Uk-ukom 13
1 Nagaramid manen dagiti tattao ti Israel iti dakes iti imatang ni Yahweh, ket impalubosna nga iturayan ida dagiti Filisteo iti uppat a pulo a tawen.
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 Adda maysa a lalaki nga agnagan iti Manoa, a nagtaud iti Zora, iti pamilia dagiti Danita. Saan a kabaelan ti asawana ti agsikog ket saan ngarud isuna a naganak.
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 Nagparang ti anghel ni Yahweh iti babai ket kinunana kenkuana, “Ita kitaem, saanmo a kabaelan ti agsikog, ken saanka pay a nagan-anak, ngem agsikogkanto ket mangipasngaykanto iti maysa a lalaki.
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 Ita, liklikam ti uminom iti arak wenno iti naingel a mainum, ken saanka a mangan iti aniaman a taraon nga ibagbaga ti linteg a narugit.
[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 Makitamto, agsikogka ket mangipasngaykanto iti maysa a lalaki. Masapul nga awan ti labaha a maisagid iti ulona, ta agbalinto a Nazireo iti Dios ti ubing manipud iti tiempo nga adda isuna iti aanakam. Rugiannanto a wayawayaan ti Israel manipud iti pannakabalin dagiti Filisteo.”
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 Kalpasanna, immay ti babai ket imbagana iti asawana, “Immay kaniak ti maysa a tao ti Dios, ken kasla maysa nga anghel ti Dios ti langana, ket pinagbutengnak iti kasta unay. Saanko a sinaludsod no sadino ti naggappuanna, ken saanna nga imbaga ti naganna.
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 Kinunana kaniak, 'Makitamto! Agsikogkanto, ket mangipasngaykanto iti maysa a lalaki. Saanka ngarud nga uminom iti arak wenno naingel a mainum, ken saanka a mangan iti aniaman a taraon nga ibagbaga ti linteg a narugit, gapu ta agbalinto a Nazireo ti Dios ti ubing manipud iti tiempo nga adda isuna iti aanakam agingga iti aldaw ti ipapatayna.”'
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 Kalpasanna, nagkararag ni Manoa kenni Yahweh ket kinunana, “O Apo, pangngaasim ta pagsubliem koma kadakami ti tao ti Dios nga imbaonmo tapno isurona kadakami ti aramidenmi iti ubing a dandanin maipasngay.”
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 Sinungbatan ti Dios ti kararag ni Manoa, ket immay manen ti anghel ti Dios iti babai idi agtugtugaw isuna idiay taltalon. Ngem saanna a kadua ni Manoa nga asawana.
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 Nagtaray ngarud a dagus ti babai ket imbagana iti asawana, “Kitaem! Nagparang ti tao kaniak-ti tao nga immay kaniak idi naminsan nga aldaw!”
So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
11 Timmakder ni Manoa ket simmurot iti asawana. Idi dimteng isuna iti ayan ti tao, kinunana, “Sika kadi ti tao a nakisao iti asawak?” Kinuna ti tao, “Siak.”
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 Kinuna ngarud ni Manoa, “Ita, pumudno koma dagiti saom. Ngem anianto dagiti annuroten para iti ubing, ken anianto ti agbalin a trabahona?”
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 Kinuna ti anghel ni Yahweh kenni Manoa, “Masapul nga aramidenna amin a banag nga imbagak kenkuana.
Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
14 Saanna a mabalin ti mangan iti aniaman nga agtaud iti ubas, ken saanmo nga ipalubos nga uminom isuna iti arak wenno iti naingel a mainom; saanmo nga ipalubos a mangan isuna iti aniaman a taraon nga ibagbaga ti linteg a narugit. Masapul nga agtulnog isuna kadagiti amin nga imbilinko kenkuana nga aramidenna.
[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 Kinuna ni Manoa iti anghel ni Yahweh, “Pangngaasim ta agtalinaed kay pay bassit, tapno maikkankami iti gundaway a mangisagana iti urbon a kalding para kenka.”
Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”
16 Kinuna ti anghel ni Yahweh kenni Manoa, “Uray no agtalinaedak, saankonto a kanen ti taraonyo. Ngem no mangisaganakayo iti maysa a daton a maipuor amin, idatonyo daytoy kenni Yahweh.” (Saan nga ammo ni Manoa nga isuna ti anghel ni Yahweh.)
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 Kinuna ni Manoa iti anghel ni Yahweh, “Ania ti naganmo, tapno mapadayawandaka inton matungpal dagiti saom?”
Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”
18 Kinuna ti anghel ni Yahweh kenkuana, “Apay a salsaludsodem ti naganko? Nakakaskasdaaw daytoy!”
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 Nangala ngarud ni Manoa iti urbon a kalding agraman ti bukbukel a maidaton ket indatonda dagitoy iti rabaw ti dakkel a bato para kenni Yahweh. Nangaramid isuna iti maysa a banag a nakakaskasdaaw bayat nga agbuybuya ni Manoa ken ti asawana.
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 Idi nagpangato iti tangatang ti apuy manipud iti altar, nagpangato ti anghel ni Yahweh iti apuy iti altar. Nakita daytoy ni Manoa ken ti asawana ket nagpaklebda iti daga.
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 Saanen a nagparang ti anghel ni Yahweh kenni Manoa wenno iti asawana. Kalpasanna, naammoan ni Manoa nga isuna ti anghel ni Yahweh.
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 Kinuna ni Manoa iti asawana, “Sigurado a matayta, gapu ta nakitata ti Dios!”
So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”
23 Ngem kinuna ti asawana kenkuana, “No kayatnata a patayen ni Yahweh, saanna koma nga inawat ti daton a maipuor amin ken ti daton a bukel nga intedta kenkuana. Saanna koma nga imparang kadata amin dagitoy a banbanag, wenno uray iti daytoy a tiempo saanna koma nga impalubos a mangngegta ti kasta a banbanag.”
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 Saan a nagbayag, nangipasngay ti babai iti maysa a lalaki, ket pinanagananna iti Samson. Dimmakkel ti ubing ket binendisionan ni Yahweh isuna.
When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
25 Rinuggian ti Espiritu ni Yahweh a tignayen isuna idiay Mahane Dan, ti nagbaetan ti Zora ken Estaol.
And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
