Jueces 13

1 Los hijos de Israel volvieron a hacer lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, y Yahvé los entregó en manos de los filisteos durante cuarenta años.

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 Había un hombre de Zora, de la familia de los danitas, que se llamaba Manoa, y su mujer era estéril y sin hijos.

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 El ángel de Yahvé se le apareció a la mujer y le dijo: “Mira ahora, eres estéril y sin hijos; pero concebirás y darás a luz un hijo.

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 Ahora, pues, guárdate y no bebas vino ni bebida fuerte, ni comas nada impuro;

Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;

5 porque, he aquí, concebirás y darás a luz un hijo. No se le pasará ninguna navaja por la cabeza, porque el niño será nazireo a Dios desde el vientre. Él comenzará a salvar a Israel de la mano de los filisteos”.

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 Entonces la mujer vino y se lo contó a su marido, diciendo: “Vino a mí un hombre de Dios, y su rostro era como el del ángel de Dios, muy imponente. No le pregunté de dónde era, ni me dijo su nombre;

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 sino que me dijo: ‘He aquí que concebirás y darás a luz un hijo; y ahora no bebas vino ni bebida fuerte. No comas nada impuro, porque el niño será nazireo a Dios desde el vientre hasta el día de su muerte’”.

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 Entonces Manoa suplicó a Yahvé y le dijo: “Oh, Señor, haz que el hombre de Dios que enviaste vuelva a nosotros y nos enseñe lo que debemos hacer con el niño que va a nacer.”

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 Dios escuchó la voz de Manoa, y el ángel de Dios se acercó de nuevo a la mujer mientras estaba sentada en el campo; pero Manoa, su marido, no estaba con ella.

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 La mujer se apresuró a correr y se lo comunicó a su marido, diciéndole: “He aquí que se me ha aparecido el hombre que vino a mí aquel día.”

So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

11 Manoa se levantó, siguió a su mujer y, acercándose al hombre, le dijo: “¿Eres tú el hombre que ha hablado con mi mujer?” Él dijo: “Yo soy”.

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 Manoa dijo: “Ahora que se cumplan tus palabras. ¿Cuál será la forma de vida y la misión del niño?”

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 El ángel de Yahvé le dijo a Manoa: “Que tenga cuidado con todo lo que le dije a la mujer.

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.

14 No debe comer nada que provenga de la vid, ni beber vino o bebida fuerte, ni comer ninguna cosa impura. Que observe todo lo que le he mandado”.

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 Manoa dijo al ángel de Yahvé: “Por favor, quédate con nosotros, para que te preparemos un cabrito”.

And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

16 El ángel de Yahvé le dijo a Manoa: “Aunque me detengas, no comeré tu pan. Si vas a preparar un holocausto, debes ofrecerlo a Yahvé”. Pues Manoa no sabía que era el ángel de Yahvé.

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 Manoa le dijo al ángel de Yahvé: “¿Cuál es tu nombre, para que cuando ocurran tus palabras te honremos?”

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 El ángel de Yahvé le dijo: “¿Por qué preguntas por mi nombre, ya que es incomprensible?”

But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

19 Entonces Manoa tomó el cabrito con la ofrenda de comida y lo ofreció sobre la roca a Yahvé. Entonces el ángel hizo una cosa sorprendente mientras Manoa y su esposa miraban.

So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.

20 Porque cuando la llama subió hacia el cielo desde el altar, el ángel de Yahvé ascendió en la llama del altar. Manoa y su esposa miraban, y se postraron en tierra.

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 Pero el ángel de Yahvé no se le apareció más a Manoa ni a su esposa. Entonces Manoa supo que era el ángel de Yahvé.

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 Manoa dijo a su mujer: “Seguramente moriremos, porque hemos visto a Dios”.

And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.

23 Pero su mujer le dijo: “Si Yahvé se complaciera en matarnos, no habría recibido de nuestra mano un holocausto y una ofrenda, y no nos habría mostrado todas estas cosas, ni nos habría dicho cosas como éstas en este momento.”

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 La mujer dio a luz un hijo y lo llamó Sansón. El niño creció y el Señor lo bendijo.

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 El Espíritu de Yahvé comenzó a moverlo en Mahaneh Dan, entre Zorah y Eshtaol.

And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.