اَلْقُضَاة 13

١ 1 ثُمَّ عَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَدَفَعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَدِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ صُرْعَةَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ ٱلدَّانِيِّينَ ٱسْمُهُ مَنُوحُ، وَٱمْرَأَتُهُ عَاقِرٌ لَمْ تَلِدْ.

Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

٣ 3 فَتَرَاءَى مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَقَالَ لَهَا: «هَا أَنْتِ عَاقِرٌ لَمْ تَلِدِي، وَلَكِنَّكِ تَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ٱبْنًا.

The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

٤ 4 وَٱلْآنَ فَٱحْذَرِي وَلَا تَشْرَبِي خَمْرًا وَلَا مُسْكِرًا، وَلَا تَأْكُلِي شَيْئًا نَجِسًا.

Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

٥ 5 فَهَا إِنَّكِ تَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ٱبْنًا، وَلَا يَعْلُ مُوسَى رَأْسَهُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلصَّبِيَّ يَكُونُ نَذِيرًا لِلهِ مِنَ ٱلْبَطْنِ، وَهُوَ يَبْدَأُ يُخَلِّصُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

٦ 6 فَدَخَلَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَكَلَّمَتْ رَجُلَهَا قَائِلَةً: «جَاءَ إِلَيَّ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ، وَمَنْظَرُهُ كَمَنْظَرِ مَلَاكِ ٱللهِ، مُرْهِبٌ جِدًّا. وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ: مِنْ أَيْنَ هُوَ، وَلَا هُوَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنِ ٱسْمِهِ.

So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

٧ 7 وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنْتِ تَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ٱبْنًا. وَٱلْآنَ فَلَا تَشْرَبِي خَمْرًا وَلَا مُسْكِرًا، وَلَا تَأْكُلِي شَيْئًا نَجِسًا، لِأَنَّ ٱلصَّبِيَّ يَكُونُ نَذِيرًا لِلهِ مِنَ ٱلْبَطْنِ إِلَى يَوْمِ مَوْتِهِ».

But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

٨ 8 فَصَلَّى مَنُوحُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «أَسْأَلُكَ يَاسَيِّدِي أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَيْضًا إِلَيْنَا رَجُلُ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَهُ، وَيُعَلِّمَنَا: مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ لِلصَّبِيِّ ٱلَّذِي يُولَدُ؟».

Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”

٩ 9 فَسَمِعَ ٱللهُ لِصَوْتِ مَنُوحَ، فَجَاءَ مَلَاكُ ٱللهِ أَيْضًا إِلَى ٱلْمَرْأَةِ وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ، وَمَنُوحُ رَجُلُهَا لَيْسَ مَعَهَا.

And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

١٠ 10 فَأَسْرَعَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَرَكَضَتْ وَأَخْبَرَتْ رَجُلَهَاوَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا قَدْ تَرَاءَى لِيَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي جَاءَ إِلَيَّ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ».

The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”

١١ 11 فَقَامَ مَنُوحُ وَسَارَ وَرَاءَ ٱمْرَأَتِهِ وَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلرَّجُلِ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ مَعَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ؟» فَقَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ».

So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ: «عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ كَلَامِكَ، مَاذَا يَكُونُ حُكْمُ ٱلصَّبِيِّ وَمُعَامَلَتُهُ؟»

Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ لِمَنُوحَ: «مِنْ كُلِّ مَا قُلْتُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ فَلْتَحْتَفِظْ.

So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.

١٤ 14 مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جَفْنَةِ ٱلْخَمْرِ لَا تَأْكُلْ، وَخَمْرًا وَمُسْكِرًا لَا تَشْرَبْ، وَكُلَّ نَجِسٍ لَا تَأْكُلْ. لِتَحْذَرْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُهَا».

She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ لِمَلَاكِ ٱلرَّبِّ: «دَعْنَا نُعَوِّقْكَ وَنَعْمَلْ لَكَ جَدْيَ مِعْزًى».

“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ لِمَنُوحَ: «وَلَوْ عَوَّقْتَنِي لَا آكُلُ مِنْ خُبْزِكَ، وَإِنْ عَمِلْتَ مُحْرَقَةً فَلِلرَّبِّ أَصْعِدْهَا». لِأَنَّ مَنُوحَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ لِمَلَاكِ ٱلرَّبِّ: «مَا ٱسْمُكَ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ كَلَامُكَ نُكْرِمُكَ؟»

Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”

١٨ 18 فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُ عَنِ ٱسْمِي وَهُوَ عَجِيبٌ؟».

“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”

١٩ 19 فَأَخَذَ مَنُوحُ جَدْيَ ٱلْمِعْزَى وَٱلتَّقْدِمَةَ وَأَصْعَدَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ لِلرَّبِّ. فَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا عَجِيبًا وَمَنُوحُ وَٱمْرَأَتُهُ يَنْظُرَانِ.

Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.

٢٠ 20 فَكَانَ عِنْدَ صُعُودِ ٱللَّهِيبِ عَنِ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، أَنَّ مَلَاكَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَعِدَ فِي لَهِيبِ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، وَمَنُوحُ وَٱمْرَأَتُهُ يَنْظُرَانِ. فَسَقَطَا عَلَى وَجْهَيْهِمَا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

٢١ 21 وَلَمْ يَعُدْ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ يَتَرَاءَى لِمَنُوحَ وَٱمْرَأَتِهِ. حِينَئِذٍ عَرَفَ مَنُوحُ أَنَّهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.

٢٢ 22 فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ لِٱمْرَأَتِهِ: «نَمُوتُ مَوْتًا لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ رَأَيْنَا ٱللهَ»

“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ ٱمْرَأَتُهُ: «لَوْ أَرَادَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يُمِيتَنَا، لَمَا أَخَذَ مِنْ يَدِنَا مُحْرَقَةً وَتَقْدِمَةً، وَلَمَا أَرَانَا كُلَّ هَذِهِ، وَلَمَا كَانَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ أَسْمَعَنَا مِثْلَ هَذِهِ».

But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”

٢٤ 24 فَوَلَدَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱبْنًا وَدَعَتِ ٱسْمَهُ شَمْشُونَ. فَكَبِرَ ٱلصَّبِيُّ وَبَارَكَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

٢٥ 25 وَٱبْتَدَأَ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ يُحَرِّكُهُ فِي مَحَلَّةِ دَانٍ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ.

And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.