¹And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

¹A synovia Izraelovi robili zase to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových, a Hospodin ich vydal do ruky Filištínov štyridsať rokov.

²And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.

²A bol istý muž z Caree, z čeľade Dánovej, ktorému bolo meno Manoach, a ktorého žena bola neplodná a nerodila.

³And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou art barren and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.

³A anjel Hospodinov sa ukázal žene a riekol jej: Nože hľa, neplodná si a nerodíš, ale počneš a porodíš syna.

⁴And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.

⁴Preto sa teraz vystríhaj a nepi vína ani nijakého nápoja opojného ani nejedz ničoho nečistého.

⁵For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

⁵Lebo hľa, počneš a porodíš syna, a britva nech nevstúpi na jeho hlavu, lebo chlapča bude nazarejom Božím od života matky, a on započne zachraňovať Izraela z ruky Filištínov.

⁶And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very terrible; but I did not ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name.

⁶A keď prišla žena, povedala svojmu mužovi: Muž Boží prišiel ku mne, ktorého vzozrenie bolo jako vzozrenie anjela Božieho, strašný bol veľmi, preto som sa ho ani nepýtala, odkiaľ je, ani mi neoznámil svojho mena.

⁷And he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not anything unclean; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb to the day of his death.

⁷A riekol mi: Hľa, počneš a porodíš syna a preto teraz nepi vína ani nijakého nápoja opojného a nejedz ničoho nečistého, lebo chlapča bude nazarejom Božím od života matky až do dňa svojej smrti.

⁸Then Manoah prayed to Jehovah, and said, Ah Lord! let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, I pray thee, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

⁸Vtedy sa modlil Manoach Hospodinovi a prosiac pokorne povedal: Ó, môj Pane, prosím, nech ešte prijde k nám muž Boží, ktorého si bol poslal, aby nás naučil, čo máme robiť s chlapcom, ktorý sa má narodiť.

⁹And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel of God came again to the woman whilst she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.

⁹A Bôh vyslyšal hlas Manoachov, a anjel Boží prišiel zase k žene, keď sedela na poli, a Manoach, jej muž, zase nebol s ňou.

¹⁰Then the woman hasted and ran, and informed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, that came to me that day.

¹⁰A žena ponáhľajúc sa bežala a oznámila svojmu mužovi a povedala mu: Hľa, ukázal sa mi muž, ktorý to bol prišiel ku mne toho dňa.

¹¹And Manoah rose up and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that didst speak to the woman? And he said, I am.

¹¹Vtedy vstal Manoach a išiel za svojou ženou a keď prišiel k mužovi, povedal mu: Či si to ty ten muž, ktorý si hovoril tu mojej žene? A on riekol: Ja som.

¹²And Manoah said, When thy words then come to pass, what shall be the child's manner and his doing?

¹²Na to povedal Manoach: Keď sa teraz splní tvoje slovo, jaký bude spôsob dieťaťa a čo bude jeho práca?

¹³And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware:

¹³A anjel Hospodinov riekol Manoachovi: Všetkého toho, čo som povedal žene, nech sa vystríha.

¹⁴she shall not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither shall she drink wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean: all that I commanded her shall she observe.

¹⁴Nebude jesť ničoho z toho, čo pošlo z vínneho kmeňa, a vína ani nijakého nápoja opojného nech nepije ani nech nejie ničoho nečistého; všetko, čo som jej prikázal, bude ostríhať.

¹⁵And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, and we will make ready a kid of the goats for thee.

¹⁵A Manoach povedal anjelovi Hospodinovmu: Dovoľ, prosím, že by sme ťa zdržali, aby sme pripravili kozľa pre teba.

¹⁶And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Though thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou shalt offer it up to Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the Angel of Jehovah.

¹⁶Ale anjel Hospodinov riekol Manoachovi: Aj keby si ma zdržal, nebudem jesť tvojho chleba, ale ak pripravíš zápalnú obeť, Hospodinovi ju obetuj. Lebo nevedel Manoach, že je to anjel Hospodinov.

¹⁷And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, What is thy name, that when thy word cometh to pass we may do thee honour?

¹⁷A zase povedal Manoach anjelovi Hospodinovmu: Čo je tvoje meno, aby sme ťa poctili, keď sa splní tvoje slovo?

¹⁸And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

¹⁸A anjel Hospodinov mu riekol: Prečo sa pýtaš na moje meno, keď je ono predivné?

¹⁹Then Manoah took the kid and the oblation, and offered it up to Jehovah upon the rock. And he did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.

¹⁹Vtedy vezmúc Manoach kozľa a obetný dar obilný obetoval to zápalnou obeťou Hospodinovi na skale. A on vykonal divnú vec, kým hľadeli na to Manoach a jeho žena.

²⁰And it came to pass, as the flame went up from off the altar towards the heavens, that the Angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground.

²⁰Stalo sa totiž, keď vystupoval plameň s oltára k nebu, že vystúpil anjel Hospodinov v plameni oltára hore. A keď to videli Manoach a jeho žena, padli na svoju tvár na zem.

²¹And the Angel of Jehovah appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that it was the Angel of Jehovah.

²¹A potom sa už viacej neukázal anjel Hospodinov ani Manoachovi ani jeho žene. Vtedy poznal Manoach, že to bol anjel Hospodinov.

²²And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

²²A Manoach povedal svojej žene: Istotne zomrieme, lebo sme videli Boha.

²³But his wife said to him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and an oblation at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would he at this time have told us [such things] as these.

²³Ale jeho žena mu povedala: Keby nás chcel Hospodin usmrtiť, nebol by prijal z našej ruky zápalnej obeti ani obetného daru obilného ani by nám nebol ukázal všetkých týchto vecí ani by nám teraz nebol ohlásil veci, jako je toto.

²⁴And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.

²⁴A žena porodila syna a nazvala jeho Samson. A chlapec rástol, a Hospodin ho žehnal.

²⁵And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him at Mahaneh-Dan, between Zoreah and Eshtaol.

²⁵A Duch Hospodinov ho začal pobádať v Tábore Dánovom medzi Careou a medzi Eštaolom.