Iudicum 13
1 rursumque filii Israhel fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini qui tradidit eos in manus Philisthinorum quadraginta annis
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
2 erat autem vir quidam de Saraa et de stirpe Dan nomine Manue habens uxorem sterilem
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
3 cui apparuit angelus Domini et dixit ad eam sterilis es et absque liberis sed concipies et paries filium
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
4 cave ergo ne vinum bibas ac siceram ne inmundum quicquam comedas
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
5 quia concipies et paries filium cuius non tanget caput novacula erit enim nazareus Dei ab infantia sua et ex matris utero et ipse incipiet liberare Israhel de manu Philisthinorum
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
6 quae cum venisset ad maritum dixit ei vir Dei venit ad me habens vultum angelicum terribilis nimis quem cum interrogassem quis esset et unde venisset et quo nomine vocaretur noluit mihi dicere
So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
7 sed hoc respondit ecce concipies et paries filium cave ne vinum bibas et siceram et ne aliquo vescaris inmundo erit enim puer nazareus Dei ab infantia sua et ex utero matris usque ad diem mortis suae
But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
8 oravit itaque Manue Deum et ait obsecro Domine ut vir Dei quem misisti veniat iterum et doceat nos quid debeamus facere de puero qui nasciturus est
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
9 exaudivitque Dominus precantem Manue et apparuit rursum angelus Domini uxori eius sedenti in agro Manue autem maritus eius non erat cum ea quae cum vidisset angelum
And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 festinavit et cucurrit ad virum suum nuntiavitque ei dicens ecce apparuit mihi vir quem ante videram
The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
11 qui surrexit et secutus est uxorem suam veniensque ad virum dixit ei tu es qui locutus es mulieri et ille respondit ego sum
So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
12 cui Manue quando inquit sermo tuus fuerit expletus quid vis ut faciat puer aut a quo se observare debebit
Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
13 dixitque angelus Domini ad Manue ab omnibus quae locutus sum uxori tuae abstineat se
So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
14 et quicquid ex vinea nascitur non comedat vinum et siceram non bibat nullo vescatur inmundo et quod ei praecepi impleat atque custodiat
She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
15 dixitque Manue ad angelum Domini obsecro te ut adquiescas precibus meis et faciamus tibi hedum de capris
“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
16 cui respondit angelus si me cogis non comedam panes tuos sin autem vis holocaustum facere offer illud Domino et nesciebat Manue quod angelus Dei esset
And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.
17 dixitque ad eum quod est tibi nomen ut si sermo tuus fuerit expletus honoremus te
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
18 cui ille respondit cur quaeris nomen meum quod est mirabile
“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
19 tulit itaque Manue hedum de capris et libamenta et posuit super petram offerens Domino qui facit mirabilia ipse autem et uxor eius intuebantur
Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
20 cumque ascenderet flamma altaris in caelum angelus Domini in flamma pariter ascendit quod cum vidisset Manue et uxor eius proni ceciderunt in terram
When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
21 et ultra non eis apparuit angelus Domini statimque intellexit Manue angelum esse Domini
And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
22 et dixit ad uxorem suam morte moriemur quia vidimus Deum
“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
23 cui respondit mulier si Dominus nos vellet occidere de manibus nostris holocaustum et libamenta non suscepisset nec ostendisset nobis haec omnia neque ea quae sunt ventura dixisset
But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
24 peperit itaque filium et vocavit nomen eius Samson crevitque puer et benedixit ei Dominus
So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
25 coepitque spiritus Domini esse cum eo in castris Dan inter Saraa et Esthaol
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
