< 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.
Et les enfants d'Israël recommencèrent à faire ce qui déplaît à l'Eternel, et l'Eternel 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 Tsorah, d'une famille de ceux de Dan, dont le nom était Manoah, et sa femme était stérile, et n'avait [jamais] eu 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 l'Ange de l'Eternel apparut à cette femme-là, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile, et tu n'as [jamais] eu d'enfant; mais tu concevras, et 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 cervoise, et de ne manger aucune chose souillée.
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 ventre [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;
Et la femme vint, et parla à son mari, en disant: Il est venu auprès de moi un homme de Dieu, dont la face est semblable à la face d'un Ange de Dieu, fort vénérable, mais je ne l'ai point interrogé d'où il était et il ne m'a point déclaré 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 cervoise, et ne mange aucune chose souillée; car cet enfant sera Nazarien de Dieu dès le ventre [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 pria instamment l'Eternel, et dit: Hélas, 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, quand il sera né.
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.
Et Dieu exauça la prière de Manoah. Ainsi l'Ange de Dieu vint encore à la femme comme elle était assise dans un champ; mais Manoah son mari n'était point 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, en lui disant: 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 cet homme qui a parlé à cette femme-ci? 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: Tout ce que tu as dit arrivera; [mais] quel ordre 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'Eternel répondit à Manoah: La femme se gardera de toutes les choses dont je l'ai avertie.
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 qui sorte de la vigne, [rien en quoi il y ait] du vin; et elle ne boira ni vin ni cervoise, et ne mangera aucune chose souillée. Elle prendra garde à 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'Eternel: Je te prie, que nous te retenions, et nous t'apprêterons 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'Eternel 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'Eternel. Or Manoah ne savait point que ce fût l'Ange de l'Eternel.
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?
Et Manoah dit à l'Ange de l'Eternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous te fessions un présent lorsque 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'Eternel lui dit: Pourquoi t'enquiers-tu ainsi de mon nom? car il est admirable.
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 un chevreau de lait, et un gâteau, et les offrit à l'Eternel sur le rocher. Et l'Ange 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.
C'est, que la flamme montant de dessus l'autel vers les cieux, l'Ange de l'Eternel monta aussi avec la flamme de l'autel; ce que Manoah et sa femme ayant vu ils se prosternèrent 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'Eternel n'apparut plus à Manoah ni à sa femme. Alors Manoah connut que c'était l'Ange de l'Eternel.
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 mourrons, parce que 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'Eternel nous eût voulu faire mourir, il n'aurait pas pris de notre main l'holocauste ni le gâteau, et il ne nous aurait pas fait voir toutes ces choses, en un temps comme celui-ci, ni 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 elle l'appela Samson; et l'enfant devint grand, et l'Eternel 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'Eternel commença de le saisir à Mahané-dan, entre Tsorah et Estaol.

< Judges 13 >