Judges 13

1 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.

Y los hijos de Israel tornaron a hacer lo malo en los ojos de Jehová, y Jehová los entregó en mano de los Filisteos cuarenta años.

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

Y había un hombre de Saraa de la tribu de Dan, el cual se llamaba Manue; y su mujer era estéril que nunca había parido.

3 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.

A esta mujer se apareció el ángel de Jehová, y díjole: He aquí que tú eres estéril, y no has parido; mas concebirás, y parirás un hijo.

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

Ahora por tanto, mira ahora que no bebas vino, ni sidra, ni comas cosa inmunda:

5 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.”

Porque tú concebirás, y parirás un hijo: y no subirá navaja sobre su cabeza; porque aquel niño Nazareo será de Dios desde el vientre; y él comenzará a salvar a Israel de mano de los Filisteos.

6 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.

Y la mujer vino, y contólo a su marido, diciendo: Un varón de Dios vino a mí, cuyo parecer era como parecer de un ángel de Dios, terrible en gran manera, y no le pregunté de donde ni quién era, ni tampoco él me dijo su nombre.

7 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.’”

Y díjome: He aquí que tú concebirás, y parirás un hijo: por tanto ahora no bebas vino ni sidra, ni comas cosa inmunda; porque este niño desde el vientre será Nazareo de Dios hasta el día de su muerte.

8 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.”

Y oró Manue a Jehová, y dijo: Ay, Señor mío, yo te ruego que aquel varón de Dios, que enviaste, torne ahora a venir a nosotros, y nos enseñe lo que hayamos de hacer con el niño que ha de nacer.

9 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,

Y Dios oyó la voz de Manue, y el ángel de Dios volvió otra vez a la mujer estando ella en el campo: mas su marido Manue no estaba con ella.

10 she hurried and ran to her husband. And she reported to him, saying, “Behold, the man appeared to me, whom I had seen before.”

Y la mujer corrió presto, y díjolo a su marido, diciéndole: He aquí que aquel varón que vino hoy a mí, me ha aparecido.

11 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.”

Y levantóse Manue, y siguió a su mujer: y después que llegó al varón, díjole: ¿Eres tú aquel varón que hablaste a esta mujer? Y él dijo: Yo soy.

12 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?”

Entonces Manue dijo: Cúmplase pues tu palabra: ¿qué orden se tendrá con el niño, y qué ha de hacer?

13 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.

Y el ángel de Jehová respondió a Manue: La mujer se guardará de todas las cosas que yo le dije.

14 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.”

Ella no comerá cosa que salga de vid que lleve vino: no beberá vino, ni sidra: y no comerá cosa inmunda: finalmente, guardará todo lo que le mandé.

15 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.”

Entonces Manue dijo al ángel de Jehová: Ruégote que te detengamos, y aparejaremos delante de ti un cabrito de las cabras.

16 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.

Y el ángel de Jehová respondió a Manue: Aunque me detengas, no comeré de tu pan; mas si quisieres hacer holocausto, sacrifícalo a Jehová. Y Manue no sabía que aquel fuese ángel de Jehová.

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

Y Manue dijo al ángel de Jehová: ¿Cómo es tu nombre, porque cuando tu palabra se cumpliere, te honremos?

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

Y el ángel de Jehová respondió: ¿Por qué preguntas por mi nombre, que es oculto?

19 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.

Y Manue tomó un cabrito de las cabras, y un presente, y sacrificó sobre una peña a Jehová: e hizo milagro a vista de Manue y de su mujer.

20 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.

Porque aconteció, que como la llama subía del altar hacia el cielo, el ángel de Jehová subió en la llama del altar a vista de Manue y de su mujer, los cuales se postraron en tierra sobre sus rostros.

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

Y el ángel de Jehová no tornó a aparecer a Manue ni a su mujer. Entonces conoció Manue que era el ángel de Jehová.

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

Y dijo Manue a su mujer: Ciertamente moriremos, porque a Dios habemos visto.

23 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.”

Y su mujer le respondió: Si Jehová nos quisiera matar, no tomara de nuestras manos el holocausto y el presente, ni nos hubiera mostrado todas estas cosas, ni según el tiempo nos hubiera anunciado esto.

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

Y la mujer parió un hijo, y llamóle por nombre Samsón. Y el niño creció, y Jehová le bendijo.

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

Y el Espíritu de Jehová le comenzó a tomar por veces en Mahane-Dan, entre Saraa y Estaol.