1 L es enfants d'Israël firent encore ce qui déplaît à l'Éternel; et l'Éternel les livra entre les mains des Philistins, pendant quarante ans.

Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

2 I l y avait un homme de Tsorea, de la famille des Danites, et qui s'appelait Manoach. Sa femme était stérile, et n'enfantait pas.

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

3 U n ange de l'Éternel apparut à la femme, et lui dit: Voici, tu es stérile, et tu n'as point d'enfants; tu deviendras enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils.

And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.

4 M aintenant prends bien garde, ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d'impur.

Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

5 C ar tu vas devenir enceinte et tu enfanteras un fils. Le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête, parce que cet enfant sera consacré à Dieu dès le ventre de sa mère; et ce sera lui qui commencera à délivrer Israël de la main des Philistins.

For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

6 L a femme alla dire à son mari; Un homme de Dieu est venu vers moi, et il avait l'aspect d'un ange de Dieu, un aspect redoutable. Je ne lui ai pas demandé d'où il était, et il ne m'a pas fait connaître son nom.

So the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name.

7 M ais il m'a dit: Tu vas devenir enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils; et maintenant ne bois ni vin ni liqueur forte, et ne mange rien d'impur, parce que cet enfant sera consacré à Dieu dès le ventre de sa mère jusqu'au jour de sa mort.

And He said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

8 M anoach fit cette prière à l'Éternel: Ah! Seigneur, que l'homme de Dieu que tu as envoyé vienne encore vers nous, et qu'il nous enseigne ce que nous devons faire pour l'enfant qui naîtra!

Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, and said, “O my Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent come to us again and teach us what we shall do for the child who will be born.”

9 D ieu exauça la prière de Manoach, et l'ange de Dieu vint encore vers la femme. Elle était assise dans un champ, et Manoach, son mari, n'était pas avec elle.

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

10 E lle courut promptement donner cette nouvelle à son mari, et lui dit: Voici, l'homme qui était venu l'autre jour vers moi m'est apparu.

Then the woman ran in haste and told her husband, and said to him, “Look, the Man who came to me the other day has just now appeared to me!”

11 M anoach se leva, suivit sa femme, alla vers l'homme, et lui dit: Est-ce toi qui as parlé à cette femme? Il répondit: C'est moi.

So Manoah arose and followed his wife. When he came to the Man, he said to Him, “Are You the Man who spoke to this woman?” And He said, “I am. ”

12 M anoach dit: Maintenant, si ta parole s'accomplit, que faudra-t-il observer à l'égard de l'enfant, et qu'y aura-t-il à faire?

Manoah said, “Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy’s rule of life, and his work?”

13 L 'ange de l'Éternel répondit à Manoach: La femme s'abstiendra de tout ce que je lui ai dit.

So the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful.

14 E lle ne goûtera d'aucun produit de la vigne, elle ne boira ni vin ni liqueur forte, et elle ne mangera rien d'impur; elle observera tout ce que je lui ai prescrit.

She may not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded her let her observe.”

15 M anoach dit à l'ange de l'Éternel: Permets-nous de te retenir, et de t'apprêter un chevreau.

Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You.”

16 L 'ange de l'Éternel répondit à Manoach: Quand tu me retiendrais, je ne mangerais pas de ton mets; mais si tu veux faire un holocauste, tu l'offriras à l'Éternel. Manoach ne savait point que ce fût un ange de l'Éternel.

And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Though you detain Me, I will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord.” (For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the Lord.)

17 E t Manoach dit à l'ange de l'Éternel: Quel est ton nom, afin que nous te rendions gloire, quand ta parole s'accomplira?

Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “What is Your name, that when Your words come to pass we may honor You?”

18 L 'ange de l'Éternel lui répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Il est merveilleux.

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

19 M anoach prit le chevreau et l'offrande, et fit un sacrifice à l'Éternel sur le rocher. Il s'opéra un prodige, pendant que Manoach et sa femme regardaient.

So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it upon the rock to the Lord. And He did a wondrous thing while Manoah and his wife looked on—

20 C omme la flamme montait de dessus l'autel vers le ciel, l'ange de l'Éternel monta dans la flamme de l'autel. A cette vue, Manoach et sa femme tombèrent la face contre terre.

it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar—the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground.

21 L 'ange de l'Éternel n'apparut plus à Manoach et à sa femme. Alors Manoach comprit que c'était l'ange de l'Éternel,

When the Angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and his wife, then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of the Lord.

22 e t il dit à sa femme: Nous allons mourir, car nous avons vu Dieu.

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

23 S a femme lui répondit: Si l'Éternel eût voulu nous faire mourir, il n'aurait pas pris de nos mains l'holocauste et l'offrande, il ne nous aurait pas fait voir tout cela, et il ne nous aurait pas maintenant fait entendre pareilles choses.

But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time.”

24 L a femme enfanta un fils, et lui donna le nom de Samson. L'enfant grandit, et l'Éternel le bénit.

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

25 E t l'esprit de l'Éternel commença à l'agiter à Machané Dan, entre Tsorea et Eschthaol.

And the Spirit of the Lord began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.