Jueces 13
1 Y los hijos de Israel tornaron a hacer lo malo en los ojos de Jehová, y Jehová los entregó en mano de los Filisteos cuarenta años.
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 Y había un hombre de Saraa de la tribu de Dan, el cual se llamaba Manue; y su mujer era estéril que nunca había parido.
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 A esta mujer se apareció el ángel de Jehová, y díjole: He aquí que tú eres estéril, y no has parido; mas concebirás, y parirás un hijo.
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 Ahora por tanto, mira ahora que no bebas vino, ni sidra, ni comas cosa inmunda:
[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 tú concebirás, y parirás un hijo: y no subirá navaja sobre su cabeza; porque aquel niño Nazareo será de Dios desde el vientre; y él comenzará a salvar a Israel de mano de los Filisteos.
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 Y la mujer vino, y contólo a su marido, diciendo: Un varón de Dios vino a mí, cuyo parecer era como parecer de un ángel de Dios, terrible en gran manera, y no le pregunté de donde ni quién era, ni tampoco él me dijo su nombre.
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 Y díjome: He aquí que tú concebirás, y parirás un hijo: por tanto ahora no bebas vino ni sidra, ni comas cosa inmunda; porque este niño desde el vientre será Nazareo de Dios hasta el día de su muerte.
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 Y oró Manue a Jehová, y dijo: Ay, Señor mío, yo te ruego que aquel varón de Dios, que enviaste, torne ahora a venir a nosotros, y nos enseñe lo que hayamos de hacer con el niño que ha de nacer.
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 Y Dios oyó la voz de Manue, y el ángel de Dios volvió otra vez a la mujer estando ella en el campo: mas su marido Manue no estaba con ella.
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 Y la mujer corrió presto, y díjolo a su marido, diciéndole: He aquí que aquel varón que vino hoy a mí, me ha aparecido.
So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
11 Y levantóse Manue, y siguió a su mujer: y después que llegó al varón, díjole: ¿Eres tú aquel varón que hablaste a esta mujer? Y él dijo: Yo soy.
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 Entonces Manue dijo: Cúmplase pues tu palabra: ¿qué orden se tendrá con el niño, y qué ha de hacer?
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 Y el ángel de Jehová respondió a Manue: La mujer se guardará de todas las cosas que yo le dije.
Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
14 Ella no comerá cosa que salga de vid que lleve vino: no beberá vino, ni sidra: y no comerá cosa inmunda: finalmente, guardará todo lo que le mandé.
[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 Entonces Manue dijo al ángel de Jehová: Ruégote que te detengamos, y aparejaremos delante de ti un cabrito de las cabras.
Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”
16 Y el ángel de Jehová respondió a Manue: Aunque me detengas, no comeré de tu pan; mas si quisieres hacer holocausto, sacrifícalo a Jehová. Y Manue no sabía que aquel fuese ángel de Jehová.
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 Y Manue dijo al ángel de Jehová: ¿Cómo es tu nombre, porque cuando tu palabra se cumpliere, te honremos?
Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”
18 Y el ángel de Jehová respondió: ¿Por qué preguntas por mi nombre, que es oculto?
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 Y Manue tomó un cabrito de las cabras, y un presente, y sacrificó sobre una peña a Jehová: e hizo milagro a vista de Manue y de su mujer.
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 Porque aconteció, que como la llama subía del altar hacia el cielo, el ángel de Jehová subió en la llama del altar a vista de Manue y de su mujer, los cuales se postraron en tierra sobre sus rostros.
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 Y el ángel de Jehová no tornó a aparecer a Manue ni a su mujer. Entonces conoció Manue que era el ángel de Jehová.
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 Y dijo Manue a su mujer: Ciertamente moriremos, porque a Dios habemos visto.
So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”
23 Y su mujer le respondió: Si Jehová nos quisiera matar, no tomara de nuestras manos el holocausto y el presente, ni nos hubiera mostrado todas estas cosas, ni según el tiempo nos hubiera anunciado esto.
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 Y la mujer parió un hijo, y llamóle por nombre Samsón. Y el niño creció, y Jehová le bendijo.
When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
25 Y el Espíritu de Jehová le comenzó a tomar por veces en Mahane-Dan, entre Saraa y Estaol.
And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
