la main des Philistins.
6 Then the woman came and told her husband, “A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel of God, very terrible. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
Et la femme vint, et parla à son mari, disant: Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, et son aspect était comme l’aspect d’un ange de Dieu, très terrible; et je ne lui ai pas demandé d’où il était, et il ne m’a pas fait connaître son nom.
7 He said to me, 'Look! You will become pregnant, and you will give birth to a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and do not eat any food that the law declares to be unclean, because the child will be a Nazirite to God from the time he is in your womb until the day of his death.'”
Et il m’a dit: Voici, tu concevras, et tu enfanteras un fils; et maintenant, ne bois ni vin ni boisson forte, et ne mange rien d’impur; car le jeune garçon sera nazaréen de Dieu dès le ventre [de sa mère], jusqu’au jour de sa mort.
8 Then Manoah prayed to Yahweh and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God you sent come again to us so that he may teach us what we are to do for the child who soon will be born.”
Et Manoah supplia l’Éternel, et dit: Ah, Seigneur! que l’homme de Dieu que tu as envoyé, vienne encore vers nous, je te prie, et qu’il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire au jeune garçon qui naîtra.
9 God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was sitting in the field. But Manoah her husband was not with her.
Et Dieu exauça la voix de Manoah; et l’Ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme, comme elle était assise aux champs, et Manoah, son mari, n’était pas avec elle.
10 So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, “Look! The man has appeared to me—the one who came to me the other day!”
Et la femme se hâta et courut et rapporta à son mari, et lui dit: Voici, l’homme qui était venu vers moi l’autre jour m’est apparu.
11 Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, “Are you the man who spoke with my wife?” The man said, “I am.”
Et Manoah se leva et suivit sa femme; et il vint vers l’homme, et lui dit: Es-tu l’homme qui a parlé à cette femme? Et il dit: [C’est] moi.
12 So Manoah said, “Now may your words come true. What will be the rules for the child, and what will be his work?”
Et Manoah dit: Quand donc ta parole arrivera, quelle sera la règle du jeune garçon, et que devra-t-il faire?
13 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “She must carefully do everything that I said to her.
Et l’Ange de l’Éternel dit à Manoah: La femme se gardera de tout ce que je lui ai dit.
14 She may not eat anything that comes from the vines, and do not let her drink wine or strong drink or eat anything unclean. She must obey everything I have commanded her to do.”
Elle ne mangera rien de ce qui sort de la vigne, et elle ne boira ni vin ni boisson forte, et ne mangera rien d’impur. Elle prendra garde à tout ce que je lui ai commandé.
15 Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, “Please stay for a while, to give us time to prepare a young goat for you.”
Et Manoah dit à l’Ange de l’Éternel: Laisse-nous te retenir, et t’apprêter un chevreau.
16 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to Yahweh.” (Manoah did not know that he was the angel of Yahweh.)
Et l’Ange de l’Éternel dit à Manoah: Si tu me retiens, je ne mangerai pas de ton pain; et si tu fais un holocauste, tu l’offriras à l’Éternel. Car Manoah ne savait pas que c’était l’Ange de l’Éternel.
17 Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, “What is your name, so we may honor you when your words come true?”
Et Manoah dit à l’Ange de l’Éternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous t’honorions, quand ce que tu as dit arrivera?
18 The angel of Yahweh said to him, “Why do you ask my name? It is wonderful!”
Et l’Ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Il est merveilleux.
19 So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered them on the rock to Yahweh. He did something marvelous while Manoah and his wife were watching.
Et Manoah prit le chevreau et le gâteau, et il les offrit à l’Éternel sur le rocher. Et il fit une chose merveilleuse, tandis que Manoah et sa femme regardaient.
20 When the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the angel of Yahweh went up in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife saw this and lay facedown on the ground.
Et il arriva que, comme la flamme montait de dessus l’autel vers les cieux, l’Ange de l’Éternel monta dans la flamme de l’autel, Manoah et sa femme regardant; et ils tombèrent sur leurs faces contre terre.
21 The angel of Yahweh did not appear again to Manoah or his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.
Et l’Ange de l’Éternel n’apparut plus à Manoah, ni à sa femme. Alors Manoah connut que c’était l’Ange de l’Éternel.
22 Manoah said to his wife, “We are sure to die, because we have seen God!”
Et Manoah dit à sa femme: Nous mourrons certainement, car nous avons vu Dieu.
23 But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh wanted to kill us, he would not have received the burnt offering and the grain offering we gave him. He would not have shown us all these things, nor at this time would he have let us hear such things.”
Et sa femme lui dit: Si l’Éternel avait pris plaisir à nous faire mourir, il n’aurait pas accepté de notre main l’holocauste et le gâteau, et il ne nous aurait pas fait voir toutes ces choses, et ne nous aurait pas fait entendre, dans ce moment, des choses comme celles-là.
24 Later the woman gave birth to a son, and called his name Samson. The child grew up and Yahweh blessed him.
Et la femme enfanta un fils, et appela son nom Samson; et l’enfant grandit, et l’Éternel le bénit.
25 Yahweh's Spirit began to stir him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel commença de le pousser, – à Mahané-Dan, entre Tsorha et Eshtaol.
