Juges 13

1 Les enfants d’Israël firent encore ce qui déplaît à l’Éternel; et l’Éternel les livra entre les mains des Philistins, pendant quarante ans.

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

2 Il y avait un homme de Tsorea, de la famille des Danites, et qui s’appelait Manoach. Sa femme était stérile, et n’enfantait pas.

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not.

3 Un ange de l’Éternel apparut à la femme, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile, et tu n’as point d’enfants; tu deviendras enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils.

And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren, and bore not: but you shall conceive, and bear a son.

4 Maintenant prends bien garde, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d’impur.

Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

5 Car tu vas devenir enceinte et tu enfanteras un fils. Le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête, parce que cet enfant sera consacré à Dieu dès le ventre de sa mère; et ce sera lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël de la main des Philistins.

For, see, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

6 La femme alla dire à son mari; Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, et il avait l’aspect d’un ange de Dieu, un aspect redoutable. Je ne lui ai pas demandé d’où il était, et il ne m’a pas fait connaître son nom.

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not from where he was, neither told he me his name:

7 Mais il m’a dit: Tu vas devenir enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils; et maintenant ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d’impur, parce que cet enfant sera consacré à Dieu dès le ventre de sa mère jusqu’au jour de sa mort.

But he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

8 Manoach fit cette prière à l’Éternel: Ah! Seigneur, que l’homme de Dieu que tu as envoyé vienne encore vers nous, et qu’il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire pour l’enfant qui naîtra!

Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child that shall be born.

9 Dieu exauça la prière de Manoach, et l’ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme. Elle était assise dans un champ, et Manoach, son mari, n’était pas avec elle.

And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

10 Elle courut promptement donner cette nouvelle à son mari, et lui dit: Voici, l’homme qui était venu l’autre jour vers moi m’est apparu.

And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, that came to me the other day.

11 Manoach se leva, suivit sa femme, alla vers l’homme, et lui dit: Est-ce toi qui as parlé à cette femme? Il répondit: C’est moi.

And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? And he said, I am.

12 Manoach dit: Maintenant, si ta parole s’accomplit, que faudra-t-il observer à l’égard de l’enfant, et qu’y aura-t-il à faire?

And Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do to him?

13 L’ange de l’Éternel répondit à Manoach: La femme s’abstiendra de tout ce que je lui ai dit.

And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.

14 Elle ne goûtera d’aucun produit de la vigne, elle ne boira ni vin ni liqueur forte, et elle ne mangera rien d’impur; elle observera tout ce que je lui ai prescrit.

She may not eat of any thing that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

15 Manoach dit à l’ange de l’Éternel: Permets-nous de te retenir, et de t’apprêter un chevreau.

And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, until we shall have made ready a kid for you.

16 L’ange de l’Éternel répondit à Manoach: Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais pas de ton mets; mais si tu veux faire un holocauste, tu l’offriras à l’Éternel. Manoach ne savait point que ce fût un ange de l’Éternel.

And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread: and if you will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.

17 Et Manoach dit à l’ange de l’Éternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous te rendions gloire, quand ta parole s’accomplira?

And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What is your name, that when your sayings come to pass we may do you honor?

18 L’ange de l’Éternel lui répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Il est merveilleux.

And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

19 Manoach prit le chevreau et l’offrande, et fit un sacrifice à l’Éternel sur le rocher. Il s’opéra un prodige, pendant que Manoach et sa femme regardaient.

So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it on a rock to the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

20 Comme la flamme montait de dessus l’autel vers le ciel, l’ange de l’Éternel monta dans la flamme de l’autel. A cette vue, Manoach et sa femme tombèrent la face contre terre.

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

21 L’ange de l’Éternel n’apparut plus à Manoach et à sa femme. Alors Manoach comprit que c’était l’ange de l’Éternel,

But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

22 et il dit à sa femme: Nous allons mourir, car nous avons vu Dieu.

And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

23 Sa femme lui répondit: Si l’Éternel eût voulu nous faire mourir, il n’aurait pas pris de nos mains l’holocauste et l’offrande, il ne nous aurait pas fait voir tout cela, et il ne nous aurait pas maintenant fait entendre pareilles choses.

But his wife said to him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

24 La femme enfanta un fils, et lui donna le nom de Samson. L’enfant grandit, et l’Éternel le bénit.

And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

25 Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel commença à l’agiter à Machané-Dan, entre Tsorea et Eschthaol.

And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.