¹Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakaitazve zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, Jehovha akavaisa mumaoko avaFirisitia makore ana makumi mana.

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

²Zvino kwakanga kuno mumwe murume weZora, weimba yaDhani, wainzi Manowa; mukadzi wake wakange asina mwanakomana, asingabereki.

²And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

³Mutumwa waJehovha akazviratidza kumukadzi uyu, akati kwaari, Tarira zvino, iwe haubereki, hauno mwana; asi uchava nemimba, nokubereka mwanakomana.

³And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

⁴Naizvozvo zvino chichenjera hako kuti urege kumwa waini, kana zvimwe zvinobata, kana kudya chinhu chisina kunaka;

⁴Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

⁵nekuti tarira, uchava nemimba, nokubereka mwanakomana; musoro wake haufaniri kuveurwa nechisvo, nekuti mwana uyu anofanira kuva muNaziri waMwari kubva padumbu ramai vake; iye uchatanga kuponesa Isiraeri pamaoko avaFirisitia.

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

⁶Zvino mukadzi akandoudza murume wake, akati, Munhu waMwari wakauya kwandiri, chiso chake chakanga chakafanana nechiso chomutumwa waMwari, chaityisa kwazvo; handina kumubvunza kuti unobvepi, uye iye haana kundiudza zita rake;

⁶Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

⁷asi wakati kwandiri, Tarira, uchava nemimba, nokubereka mwanakomana; zvino chirega kumwa waini, kana zvimwe zvinobata, usadya chinhu chisina kunaka, nekuti mwana uyu uchava muNaziri waMwari kubva padumbu ramai vake kusvikira pazuva rokufa kwake.

⁷But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

⁸Ipapo Manowa akakumbira kuna Jehovha, akati, Jehovha, ndinokumbira kuti munhu waMwari wamakatuma, auyezve kwatiri, atidzidzise zvatinofanira kuitira mwana uchazozvarwa.

⁸Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

⁹Jehovha akanzwa inzwi raManowa; mutumwa waMwari akauyazve kumukadzi agere pamunda; asi Manowa, murume wake, wakange asiko kwaari.

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

¹⁰Mukadzi akakurumidza, akamhanya, akandoudza murume wake, akati kwaari, Tarira, murume uya wazviratidzazve kwandiri, iye wakadeya kuuya kwandiri musi uya.

¹⁰And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

¹¹Manowa akasimuka, akatevera mukadzi, wake akasvika kumurume, akati kwaari, Ndiwe murume wakataura nomukadzi here? Iye akati, Ndini.

¹¹And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

¹²Manowa akati, Zvino kana mashoko enyu achinge aitika, tsika dzomwana dzinofanira kuva dzipi, nebasa rake rinofanira kuva reiko?

¹²And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?

¹³Mutumwa waJehovha akati kuna Manowa; Mukadzi ngaachenjere pamusoro pezvose zvandakamuudza.

¹³And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

¹⁴Haafaniri kudya chinhu chipi nechipi chinobva pamuti womuzambiringa; haafaniri kumwa waini, kana zvimwe zvinobata, kana kudya chinhu chisina kunaka; ngaachengete zvose zvandakamuraira.

¹⁴She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

¹⁵Manowa akati kumutumwa waJehovha, Titenderei henyu tikunonosei, tikugadzirirei mbudzana.

¹⁵And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

¹⁶Mutumwa waJehovha akati kuna Manowa, Kunyange ukandinonosa, handingadyi chingwa chako; kana ukada kugadzira chipiriso chinopiswa, unofanira kuchipa Jehovha. nekuti Manowa wakange asingazivi kuti mutumwa waJehovha.

¹⁶And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.

¹⁷Manowa akati kumutumwa waJehovha, Zita renyu ndianiko? Kuti tizive kukukudzai kana mashoko enyu achizoitika?

¹⁷And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor?

¹⁸Mutumwa waJehovha akati kwaari, Unondibvunzireiko zita rangu, zvarinoshamisa?

¹⁸And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

¹⁹Ipapo Manowa akatora mbudzana pamwechete nechipiriso chezvokudya, akazvibayira Jehovha padombo; mutumwa akaita chinhu chinoshamisa, Manowa nomukadzi wake vakataririra.

¹⁹So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

²⁰nekuti murazvo womoto wakati uchikwira kudenga uchibva paatari, mutumwa waJehovha ndokukwira mumurazvo weatari, Manowa nomukadzi wake vakataririra; vakawira pasi nezviso zvavo.

²⁰For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

²¹Asi mutumwa waJehovha haana kuzozviratidzazve kuna Manowa, kana kumukadzi wake. Ipapo Manowa akaziva kuti mutumwa waJehovha.

²¹But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

²²Zvino Manowa akati kumukadzi wake, Tichafa zvirokwazvo, nekuti takaona Mwari.

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

²³Asi mukadzi wake wakati kwaari, Dai Jehovha aida kutiuraya, ungadai asina kugamuchira chipiriso chinopiswa chezvokudya pamaoko edu; ungadai asina kutiratidza mashoko akadai panguva ino.

²³But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

²⁴Zvino mukadzi akapona mwanakomana, akamutumidza zita rinonzi Samusoni; mwana akakura, Jehovha akamuropafadza.

²⁴And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

²⁵Mweya waJehovha akatanga kumumutsa paMahanedhani, pakati peZora neEshitaori.

²⁵And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.