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 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 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.

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 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 the woman, and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have not born; yet you shall conceive a son.

4 Maintenant, garde-toi de boire du vin ou d'autre boisson 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 Et Manué dit: Maintenant tu vas parler; que sera-t-il décidé concernant l'enfant? que devra-t-il faire?

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

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 Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.

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.

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 Et Manué dit à l'ange du Seigneur: Laisse-nous te retenir ici, et nous préparerons devant toi un 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 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 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 Manué dit à l'ange du Seigneur: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous puissions te glorifier, quand tes paroles seront accomplies?

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 Et l'ange du Seigneur lui répondit: Pourquoi me demandes-tu mon nom, qui est Admirable?

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 mourrons de mort, parce que nous avons vu Dieu.

And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because 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.

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 Et la femme accoucha d'un fils qu'elle nomma Samson; l'enfant devint grand, et le Seigneur le bénit.

And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, 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 go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.