Judges 13
1 Again the Israeli people did things that Yahweh said were very evil. So Yahweh enabled the people of Philistia to conquer them. They ruled over the Israelis for 40 years.
E os filhos de Israel tornaram a fazer o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor, e o Senhor os entregou na mão dos philisteus por quarenta anos.
2 There was a man named Manoah from the descendants of Dan who lived in Zorah [town]. His wife was unable to become pregnant, so they had no children.
E havia um homem de Zora, da tribo de Dan, cujo nome era Manué: e sua mulher era estéril, e não paria.
3 One day, Yahweh appeared to Manoah’s wife in the form of an angel, and said to her, “Even though you have not been able to give birth to any children until now, you will soon become pregnant and give birth to a son.
E o anjo do Senhor apareceu a esta mulher, e disse-lhe: Eis que agora és estéril, e nunca tens parido; porém conceberás, e parirás um filho.
4 [From now until he is born], you must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink, and you must not eat any food that will make you unacceptable to God.
Agora, pois, guarda-te de que bebas vinho, ou bebida forte, ou comas coisa imunda.
5 After you give birth to your son, you must never allow his hair to be cut. He must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies. He is the one who will rescue [many of] the Israeli people from the people of Philistia.”
Porque eis que tu conceberás e parirás um filho sobre cuja cabeça não subirá navalha: porquanto o menino será nazireu de Deus desde o ventre: e ele começará a livrar a Israel da mão dos philisteus.
6 The woman ran and told her husband, “A prophet came to me. He looked awesome, like an angel from God. I did not ask where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
Então a mulher entrou, e falou a seu marido, dizendo: Um homem de Deus veio a mim, cuja vista era semelhante à vista dum anjo de Deus, terribilíssima: e não lhe perguntei de onde era, nem ele me disse o seu nome;
7 But he told me, ‘You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. Until then, you must not drink any wine or any alcoholic/fermented drink, and you must not eat any food that would make you unacceptable to God. Your son must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies.’”
Porém disse-me: Eis que tu conceberás e parirás um filho: agora pois não bebas vinho, nem bebida forte, e não comas coisa imunda; porque o menino será nazireu de Deus, desde o ventre até ao dia da sua morte.
8 Then Manoah prayed to Yahweh, saying, “O Yahweh, I plead with you, allow that prophet whom you sent to us to come again, and teach us how we should raise the boy who will be born to us.”
Então Manué orou instantemente ao Senhor, e disse: Ah! Senhor meu, rogo-te que o homem de Deus, que enviaste, ainda venha para nós outra vez e nos ensine o que devemos fazer ao menino que há de nascer.
9 God did what Manoah asked, and Yahweh again appeared to his wife in the form of an angel, while she was out in the field. But again her husband Manoah was not with her.
E Deus ouviu a voz de Manué: e o anjo de Deus veio outra vez à mulher, e ela estava no campo, porém não estava com ela seu marido Manué.
10 So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!”
Apressou-se pois a mulher, e correu, e noticiou-o a seu marido, e disse-lhe: Eis que aquele homem que veio a mim o outro dia me apareceu.
11 Manoah ran back with his wife, and asked, “Are you the man who talked with my wife a few days ago?” He replied, “Yes, I am.”
Então Manué levantou-se, e seguiu a sua mulher, e veio àquele homem, e disse-lhe: És tu aquele homem que falaste a esta mulher? E disse: Eu sou
12 Manoah asked him, “When what you promised occurs [and my wife gives birth to a son], what rules must he obey, and what work will he do [when he grows up]?”
Então disse Manué: Cumpram-se as tuas palavras: mas qual será o modo de viver e serviço do menino?
13 Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her.
E disse o anjo do Senhor a Manué: De tudo quanto eu disse à mulher se guardará ela.
14 [Before the baby is born], she must not eat grapes, or drink wine or any other alcoholic/fermented drink, or eat anything that would make her unacceptable to God.”
De tudo quanto procede da vide de vinho não comerá, nem vinho nem bebida forte beberá, nem coisa imunda comerá: tudo quanto lhe tenho ordenado guardará.
15 Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.”
Então Manué disse ao anjo do Senhor: Ora deixa que te detenhamos, e te preparemos um cabrito.
16 Yahweh replied, “I will stay here, but I will not eat anything. However, you may kill an animal and sacrifice it as a burned offering to Yahweh.” (Manoah did not realize that the [man he thought was an] angel was really Yahweh.)
Porém o anjo do Senhor disse a Manué: Ainda que me detenhas, não comerei de teu pão; e se fizeres holocausto o oferecerás ao Senhor. Porque não sabia Manué que fosse o anjo do Senhor
17 Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.”
E disse Manué ao anjo do Senhor: Qual é o teu nome? para que, quando se cumprir a tua palavra, te honremos.
18 Yahweh replied, “(Why do you ask me my name?/You should not ask me my name.) [RHQ] It is (wonderful/it cannot be understood).”
E o anjo do Senhor lhe disse: Porque perguntas assim pelo meu nome, visto que é maravilhoso?
19 Then Manoah killed a young goat and burned it on a rock, along with a grain offering, as a sacrifice to Yahweh. And Yahweh did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched.
Então Manué tomou um cabrito e uma oferta de manjares, e os ofereceu sobre uma penha ao Senhor: e obrou o anjo maravilhosamente, vendo-o Manué e sua mulher.
20 Flames from the altar blazed up toward the sky, and Yahweh ascended in the flames. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they prostrated themselves on the ground.
E sucedeu que, subindo a chama do altar para o céu, o anjo do Senhor subiu na chama do altar: o que vendo Manué e sua mulher, cairam em terra sobre seus rostos.
21 Although Yahweh did not appear in the form of an angel to Manoah and his wife again, Manoah realized that the [man they thought was an] angel was really Yahweh.
E nunca mais apareceu o anjo do Senhor a Manué, nem a sua mulher: então conheceu Manué que era o anjo do Senhor.
22 So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!”
E disse Manué a sua mulher: Certamente morreremos, porquanto temos visto a Deus.
23 But his wife said, “No, we will not die, because if Yahweh intended to kill us, he would not have accepted the burned offering and the grain offering. And he would not have appeared to us and told us the wonderful thing that would happen to us, and he would not have performed this miracle.”
Porém sua mulher lhe disse: Se o Senhor nos quizera matar, não aceitaria da nossa mão o holocausto e a oferta de manjares, nem nos mostraria tudo isto, nem nos deixaria ouvir tais coisas neste tempo.
24 When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
Depois pariu esta mulher um filho, e chamou o seu nome Sansão: e o menino cresceu, e o Senhor o abençoou.
25 And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol [towns], Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him.
E o espírito do Senhor o começou a impelir de quando em quando para o campo de Dan, entre Zora e Estaol.
