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 yet again committed iniquity before the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phylistines 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.

And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoe, and his wife was barren, and bore not.

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 an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have not born; yet you shall conceive a son.

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

And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;

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 behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.

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;

And the woman went in, and spoke to her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance [was as] of an angel of God, very dreadful; and I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell 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’”.

And he said to me, Behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until 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.”

And Manoe prayed to the Lord and said, I pray you, O Lord my lord, [concerning] the man of God whom you sent; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about to be born.

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 the Lord heard the voice of Manoe, and the angel of God came yet again to the woman; and she sat in the field, and Manoe her husband 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.”

And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in [the other] day to me has appeared to me.

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 Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I [am].

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

And Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?

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 Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.

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 shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.

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

And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.

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 Manoe, If you should detain me, I will not eat of your bread; and if you would offer a whole burnt offering, to the Lord you shall offer it: for Manoe knew not that he [was] an angel of the Lord.

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

And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What [is] your name, that [when] your word shall come to pass, we may glorify you?

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

And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?

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.

And Manoe took a kid of the goats and its meat-offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and [the angel] wrought a distinct work, and Manoe and his wife were looking on.

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 it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoe and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face 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.

And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an angel of the Lord.

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

And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

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 were pleased to kill us, he would not have received of our hand a whole burnt offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shown us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things

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

And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

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

And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.