Jueces 13

1 Pero los hijos de Israel volvieron a hacer lo malo ante Yavé, y Él los entregó en mano de los filisteos 40 años.

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 Hubo entonces un hombre de Sora, de la tribu de Dan, llamado Manoa. Su esposa era estéril y no tenía descendencia.

Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.

3 Pero el Ángel de Yavé apareció a aquella mujer y le dijo: Mira, eres estéril y no tienes descendencia, pero concebirás y darás a luz un hijo.

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 Ahora pues, no bebas vino ni jugo de manzana fermentado, ni comas cosa impura,

Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.

5 porque ciertamente concebirás y darás a luz un hijo. No pasará navaja sobre su cabeza, porque ese niño será nazareo de ʼElohim desde el vientre. Él comenzará a librar a Israel de mano de los filisteos.

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 La mujer fue y se lo contó a su esposo: Un varón de ʼElohim vino a mí. Su aspecto era como el aspecto de un Ángel de ʼElohim, muy asombroso. No le pregunté de dónde era, ni él me dijo su nombre.

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 Y me dijo: Mira, concebirás y darás a luz un hijo. Por tanto, ahora no bebas vino ni jugo de manzana fermentado, ni comas cosa impura, porque este niño será nazareo de ʼElohim desde el vientre hasta el día de su muerte.

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 Entonces Manoa imploró a Yavé: Oh, ʼAdonay, te ruego que el Varón de ʼElohim a Quien enviaste, venga otra vez a nosotros aquí, y nos enseñe qué hacer con el niño que va a nacer.

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 ʼElohim escuchó la voz de Manoa, y el Ángel de ʼElohim vino otra vez a la mujer, cuando ella estaba sentada en el campo, pero Manoa, su esposo, no estaba con ella.

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 La mujer se apresuró y corrió. Le informó a su esposo y le dijo: Mira, me apareció el mismo Varón que vino a mí el otro día.

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 Manoa se levantó y fue tras su esposa, y al llegar ante aquel Varón, le dijo: ¿Eres Tú el varón que habló a [mi] esposa? Él respondió: Yo soy.

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 Manoa dijo: Cuando se cumplan tus palabras, ¿cómo será el modo de vida del niño y cuál su vocación?

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 El Ángel de Yavé respondió a Manoa: [Tu] esposa pondrá atención a todo lo que Yo le dije:

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 No comerá nada que proceda de la vid, ni beberá vino, ni jugo de manzana fermentado, ni cosa impura. Guardará todo lo que le ordené.

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 Entonces Manoa dijo al Ángel de Yavé: Te ruego, permítenos detenerte y preparar para ti un cabrito del rebaño.

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 El Ángel de Yavé respondió a Manoa: Aunque me detengas no comeré de tu manjar. Pero si preparas un holocausto, ofrécelo a Yavé. Manoa no sabía que Él era el Ángel de Yavé.

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 Y Manoa preguntó al Ángel de Yavé: ¿Cuál es tu nombre, para que te honremos cuando se cumpla tu Palabra?

And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”

18 El Ángel de Yavé respondió a Manoa: ¿Por qué preguntas mi Nombre si ves que es Admirable?

And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”

19 Entonces Manoa tomó un cabrito del rebaño y la ofrenda vegetal, y lo sacrificó sobre la peña a Yavé. Mientras Manoa y su esposa lo contemplaban, Él obró una maravilla.

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 Pues sucedió que mientras la llama subía del altar hacia el cielo, el Ángel de Yavé ascendió en la llama del altar. Al ver esto Manoa y su esposa cayeron a tierra sobre sus rostros.

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 El Ángel de Yavé no volvió a aparecer a Manoa ni a su esposa. Entonces Manoa comprendió que era el Ángel de Yavé.

And the Angel of the Lord no longer appeared to them. And immediately, Manoah understood him to be an Angel of the Lord.

22 Por lo cual Manoa dijo a su esposa: ¡Sin duda moriremos, porque vimos a ʼElohim!

And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”

23 Pero su esposa le respondió: Si Yavé hubiera querido hacernos morir, no habría tomado de nuestra mano el holocausto y la ofrenda, ni nos habría mostrado estas cosas, ni nos habría anunciado en este tiempo cosa semejante.

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

And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.

25 El Espíritu de Yavé comenzó a impulsarlo en los campamentos de Dan, entre Sora y Estaol.

And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.