Juges 13
1 Et les enfants d'Israël recommencèrent à faire ce qui déplaît à l'Eternel, et l'Eternel les livra entre les mains des Philistins pendant quarante ans.
Again the Israeli people did things that Yahweh said were very evil. So Yahweh enabled the people of Philistia to conquer them. They ruled over the Israelis for 40 years.
2 Or il y avait un homme de Tsorah, d'une famille de ceux de Dan, dont le nom était Manoah, et sa femme était stérile, et n'avait [jamais] eu d'enfant.
There was a man named Manoah from the descendants of Dan who lived in Zorah [town]. His wife was unable to become pregnant, so they had no children.
3 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel apparut à cette femme-là, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile, et tu n'as [jamais] eu d'enfant; mais tu concevras, et enfanteras un fils.
One day, Yahweh appeared to Manoah’s wife in the form of an angel, and said to her, “Even though you have not been able to give birth to any children until now, you will soon become pregnant and give birth to a son.
4 Prends donc bien garde dès maintenant de ne point boire de vin ni de cervoise, et de ne manger aucune chose souillée.
[From now until he is born], you must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink, and you must not eat any food that will make you unacceptable to God.
5 Car voici, tu vas être enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils, et le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête; parce que l'enfant sera Nazarien de Dieu dès le ventre [de sa mère]; et ce sera lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël de la main des Philistins.
After you give birth to your son, you must never allow his hair to be cut. He must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies. He is the one who will rescue [many of] the Israeli people from the people of Philistia.”
6 Et la femme vint, et parla à son mari, en disant: Il est venu auprès de moi un homme de Dieu, dont la face est semblable à la face d'un Ange de Dieu, fort vénérable, mais je ne l'ai point interrogé d'où il était et il ne m'a point déclaré son nom.
The woman ran and told her husband, “A prophet came to me. He looked awesome, like an angel from God. I did not ask where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
7 Mais il m'a dit: Voici, tu vas être enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils. Maintenant donc ne bois point de vin ni de cervoise, et ne mange aucune chose souillée; car cet enfant sera Nazarien de Dieu dès le ventre [de sa mère] jusqu'au jour de sa mort.
But he told me, ‘You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. Until then, you must not drink any wine or any alcoholic/fermented drink, and you must not eat any food that would make you unacceptable to God. Your son must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies.’”
8 Et Manoah pria instamment l'Eternel, et dit: Hélas, Seigneur! que l'homme de Dieu que tu as envoyé, vienne encore, je te prie, vers nous, et qu'il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire à l'enfant, quand il sera né.
Then Manoah prayed to Yahweh, saying, “O Yahweh, I plead with you, allow that prophet whom you sent to us to come again, and teach us how we should raise the boy who will be born to us.”
9 Et Dieu exauça la prière de Manoah. Ainsi l'Ange de Dieu vint encore à la femme comme elle était assise dans un champ; mais Manoah son mari n'était point avec elle.
God did what Manoah asked, and Yahweh again appeared to his wife in the form of an angel, while she was out in the field. But again her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 Et la femme courut vite le rapporter à son mari, en lui disant: Voici, l'homme qui était venu l'autre jour vers moi, m'est apparu.
So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
11 Et Manoah se leva, et suivit sa femme; et venant vers l'homme, il lui dit: Es-tu cet homme qui a parlé à cette femme-ci? Et il répondit: C'est moi.
Manoah ran back with his wife, and asked, “Are you the man who talked with my wife a few days ago?” He replied, “Yes, I am.”
12 Et Manoah dit: Tout ce que tu as dit arrivera; [mais] quel ordre faudra-t-il tenir envers l'enfant, et que lui faudra-t-il faire?
Manoah asked him, “When what you promised occurs [and my wife gives birth to a son], what rules must he obey, and what work will he do [when he grows up]?”
13 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel répondit à Manoah: La femme se gardera de toutes les choses dont je l'ai avertie.
Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
14 Elle ne mangera rien qui sorte de la vigne, [rien en quoi il y ait] du vin; et elle ne boira ni vin ni cervoise, et ne mangera aucune chose souillée. Elle prendra garde à tout ce que je lui ai commandé.
[Before the baby is born], she must not eat grapes, or drink wine or any other alcoholic/fermented drink, or eat anything that would make her unacceptable to God.”
15 Alors Manoah dit à l'Ange de l'Eternel: Je te prie, que nous te retenions, et nous t'apprêterons un chevreau de lait.
Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”
16 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel répondit à Manoah: Quand tu me retiendrais je ne mangerais point de ton pain; mais si tu fais un holocauste, tu l'offriras à l'Eternel. Or Manoah ne savait point que ce fût l'Ange de l'Eternel.
Yahweh replied, “I will stay here, but I will not eat anything. However, you may kill an animal and sacrifice it as a burned offering to Yahweh.” (Manoah did not realize that the [man he thought was an] angel was really Yahweh.)
17 Et Manoah dit à l'Ange de l'Eternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous te fessions un présent lorsque ce que tu as dit sera arrivé?
Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”
18 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel lui dit: Pourquoi t'enquiers-tu ainsi de mon nom? car il est admirable.
Yahweh replied, “(Why do you ask me my name?/You should not ask me my name.) [RHQ] It is (wonderful/it cannot be understood).”
19 Alors Manoah prit un chevreau de lait, et un gâteau, et les offrit à l'Eternel sur le rocher. Et l'Ange fit une chose merveilleuse à la vue de Manoah et de sa femme.
Then Manoah killed a young goat and burned it on a rock, along with a grain offering, as a sacrifice to Yahweh. And Yahweh did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched.
20 C'est, que la flamme montant de dessus l'autel vers les cieux, l'Ange de l'Eternel monta aussi avec la flamme de l'autel; ce que Manoah et sa femme ayant vu ils se prosternèrent le visage contre terre.
Flames from the altar blazed up toward the sky, and Yahweh ascended in the flames. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they prostrated themselves on the ground.
21 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel n'apparut plus à Manoah ni à sa femme. Alors Manoah connut que c'était l'Ange de l'Eternel.
Although Yahweh did not appear in the form of an angel to Manoah and his wife again, Manoah realized that the [man they thought was an] angel was really Yahweh.
22 Et Manoah dit à sa femme: Certainement nous mourrons, parce que nous avons vu Dieu.
So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”
23 Mais sa femme lui répondit: Si l'Eternel nous eût voulu faire mourir, il n'aurait pas pris de notre main l'holocauste ni le gâteau, et il ne nous aurait pas fait voir toutes ces choses, en un temps comme celui-ci, ni fait entendre les choses que nous avons entendues.
But his wife said, “No, we will not die, because if Yahweh intended to kill us, he would not have accepted the burned offering and the grain offering. And he would not have appeared to us and told us the wonderful thing that would happen to us, and he would not have performed this miracle.”
24 Puis cette femme enfanta un fils, et elle l'appela Samson; et l'enfant devint grand, et l'Eternel le bénit.
When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
25 Et l'Esprit de l'Eternel commença de le saisir à Mahané-dan, entre Tsorah et Estaol.
And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
