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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Et maintenant, prends garde, je te prie, et ne bois ni vin ni boisson forte, et ne mange rien d’impur;
[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.
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.
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.”
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 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.
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 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.’”
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 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.”
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 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.
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 quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
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 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.”
12 Et Manoah dit: Quand donc ta parole arrivera, quelle sera la règle du jeune garçon, et que devra-t-il faire?
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]?”
13 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel dit à Manoah: La femme se gardera de tout ce que je lui ai dit.
Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
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.
[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 Et Manoah dit à l’Ange de l’Éternel: Laisse-nous te retenir, et t’apprêter un chevreau.
Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook 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.
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.)
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?
Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”
18 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Il est merveilleux.
Yahweh replied, “(Why do you ask me my name?/You should not ask me my name.) [RHQ] It is (wonderful/it cannot be understood).”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Et Manoah dit à sa femme: Nous mourrons certainement, car nous avons vu Dieu.
So he said, “Now we will die, because 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 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.”
24 Et la femme enfanta un fils, et appela son nom Samson; et l’enfant grandit, et l’Éternel le bénit.
When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
25 Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel commença de le pousser, – à Mahané-Dan, entre Tsorha et Eshtaol.
And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
