Waamuzi 13
1 Watu wa Israeli wakafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, naye akawatia mikononi mwa Wafilisti kwa miaka arobaini.
And the sons of Israel add to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH gives them into the hand of the Philistines [for] 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 is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and has not borne;
3 Malaika wa Bwana akamtokea yule mwanamke akamwambia, Tazame sasa, umeshindwa kupata mimba, wala hujazaa, lakini utakuwa na mimba na utazaa mtoto.
and the Messenger of YHWH appears to the woman and says to her, “Now behold, you [are] barren and have not borne; when you have conceived, then you have borne a son.
4 Sasa kuwa makini usinywe divai au kileo, wala usile kitu chochote kilicho najisi.
And now, please take heed and do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any 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 conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor does not go up on his head, for the youth is a Nazarite to God from the womb, and he begins to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
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 comes and speaks to her husband, saying, “A Man of God has come to me, and His appearance [is] as the appearance of the Messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked Him where He [is] from, and he has not declared His Name to me;
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 says to me, Behold, you are pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for the youth is a Nazarite 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 Manoah makes plea to YHWH and says, “O my Lord, the Man of God whom You sent, please let Him come in again to us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.”
9 Mungu akajibu sala ya Manoa, na malaika wa Mungu akamwendea mwanamke tena akiwa ameketi shambani. Lakini Manoa mumewe hakuwa pamoja naye.
And God listens to the voice of Manoah, and the Messenger of God comes again to the woman, and she [is] sitting in a field, and her husband Manoah is not with her,
10 Basi mwanamke akakimbia haraka akamwambia mumewe, “Tazama! Yule mtu ameonekana kwangu-aliyekuja kwangu siku ile!”
and the woman hurries, and runs, and declares [it] to her husband, and says to him, “Behold, He has appeared to me—the Man who came on [that] day 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 Manoah rises, and goes after his wife, and comes to the Man, and says to Him, “Are you the Man who spoke to the woman?” And He says, “I [am].”
12 Manoa akasema, Sasa maneno yako yatimike. Je! kuna maagizo gani kwa ajili ya mtoto, na kazi yake itakuwa nini? '
And Manoah says, “Now let Your words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth—and his work?”
13 Malaika wa Bwana akamwambia Manoa, 'Lazima mkeo afanye kila kitu nilichomwambia.
And the Messenger of YHWH says to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her take heed;
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 does not eat of anything which comes out from the wine-vine, and she does not drink wine and strong drink, and she does not eat any unclean thing; she observes all that I have commanded her.”
15 Manoa akamwambia malaika wa Bwana, Tafadhali keti kwa muda, utupe wakati wa kuandaa mbuzi kwa ajili yako.
And Manoah says to the Messenger of YHWH, “Please let us detain You, and we prepare a kid of the goats before You.”
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 Messenger of YHWH says to Manoah, “If you detain Me—I do not eat of your bread; and if you prepare a burnt-offering—offer it to YHWH”; for Manoah has not known that He [is] the Messenger of YHWH.
17 Manoa akamwambia malaika wa Bwana, Jina lako ni nani, ili tukuheshimu wakati maneno yako yatakapotimia?
And Manoah says to the Messenger of YHWH, “What [is] Your Name? When Your words come to pass, then we have honored You.”
18 Malaika wa Bwana akamwambia, Mbona unauliza jina langu? Ni ajabu! '
And the Messenger of YHWH says to him, “Why do you ask this, My Name, since it [is] incomprehensible?”
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 Manoah takes the kid of the goats, and the present, and offers on the rock to YHWH, and He is doing wonderfully, and Manoah and his wife are 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 comes to pass, in the going up of the flame from off the altar toward the heavens, that the Messenger of YHWH goes up in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife are looking on, and they fall on their faces to the earth,
21 malaika wa Bwana hakuonekana tena kwa Manoa au mkewe. Manoa akajua kwamba yule ndiye malaika wa Bwana.
and the Messenger of YHWH has not added again to appear to Manoah, and to his wife, then Manoah has known that He [is] the Messenger of YHWH.
22 Manoa akamwambia mkewe, 'Hakika tutakufa, kwa sababu tumemwona Mungu!'
And Manoah says to his wife, “We certainly die, for 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.
And his wife says to him, “If YHWH were desirous to put us to death, He had not received burnt-offering and present from our hands, nor showed us all these things, nor caused us to hear [anything] like this as [at this] time.”
24 Baadaye mwanamke akamzaa mtoto, akamwita jina lake Samsoni. Mtoto alikua na Bwana akambariki.
And the woman bears a son, and calls his name Samson, and the youth grows, and YHWH blesses him,
25 Roho wa Bwana akaanza kumchochea Mahane Dani, kati ya Sora na Eshtaoli.
and the Spirit of YHWH begins to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
