Uk-ukom 13
1 Nagaramid manen dagiti tattao ti Israel iti dakes iti imatang ni Yahweh, ket impalubosna nga iturayan ida dagiti Filisteo iti uppat a pulo a tawen.
The Israelites continued to do what was evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines to rule them for forty years.
2 Adda maysa a lalaki nga agnagan iti Manoa, a nagtaud iti Zora, iti pamilia dagiti Danita. Saan a kabaelan ti asawana ti agsikog ket saan ngarud isuna a naganak.
At that time there was a man named Manoah. He was from the tribe of Dan and lived in the town of Zorah. His wife couldn't conceive and had no children.
3 Nagparang ti anghel ni Yahweh iti babai ket kinunana kenkuana, “Ita kitaem, saanmo a kabaelan ti agsikog, ken saanka pay a nagan-anak, ngem agsikogkanto ket mangipasngaykanto iti maysa a lalaki.
The Angel of the Lord appeared to her and told her, “It's true that you couldn't conceive, and have no children, but now you're going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
4 Ita, liklikam ti uminom iti arak wenno iti naingel a mainum, ken saanka a mangan iti aniaman a taraon nga ibagbaga ti linteg a narugit.
So then please be careful not to drink any wine or other alcoholic drink, and don't eat anything unclean.
5 Makitamto, agsikogka ket mangipasngaykanto iti maysa a lalaki. Masapul nga awan ti labaha a maisagid iti ulona, ta agbalinto a Nazireo iti Dios ti ubing manipud iti tiempo nga adda isuna iti aanakam. Rugiannanto a wayawayaan ti Israel manipud iti pannakabalin dagiti Filisteo.”
You're going to become pregnant and have a son whose head a razor must never touch, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from birth. He will start the process of saving Israel from the Philistines.”
6 Kalpasanna, immay ti babai ket imbagana iti asawana, “Immay kaniak ti maysa a tao ti Dios, ken kasla maysa nga anghel ti Dios ti langana, ket pinagbutengnak iti kasta unay. Saanko a sinaludsod no sadino ti naggappuanna, ken saanna nga imbaga ti naganna.
The woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like the Angel of God, really frightening. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he didn't did not tell me his name.
7 Kinunana kaniak, 'Makitamto! Agsikogkanto, ket mangipasngaykanto iti maysa a lalaki. Saanka ngarud nga uminom iti arak wenno naingel a mainum, ken saanka a mangan iti aniaman a taraon nga ibagbaga ti linteg a narugit, gapu ta agbalinto a Nazireo ti Dios ti ubing manipud iti tiempo nga adda isuna iti aanakam agingga iti aldaw ti ipapatayna.”'
But he told me, ‘You're going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, and don't eat anything unclean. For the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from birth until the day of his death.’”
8 Kalpasanna, nagkararag ni Manoa kenni Yahweh ket kinunana, “O Apo, pangngaasim ta pagsubliem koma kadakami ti tao ti Dios nga imbaonmo tapno isurona kadakami ti aramidenmi iti ubing a dandanin maipasngay.”
Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, “Please, Lord, let the man of God you sent us return to us to explain what we're supposed to do with the boy who is to be born.”
9 Sinungbatan ti Dios ti kararag ni Manoa, ket immay manen ti anghel ti Dios iti babai idi agtugtugaw isuna idiay taltalon. Ngem saanna a kadua ni Manoa nga asawana.
God responded to Manoah's request, and the Angel of God returned to the woman while she was sitting out in the field. However, her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 Nagtaray ngarud a dagus ti babai ket imbagana iti asawana, “Kitaem! Nagparang ti tao kaniak-ti tao nga immay kaniak idi naminsan nga aldaw!”
So she ran quickly to tell her husband, “Look! The man who appeared to me the other day has come back!”
11 Timmakder ni Manoa ket simmurot iti asawana. Idi dimteng isuna iti ayan ti tao, kinunana, “Sika kadi ti tao a nakisao iti asawak?” Kinuna ti tao, “Siak.”
Manoah got up and went back with his wife, and asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife before?” “Yes I am,” he replied.
12 Kinuna ngarud ni Manoa, “Ita, pumudno koma dagiti saom. Ngem anianto dagiti annuroten para iti ubing, ken anianto ti agbalin a trabahona?”
So Manoah said, “May your promise come true! What shall be decided for the boy, and what is to be his vocation?”
13 Kinuna ti anghel ni Yahweh kenni Manoa, “Masapul nga aramidenna amin a banag nga imbagak kenkuana.
“Make sure your wife is careful to follow everything I told her,” the angel of the Lord replied.
14 Saanna a mabalin ti mangan iti aniaman nga agtaud iti ubas, ken saanmo nga ipalubos nga uminom isuna iti arak wenno iti naingel a mainom; saanmo nga ipalubos a mangan isuna iti aniaman a taraon nga ibagbaga ti linteg a narugit. Masapul nga agtulnog isuna kadagiti amin nga imbilinko kenkuana nga aramidenna.
“She must not eat anything that comes from the vine or drink wine or any other alcoholic drink. She must not eat anything unclean. Your wife must follow everything I instructed her to do.”
15 Kinuna ni Manoa iti anghel ni Yahweh, “Pangngaasim ta agtalinaed kay pay bassit, tapno maikkankami iti gundaway a mangisagana iti urbon a kalding para kenka.”
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us keep you here while we prepare a meal of a young goat for you.”
16 Kinuna ti anghel ni Yahweh kenni Manoa, “Uray no agtalinaedak, saankonto a kanen ti taraonyo. Ngem no mangisaganakayo iti maysa a daton a maipuor amin, idatonyo daytoy kenni Yahweh.” (Saan nga ammo ni Manoa nga isuna ti anghel ni Yahweh.)
The angel of the Lord replied, “I'll stay, but I won't eat your food. However, if you prepare a burnt offering, you can present it to the Lord.” (Manoah didn't know he was the angel of the Lord.)
17 Kinuna ni Manoa iti anghel ni Yahweh, “Ania ti naganmo, tapno mapadayawandaka inton matungpal dagiti saom?”
Manoah asked the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so when your promise comes true we may honor you?”
18 Kinuna ti anghel ni Yahweh kenkuana, “Apay a salsaludsodem ti naganko? Nakakaskasdaaw daytoy!”
“Why do you ask this?” the angel of the Lord responded. “My name is beyond comprehension.”
19 Nangala ngarud ni Manoa iti urbon a kalding agraman ti bukbukel a maidaton ket indatonda dagitoy iti rabaw ti dakkel a bato para kenni Yahweh. Nangaramid isuna iti maysa a banag a nakakaskasdaaw bayat nga agbuybuya ni Manoa ken ti asawana.
Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and presented them on a rock to the Lord. As Manoah and his wife watched, the LORD did something amazing.
20 Idi nagpangato iti tangatang ti apuy manipud iti altar, nagpangato ti anghel ni Yahweh iti apuy iti altar. Nakita daytoy ni Manoa ken ti asawana ket nagpaklebda iti daga.
As the flame from the altar blazed up into the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Manoah and his wife saw what happened and fell with their faces to the ground.
21 Saanen a nagparang ti anghel ni Yahweh kenni Manoa wenno iti asawana. Kalpasanna, naammoan ni Manoa nga isuna ti anghel ni Yahweh.
The angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah or his wife again, and Manoah realized that he was the angel of the Lord.
22 Kinuna ni Manoa iti asawana, “Sigurado a matayta, gapu ta nakitata ti Dios!”
“We're definitely going to die,” he told his wife, “for we have seen God!”
23 Ngem kinuna ti asawana kenkuana, “No kayatnata a patayen ni Yahweh, saanna koma nga inawat ti daton a maipuor amin ken ti daton a bukel nga intedta kenkuana. Saanna koma nga imparang kadata amin dagitoy a banbanag, wenno uray iti daytoy a tiempo saanna koma nga impalubos a mangngegta ti kasta a banbanag.”
But his wife replied, “If the Lord had wanted to kill us he wouldn't have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn't have shown us all these things, and he wouldn't have come now and announced this to us.”
24 Saan a nagbayag, nangipasngay ti babai iti maysa a lalaki, ket pinanagananna iti Samson. Dimmakkel ti ubing ket binendisionan ni Yahweh isuna.
She gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 Rinuggian ti Espiritu ni Yahweh a tignayen isuna idiay Mahane Dan, ti nagbaetan ti Zora ken Estaol.
The Spirit of the Lord began to prompt him at Mahaneh Dan, a place between Zorah and Eshtaol.
