Dommer 13

1 Men Israelitterne blev ved at gøre, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og HERREN gav dem i Filisternes Hånd i fyrretyve År.

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 Der levede i Zora en Mand af Daniternes Slægt ved Navn Manoa; hans Hustru var ufrugtbar og havde ingen Børn født.

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

3 Nu viste HERRENs Engel sig for Kvinden og sagde til hende: "Se, du er ufrugtbar og har ingen Børn født; men du skal blive frugtsommelig og føde en Søn.

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 Vogt dig vel for at drikke Vin eller stærk Drik og for at spise noget som helst urent!

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

5 Thi se, du skal blive frugtsommelig og føde en Søn. Der må ikke komme Ragekniv på hans Hoved, thi Drengen skal være en Guds Nasiræer fra Moders Liv af; og han skal gøre de første Skridt til at frelse Israel af Filisternes Hånd!"

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 Kvinden gik nu hen og sagde til sin Mand: "Der kom en Guds Mand til mig, og han så ud som en Guds Engel; såre frygtindgydende; jeg spurgte ham ikke, hvor han var fra, og sit Navn gav han mig ikke til Kende.

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 Han sagde til mig: Se, du skal blive frugtsommelig og føde en Søn; drik nu ikke Vin eller stærk Drik og spis intet som helst urent, thi Drengen skal være en Guds Nasiræer fra Moders Liv af til sin Dødedag!"

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 Da bad Manoa til HERREN og sagde: "Ak, HERRE, lad den Guds Mand, du sendte, atter komme til os for at lære os, hvorledes vi skal bære os ad med den Dreng, der skal fødes!"

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 Og Gud bønhørte Manoa; og Guds Engel kom atter til Kvinden, medens hun sad ude på Marken, men Manoa, hendes Mand, var ikke hos hende.

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 Da skyndte Kvinden sig hen til sin Mand, fortalte ham det og sagde til ham: "Se, den Mand, som kom til mig forleden, har vist sig for mig!"

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 stod da op og gik med sin Hustru, og da han kom hen til Manden, sagde han til ham: "Er du den Mand, som talte til Kvinden?" Og han sagde: "Ja!"

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 Så sagde Manoa: "Når nu dit Ord går i Opfyldelse, hvorledes skal vi da forholde os og bære os ad med Drengen?"

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 HERRENs Engel svarede Manoa: "Alt det, jeg talte om til Kvinden, skal hun vogte sig for;

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 intet af, hvad der vokser på Vinstokken, må hun spise; Vin og stærk Drik må hun ikke drikke, og intet urent må hun spise; alt, hvad jeg bød hende, skal hun overholde!"

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 Da sagde Manoa til HERRENs Engel: "Vi vilde gerne holde dig tilbage og tillave dig et Gedekid!"

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 Men HERRENs Engel svarede Manoa: "Selv om du holder mig tilbage, spiser jeg ikke af din Mad; men vil du ofre et Brændoffer, så bring HERREN det!" Thi Manoa vidste ikke, at det var HERRENs Engel.

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 Og Manoa sagde til HERRENs Engel: "Hvad er dit Navn? Når dit Ord går i Opfyldelse, vil vi ære dig!"

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

18 Men HERRENs Engel svarede: "Hvorfor spørger du om mit Navn? Du skal vide, det er underfuldt."

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

19 Da tog Manoa Gedekiddet og Afgrødeofferet og ofrede det på Klippen til HERREN, ham, som handler underfuldt, og Manoa og hans Hustru så til.

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 Og da Flammen slog op imod Himmelen fra Alteret, steg HERRENs Engel op i Alterflammen, medens Manoa og hans Hustru så til; og de faldt til Jorden på deres Ansigt.

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 Og HERRENs Engel viste sig ikke mere for Manoa og hans Hustru. Så forstod Manoa, at det var HERRENs Engel.

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

22 Og Manoa sagde til sin Hustru: "Vi er dødsens, thi vi har set Gud!"

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

23 Men hans Hustru sagde til ham: "Havde HERREN i Sinde at dræbe os, havde han ikke modtaget Brændoffer og Afgrødeoffer af vor Hånd; heller ikke havde han ladet os se alt det og nu kundgjort os sådanne Ting!"

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 Og Kvinden fødte en Søn, som hun gav Navnet Samson. Drengen voksede op, og HERREN velsignede ham;

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

25 og HERRENs Ånd begyndte at drive på ham i Dans Lejr mellem Zora og Esjtaol.

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