1 T he children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

وَفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. فَأخضَعَهُمْ اللهُ لِسَيطَرَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ مُدَّةَ أربَعِينَ سَنَةً.

2 T here was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.

وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَلْدَةِ صُرْعَةَ، مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ دانَ، اسْمُهُ مَنُوحُ. وَكانَتِ امْرأتُهُ عاقِراً.

3 Y ahweh’s angel appeared to the woman, and said to her, “See now, you are barren and childless; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.

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

4 N ow therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing:

وَالآنَ احذَرِي مِنْ أنْ تَشْرَبِي نَبِيذاً أوْ شَراباً مُسْكِراً. وَلا تَأْكُلِي شَيئاً نَجِساً.

5 f or, behold, you shall conceive, and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

وَها 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.»

6 T hen the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;

فَذَهَبَتِ 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.

7 b ut he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

لَكِنَّهُ 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.›»

8 T hen Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we should do to the child who shall be born.”

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

9 G od 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, wasn’t with her.

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

10 T he woman hurried and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, “Behold, the man who came to me that day has appeared to me,”

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

11 M anoah arose, and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” He said, “I am.”

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

12 M anoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?”

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

13 Y ahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.

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

14 S he may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. Let her observe all that I commanded her.”

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

15 M anoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”

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

16 Y ahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I won’t eat your bread. If you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah didn’t know that he was Yahweh’s angel.

فَقالَ 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.

17 M anoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?”

فَقالَ مَنُوحُ لِمَلاكِ اللهِ: «ما اسْمُكَ؟ لِكَي نُكرِمَكَ حِينَ يَتَحَقَّقُ كَلامُكَ.»

18 Y ahweh’s angel said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is incomprehensible ?”

فَقالَ مَلاكُ اللهِ لَهُ: «لِماذا تُرِيدُ أنْ تَعرِفَ اسْمِي؟ إنَّهُ عَجيبٌ!»

19 S o Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the angel did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.

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

20 F or when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, Yahweh’s angel ascended in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife watched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

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

21 B ut Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.

فَعَرَفَ مَنُوحُ أنَّهُ مَلاكُ اللهِ. وَلَمْ يَظهَرْ مَلاكُ اللهِ ثانِيَةً لِمَنُوحَ وَزَوجَتِهِ.

22 M anoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”

فَقالَ لِزَوجَتِهِ: «لاشَكَّ أنَّنا سَنَمُوتُ، لِأنَّنا قَدْ رَأينا اللهَ.»

23 B ut his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t he have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”

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

24 T he woman bore a son, and named him Samson. The child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.

وَوَلَدَتِ المَرأةُ ابْناً، وَسَمَّتْهُ شَمْشُونَ. وَكَبِرَ الصَّبِيُّ، وَبارَكَهُ اللهُ.

25 Y ahweh’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

وَبَدَأ رُوحُ اللهِ يَعمَلُ فِيهِ فِي مَحَلَّةِ دانَ، بَينَ بَلدَتَي صُرْعَةَ وَأشْتَأُولَ.