Waamuzi 13
1 Watu wa Israeli wakafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, naye akawatia mikononi mwa Wafilisti kwa miaka arobaini.
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 Kulikuwa na mtu kutoka Sora, wa jamaa ya Wadani, jina lake Manoa. Mke wake hakuweza kupata mimba na hivyo hakuzaa.
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 Malaika wa Bwana akamtokea yule mwanamke akamwambia, Tazame sasa, umeshindwa kupata mimba, wala hujazaa, lakini utakuwa na mimba na utazaa mtoto.
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 Sasa kuwa makini usinywe divai au kileo, wala usile kitu chochote kilicho najisi.
And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
5 Angalia, utakuwa na mjamzito na kuzaliwa mtoto mwanaume. Hakuna wembe itakayotumiwa juu ya kichwa chake, kwa kuwa mtoto atakuwa Mnaziri kwa Mungu kutoka tumboni, naye ataanza kuwaokoa Israeli kutoka mkono wa Wafilisti.
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 Kisha mwanamke akaenda kumwambia mumewe, “Mtu wa Mungu alikuja kwangu, na kuonekana kwake kulikuwa kama malaika wa Mungu, wa kutisha sana. Sikumwuliza ametokea wapi, na hakuniambia jina lake.
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 Akaniambia, 'Tazama! Utakuwa mjamzito, na utazaa mtoto. Basi usinywe divai au kileo, wala usile chakula chochote ambacho sheria inasema kuwa si safi, kwa kuwa mtoto huyo atakuwa Mnaziri kwa Mungu tangu akipokuwa tumboni mwako mpaka siku ya kufa kwake.”
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 Ndipo Manoa akamwomba Bwana, akasema, Ee Bwana, tafadhali mruhusu mtu wa Mungu uliyemtuma arudi kwetu ili atufundishe kile tutakachotendea kwa mtoto atakayezaliwa hivi karibuni.
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 Mungu akajibu sala ya Manoa, na malaika wa Mungu akamwendea mwanamke tena akiwa ameketi shambani. Lakini Manoa mumewe hakuwa pamoja naye.
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 Basi mwanamke akakimbia haraka akamwambia mumewe, “Tazama! Yule mtu ameonekana kwangu-aliyekuja kwangu siku ile!”
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 akasimama na kumfuata mkewe. Alipofika kwa mtu huyo, akasema, “Je, wewe ndiwe mtu aliyezungumza na mke wangu?'” Mtu huyo akasema, “Ni mimi.”
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 akasema, Sasa maneno yako yatimike. Je! kuna maagizo gani kwa ajili ya mtoto, na kazi yake itakuwa nini? '
And Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
13 Malaika wa Bwana akamwambia Manoa, 'Lazima mkeo afanye kila kitu nilichomwambia.
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.
14 Asile kitu chochote kinachotokana na mizabibu, wala usimruhusu kunywa divai au kileo; usimruhusu ale chakula chochote ambacho sheria inasema kuwa si safi. Anapaswa kutii kila kitu nilichoamuru afanye.
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 akamwambia malaika wa Bwana, Tafadhali keti kwa muda, utupe wakati wa kuandaa mbuzi kwa ajili yako.
And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.
16 Malaika wa Bwana akamwambia Manowa, Hata kama nitakaa, sitakula chakula chako. Lakini ukitayarisha sadaka ya kuteketezwa, toa kwa Bwana. ' (Manowa hakujua kwamba alikuwa malaika wa Bwana.)
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 akamwambia malaika wa Bwana, Jina lako ni nani, ili tukuheshimu wakati maneno yako yatakapotimia?
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 Malaika wa Bwana akamwambia, Mbona unauliza jina langu? Ni ajabu! '
And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
19 Manoa akamchukua huyo mbuzi pamoja na sadaka ya nafaka, akatoa sadaka juu ya mwamba kwa Bwana. Alifanya jambo la ajabu wakati Manoah na mke wake walikuwa wakiangalia.
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 Wakati huo moto ukatoka juu ya madhabahu kwenda mbinguni, malaika wa Bwana akapanda katika moto wa madhabahu. Manoah na mkewe waliona jambo hilo wakainamisha vichwa vyao chini.
And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar towards 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 malaika wa Bwana hakuonekana tena kwa Manoa au mkewe. Manoa akajua kwamba yule ndiye malaika wa Bwana.
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 akamwambia mkewe, 'Hakika tutakufa, kwa sababu tumemwona Mungu!'
And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
23 Lakini mkewe akamwambia, Ikiwa Bwana alitaka kutuua, asingepokea sadaka ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya nafaka tuliyompa. Asingetuonesha mambo haya yote, wala wakati huu asingeweza kuturuhusu tusikie mambo hayo.
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 Baadaye mwanamke akamzaa mtoto, akamwita jina lake Samsoni. Mtoto alikua na Bwana akambariki.
And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
25 Roho wa Bwana akaanza kumchochea Mahane Dani, kati ya Sora na Eshtaoli.
And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.
