Juges 13

1 Et les fils d'Israël recommencèrent à faire le mal devant le Seigneur, et le Seigneur les livra pendant quarante années aux mains des Philistins.

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 Or, il y avait un homme de Saraa, d'une famille de la tribu de Dan, et il se nommait Manué, et sa femme était stérile, et elle n'avait point enfanté.

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 du Seigneur apparut à la femme, et il lui dit: Femme stérile, toi qui n'avais point enfanté, voilà que tu concevras 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 Maintenant, garde-toi de boire du vin ou d'autre boisson enivrante, 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 Voilà que tu as un fruit en tes entrailles, et tu accoucheras d'un fils, et le fer ne passera point sur sa tête, parce que, dès le sein de sa mère, l'enfant sera Nazir de Dieu, et c'est lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël 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 La femme rentra et elle dit à son mari: Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, et son aspect était, comme l'aspect d'un ange de Dieu, grandement redoutable; je ne lui ai point demandé d'où il est, et il ne m'a point dit 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: Voilà que tu as un fruit en tes entrailles, et tu accoucheras d'un fils; maintenant, ne bois ni vin ni boisson enivrante, et ne mange rien d'impur, parce que l'enfant sera consacré au Seigneur, dès les entrailles 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 Manué pria le Seigneur, et il dit: Regardez-moi, Seigneur Adonaï; l'homme de Dieu que vous avez envoyé, qu'il vienne encore vers nous, et qu'il nous apprenne ce que nous ferons de l'enfant qui doit naître.

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 Dieu exauça le vœu de Manué, et l'ange de Dieu vint encore auprès de la femme; or, elle était assise aux champs, et Manué son mari n'était point 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 hâtant, courut l'annoncer à son mari, et elle lui dit: Voilà que l'homme qui est venu vers moi l'autre jour vient de m'apparaître.

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 Manué se leva, suivit sa femme, arriva près de l'homme, et dit: Es-tu l'homme qui a parlé à ma femme? et l'ange répondit: Je le suis.

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 Manué dit: Maintenant tu vas parler; que sera-t-il décidé concernant l'enfant? 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 du Seigneur dit à Manué: Il s'abstiendra de tout ce que j'ai dit à la femme.

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

14 Il ne mangera rien de ce qui sort de la vigne; il ne boira ni vin ni boisson enivrante, il ne mangera rien d'impur, il observera tout ce que j'ai prescrit à la femme.

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 Manué dit à l'ange du Seigneur: Laisse-nous te retenir ici, et nous préparerons devant toi 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 Mais l'ange du Seigneur dit à Manué: Si vous me retenez je ne mangerai pas de tes pains; si tu prépares un holocauste, offre-le au Seigneur. Or, Manué ne savait pas que c'était un ange du Seigneur.

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 Manué dit à l'ange du Seigneur: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous puissions te glorifier, quand tes paroles seront accomplies?

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 du Seigneur lui répondit: Pourquoi me demandes-tu mon nom, qui est Admirable?

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

19 Alors, Manué prit le chevreau et l'oblation; puis, il les offrit au Seigneur sur une pierre; il le fit en s'écartant des usages, et Manué et sa femme regardèrent.

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 advint, pendant que la flamme s'élevait de l'autel jusqu'aux cieux, que l'ange du Seigneur monta dans la flamme; Manue et sa femme le virent, et ils tombèrent la face 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 du Seigneur disparut aux yeux de Manué et de sa femme. Alors, Manué reconnut que c'était un ange du Seigneur.

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 il dit à sa femme: Nous mourrons de mort, parce que 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 Mais sa femme lui répondit: Si le Seigneur avait voulu nous faire périr, il n'eut point pris de nos mains l'holocauste et les oblations; il ne nous eut point révélé ces choses; il ne nous eut point en cette occasion fait entendre ces paroles.

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 accoucha d'un fils qu'elle nomma Samson; l'enfant devint grand, et le Seigneur 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 au camp de Dan, l'Esprit du Seigneur commença à l'accompagner entre Saraa et Esthaol.

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