¹The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

¹Men Israelitterne blev ved at gøre, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og HERREN gav dem i Filisternes Hånd i fyrretyve År.

²There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn’t bear.

²Der levede i Zora en Mand af Daniternes Slægt ved Navn Manoa; hans Hustru var ufrugtbar og havde ingen Børn født.

³The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, “See now, you are barren, and don’t bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.

³Nu viste HERRENs Engel sig for Kvinden og sagde til hende: "Se, du er ufrugtbar og har ingen Børn født; men du skal blive frugtsommelig og føde en Søn.

⁴Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing:

⁴Vogt dig vel for at drikke Vin eller stærk Drik og for at spise noget som helst urent!

⁵for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

⁵Thi se, du skal blive frugtsommelig og føde en Søn. Der må ikke komme Ragekniv på hans Hoved, thi Drengen skal være en Guds Nasiræer fra Moders Liv af; og han skal gøre de første Skridt til at frelse Israel af Filisternes Hånd!"

⁶Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name:

⁶Kvinden gik nu hen og sagde til sin Mand: "Der kom en Guds Mand til mig, og han så ud som en Guds Engel; såre frygtindgydende; jeg spurgte ham ikke, hvor han var fra, og sit Navn gav han mig ikke til Kende.

⁷but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall 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 to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

⁷Han sagde til mig: Se, du skal blive frugtsommelig og føde en Søn; drik nu ikke Vin eller stærk Drik og spis intet som helst urent, thi Drengen skal være en Guds Nasiræer fra Moders Liv af til sin Dødedag!"

⁸Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born.”

⁸Da bad Manoa til HERREN og sagde: "Ak, HERRE, lad den Guds Mand, du sendte, atter komme til os for at lære os, hvorledes vi skal bære os ad med den Dreng, der skal fødes!"

⁹God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her.

⁹Og Gud bønhørte Manoa; og Guds Engel kom atter til Kvinden, medens hun sad ude på Marken, men Manoa, hendes Mand, var ikke hos hende.

¹⁰The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, “Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me that day.”

¹⁰Da skyndte Kvinden sig hen til sin Mand, fortalte ham det og sagde til ham: "Se, den Mand, som kom til mig forleden, har vist sig for mig!"

¹¹Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to the woman?” He said, “I am.”

¹¹Manoa stod da op og gik med sin Hustru, og da han kom hen til Manden, sagde han til ham: "Er du den Mand, som talte til Kvinden?" Og han sagde: "Ja!"

¹²Manoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?”

¹²Så sagde Manoa: "Når nu dit Ord går i Opfyldelse, hvorledes skal vi da forholde os og bære os ad med Drengen?"

¹³The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.

¹³HERRENs Engel svarede Manoa: "Alt det, jeg talte om til Kvinden, skal hun vogte sig for;

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

¹⁴intet af, hvad der vokser på Vinstokken, må hun spise; Vin og stærk Drik må hun ikke drikke, og intet urent må hun spise; alt, hvad jeg bød hende, skal hun overholde!"

¹⁵Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, “Please, let us detain you, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”

¹⁵Da sagde Manoa til HERRENs Engel: "Vi vilde gerne holde dig tilbage og tillave dig et Gedekid!"

¹⁶The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I won’t eat of your bread; and if you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah didn’t know that he was the angel of Yahweh.

¹⁶Men HERRENs Engel svarede Manoa: "Selv om du holder mig tilbage, spiser jeg ikke af din Mad; men vil du ofre et Brændoffer, så bring HERREN det!" Thi Manoa vidste ikke, at det var HERRENs Engel.

¹⁷Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?”

¹⁷Og Manoa sagde til HERRENs Engel: "Hvad er dit Navn? Når dit Ord går i Opfyldelse, vil vi ære dig!"

¹⁸The angel of Yahweh said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is wonderful?”

¹⁸Men HERRENs Engel svarede: "Hvorfor spørger du om mit Navn? Du skal vide, det er underfuldt."

¹⁹So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the angel did a wonderful thing as Manoah and his wife looked on.

¹⁹Da tog Manoa Gedekiddet og Afgrødeofferet og ofrede det på Klippen til HERREN, ham, som handler underfuldt, og Manoa og hans Hustru så til.

²⁰For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

²⁰Og da Flammen slog op imod Himmelen fra Alteret, steg HERRENs Engel op i Alterflammen, medens Manoa og hans Hustru så til; og de faldt til Jorden på deres Ansigt.

²¹But the angel of Yahweh didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.

²¹Og HERRENs Engel viste sig ikke mere for Manoa og hans Hustru. Så forstod Manoa, at det var HERRENs Engel.

²²Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”

²²Og Manoa sagde til sin Hustru: "Vi er dødsens, thi vi har set Gud!"

²³But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.”

²³Men hans Hustru sagde til ham: "Havde HERREN i Sinde at dræbe os, havde han ikke modtaget Brændoffer og Afgrødeoffer af vor Hånd; heller ikke havde han ladet os se alt det og nu kundgjort os sådanne Ting!"

²⁴The woman bore a son, and named him Samson: and the child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.

²⁴Og Kvinden fødte en Søn, som hun gav Navnet Samson. Drengen voksede op, og HERREN velsignede ham;

²⁵The Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

²⁵og HERRENs Ånd begyndte at drive på ham i Dans Lejr mellem Zora og Esjtaol.