1 و َفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. فَأخضَعَهُمْ اللهُ لِسَيطَرَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ مُدَّةَ أربَعِينَ سَنَةً.

And the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

2 و َكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَلْدَةِ صُرْعَةَ، مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ دانَ، اسْمُهُ مَنُوحُ. وَكانَتِ امْرأتُهُ عاقِراً.

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

3 ف َظَهَرَ مَلاكُ اللهِ لِلمَرأةِ وَقالَ لَها: «عَلَى الرُّغمِ مِنْ أنَّكِ عاقِرٌ، إلّا أنَّكِ سَتَحبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً.

And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have no children, but you shall become pregnant and bear a son.

4 و َالآنَ احذَرِي مِنْ أنْ تَشْرَبِي نَبِيذاً أوْ شَراباً مُسْكِراً. وَلا تَأْكُلِي شَيئاً نَجِساً.

Therefore beware and drink no wine or strong drink and eat nothing unclean.

5 و َها أنتِ حُبلَى فِعلا، وَسَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً. لَكِنْ لا يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَلمَسَ شَفْرَةَ حِلاقَةٍ رَأْسَهُ. إذْ سَيَكُونُ الصَّبِيُّ نَذِيراً للهِ، حَتَّى مِنْ قَبلِ أنْ يُولَدَ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي سَيَبْدَأُ يُخَلِّصُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ سَيطَرَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.»

For behold, you shall become pregnant and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines.

6 ف َذَهَبَتِ المَرأةُ وَأخبَرَتْ زَوجَها وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «جاءَ إلَيَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ رِجالِ اللهِ! كانَ مَنظَرُهُ كَمَنْظَرِ مَلاكِ اللهِ، مُهِيباً جِدّاً! لَمْ أسألْهُ مِنْ أينَ هُوَ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يُخبِرنِي اسْمَهُ.

Then the woman went and told her husband, saying, A Man of God came to me and his face was like the face of the Angel of God, to be greatly and reverently feared. I did not ask him from where he came, and he did not tell me his name.

7 ل َكِنَّهُ قالَ لِي: ‹أنْتِ حُبلَى، وَسَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً، فَالآنَ لا تَشْرَبِي نَبِيذاً وَلا شَراباً مُسْكِراً، وَلا تَأكُلِي شَيئِاً نَجِساً، إذْ سَيَكُونُ الصَّبِيُّ نَذِيراً للهِ حَتَّى مِنْ قَبلِ أنْ يُولَدَ حَتَّى يَومِ مَوْتِهِ.›»

But he said to me, Behold, you shall become pregnant and bear a son, and now drink no wine or strong drink and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.

8 ف َصَلَّى مَنُوحُ إلَى اللهِ وَقالَ: «أُصَلّي يا اللهُ ، أنْ تُرْسِلَ رَجُلَ اللهِ إلَينا ثانِيَةً، فَيُخْبِرَنا ما يَنْبَغِي أنْ نَفعَلَهُ لِلصَّبِيِّ الَّذِي سَيُولَدُ.»

Then Manoah entreated the Lord and said, O Lord, let the Man of God whom You sent come again to us and teach us what we shall do with the child that shall be born.

9 و َاسْتَجابَ اللهُ لِمَنُوحَ. وَجاءَ مَلاكُ اللهِ ثانِيَةً إلَى المَرأةِ وَهِيَ جالِسَةٌ فِي الحَقلِ، لَكِنَّ زَوجَها مَنُوحَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَها.

And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.

10 ف َرَكَضَتِ المَرأةُ بِسُرعَةٍ وَقالَتْ لِزَوجَها: «ها قَدْ ظَهَرَ لِي الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي جاءَ إلَيَّ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ.»

And the woman ran in haste and told her husband and said to him, Behold, the Man who came to me the other day has appeared to me.

11 ف َقامَ مَنُوحُ وَتَبِعَ امرَأتَهُ، فَجاءَ إلَى الرَّجُلِ وَقالَ لَهُ: «أأنْتَ هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ مَعَ هَذِهِ المَرأةِ؟» فَقالَ: «أنا هُوَ.»

And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the Man and said to him, Are you the Man who spoke to this woman? And he said, I am.

12 ث ُمَّ قالَ مَنُوحٌ: «فَلْيَتَحَقَّقْ كَلامُكَ هَذا! لَكِنْ كَيفَ نَتَعامَلُ مَعَ الصَّبِيِّ؟ وَماذا سَتَكُونُ مَهَمَّتُهُ؟»

And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, how shall we manage the child, and what is he to do?

13 ف َقالَ مَلاكُ اللهِ لِمَنُوحَ: «يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَحرِصَ زَوجَتُكَ عَلَى عَمَلِ كُلِّ ما قُلْتُهُ لَها.

And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the mother beware of all that I told her.

14 ف َلتَمْتَنِعْ عَنْ جَمِيعِ مُنْتَجاتِ العِنَبِ. عَنِ النَّبِيذِ وَالمُسْكِراتِ. وَلا تَأكُلْ طَعاماً نَجِساً، بَلْ تَفْعَلْ جَمِيعَ ما أمَرتُها بِهِ.»

She may not eat of anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe.

15 ف َقالَ مَنُوحُ لِمَلاكِ اللهِ: «اسْمَحْ لَنا أنْ نَستَضِيفَكَ بَعْضَ الوَقتِ، وَنُحضِرَ لَكَ جِدْياً لِتَأْكُلَهُ.»

And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, Pray, let us detain you that we may prepare a kid for you.

16 ف َقالَ مَلاكُ اللهِ لِمَنُوحَ: «إنْ بَقِيتُ، فَلَنْ آكُلَ طَعامَكَ. لَكِنْ إنْ أرَدْتَ أنْ تُقَدِّمَ تَقدِمَةً، فَقَدِّمْها للهِ.» إذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَنُوحُ يُدرِكُ أنَّهُ كانَ يُكَلِّمُ مَلاكَ اللهِ.

And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your food, but if you make ready a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord. For Manoah did not know that he was the Angel of the Lord.

17 ف َقالَ مَنُوحُ لِمَلاكِ اللهِ: «ما اسْمُكَ؟ لِكَي نُكرِمَكَ حِينَ يَتَحَقَّقُ كَلامُكَ.»

And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true, we may do you honor?

18 ف َقالَ مَلاكُ اللهِ لَهُ: «لِماذا تُرِيدُ أنْ تَعرِفَ اسْمِي؟ إنَّهُ عَجيبٌ!»

And the Angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?

19 ف َأخَذَ مَنُوحُ الجِدْيَ مَعَ تَقدِمَةِ الحُبُوبِ، وَقَدَّمَها ذَبيحَةً صاعِدَةً عَلَى الصَّخرَةِ للهِ ، صانِعِ العَجائِبِ. وَكانَ مَنُوحُ وَزَوجَتُهُ يُراقِبانِ.

So Manoah took the kid with the cereal offering and offered it upon a rock to the Lord, the Angel working wonders, while Manoah and his wife looked on.

20 ف َصَعِدَ اللَّهَبُ إلَى السَّماءِ مِنَ المَذْبَحِ، وَصَعِدَ مَلاكُ اللهِ فِي لَهَبِ المَذْبَحِ، وَمَنُوحُ وَامرَأتُهُ يُراقِبانِ. فَسَجَدا عَلَى الأرْضِ عَلَى وَجهَيهِما.

For when the flame went up toward the heavens from the altar, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the altar flame. And Manoah and his wife looked on, and they fell on their faces to the ground.

21 ف َعَرَفَ مَنُوحُ أنَّهُ مَلاكُ اللهِ. وَلَمْ يَظهَرْ مَلاكُ اللهِ ثانِيَةً لِمَنُوحَ وَزَوجَتِهِ.

The Angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the Angel of the Lord.

22 ف َقالَ لِزَوجَتِهِ: «لاشَكَّ أنَّنا سَنَمُوتُ، لِأنَّنا قَدْ رَأينا اللهَ.»

And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

23 ف َقالَتْ زَوجَتُهُ: «لَو أرادَ اللهُ أنْ يَقتُلَنا، لَما قَبِلَ الذَّبِيحَةَ وَتَقدِمَةَ الحُبُوبِ مِنّا. وَلَما أعلَنَ لَنا كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأشياءِ، أوْ سَمَحَ لَنا حَتَّى بِسَماعِها.»

But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt offering and a cereal offering from our hands, nor have shown us all these things or now have announced such things as these.

24 و َوَلَدَتِ المَرأةُ ابْناً، وَسَمَّتْهُ شَمْشُونَ. وَكَبِرَ الصَّبِيُّ، وَبارَكَهُ اللهُ.

And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew and the Lord blessed him.

25 و َبَدَأ رُوحُ اللهِ يَعمَلُ فِيهِ فِي مَحَلَّةِ دانَ، بَينَ بَلدَتَي صُرْعَةَ وَأشْتَأُولَ.

And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in Mahaneh-dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.