Juges 13
1 Et de nouveau les enfants d’Israël tirent le mal en la présence du Seigneur, qui les livra aux 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 certain homme de Saraa, et de la race de Dan, du nom de Manué, ayant une femme stérile,
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 À qui l’ange du Seigneur apparut, et dit: Tu es stérile et sans enfants; mais tu concevras et tu 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 de ne point boire de vin, et de cervoise, et de ne manger rien d’impur,
[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 Parce que tu concevras et tu enfanteras un fils dont le rasoir ne touchera pas la tête; car il sera nazaréen de Dieu, depuis son enfance et dès le sein de sa mère; et c’est 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 étant venue vers son mari, elle lui dit: L’homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, ayant le visage d’un ange, et inspirant la plus grande terreur. Lorsque je lui ai demandé qui il était, d’où il venait, et de quel nom il s’appelait, il n’a pas voulu me le dire.
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 répondu ceci: Voilà que tu concevras et enfanteras un fils: prends garde de ne point boire de vin ni de cervoise, et de ne rien manger d’impur; car l’enfant sera nazaréen de Dieu depuis son enfance, du sein 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 C’est pourquoi Manué pria le Seigneur et dit: Je vous conjure. Seigneur, que l’homme de Dieu, que vous avez envoyé, vienne de nouveau, et qu’il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire de l’enfant qui doit naître.
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 le Seigneur exauça Manué priant, et de nouveau apparut l’ange de Dieu à sa femme, assise dans la campagne. Or, Manué son mari n’était pas avec elle. Et lorsqu’elle eut vu l’ange,
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 Elle se hâta, courut à son mari, et le lui annonça, disant: Voilà que m’a apparu l’homme que j’avais vu auparavant.
So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
11 Manué se leva et suivit sa femme; puis, venant vers l’homme, il lui dit: Vous êtes celui qui avez parlé à cette femme? Et il répondit: Je le suis.
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 Manué à l’homme: Quand, dit-il, votre parole sera accomplie, que voulez-vous que fasse l’enfant? ou de quoi devra-t-il s’abstenir?
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 du Seigneur répondit à Manué: Que ta femme s’abstienne de toutes les choses que je lui ai indiquées;
Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
14 Qu’elle ne mange rien de ce qui naît de la vigne; qu’elle ne boive point de vin ni de cervoise; qu’elle ne mange rien d’impur; et que ce que je lui ai ordonné, elle l’accomplisse et le garde.
[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 Manué dit à l’ange du Seigneur: Je vous conjure d’acquiescer à mes prières; et, puissions-nous vous préparer un chevreau.
Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”
16 L’ange lui répondit: Quand tu me presserais, je ne mangerais pas de tes pains; mais si tu veux faire un holocauste, offre-le au Seigneur, Et Manué ne savait pas que ce fût l’ange du Seigneur.
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 Il lui dit encore: Quel est votre nom, afin que, si vos paroles s’accomplissent, nous vous honorions?
Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”
18 L’ange lui répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom, qui 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 Manué prit donc le chevreau et les libations, et les plaça sur le rocher, les offrant au Seigneur qui fait les merveilles: or, lui-même et sa femme regardaient.
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 Et lorsque la flamme de l’autel montait vers le ciel, l’ange du Seigneur monta pareillement dans la flamme. Ce qu’ayant vu Manué et sa femme, ils tombèrent inclinés vers la 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 du Seigneur n’apparut plus à leurs yeux. Et aussitôt Manué comprit que c’était l’ange du Seigneur.
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 il dit à sa femme: Nous mourrons de mort, parce que nous avons vu le Seigneur.
So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”
23 Sa femme lui répondit: Si le Seigneur voulait nous faire mourir, il n’aurait pas reçu de nos mains d’holocaustes et de libations, il ne nous aurait pas montré toutes ces choses, et il n’aurait pas dit ce qui doit arriver.
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 Elle enfanta donc un fils, et elle l’appela du nom de Samson. Et l’enfant grandit, et le Seigneur le bénit.
When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
25 Et l’esprit du Seigneur commença à être avec lui, dans le camp de Dan, entre Saraa et Esthaol.
And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
