Juízes 13
1 E os filhos de Israel tornaram a fazer o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor, e o Senhor os entregou na mão dos philisteus por quarenta anos.
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 E havia um homem de Zora, da tribo de Dan, cujo nome era Manué: e sua mulher era estéril, e não paria.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.
3 E o anjo do Senhor apareceu a esta mulher, e disse-lhe: Eis que agora és estéril, e nunca tens parido; porém conceberás, e parirás um filho.
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 Agora, pois, guarda-te de que bebas vinho, ou bebida forte, ou comas coisa imunda.
Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
5 Porque eis que tu conceberás e parirás um filho sobre cuja cabeça não subirá navalha: porquanto o menino será nazireu de Deus desde o ventre: e ele começará a livrar a Israel da mão dos philisteus.
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 Então a mulher entrou, e falou a seu marido, dizendo: Um homem de Deus veio a mim, cuja vista era semelhante à vista dum anjo de Deus, terribilíssima: e não lhe perguntei de onde era, nem ele me disse o seu nome;
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 Porém disse-me: Eis que tu conceberás e parirás um filho: agora pois não bebas vinho, nem bebida forte, e não comas coisa imunda; porque o menino será nazireu de Deus, desde o ventre até ao dia da sua morte.
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 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 há de nascer.
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 E Deus ouviu a voz de Manué: e o anjo de Deus veio outra vez à mulher, e ela estava no campo, porém não estava com ela seu marido Manué.
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 Apressou-se pois a mulher, e correu, e noticiou-o a seu marido, e disse-lhe: Eis que aquele homem que veio a mim o outro dia me apareceu.
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 Então Manué levantou-se, e seguiu a sua mulher, e veio àquele homem, e disse-lhe: És tu aquele homem que falaste a esta mulher? E disse: Eu sou
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 Então disse Manué: Cumpram-se as tuas palavras: mas qual será o modo de viver e serviço do menino?
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 E disse o anjo do Senhor a Manué: De tudo quanto eu disse à mulher se guardará ela.
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 De tudo quanto procede da vide de vinho não comerá, nem vinho nem bebida forte beberá, nem coisa imunda comerá: tudo quanto lhe tenho ordenado guardará.
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 Então Manué disse ao anjo do Senhor: Ora deixa que te detenhamos, e te preparemos um cabrito.
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 Porém o anjo do Senhor disse a Manué: Ainda que me detenhas, não comerei de teu pão; e se fizeres holocausto o oferecerás ao Senhor. Porque não sabia Manué que fosse o anjo do Senhor
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 E disse Manué ao anjo do Senhor: Qual é o teu nome? para que, quando se cumprir a tua palavra, te honremos.
And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”
18 E o anjo do Senhor lhe disse: Porque perguntas assim pelo meu nome, visto que é maravilhoso?
And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”
19 Então Manué tomou um cabrito e uma oferta de manjares, e os ofereceu sobre uma penha ao Senhor: e obrou o anjo maravilhosamente, vendo-o Manué e sua mulher.
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 E sucedeu que, subindo a chama do altar para o céu, o anjo do Senhor subiu na chama do altar: o que vendo Manué e sua mulher, cairam em terra sobre seus rostos.
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 E nunca mais apareceu o anjo do Senhor a Manué, nem a sua mulher: então conheceu Manué que era o anjo do Senhor.
And the Angel of the Lord no longer appeared to them. And immediately, Manoah understood him to be an Angel of the Lord.
22 E disse Manué a sua mulher: Certamente morreremos, porquanto temos visto a Deus.
And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”
23 Porém sua mulher lhe disse: Se o Senhor nos quizera matar, não aceitaria da nossa mão o holocausto e a oferta de manjares, nem nos mostraria tudo isto, nem nos deixaria ouvir tais coisas neste tempo.
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 Depois pariu esta mulher um filho, e chamou o seu nome Sansão: e o menino cresceu, e o Senhor o abençoou.
And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 E o espírito do Senhor o começou a impelir de quando em quando para o campo de Dan, entre Zora e Estaol.
And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
