Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo 13
1 Israelviwo gawɔ nu si nye vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume, ale Yehowa tsɔ wo de asi na Filistitɔwo ƒe blaene sɔŋ.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 Ŋutsu aɖe nɔ Zora du la me, eŋkɔe nye Manoa, tso Dan ƒe to la me. Manoa srɔ̃ tsi ko, medzi vi kpɔ o.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bore not.
3 Yehowa ƒe dɔla aɖe ɖe eɖokui fiae eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Wò la, ètsi ko eye mèdzi vi o gake èle fu fɔ ge adzi ŋutsuvi.
And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
4 Azɔ la, kpɔ egbɔ be mèno wain alo aha muame aɖeke o, eye màɖu naneke si ŋuti mekɔ o
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine, nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
5 elabena àfɔ fu eye àdzi ŋutsuvi. Talũhɛ maka eƒe ta ŋu o, elabena ŋutsuvi la anye Naziritɔ, ame si woɖe ɖe aga na Mawu tso dadaa ƒe dɔ me, eye eyae adze Israelviwo ɖeɖe tso Filistitɔwo ƒe asi me gɔme.”
For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from his birth: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
6 Tete nyɔnu la yi srɔ̃a gbɔ eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Mawu ƒe ame aɖe va gbɔnye, edzi ŋɔ ŋutɔ eye wòdze abe Mawudɔla ene. Nyemebia afi si wòtso lae o, eye meyɔ eƒe ŋkɔ hã nam o.
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was], neither did he tell me his name:
7 Egblɔ nam be, ‘Èle fu fɔ ge, àdzi ŋutsuvi, eya ta azɔ la, mègano wain alo aha muame bubu aɖeke o eye mègaɖu nu makɔmakɔ aɖeke o elabena ŋutsuvi la anye Naziritɔ na Mawu tso eƒe dzigbe va se ɖe eƒe kugbe.’”
But he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from his birth to the day of his death.
8 Tete Manoa do gbe ɖa na Yehowa be, “Oo, Aƒetɔ, míeɖe kuku, na ame si tso Mawu gbɔ la, nagava mía gbɔ eye wòafia nu mí tso ale si míahe ɖevi si dzi ge míala la ŋu.”
Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my LORD, let the man of God, whom thou didst send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child that shall be born.
9 Mawu se Manoa ƒe gbedodoɖa eye Mawudɔla la gaɖe eɖokui fia srɔ̃a esime wònɔ agble me. Eya ɖeka koe nɔ afi ma: Manoa menɔ afi ma o
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband [was] not with her.
10 eya ta nyɔnu la ƒu du sesĩe ɖagblɔ na srɔ̃a be, “Eyae nye ekem! Ŋutsu si va gbɔnye nyitsɔ la, eya kee gava.”
And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man hath appeared to me, that came to me the [other] day.
11 Manoa ƒu du kple srɔ̃a yi ŋutsu la gbɔ eye Manoa biae be, “Wòe nye ŋutsu si ƒo nu kple srɔ̃nye nyitsɔa?” Ŋutsu la ɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, nyee.”
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, [Art] thou the man that didst speak to the woman? And he said, I [am].
12 Ale Manoa biae be, “Ne wò nyawo va eme la, ɖoɖo kawoe anɔ ɖevia ƒe agbenɔnɔ kple eƒe dɔwɔna ŋu?”
And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and [how] shall we do to him?
13 Yehowa ƒe dɔla ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Ele be srɔ̃wò nawɔ nu sia nu si megblɔ nɛ.
And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman, let her beware.
14 Mele be wòaɖu waintsetse alo ano wain alo aha muame o eye mele be wòaɖu nu makɔmakɔ aɖeke hã o. Ele be wòawɔ nu sia nu si ƒe se mede nɛ.”
She may not eat of any [thing] that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean [thing]; all that I commanded her let her observe.
15 Manoa gblɔ na Yehowa ƒe dɔla la be, “Míadi be nànɔ mía gbɔ va se ɖe esime míalé gbɔ̃vi aɖe aɖa nui na wò.”
And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
16 Yehowa ƒe dɔla la ɖo eŋu be, “Togbɔ be mielém ɖi hã la, nyemaɖu miaƒe nuɖaɖa ƒe ɖeke o gake ne miedzra numevɔsa aɖe ɖo la, mitsɔe na Yehowa.” Manoa menya be Yehowa ƒe dɔlae wònye o.
And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Though thou shouldst detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou must offer it to the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.
17 Manoa bia Yehowa ƒe dɔla la be “Wò ŋkɔ ɖe? Ale be ne wò nya la va eme la, ne míade bubu ŋuwò.”
And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What [is] thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass, we may do thee honor?
18 Eɖo eŋu be, “Nu ka ŋuti nèle nye ŋkɔ biam ɖo? Nye ŋkɔ ƒo gɔmesese ta.”
And the angel of the LORD said to him, why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?
19 Manoa lé gbɔ̃vi aɖe kpe ɖe nuɖuvɔsa ŋu eye wòsa vɔ na Yehowa le agakpe aɖe dzi. Tete Yehowa wɔ nukunu aɖe le Manoa kple srɔ̃a ŋkume.
So Manoah took a kid, with a meat-offering, and offered [it] upon a rock to the LORD; and [the angel] did wonderously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.
20 Esi dzo ƒe aɖewo tso vɔsamlekpui la dzi ɖo ta dziŋgɔli me la, Yehowa ƒe dɔla la to dzo la me yi dziƒo. Esi Manoa kple srɔ̃a kpɔ esia la, wotsyɔ mo anyi.
For it came to pass, when the flame ascended towards heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on [it], and fell on their faces to the ground.
21 Esi Yehowa ƒe dɔla la megaɖe eɖokui fia Manoa kple srɔ̃a o la, Manoa kpɔe dze sii be Yehowa ƒe dɔlae.
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he [was] an angel of the LORD.
22 Manoa do ɣli gblɔ na srɔ̃a be, “Aléle, míedze na ku elabena míekpɔ Mawu.”
And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
23 Ke srɔ̃a gblɔ nɛ be, “Nenye ɖe Yehowa le mía wu ge la, anye ne maxɔ míaƒe numevɔsa kple nuɖuvɔsa o eye maɖe eɖokui afia mí, agblɔ nya wɔnuku sia na mí eye wòawɔ nukunu siawo o.”
But his wife said to him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meat-offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these [things], nor would, as at this time, have told us [such things] as these.
24 Esi wodzi ɖevia la, wona ŋkɔe be Samson. Mawu yrae eye wòtsi.
And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
25 Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ de asi edzidzedze me le Dan ƒe asaɖa me le Zora kple Estaol duawo dome.
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
