Judges 13
1 And the children of Israel yet again committed iniquity before the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phylistines forty years.
以色列子民又行了上主視為惡的事，因此上主把他們交於培肋舍特人手中四十年之久。
2 And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoe, and his wife was barren, and bore not.
那時，在祚辣有一個人，屬於丹支派，名叫瑪諾亞，他的妻子是個石女，從未生育。
3 And an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have not born; yet you shall conceive a son.
上主的使者顯現給那婦人，對她說：「看，你原是個石女，從未生育，但是你要懷孕生子。
4 And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
今後要留心：清酒濃酒都不可喝，各種不潔的東西也不可吃!
5 for behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.
看，你將懷孕生子，剃刀不可觸及他的頭，因為這孩子從母胎就是獻於上主的；他要開始從培肋舍特人手中拯救以色列。」
6 And the woman went in, and spoke to her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance [was as] of an angel of God, very dreadful; and I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name.
那婦人遂去告訴自己的丈夫說：「有一個天主的人來到我這裏，他的容貌好像天主的使者，極其威嚴；我沒有問他從那裏來；他也沒有告訴我他的名字。
7 And he said to me, Behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until the day of his death.
他對我說：看，你將懷孕生子，從今以後清酒濃酒都不可喝，各種不潔的東西都不可吃，因為這孩從母胎一直到死，是獻於天主的。」
8 And Manoe prayed to the Lord and said, I pray you, O Lord my lord, [concerning] the man of God whom you sent; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about to be born.
瑪諾亞就向上主懇求說：「我主! 求你叫你所派的那位天主的人再到我們這裏來! 指教我們對於將生的嬰孩應該作什麼﹖」
9 And the Lord heard the voice of Manoe, and the angel of God came yet again to the woman; and she sat in the field, and Manoe her husband was not with her.
天主聽了瑪諾亞的話；天主的使者又來到那婦人跟前；那時她正坐在田間，她的丈夫沒有同她在一起。
10 And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in [the other] day to me has appeared to me.
那婦人就急速跑去告訴丈夫說：「看，那天來我跟前的那個人，又顯現給我了。」
11 And Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I [am].
瑪諾亞就起來，跟著妻子來到那人跟前，對他說：「你就是向這婦人說話的那人嗎﹖」他回答說：「我就是。」
12 And Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
瑪諾亞向他說：「當你的話應驗的時候，我們應該怎樣管教這孩子﹖要怎樣待他﹖」
13 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.
上主的使者對瑪諾亞說：「我給這婦人所說的一切，她都當留神：
14 She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.
凡葡萄樹所結的，她不能吃；清酒濃酒她不能喝，各種不潔的東西她不能吃；凡我所吩咐她的，她都該遵守。」
15 And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.
瑪諾亞對上主的使者說：「請容許我留你，為你預備一隻小山羊。」
16 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, If you should detain me, I will not eat of your bread; and if you would offer a whole burnt offering, to the Lord you shall offer it: for Manoe knew not that he [was] an angel of the Lord.
上主的使者對瑪諾亞說：「你雖然劉我，我卻不吃你得食物；假使你要獻一全燔祭，就當獻於上主。」因瑪諾亞當時還不知道他是上主的使者。
17 And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What [is] your name, that [when] your word shall come to pass, we may glorify you?
瑪諾亞問上主的使者說：「你叫什麼名字﹖當你的話應驗的時候，我們好恭敬你。」
18 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
上主的使者回答說：「你為什麼問我的名字﹖它是奧妙的。」
19 And Manoe took a kid of the goats and its meat-offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and [the angel] wrought a distinct work, and Manoe and his wife were looking on.
瑪諾亞取了一隻小山羊和素祭，在一塊磐石上獻於行奇事的上主。
20 And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoe and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth.
當火燄從祭壇上向天升起時，上主的使者也在祭壇的火燄中上升了。瑪諾亞和他的妻子看見這事，就俯伏在地上。
21 And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an angel of the Lord.
上主的使者沒有再顯現給瑪諾亞和他的妻子，那時瑪諾亞才知道他是上主的使者。
22 And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
瑪諾亞對自己的妻子說：「我們必定要死，因為我們看見了天主。」
23 But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received of our hand a whole burnt offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shown us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things
但他妻子對他說：「如果上主有意叫我們死，必定不會悅納我們的手所獻的全燔祭和素祭，必不會使我們看見這些事，也不會使我們聽到像現在這樣的話。」
24 And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
後來那婦人生了一個兒子，給他起名叫三松；孩子漸漸長大，上主祝福了他。
25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.
在瑪哈乃丹，即在祚辣與厄市陶耳之間，上主的神開始感動他。
