Juges 13
1 Les enfants d’Israël recommencèrent à déplaire au Seigneur, et celui-ci les soumit aux Philistins durant quarante années.
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 Il y avait alors à Çorea un homme d’une famille de Danites, appelé Manoah. Sa femme était stérile, elle n’avait jamais enfanté.
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 Or, un ange du Seigneur apparut à cette femme et lui dit: "Vois, tu es stérile, tu n’as jamais eu d’enfant: eh bien! tu concevras, et tu auras 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 observe-toi bien, ne bois ni vin ni autre liqueur enivrante, 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 tu vas concevoir et enfanter un fils; le rasoir ne doit pas toucher sa tête, car cet enfant doit être un Naziréen consacré à Dieu dès le sein maternel, et c’est lui qui entreprendra de 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 La femme alla trouver son mari et lui dit: "Un homme de Dieu est venu à moi, et son aspect était comme celui d’un ange, fort imposant; je ne lui ai pas demandé d’où il venait, et il ne m’a point appris 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 Il m’a dit: "Tu vas concevoir et enfanter un fils; et maintenant ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, ne mange rien d’impur, car cet enfant sera un Naziréen consacré à Dieu depuis le sein 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 Alors Manoah implora l’Eternel en disant: "De grâce, Seigneur! que l’homme divin que tu as envoyé revienne nous visiter, pour nous enseigner nos devoirs à l’égard de l’enfant qui doit naître."
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 Dieu exauça la prière de Manoah; l’ange du Seigneur vint de nouveau trouver la femme tandis qu’elle se tenait aux champs, Manoah son époux n’étant 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 Elle courut en toute hâte l’annoncer à son époux, lui disant: "Voici que j’ai revu l’homme qui était venu à moi l’autre jour."
So she ran quickly to tell her husband, “Look! The man who appeared to me the other day has come back!”
11 Manoah se leva et suivit sa femme, et, arrivé près du personnage, lui dit: "Es-tu celui qui a parlé à cette femme?" Il répondit: "Je le suis."
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 Manoah reprit: "Vienne maintenant ce que tu as prédit, quelle règle, quelle conduite est recommandée pour cet enfant?"
So Manoah said, “May your promise come true! What shall be decided for the boy, and what is to be his vocation?”
13 L’Ange de l’Eternel répondit à Manoah: "Tout ce que j’ai désigné à ta femme, elle doit se l’interdire:
“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 que produit la vigne, ne boira ni vin, ni liqueur enivrante, s’abstiendra de tout mets impur; bref, tout ce que je lui ai prescrit, elle l’observera."
“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 Manoah dit à l’ange de l’Eternel: "Oh! permets que nous te retenions encore et que nous te servions un jeune 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 L’Ange de l’Eternel répondit à Manoah: "Tu aurais beau me retenir, je ne mangerais point de ton pain; et si c’est un holocauste que tu veux faire, offre-le à l’Eternel!" Or, Manoah ignorait que c’était un ange de Dieu.
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 il dit à l’ange: "Quel est ton nom? Dis-le, pour que, ta prédiction accomplie, nous puissions t’honorer."
Manoah asked the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so when your promise comes true we may honor you?”
18 L’Ange répondit: "A quoi bon t’enquérir de mon nom? c’est un mystère."
“Why do you ask this?” the angel of the Lord responded. “My name is beyond comprehension.”
19 Et Manoah prit le jeune chevreau ainsi que l’oblation, et les offrit, sur le rocher, à l’Eternel. Alors un miracle s’accomplit, dont Manoah et sa femme furent témoins:
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 au moment où la flamme s’élevait de l’autel vers le ciel, l’ange du Seigneur disparut au milieu de cette flamme. Manoah et sa femme, à cette vue, se jetèrent la face 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 L’Ange cessa ainsi d’être visible pour Manoah et pour sa femme; alors Manoah reconnut que c’était un ange de l’Eternel,
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 il dit à sa femme: "Nous sommes morts, car c’est un être divin que nous avons vu!"
“We're definitely going to die,” he told his wife, “for we have seen God!”
23 Sa femme lui répartit: "Si l’Eternel avait voulu nous faire mourir, il n’aurait pas accepté de notre part holocauste et oblation; il ne nous aurait pas montré tous ces prodiges, ni fait à cette heure une telle prédiction."
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 Cette femme donna le jour à un fils, qu’elle nomma Samson. L’Enfant grandit et fut béni du Seigneur.
She gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 L’Esprit divin le saisit pour la première fois à Mahané-Dan, entre Çorea et Echtaol.
The Spirit of the Lord began to prompt him at Mahaneh Dan, a place between Zorah and Eshtaol.
