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

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.

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

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;

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.`

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.

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;

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.

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.`

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.

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.`

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

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,

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.

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.`

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.

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].`

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

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

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

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

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.

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.`

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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,

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.

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,

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.`

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

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

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

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