Juges 13

1 Et les fils d’Israël firent de nouveau ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel; et l’Éternel les livra en la main des Philistins pendant 40 ans.

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.

2 Et il y avait un homme de Tsorha, de la famille des Danites, et son nom était Manoah; et sa femme était stérile et n’enfantait pas.

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.

3 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel apparut à la femme, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile et tu n’enfantes pas; mais tu concevras, et tu enfanteras un fils.

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.

4 Et maintenant, prends garde, je te prie, et ne bois ni vin ni boisson forte, et ne mange rien d’impur;

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

5 car voici, tu concevras, et tu enfanteras un fils; et le rasoir ne passera pas sur sa tête, car le jeune garçon sera nazaréen de Dieu dès le ventre [de sa mère]; et ce sera lui qui commencera à sauver Israël de la main des Philistins.

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.

6 Et la femme vint, et parla à son mari, disant: Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, et son aspect était comme l’aspect d’un ange de Dieu, très terrible; et je ne lui ai pas demandé d’où il était, et il ne m’a pas fait connaître son nom.

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;

7 Et il m’a dit: Voici, tu concevras, et tu enfanteras un fils; et maintenant, ne bois ni vin ni boisson forte, et ne mange rien d’impur; car le jeune garçon sera nazaréen de Dieu dès le ventre [de sa mère], jusqu’au jour de sa mort.

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.

8 Et Manoah supplia l’Éternel, et dit: Ah, Seigneur! que l’homme de Dieu que tu as envoyé, vienne encore vers nous, je te prie, et qu’il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire au jeune garçon qui naîtra.

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.

9 Et Dieu exauça la voix de Manoah; et l’Ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme, comme elle était assise aux champs, et Manoah, son mari, n’était pas avec elle.

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.

10 Et la femme se hâta et courut et rapporta à son mari, et lui dit: Voici, l’homme qui était venu vers moi l’autre jour m’est apparu.

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

11 Et Manoah se leva et suivit sa femme; et il vint vers l’homme, et lui dit: Es-tu l’homme qui a parlé à cette femme? Et il dit: [C’est] moi.

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.

12 Et Manoah dit: Quand donc ta parole arrivera, quelle sera la règle du jeune garçon, et que devra-t-il faire?

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

13 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel dit à Manoah: La femme se gardera de tout ce que je lui ai dit.

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

14 Elle ne mangera rien de ce qui sort de la vigne, et elle ne boira ni vin ni boisson forte, et ne mangera rien d’impur. Elle prendra garde à tout ce que je lui ai commandé.

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.

15 Et Manoah dit à l’Ange de l’Éternel: Laisse-nous te retenir, et t’apprêter un chevreau.

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

16 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel dit à Manoah: Si tu me retiens, je ne mangerai pas de ton pain; et si tu fais un holocauste, tu l’offriras à l’Éternel. Car Manoah ne savait pas que c’était l’Ange de l’Éternel.

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.

17 Et Manoah dit à l’Ange de l’Éternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous t’honorions, quand ce que tu as dit arrivera?

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?

18 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Il est merveilleux.

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

19 Et Manoah prit le chevreau et le gâteau, et il les offrit à l’Éternel sur le rocher. Et il fit une chose merveilleuse, tandis que Manoah et sa femme regardaient.

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

20 Et il arriva que, comme la flamme montait de dessus l’autel vers les cieux, l’Ange de l’Éternel monta dans la flamme de l’autel, Manoah et sa femme regardant; et ils tombèrent sur leurs faces contre terre.

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.

21 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel n’apparut plus à Manoah, ni à sa femme. Alors Manoah connut que c’était l’Ange de l’Éternel.

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.

22 Et Manoah dit à sa femme: Nous mourrons certainement, car nous avons vu Dieu.

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

23 Et sa femme lui dit: Si l’Éternel avait pris plaisir à nous faire mourir, il n’aurait pas accepté de notre main l’holocauste et le gâteau, et il ne nous aurait pas fait voir toutes ces choses, et ne nous aurait pas fait entendre, dans ce moment, des choses comme celles-là.

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.

24 Et la femme enfanta un fils, et appela son nom Samson; et l’enfant grandit, et l’Éternel le bénit.

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.

25 Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel commença de le pousser, – à Mahané-Dan, entre Tsorha et Eshtaol.

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