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 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 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 from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.
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 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 Agta deg no, og drikk ikkje vin eller sterk drykk, og et ikkje noko ureint!
Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
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 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 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.
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 «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 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 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!»
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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 «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 to him: “When will your word be fulfilled. What do you want the boy to do? Or from what should he keep himself?”
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: “Concerning all the things about which I have spoken to your wife, she herself should abstain.
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.»
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 «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, “I beg you to agree to my petition, and to let us prepare a kid from the goats.”
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 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 Då sagde Manoah til Herrens engel: «Kva er namnet ditt - so me kann få æra deg, når det hender det som du hev sagt!»
And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”
18 «Kvi spør du um namnet mitt?» svara han; «det er eit underleg namn!»
And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which 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:
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 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 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 Herrens engel synte seg ikkje oftare for Manoah og kona hans; då skyna Manoah at det var Herrens engel,
And the Angel of the Lord no longer appeared to them. And immediately, Manoah understood him to be an Angel of the Lord.
22 og han sagde til kona si: «No lyt me døy; for me hev set Gud!»
And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”
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.»
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 Då det leid på, fekk kona ein son, og kalla honom Samson. Guten voks upp, og Herren velsigna honom.
And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed 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 began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
