Dommernes 13
1 Men Israels-sønerne gjorde atter det som var Herren imot. Då let han filistarane få magt yver deim i fyrti år.
And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
2 Det var ein mann av Dans-ætti som heitte Manoah. Han budde i Sora. Kona hans var’kje barnkjømd; ho hadde aldri ått barn.
Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.
3 Og Herrens engel synte seg for kona, og sagde: «Kjære, eg veit at du er’kje barnkjømd og aldri hev ått barn, men du skal verta umhender og eiga ein son.
And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.
4 Agta deg no, og drikk ikkje vin eller sterk drykk, og et ikkje noko ureint!
Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
5 For no vert du umhender, og fær ein son: på hans hovud må det aldri koma saks; for sveinen skal vera vigd til Gud alt ifrå morsliv, og han skal gjera upptaket til å berga Israel frå filistarane.»
For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
6 So gjekk kona inn, og sagde det med mannen sin: «Det kom ein gudsmann til meg, » sagde ho; «han var å sjå til som Guds engel, fælande ageleg; men eg spurde ikkje kvar han var ifrå, og ikkje sagde han meg namnet sitt.
Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;
7 «Du skal verta umhender og eiga ein son, » sagde han med meg; «drikk no ikkje vin eller sterk drykk, og et ikkje noko ureint! For sveinen skal vera vigd til Gud frå morsliv og til sin døyande dag.»»
But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.
8 Då bad Manoah til Herren, og sagde: «Høyr meg, Herre! Lat den gudsmannen som du sende koma hit att og læra oss korleis me skal fara med det barnet som skal koma til verdi!»
Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.
9 Og Gud høyrde Manoahs bøn, og Guds engel kom att til kona ein gong ho sat utpå marki, og Manoah, mannen hennar, ikkje var med henne.
And God gave ear to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was seated in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 Då sprang ho svint heim, og sagde det med mannen sin: «No hev han synt seg for meg, den mannen som kom til meg her um dagen», sagde ho.
So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.
11 Manoah reiste seg, og fylgde kona si, og då han kom til mannen, spurde han: «Er du den mannen som hev tala til kona mi?» «Ja», svara han.
And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.
12 «Når det no gjeng fram det som du sagde, korleis skal me då stella oss med sveinen, og korleis skal me fara med honom?» sagde Manoah.
And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?
13 Då svara Herrens engel: «Alt det eg nemnde for kona, lyt ho agta seg for.
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.
14 Ho må ikkje eta noko som kjem av vintreet, og ikkje drikka vin eller sterk drykk, og ikkje eta noko ureint; alt det eg hev sagt til henne, lyt ho halda seg etter.»
She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.
15 «Kann du’kje bia eit bil, so me fær stella til eit kid for deg!» sagde Manoah. For han visste ikkje at det var Herrens engel.
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.
16 «Um eg biar, so et eg like vel ikkje av maten din, » svara Herrens engel; «men vil du laga til eit brennoffer åt Herren, so gjer det!»
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.
17 Då sagde Manoah til Herrens engel: «Kva er namnet ditt - so me kann få æra deg, når det hender det som du hev sagt!»
Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?
18 «Kvi spør du um namnet mitt?» svara han; «det er eit underleg namn!»
But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?
19 So tok Manoah kidet og grjonofferet, og ofra det på berget til Herren. Då hende eit stort under, so Manoah og kona hans såg på det:
So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.
20 Då logen steig upp frå altaret mot himmelen, då for Herrens engel upp i altarlogen. Då Manoah og kona hans såg det, kasta dei seg å gruve på jordi.
And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.
21 Herrens engel synte seg ikkje oftare for Manoah og kona hans; då skyna Manoah at det var Herrens engel,
But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.
22 og han sagde til kona si: «No lyt me døy; for me hev set Gud!»
And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.
23 Men kona svara: «Hadde Herren havt hug til å drepa oss, so hadde han ikkje teke mot brennoffer og grjonoffer av oss, og me hadde ikkje fenge set alt dette, og ikkje fenge høyrt slikt som det me høyrde no.»
But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.
24 Då det leid på, fekk kona ein son, og kalla honom Samson. Guten voks upp, og Herren velsigna honom.
So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.
25 Det var i Dans-lægret millom Sora og Estaol, Herrens ande fyrst tok til å driva honom.
And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
