¹[Ny nahaterahan'i Samsona] Ary ny Zanak'Isiraely nanao izay ratsy eo imason'i Jehovah indray, ka dia natolotr'i Jehovah teo an-tànan'ny Filistina efa-polo taona izy.

¹And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

²Ary nisy lehilahy avy tany Zora amin'ny fokon'ny Danita, Manoa no anarany; ary momba ny vadiny ka tsy niteraka.

²And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and hath not borne;

³Ary Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah niseho tamin-dravehivavy ka nanao taminy hoe: Indro, momba ianao ka tsy niteraka; nefa hanan'anaka ianao ka hiteraka zazalahy.

³and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, `Lo, I pray thee, thou [art] barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son.

⁴Koa mitandrema ianao ankehitriny, ka aza misotro divay na toaka, ary aza mihinana akory izay zava-padina.

⁴And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

⁵Fa, indro, hanan'anaka ianao ka hiteraka zazalahy; ary tsy mba hokasihin-kareza ny lohany; fa ho Nazirita ho an'Andriamanitra hatrany an-kibo ny zaza; ary izy no hanomboka hamonjy ny Isiraely amin'ny tanan'ny Filistina.

⁵for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.`

⁶Dia nandeha ravehivavy ka nilaza tamin'ny vadiny hoe: Nisy lehilahin'Andriamanitra tonga tamiko, ary nahatahotra indrindra ny fijery azy, tahaka ny fijery Ilay Anjelin'Andriamanitra, ka tsy nanontany Azy izay nihaviany aho, ary tsy nambarany ahy ny anarany.

⁶And the woman cometh and speaketh to her husband, saying, `A man of God hath come unto me, and his appearance [is] as the appearance of a messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked him whence he [is], and his name he hath not declared to me;

⁷Fa hoy Izy tamiko: Indro, hanan'anaka ianao ka hiteraka zazalahy; koa ankehitriny aza misotro divay na toaka ianao, ary aza mihinana akory izay zava-padina; fa ho Nazirita ho an'Andriamanitra ny zaza hatrany an-kibo ka ambara-pahafatiny

⁷and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.`

⁸Ary Manoa nangataka tamin'i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Ry Tompo ô, aoka hankatỳ aminay indray ny lehilahin'Andriamanitra, ilay efa nirahinao, ka hampianatra anay ny hitondranay ny zaza izay ho teraka.

⁸And Manoah maketh entreaty unto Jehovah, and saith, `O, my Lord, the man of God whom Thou didst send, let him come in, I pray thee, again unto us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.`

⁹Ary Andriamanitra nihaino ny feon'i Manoa, ka dia nankany amin-dravehivavy indray Ilay Anjelin'Andriamanitra, raha tany an-tsaha izy; fa Manoa vadiny tsy teo aminy.

⁹And God hearkeneth to the voice of Manoah, and the messenger of God cometh again unto the woman, and she [is] sitting in a field, and Manoah her husband is not with her,

¹⁰Dia nihazakazaka faingana ravehivavy ka nanambara tamin'ny vadiny hoe: Indro, niseho tamiko indray ny lehilahy izay tonga tamiko tamin'ilay indray andro.

¹⁰and the woman hasteth, and runneth, and declareth to her husband, and saith unto him, `Lo, he hath appeared unto me — the man who came on [that] day unto me.`

¹¹Dia nitsangana Manoa ka nandeha nanaraka ny vadiny, dia nankany amin-dralehilahy ka nanao taminy hoe: Hianao moa ilay lehilahy niteny tamin-dravehivavy? Dia hoy Izy: Eny, Izaho no Izy.

¹¹And Manoah riseth, and goeth after his wife, and cometh unto the man, and saith to him, `Art thou the man who spake unto the woman?` and he saith, `I [am].`

¹²Dia hoy Manoa: Raha tanteraka ilay teninao, ahoana ange no hitondranay ny zaza, ary inona no ho asany?

¹²And Manoah saith, `Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth — and his work?`

¹³Ary hoy Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah tamin'i Manoa: Izay rehetra efa nolazaiko tamin-dravehivavy dia aoka hotandremany avokoa.

¹³And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, `Of all that I said unto the woman let her take heed;

¹⁴Izay rehetra avy amin'ny voaloboka dia aza avela hohaniny, ary aza avela hisotro divay na toaka izy, na hihinana akory izay zava-padina; izay rehetra nandidiako azy dia aoka hotandremany avokoa.

¹⁴of anything which cometh out from the wine-vine she doth not eat, and wine and strong drink she doth not drink, and any unclean thing she doth not eat; all that I have commanded her she doth observe.`

¹⁵Ary hoy Manoa tamin'Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah: Aoka mba hotananay Hianao mandra-pamboatray zanak'osy ho Anao.

¹⁵And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `Let us detain thee, we pray thee, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.`

¹⁶Dia hoy Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah tamin'i Manoa: Na dia tananao aza Aho, tsy mba hihinana amin'ny haninao Aho tsy akory; fa raha hanatitra fanatitra dorana ianao, dia aoka Jehovah no hanateranao izany. Fa tsy fantatr'i Manoa ho Anjelin'i Jehovah Izy.

¹⁶And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, `If thou detain me — I do not eat of thy bread; and if thou prepare a burnt-offering — to Jehovah thou dost offer it;` for Manoah hath not known that He [is] a messenger of Jehovah.

¹⁷Dia hoy Manoa tamin'Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah: Iza moa no anaranao, mba hanomezanay voninahitra Anao, rehefa tanteraka ny teninao?

¹⁷And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `What [is] thy name? when thy words come to pass, then we have honoured thee.`

¹⁸Ary hoy Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah taminy: Nahoana no manontany ny anarako ianao? Fa anarana mahagaga izany.

¹⁸And the messenger of Jehovah saith to him, `Why [is] this — thou dost ask for My name? — and it [is] Wonderful.`

¹⁹Dia naka ny zanak'osy sy ny fanatitra hohanina Manoa ka nanatitra ireny teo ambonin'ny vatolampy ho an'i Jehovah; ary Ilay Anjely kosa nanao zava-mahagaga, raha mbola nijery teo Manoa mivady.

¹⁹And Manoah taketh the kid of the goats, and the present, and offereth on the rock to Jehovah, and He is doing wonderfully, and Manoah and his wife are looking on,

²⁰Ary raha niakatra ho amin'ny lanitra ny lelafo avy teo amin'ny alitara, dia niakatra teo anatin'ny lelafo avy teo amin'ny alitara Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah. Ary nijery izany Manoa mivady, ka dia niankohoka tamin'ny tany.

²⁰and it cometh to pass, in the going up of the flame from off the altar toward the heavens, that the messenger of Jehovah goeth up in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife are looking on, and they fall on their faces to the earth,

²¹Ary tsy niseho tamin'i Manoa sy ny vadiny intsony Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah; dia fantatr'i Manoa fa Anjelin'i Jehovah Izy.

²¹and the messenger of Jehovah hath not added again to appear unto Manoah, and unto his wife, then hath Manoah known that He [is] a messenger of Jehovah.

²²Ary hoy Manoa tamin'ny vadiny: Ho faty tokoa isika, satria efa nahita an'Andriamanitra.

²²And Manoah saith unto his wife, `We certainly die, for we have seen God.`

²³Fa hoy ny vadiny taminy: Raha sitrak'i Jehovah ny hahafaty antsika, dia tsy ho nety nandray fanatitra dorana sy fanatitra hohanina tamin'ny tanantsika akory Izy, ary tsy ho nampahita antsika izany zavatra rehetra izany, ary tsy ho nampandre antsika izany zavatra izany ankehitriny.

²³And his wife saith to him, `If Jehovah were desirous to put us to death, He had not received from our hands burnt-offering and present, nor shewed us all these things, nor as [at this] time caused us to hear [anything] like this.`

²⁴Ary niteraka zazalahy ravehivavy, ka ny anarany nataony hoe Samsona; dia nitombo ny zaza, ary Jehovah nitahy azy.Dia niantomboka nanindry azy indraindray ny Fanahin'i Jehovah tany Mahane-dana, teo anelanelan'i Zora sy Estaola.[Mahane-dana = Tobin'i Dana]

²⁴And the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him,

²⁵Dia niantomboka nanindry azy indraindray ny Fanahin'i Jehovah tany Mahane-dana, teo anelanelan'i Zora sy Estaola.[Mahane-dana = Tobin'i Dana]

²⁵and the Spirit of Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.