Jueces 13

1 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

So then please be careful not to drink any wine or other alcoholic drink, and don't eat anything unclean.

5 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

So she ran quickly to tell her husband, “Look! The man who appeared to me the other day has come back!”

11 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.

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

So Manoah said, “May your promise come true! What shall be decided for the boy, and what is to be his vocation?”

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

“Make sure your wife is careful to follow everything I told her,” the angel of the Lord replied.

14 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.

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

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 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.

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

Manoah asked the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so when your promise comes true we may honor you?”

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

“Why do you ask this?” the angel of the Lord responded. “My name is beyond comprehension.”

19 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.

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 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.

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

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

“We're definitely going to die,” he told his wife, “for we have seen God!”

23 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.

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

She gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.

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

The Spirit of the Lord began to prompt him at Mahaneh Dan, a place between Zorah and Eshtaol.