Juízes 13
1 E os filhos d'Israel tornaram a fazer o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor, e o Senhor os entregou na mão dos philisteos por quarenta annos.
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 E havia um homem de Zora, da tribu de Dan, cujo nome era Manué: e sua mulher era esteril, e não paria.
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 E o anjo do Senhor appareceu a esta mulher, e disse-lhe: Eis que agora és esteril, e nunca tens parido; porém conceberás, e parirás um filho.
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 Agora, pois, guarda-te de que bebas vinho, ou bebida forte, ou comas coisa immunda.
[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 Porque eis que tu conceberás e parirás um filho sobre cuja cabeça não subirá navalha: porquanto o menino será nazireo de Deus desde o ventre: e elle começará a livrar a Israel da mão dos philisteos.
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 Então a mulher entrou, e fallou a seu marido, dizendo: Um homem de Deus veiu a mim, cuja vista era similhante á vista d'um anjo de Deus, terribilissima: e não lhe perguntei d'onde era, nem elle me disse o seu nome;
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 Porém disse-me: Eis que tu conceberás e parirás um filho: agora pois não bebas vinho, nem bebida forte, e não comas coisa immunda; porque o menino será nazireo de Deus, desde o ventre até ao dia da sua morte.
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 Então Manué orou instantemente ao Senhor, e disse: Ah! Senhor meu, rogo-te que o homem de Deus, que enviaste, ainda venha para nós outra vez e nos ensine o que devemos fazer ao menino que ha de nascer.
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 E Deus ouviu a voz de Manué: e o anjo de Deus veiu outra vez á mulher, e ella estava no campo, porém não estava com ella seu marido Manué.
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 Apressou-se pois a mulher, e correu, e noticiou-o a seu marido, e disse-lhe: Eis que aquelle homem que veiu a mim o outro dia me appareceu.
So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
11 Então Manué levantou-se, e seguiu a sua mulher, e veiu áquelle homem, e disse-lhe: És tu aquelle homem que fallaste a esta mulher? E disse: Eu sou
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 Então disse Manué: Cumpram-se as tuas palavras: mas qual será o modo de viver e serviço do menino?
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 E disse o anjo do Senhor a Manué: De tudo quanto eu disse á mulher se guardará ella.
Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
14 De tudo quanto procede da vide de vinho não comerá, nem vinho nem bebida forte beberá, nem coisa immunda comerá: tudo quanto lhe tenho ordenado guardará.
[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 Então Manué disse ao anjo do Senhor: Ora deixa que te detenhamos, e te preparemos um cabrito.
Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”
16 Porém o anjo do Senhor disse a Manué: Ainda que me detenhas, não comerei de teu pão; e se fizeres holocausto o offerecerás ao Senhor. Porque não sabia Manué que fosse o anjo do Senhor
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 E disse Manué ao anjo do Senhor: Qual é o teu nome? para que, quando se cumprir a tua palavra, te honremos.
Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”
18 E o anjo do Senhor lhe disse: Porque perguntas assim pelo meu nome, visto que é maravilhoso?
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 Então Manué tomou um cabrito e uma offerta de manjares, e os offereceu sobre uma penha ao Senhor: e obrou o anjo maravilhosamente, vendo-o Manué e sua mulher.
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 E succedeu que, subindo a chamma do altar para o céu, o anjo do Senhor subiu na chamma do altar: o que vendo Manué e sua mulher, cairam em terra sobre seus rostos.
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 E nunca mais appareceu o anjo do Senhor a Manué, nem a sua mulher: então conheceu Manué que era o anjo do Senhor.
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 E disse Manué a sua mulher: Certamente morreremos, porquanto temos visto a Deus.
So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”
23 Porém sua mulher lhe disse: Se o Senhor nos quizera matar, não acceitaria da nossa mão o holocausto e a offerta de manjares, nem nos mostraria tudo isto, nem nos deixaria ouvir taes coisas n'este tempo.
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 Depois pariu esta mulher um filho, e chamou o seu nome Sansão: e o menino cresceu, e o Senhor o abençoou.
When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
25 E o espirito do Senhor o começou a impellir de quando em quando para o campo de Dan, entre Zora e Estaol.
And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
