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

¹And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 no 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 upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save 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 the angel of God, very terrible; and 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, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto 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 entreated Jehovah, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom 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 told 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: what shall be the ordering of the child, and [how] shall we do unto him?

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

¹³And the angel of Jehovah 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 anything 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 Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make 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 Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

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

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

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

¹⁸And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

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

¹⁹So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto Jehovah: and [the angel] did wondrously, 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 Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they 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 Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah.

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 Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told 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 Jehovah blessed him.

²⁵Mweya waJehovha akatanga kumumutsa paMahanedhani, pakati peZora neEshitaori.

²⁵And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.