Judges 13

1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

Les enfants d'Israël continuèrent à faire ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel; et l'Éternel les livra entre les mains des Philistins, pendant quarante ans.

2 Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

Or, il y avait un homme de Tsora, d'une famille des Danites, dont le nom était Manoah; et sa femme était stérile, et n'avait pas d'enfant.

3 And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.

Et un ange de l'Éternel apparut à cette femme, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile, et tu n'as pas d'enfants; mais tu concevras, et tu enfanteras un fils.

4 Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;

Prends donc bien garde, dès maintenant, de ne point boire de vin ni de boisson forte, et de ne manger rien d'impur;

5 For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

Car, voici, tu vas être enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils. Et le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête, parce que l'enfant sera Nazarien de Dieu dès le sein de sa mère; et ce sera lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël de la main des Philistins.

6 Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;

Or, la femme vint, et parla à son mari, en disant: Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, et son aspect était comme l'aspect d'un ange de Dieu, fort vénérable. Je ne lui ai point demandé d'où il était, et il ne m'a point dit son nom,

7 But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.

Mais il m'a dit: Voici, tu vas être enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils; maintenant donc, ne bois point de vin ni de boisson forte, et ne mange rien d'impur; car cet enfant sera Nazarien de Dieu dès le sein de sa mère jusqu'au jour de sa mort.

8 Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.

Et Manoah supplia l'Éternel, et dit: Ah! Seigneur, que l'homme de Dieu que tu as envoyé, vienne encore, je te prie, vers nous, et qu'il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire à l'enfant qui doit naître.

9 And God gave ear to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was seated in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

Dieu exauça la prière de Manoah. Et l'ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme, comme elle était assise dans un champ; mais Manoah, son mari, n'était pas avec elle.

10 So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

Et la femme courut vite le rapporter à son mari, et lui dit: Voici, l'homme qui était venu l'autre jour vers moi, m'est apparu.

11 And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.

Et Manoah se leva, et suivit sa femme; et, venant vers l'homme, il lui dit: Es-tu l'homme qui a parlé à cette femme? Et il répondit: C'est moi.

12 And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?

Et Manoah dit: Quand ce que tu as dit sera arrivé, quelle conduite faudra-t-il tenir envers l'enfant, et que lui faudra-t-il faire?

13 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.

Et l'ange de l'Éternel répondit à Manoah: La femme s'abstiendra de tout ce que je lui ai dit.

14 She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.

Elle ne mangera rien du produit de la vigne, elle ne boira ni vin ni boisson forte, et elle ne mangera rien d'impur; elle observera tout ce que je lui ai commandé.

15 And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

Alors Manoah dit à l'ange de l'Éternel: Permets que nous te retenions, et que nous t'apprêtions un chevreau de lait.

16 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.

Et l'ange de l'Éternel répondit à Manoah: Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais point de ton pain; mais si tu fais un holocauste, tu l'offriras à l'Éternel. Car Manoah ne savait point que ce fût un ange de l'Éternel.

17 Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?

Manoah dit encore à l'ange de l'Éternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous t'honorions, quand ce que tu as dit sera arrivé?

18 But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Pourquoi t'informes-tu ainsi de mon nom? Il est merveilleux.

19 So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.

Alors Manoah prit le chevreau de lait, et l'offrande, et les offrit à l'Éternel, sur le rocher. Et il se fit une chose merveilleuse, à la vue de Manoah et de sa femme;

20 And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.

Comme la flamme montait de dessus l'autel vers les cieux, l'ange de l'Éternel monta aussi dans la flamme de l'autel. Manoah et sa femme, voyant cela, tombèrent le visage contre terre.

21 But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.

Et l'ange de l'Éternel n'apparut plus à Manoah ni à sa femme. Alors Manoah reconnut que c'était l'ange de l'Éternel.

22 And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.

Et Manoah dit à sa femme: Certainement, nous allons mourir, car nous avons vu Dieu.

23 But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.

Mais sa femme lui répondit: Si l'Éternel eût voulu nous faire mourir, il n'eût pas pris de notre main l'holocauste et l'offrande, et il ne nous eût point fait voir toutes ces choses-là, et, au temps où nous sommes, il ne nous eût pas fait entendre les choses que nous avons entendues.

24 So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.

Puis cette femme enfanta un fils et l'appela Samson; et l'enfant grandit, et l'Éternel le bénit.

25 And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Et l'Esprit de l'Éternel commença de l'animer à Machané-Dan, entre Tsora et Eshthaol.