Juges 13
1 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.
The Israelites continued to do what was evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines to rule them for forty years.
2 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.
At that time there was a man named Manoah. He was from the tribe of Dan and lived in the town of Zorah. His wife couldn't conceive and had no children.
3 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.
The Angel of the Lord appeared to her and told her, “It's true that you couldn't conceive, and have no children, but now you're going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
4 Et maintenant, prends garde, je te prie, et ne bois ni vin ni boisson forte, et ne mange rien d’impur;
So then please be careful not to drink any wine or other alcoholic drink, and don't eat anything unclean.
5 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.
You're going to become pregnant and have a son whose head a razor must never touch, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from birth. He will start the process of saving Israel from the Philistines.”
6 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.
The woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like the Angel of God, really frightening. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he didn't did not tell me his name.
7 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.
But he told me, ‘You're going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, and don't eat anything unclean. For the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from birth until the day of his death.’”
8 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.
Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, “Please, Lord, let the man of God you sent us return to us to explain what we're supposed to do with the boy who is to be born.”
9 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.
God responded to Manoah's request, and the Angel of God returned to the woman while she was sitting out in the field. However, her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 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.
So she ran quickly to tell her husband, “Look! The man who appeared to me the other day has come back!”
11 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.
Manoah got up and went back with his wife, and asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife before?” “Yes I am,” he replied.
12 Et Manoah dit: Quand donc ta parole arrivera, quelle sera la règle du jeune garçon, et que devra-t-il faire?
So Manoah said, “May your promise come true! What shall be decided for the boy, and what is to be his vocation?”
13 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel dit à Manoah: La femme se gardera de tout ce que je lui ai dit.
“Make sure your wife is careful to follow everything I told her,” the angel of the Lord replied.
14 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.
“She must not eat anything that comes from the vine or drink wine or any other alcoholic drink. She must not eat anything unclean. Your wife must follow everything I instructed her to do.”
15 Et Manoah dit à l’Ange de l’Éternel: Laisse-nous te retenir, et t’apprêter un chevreau.
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us keep you here while we prepare a meal of a young goat for you.”
16 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.
The angel of the Lord replied, “I'll stay, but I won't eat your food. However, if you prepare a burnt offering, you can present it to the Lord.” (Manoah didn't know he was the angel of the Lord.)
17 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?
Manoah asked the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so when your promise comes true we may honor you?”
18 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Il est merveilleux.
“Why do you ask this?” the angel of the Lord responded. “My name is beyond comprehension.”
19 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.
Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and presented them on a rock to the Lord. As Manoah and his wife watched, the LORD did something amazing.
20 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.
As the flame from the altar blazed up into the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Manoah and his wife saw what happened and fell with their faces to the ground.
21 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.
The angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah or his wife again, and Manoah realized that he was the angel of the Lord.
22 Et Manoah dit à sa femme: Nous mourrons certainement, car nous avons vu Dieu.
“We're definitely going to die,” he told his wife, “for we have seen God!”
23 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.
But his wife replied, “If the Lord had wanted to kill us he wouldn't have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn't have shown us all these things, and he wouldn't have come now and announced this to us.”
24 Et la femme enfanta un fils, et appela son nom Samson; et l’enfant grandit, et l’Éternel le bénit.
She gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel commença de le pousser, – à Mahané-Dan, entre Tsorha et Eshtaol.
The Spirit of the Lord began to prompt him at Mahaneh Dan, a place between Zorah and Eshtaol.
