Juges 13

1 Les enfants d’Israël recommencèrent à déplaire au Seigneur, et celui-ci les soumit aux Philistins durant quarante années.

And the children of Israel yet again committed iniquity before the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phylistines 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.

And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoe, and his wife was barren, and bore not.

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.

And an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have not born; yet you shall conceive a son.

4 Et maintenant observe-toi bien, ne bois ni vin ni autre liqueur enivrante, et ne mange rien d’impur.

And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;

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."

for behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.

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.

And the woman went in, and spoke to her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance [was as] of an angel of God, very dreadful; and I did not ask him whence he was, and he 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."

And he said to me, Behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb 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."

And Manoe prayed to the Lord and said, I pray you, O Lord my lord, [concerning] the man of God whom you sent; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about 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.

And the Lord heard the voice of Manoe, and the angel of God came yet again to the woman; and she sat in the field, and Manoe her husband 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."

And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in [the other] day to me has appeared to me.

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."

And Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I [am].

12 Manoah reprit: "Vienne maintenant ce que tu as prédit, quelle règle, quelle conduite est recommandée pour cet enfant?"

And Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?

13 L’Ange de l’Eternel répondit à Manoah: "Tout ce que j’ai désigné à ta femme, elle doit se l’interdire:

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.

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 shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.

15 Manoah dit à l’ange de l’Eternel: "Oh! permets que nous te retenions encore et que nous te servions un jeune chevreau."

And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.

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.

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, If you should detain me, I will not eat of your bread; and if you would offer a whole burnt offering, to the Lord you shall offer it: for Manoe knew not that he [was] an 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."

And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What [is] your name, that [when] your word shall come to pass, we may glorify you?

18 L’Ange répondit: "A quoi bon t’enquérir de mon nom? c’est un mystère."

And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?

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:

And Manoe took a kid of the goats and its meat-offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and [the angel] wrought a distinct work, and Manoe and his wife were looking on.

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.

And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoe and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth.

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,

And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an angel of the Lord.

22 et il dit à sa femme: "Nous sommes morts, car c’est un être divin que nous avons vu!"

And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because 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 said to him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received of our hand a whole burnt offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shown us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things

24 Cette femme donna le jour à un fils, qu’elle nomma Samson. L’Enfant grandit et fut béni du Seigneur.

And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

25 L’Esprit divin le saisit pour la première fois à Mahané-Dan, entre Çorea et Echtaol.

And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.