Juges 13
1 Et les fils d'Israël recommencèrent à faire le mal devant le Seigneur, et le Seigneur les livra pendant quarante années aux mains des Philistins.
And again, the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
2 Or, il y avait un homme de Saraa, d'une famille de la tribu de Dan, et il se nommait Manué, et sa femme était stérile, et elle n'avait point enfanté.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.
3 Et l'ange du Seigneur apparut à la femme, et il lui dit: Femme stérile, toi qui n'avais point enfanté, voilà que tu concevras un fils.
And an Angel of the Lord appeared to her, and he said: “You are barren and without children. But you shall conceive and bear a son.
4 Maintenant, garde-toi de boire du vin ou d'autre boisson enivrante, et ne mange rien d'impur.
Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
5 Voilà que tu as un fruit en tes entrailles, et tu accoucheras d'un fils, et le fer ne passera point sur sa tête, parce que, dès le sein de sa mère, l'enfant sera Nazir de Dieu, et c'est lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël des Philistins.
For you shall conceive and bear a son, whose head no razor shall touch. For he shall be a Nazirite of God, from his infancy and from his mother’s womb. And he shall begin to free Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
6 La femme rentra et elle dit à son mari: Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, et son aspect était, comme l'aspect d'un ange de Dieu, grandement redoutable; je ne lui ai point demandé d'où il est, et il ne m'a point dit son nom.
And when she had gone to her husband, she said to him: “A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an Angel, exceedingly terrible. And when I had inquired of him, who he was, and where he was from, and what name he was called, he was not willing to tell me.
7 Et il m'a dit: Voilà que tu as un fruit en tes entrailles, et tu accoucheras d'un fils; maintenant, ne bois ni vin ni boisson enivrante, et ne mange rien d'impur, parce que l'enfant sera consacré au Seigneur, dès les entrailles de sa mère jusqu'au jour de sa mort.
But he responded: ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. And you shall not consume anything unclean. For the boy shall be a Nazirite of God from his infancy, from his mother’s womb, even until the day of his death.’”
8 Et Manué pria le Seigneur, et il dit: Regardez-moi, Seigneur Adonaï; l'homme de Dieu que vous avez envoyé, qu'il vienne encore vers nous, et qu'il nous apprenne ce que nous ferons de l'enfant qui doit naître.
And so Manoah prayed to the Lord, and he said, “I beg you Lord, that the man of God, whom you sent, may come again, and may teach us what we ought to do about the boy who is to be born.”
9 Dieu exauça le vœu de Manué, et l'ange de Dieu vint encore auprès de la femme; or, elle était assise aux champs, et Manué son mari n'était point avec elle.
And the Lord heeded the prayer of Manoah, and the Angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife, sitting in a field. But her husband Manoah was not with her. And when she had seen the Angel,
10 Et la femme, se hâtant, courut l'annoncer à son mari, et elle lui dit: Voilà que l'homme qui est venu vers moi l'autre jour vient de m'apparaître.
she hurried and ran to her husband. And she reported to him, saying, “Behold, the man appeared to me, whom I had seen before.”
11 Et Manué se leva, suivit sa femme, arriva près de l'homme, et dit: Es-tu l'homme qui a parlé à ma femme? et l'ange répondit: Je le suis.
And he rose up and followed his wife. And going to the man, he said to him, “Are you the one who spoke to my wife?” And he responded, “I am.”
12 Et Manué dit: Maintenant tu vas parler; que sera-t-il décidé concernant l'enfant? que devra-t-il faire?
And Manoah said to him: “When will your word be fulfilled. What do you want the boy to do? Or from what should he keep himself?”
13 Et l'ange du Seigneur dit à Manué: Il s'abstiendra de tout ce que j'ai dit à la femme.
And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah: “Concerning all the things about which I have spoken to your wife, she herself should abstain.
14 Il ne mangera rien de ce qui sort de la vigne; il ne boira ni vin ni boisson enivrante, il ne mangera rien d'impur, il observera tout ce que j'ai prescrit à la femme.
And let her eat nothing from the vine. She may not drink wine or strong drink. She may consume nothing unclean. And let her observe and keep what I have instructed to her.”
15 Et Manué dit à l'ange du Seigneur: Laisse-nous te retenir ici, et nous préparerons devant toi un chevreau.
And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “I beg you to agree to my petition, and to let us prepare a kid from the goats.”
16 Mais l'ange du Seigneur dit à Manué: Si vous me retenez je ne mangerai pas de tes pains; si tu prépares un holocauste, offre-le au Seigneur. Or, Manué ne savait pas que c'était un ange du Seigneur.
And the Angel answered him: “Even if you compel me, I will not eat from your bread. But if you are willing to offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord.” And Manoah did not know that he was an Angel of the Lord.
17 Et Manué dit à l'ange du Seigneur: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous puissions te glorifier, quand tes paroles seront accomplies?
And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”
18 Et l'ange du Seigneur lui répondit: Pourquoi me demandes-tu mon nom, qui est Admirable?
And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”
19 Alors, Manué prit le chevreau et l'oblation; puis, il les offrit au Seigneur sur une pierre; il le fit en s'écartant des usages, et Manué et sa femme regardèrent.
And so, Manoah took a kid from the goats, and libations, and he placed them upon a rock, as an offering to the Lord, who accomplishes wonders. Then he and his wife watched.
20 Et il advint, pendant que la flamme s'élevait de l'autel jusqu'aux cieux, que l'ange du Seigneur monta dans la flamme; Manue et sa femme le virent, et ils tombèrent la face contre terre.
And when the flame of the altar ascended to heaven, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. And when Manoah and his wife had seen this, they fell prone on the ground.
21 Et l'ange du Seigneur disparut aux yeux de Manué et de sa femme. Alors, Manué reconnut que c'était un ange du Seigneur.
And the Angel of the Lord no longer appeared to them. And immediately, Manoah understood him to be an Angel of the Lord.
22 Et il dit à sa femme: Nous mourrons de mort, parce que nous avons vu Dieu.
And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”
23 Mais sa femme lui répondit: Si le Seigneur avait voulu nous faire périr, il n'eut point pris de nos mains l'holocauste et les oblations; il ne nous eut point révélé ces choses; il ne nous eut point en cette occasion fait entendre ces paroles.
And his wife answered him, “If the Lord wished to kill us, he would not have accepted the holocaust and the libations from our hands. He would not have revealed all these things to us, nor would he have told us the things that are in the future.”
24 Et la femme accoucha d'un fils qu'elle nomma Samson; l'enfant devint grand, et le Seigneur le bénit.
And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 Et au camp de Dan, l'Esprit du Seigneur commença à l'accompagner entre Saraa et Esthaol.
And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
