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1 The Israelites again did evil in the LORD's sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines for forty years. And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, so the LORD gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
2 There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and had no children. A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth.
3 The LORD's angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, |You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son. And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
4 Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.
5 Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.| for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”
6 The woman went and said to her husband, |A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God's angelic messenger--he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name. Then the woman came and told her husband, “A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. I did not ask him where he was from, and he did not tell me his name, Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.
7 He said to me, 'Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.'| but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’” But he said to me, ‘You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
8 Manoah prayed to the LORD, |Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God to visit us again, so he can teach us how we should raise the child who will be born.| Then Manoah prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us and teach us what we are to do with the child who will be born.” Then Manoah prayed to the LORD: “Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg you to let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.”
9 God answered Manoah's prayer. God's angelic messenger visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her. And God 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 was not with her. God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was out in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 The woman ran at once and told her husband, |Come quickly, the man who visited me the other day has appeared to me!| So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has appeared to me.” The woman hurried to tell her husband, “He’s here! The man who appeared to me the other day!”
11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met the man, he said to him, |Are you the man who spoke to my wife?| He said, |Yes.| And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the man and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to this woman?” And he said, “I am.” Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, “Are you the man who talked to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
12 Manoah said, |Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?| And Manoah said, “Now when your words come true, what is to be the child’s manner of life, and what is his mission?” So Manoah asked him, “When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule that governs the boy’s life and work?”
13 The LORD's messenger told Manoah, |Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her. And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful. The angel of the LORD answered, “Your wife must do all that I have told her.
14 She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.| She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe.” She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
15 Manoah said to the LORD's messenger, |Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.| Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “Please let us detain you and prepare a young goat for you.” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat for you.”
16 The LORD's messenger said to Manoah, |If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the LORD, you should offer it.| (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the LORD's messenger.) And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, “If you detain me, I will not eat of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD.” (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.) The angel of the LORD replied, “Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” (Manoah did not realize that it was the angel of the LORD.)
17 Manoah said to the LORD's messenger, |Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.| And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?” Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”
18 The LORD's messenger said to him, |You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.| And the angel of the LORD said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?” He replied, “Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding.”
19 Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. The LORD's messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched. So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the LORD, to the one who works wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching. Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock to the LORD. And the LORD did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched:
20 As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the LORD's messenger went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground. And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD went up in the flame of the altar. Now Manoah and his wife were watching, and they fell on their faces to the ground. As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.
21 The LORD's messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the LORD's messenger. The angel of the LORD appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the LORD. When the angel of the LORD did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the angel of the LORD.
22 Manoah said to his wife, |We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!| And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.” “We are doomed to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen God!”
23 But his wife said to him, |If the LORD wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.| But his wife said to him, “If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.” But his wife answered, “If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this.”
24 Manoah's wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the LORD empowered him. And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the LORD blessed him. The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him,
25 The LORD's spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. and the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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