Juges 13

1 Les enfants d'Israël firent encore ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, et Yahweh les livra entre les mains des Philistins, pendant quarante ans.

And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

2 Il y avait un homme de Saraa, de la famille des Danites, nommé Manué; sa femme était stérile, et n'avait pas enfanté.

Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

3 L'Ange de Yahweh apparut à la femme et lui dit: " Voici donc, tu es stérile et sans enfant; mais tu concevras et enfanteras un fils.

And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.

4 Et maintenant, prends bien garde, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte et ne mange rien d'impur,

Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;

5 car tu vas concevoir et enfanter un fils. Le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête, car cet enfant sera nazaréen de Dieu, dès le sein de sa mère, et c'est lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël de la main des Philistins. "

For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

6 La femme alla dire à son mari: " Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi; 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;

Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;

7 mais il m'a dit: " Tu vas concevoir et enfanter un fils; et maintenant, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d'impur, parce que cet enfant sera nazaréen de Dieu dès le sein de sa mère, jusqu'au jour de sa mort. "

But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.

8 Alors Manué invoqua Yahweh et dit: " Je vous prie, Seigneur, que l'homme de Dieu que vous avez envoyé vienne encore vers nous, et qu'il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire pour l'enfant qui naîtra! "

Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.

9 Dieu exauça la prière de Manué, et l'Ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme; elle était assise dans un champ, et Manué, son mari, n'était pas avec elle.

And God gave ear to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was seated in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

10 La femme courut aussitôt informer son mari et lui dit: " Voici, l'homme qui est venu l'autre jour vers moi m'est apparu. "

So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

11 Manué se leva et, suivant sa femme, il alla vers l'homme et lui dit: " Est-ce toi qui as parlé à cette femme? " Il répondit: " C'est moi. "

And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.

12 Manué dit: " Maintenant, quand ta parole s'accomplira, que faudra-t-il observer à l'égard de cet enfant, et qu'y aura-t-il à faire pour lui? "

And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?

13 L'Ange de Yahweh répondit à Manué: " La femme s'abstiendra de tout ce que je lui ai dit:

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.

14 elle ne mangera rien de ce qui provient de la vigne, elle ne boira ni vin ni liqueur forte, et elle ne mangera rien d'impur: tout ce que je lui ai prescrit, elle l'observera. "

She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.

15 Manué dit à l'Ange de Yahweh: " Permets que nous te retenions et que nous t'apprêtions un chevreau. "

And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

16 L'Ange de Yahweh répondit à Manué: " Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais pas de ton mets; mais si tu veux préparer un holocauste, à Yahweh, offre-le. " — Manué ne savait pas que c'était l'Ange de Yahweh —

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.

17 Et Manué dit à l'Ange de Yahweh: " Quel est ton nom, afin que nous t'honorions, quand ta parole s'accomplira? "

Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?

18 L'Ange de Yahweh lui répondit: " Pourquoi m'interroges-tu sur mon nom? Il est Merveilleux. "

But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

19 Manué prit le chevreau avec l'oblation et l'offrit à Yahweh sur le rocher, et Yahweh fit un prodige pendant que Manué et sa femme regardaient.

So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.

20 Comme la flamme montait de dessus l'autel vers le ciel, l'Ange de Yahweh monta dans la flamme de l'autel. A cette vue, Manué et sa femme tombèrent la face contre terre.

And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.

21 Et l'Ange de Yahweh n'apparut plus à Manué et à sa femme. Alors Manué comprit que c'était l'Ange de Yahweh.

But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.

22 Et Manué dit à sa femme: " Nous allons mourir, car nous avons vu Dieu. "

And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.

23 Sa femme lui répondit: " Si Yahweh voulait nous faire mourir, il n'aurait pas reçu de nos mains l'holocauste et l'oblation, il ne nous aurait pas fait voir tout cela, il ne nous aurait pas fait entendre aujourd'hui de pareilles choses. "

But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.

24 La femme enfanta un fils et lui donna le nom de Samson. L'enfant grandit et Yahweh le bénit;

So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.

25 l'esprit de Yahweh commença à le pousser à Machanêh-Dan, entre Saraa et Esthaol.

And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.