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

¹And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah gave 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 Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.

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

³And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to 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;

⁴And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.

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 boy shall be a Nazarite of 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;

⁶And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very terrible; but I did not ask him whence he was, neither did he tell 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.

⁷And he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not anything unclean; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of 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 prayed to Jehovah, and said, Ah Lord! let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, I pray thee, 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 to the woman whilst 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.

¹⁰Then the woman hasted and ran, and informed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, that came to me that day.

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

¹¹And Manoah rose up and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that didst speak to 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, When thy words then come to pass, what shall be the child's manner and his doing?

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

¹³And the Angel of Jehovah said to 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 shall not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither shall she drink wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean: all that I commanded her shall she observe.

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

¹⁵And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, and we will make ready a kid of the goats 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 to Manoah, Though thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou shalt offer it up to 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 to the Angel of Jehovah, What is thy name, that when thy word cometh to pass we may do thee honour?

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

¹⁸And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest 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.

¹⁹Then Manoah took the kid and the oblation, and offered it up to Jehovah upon the rock. And he 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.

²⁰And it came to pass, as the flame went up from off the altar towards the heavens, that the Angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground.

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

²¹And the Angel of Jehovah appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that it was the Angel of Jehovah.

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

²²And Manoah said to 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 to him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and an oblation at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would he 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 bore 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 at Mahaneh-Dan, between Zoreah and Eshtaol.