¹In sinovi Izraelovi so zopet delali, kar je bilo zlo v očeh GOSPODOVIH, in GOSPOD jih je dal Filistejcem v roko štirideset let.

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.

²Bil pa je neki mož iz Zore, iz rodovine Danove, ki mu je bilo ime Manoah; in žena njegova je bila nerodovitna in ni rodila.

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;

³In angel GOSPODOV se prikaže ženi in ji reče: Glej, nerodovitna si in ne rodiš; pa spočneš in porodiš sina.

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.

⁴Sedaj pa varuj se, pravim, da ne piješ vina in močne pijače in ne ješ nič nečistega.

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

⁵Kajti glej, spočela boš in rodila sina, ki mu ne sme britev priti na glavo, zakaj deček bode nazirec [T. j. posvečenec] Božji od materinega telesa, in on začne reševati Izraela iz roke Filistejcev.

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.`

⁶In žena pride in pove možu svojemu, rekoč: Prišel je mož Božji k meni, in podoba njegova je bila kakor angela Božjega, silno strašna, da ga nisem vprašala, odkod je, pa on mi ni povedal, kako mu je ime;

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 dejal mi je: Glej, spočela boš in rodila sina, ne pij torej nič vina, ne močne pijače, in ne jej nič nečistega, zakaj deček bode nazirec Božji od materinega telesa do dne smrti svoje.

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.`

⁸Tedaj zaprosi Manoah GOSPODA in reče: O GOSPOD, prosim, daj, da pride mož Božji, ki si ga bil poslal, zopet k nama ter naju pouči, kako naj ravnava z dečkom, ki se bo rodil.

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.`

⁹In Bog je slišal glas Manoahov: in angel Božji pride zopet k ženi, ko je sedela na polju, a Manoah, mož njen, ni bil pri njej.

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,

¹⁰Žena pa hitro teče, in naznani možu svojemu in mu reče: Glej, prikazal se mi je tisti mož, ki je bil prišel k meni ondan.

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.`

¹¹In Manoah vstane in gre za ženo svojo, in pride k možu in mu reče: Ti li si tisti mož, ki si govoril z ženo? Odgovori: Sem.

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].`

¹²In reče Manoah: Ko se torej izpolnijo besede tvoje, kaj bodi pravilo za dečka in delo njegovo?

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

¹³In angel GOSPODOV reče Manoahu: Vsega, kar sem povedal ženi, naj se ona varuje.

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

¹⁴Naj ne uživa ničesar, kar pride iz vinske trte, niti ne pije vina, ne močne pijače in ne je nič nečistega; in vse, kar sem ji zapovedal, naj izpolnjuje.

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.`

¹⁵In Manoah reče angelu GOSPODOVEMU: Prosim, rada bi te pomudila, da ti pripraviva kozliča.

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

¹⁶Angel GOSPODOV pa reče Manoahu: Ko bi me tudi pomudil, ne bom jedel od tvojega kruha; če pa hočeš pripraviti žgalščino, jo moraš darovati GOSPODU. Manoah namreč ni vedel, da je bil angel GOSPODOV.

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.

¹⁷In Manoah reče angelu GOSPODOVEMU: Kako ti je ime? da ti izkažemo čast, ko pride, kar si govoril.

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

¹⁸Angel GOSPODOV pa mu odgovori: Čemu pa vprašuješ po mojem imenu, ki je čudovito?

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

¹⁹Tedaj vzame Manoah kozliča z jedilno daritvijo in ga daruje na skali GOSPODU; in on je storil čudež, ko sta Manoah in žena njegova gledala.

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,

²⁰Zgodi se namreč, ko je ogenj plapolal proti nebu z oltarja, da odide gori angel GOSPODOV v plamenu oltarja, ko sta Manoah in žena njegova gledala; in padla sta na obraz svoj na tla.

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,

²¹In ni se več prikazal angel GOSPODOV Manoahu in ženi njegovi. Tedaj je spoznal Manoah, da je bil angel GOSPODOV.

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.

²²In Manoah reče ženi svoji: Gotovo skoraj umrjeva, ker sva videla Boga.

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

²³Ali žena njegova mu reče: Ko bi GOSPODU ugajalo usmrtiti naju, ne bi bil sprejel žgalne in jedilne daritve iz roke najine, tudi bi nama ne bil pokazal vsega tega, ne v tem času nama dal slišati takih reči!

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.`

²⁴In žena je rodila sina in ga imenovala Samsona. In deček je rastel, in GOSPOD ga je blagoslovil.In duh GOSPODOV ga je začel izpodbadati v Danovem šatorišču, med Zoro in Estaolom.

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

²⁵In duh GOSPODOV ga je začel izpodbadati v Danovem šatorišču, med Zoro in Estaolom.

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