Mpitsara 13
1 Ary ny Zanak’ Isiraely nanao izay ratsy eo imason’ i Jehovah indray, ka dia natolotr’ i Jehovah teo an-tànan’ ny Filistina efa-polo taona izy.
And again, the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
2 Ary nisy lehilahy avy tany Zora amin’ ny fokon’ ny Danita, Manoa no anarany; ary momba ny vadiny ka tsy niteraka.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.
3 Ary Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah niseho tamin-dravehivavy ka nanao taminy hoe: Indro, momba ianao ka tsy niteraka; nefa hanan’ anaka ianao ka hiteraka zazalahy.
And an Angel of the Lord appeared to her, and he said: “You are barren and without children. But you shall conceive and bear a son.
4 Koa mitandrema ianao ankehitriny, ka aza misotro divay na toaka, ary aza mihinana akory izay zava-padina.
Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
5 Fa, indro, hanan’ anaka ianao ka hiteraka zazalahy; ary tsy mba hokasihin-kareza ny lohany; fa ho Nazirita ho an’ Andriamanitra hatrany an-kibo ny zaza; ary izy no hanomboka hamonjy ny Isiraely amin’ ny tanan’ ny Filistina.
For you shall conceive and bear a son, whose head no razor shall touch. For he shall be a Nazirite of God, from his infancy and from his mother’s womb. And he shall begin to free Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
6 Dia nandeha ravehivavy ka nilaza tamin’ ny vadiny hoe: Nisy lehilahin’ Andriamanitra tonga tamiko, ary nahatahotra indrindra ny fijery azy, tahaka ny fijery Ilay Anjelin’ Andriamanitra, ka tsy nanontany Azy izay nihaviany aho, ary tsy nambarany ahy ny anarany.
And when she had gone to her husband, she said to him: “A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an Angel, exceedingly terrible. And when I had inquired of him, who he was, and where he was from, and what name he was called, he was not willing to tell me.
7 Fa hoy Izy tamiko: Indro, hanan’ anaka ianao ka hiteraka zazalahy; koa ankehitriny aza misotro divay na toaka ianao, ary aza mihinana akory izay zava-padina; fa ho Nazirita ho an’ Andriamanitra ny zaza hatrany an-kibo ka ambara-pahafatiny
But he responded: ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. And you shall not consume anything unclean. For the boy shall be a Nazirite of God from his infancy, from his mother’s womb, even until the day of his death.’”
8 Ary Manoa nangataka tamin’ i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Ry Tompo ô, aoka hankatỳ aminay indray ny lehilahin’ Andriamanitra, ilay efa nirahinao, ka hampianatra anay ny hitondranay ny zaza izay ho teraka.
And so Manoah prayed to the Lord, and he said, “I beg you Lord, that the man of God, whom you sent, may come again, and may teach us what we ought to do about the boy who is to be born.”
9 Ary Andriamanitra nihaino ny feon’ i Manoa, ka dia nankany amin-dravehivavy indray Ilay Anjelin’ Andriamanitra, raha tany an-tsaha izy; fa Manoa vadiny tsy teo aminy.
And the Lord heeded the prayer of Manoah, and the Angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife, sitting in a field. But her husband Manoah was not with her. And when she had seen the Angel,
10 Dia nihazakazaka faingana ravehivavy ka nanambara tamin’ ny vadiny hoe: Indro, niseho tamiko indray ny lehilahy izay tonga tamiko tamin’ ilay indray andro.
she hurried and ran to her husband. And she reported to him, saying, “Behold, the man appeared to me, whom I had seen before.”
11 Dia nitsangana Manoa ka nandeha nanaraka ny vadiny, dia nankany amin-dralehilahy ka nanao taminy hoe: Hianao moa ilay lehilahy niteny tamin-dravehivavy? Dia hoy Izy: Eny, Izaho no Izy.
And he rose up and followed his wife. And going to the man, he said to him, “Are you the one who spoke to my wife?” And he responded, “I am.”
12 Dia hoy Manoa: Raha tanteraka ilay teninao, ahoana ange no hitondranay ny zaza, ary inona no ho asany?
And Manoah said to him: “When will your word be fulfilled. What do you want the boy to do? Or from what should he keep himself?”
13 Ary hoy Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah tamin’ i Manoa: Izay rehetra efa nolazaiko tamin-dravehivavy dia aoka hotandremany avokoa.
And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah: “Concerning all the things about which I have spoken to your wife, she herself should abstain.
14 Izay rehetra avy amin’ ny voaloboka dia aza avela hohaniny, ary aza avela hisotro divay na toaka izy, na hihinana akory izay zava-padina; izay rehetra nandidiako azy dia aoka hotandremany avokoa.
And let her eat nothing from the vine. She may not drink wine or strong drink. She may consume nothing unclean. And let her observe and keep what I have instructed to her.”
15 Ary hoy Manoa tamin’ Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah: Aoka mba hotananay Hianao mandra-pamboatray zanak’ osy ho Anao.
And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “I beg you to agree to my petition, and to let us prepare a kid from the goats.”
16 Dia hoy Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah tamin’ i Manoa: Na dia tananao aza Aho, tsy mba hihinana amin’ ny haninao Aho tsy akory; fa raha hanatitra fanatitra dorana ianao, dia aoka Jehovah no hanateranao izany. Fa tsy fantatr’ i Manoa ho Anjelin’ i Jehovah Izy.
And the Angel answered him: “Even if you compel me, I will not eat from your bread. But if you are willing to offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord.” And Manoah did not know that he was an Angel of the Lord.
17 Dia hoy Manoa tamin’ Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah: Iza moa no anaranao, mba hanomezanay voninahitra Anao, rehefa tanteraka ny teninao?
And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”
18 Ary hoy Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah taminy: Nahoana no manontany ny anarako ianao? Fa anarana mahagaga izany.
And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”
19 Dia naka ny zanak’ osy sy ny fanatitra hohanina Manoa ka nanatitra ireny teo ambonin’ ny vatolampy ho an’ i Jehovah; ary Ilay Anjely kosa nanao zava-mahagaga, raha mbola nijery teo Manoa mivady.
And so, Manoah took a kid from the goats, and libations, and he placed them upon a rock, as an offering to the Lord, who accomplishes wonders. Then he and his wife watched.
20 Ary raha niakatra ho amin’ ny lanitra ny lelafo avy teo amin’ ny alitara, dia niakatra teo anatin’ ny lelafo avy teo amin’ ny alitara Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah. Ary nijery izany Manoa mivady, ka dia niankohoka tamin’ ny tany.
And when the flame of the altar ascended to heaven, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. And when Manoah and his wife had seen this, they fell prone on the ground.
21 Ary tsy niseho tamin’ i Manoa sy ny vadiny intsony Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah; dia fantatr’ i Manoa fa Anjelin’ i Jehovah Izy.
And the Angel of the Lord no longer appeared to them. And immediately, Manoah understood him to be an Angel of the Lord.
22 Ary hoy Manoa tamin’ ny vadiny: Ho faty tokoa isika, satria efa nahita an’ Andriamanitra.
And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”
23 Fa hoy ny vadiny taminy: Raha sitrak’ i Jehovah ny hahafaty antsika, dia tsy ho nety nandray fanatitra dorana sy fanatitra hohanina tamin’ ny tanantsika akory Izy, ary tsy ho nampahita antsika izany zavatra rehetra izany, ary tsy ho nampandre antsika izany zavatra izany ankehitriny.
And his wife answered him, “If the Lord wished to kill us, he would not have accepted the holocaust and the libations from our hands. He would not have revealed all these things to us, nor would he have told us the things that are in the future.”
24 Ary niteraka zazalahy ravehivavy, ka ny anarany nataony hoe Samsona; dia nitombo ny zaza, ary Jehovah nitahy azy.
And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 Dia niantomboka nanindry azy indraindray ny Fanahin’ i Jehovah tany Mahane-dana, teo anelanelan’ i Zora sy Estaola.
And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
