Jueces 13

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Los israelitas volvieron a hacer lo que desagradaba a Yahveh y Yahveh los entregó a merced de los filisteos durante cuarenta años.	1 And again, the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
2 Había un hombre en Sorá, de la tribu de Dan, llamado Manóaj. Su mujer era estéril y no había tenido hijos.	2 Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.
3 El ángel de Yahveh se apareció a esta mujer y le dijo: «Bien sabes que eres estéril y que no has tenido hijos,	3 And an Angel of the Lord appeared to her, and he said: “You are barren and without children. But you shall conceive and bear a son.
4 pero concebirás y darás a luz un hijo. En adelante guárdate de beber vino ni bebida fermentada y no comas nada impuro.	4 Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
5 Porque vas a concebir y a dar a luz un hijo. No pasará la navaja por su cabeza, porque el niño será nazir de Dios desde el seno de su madre. El comenzará a salvar a Israel de la mano de los filisteos».	5 For you shall conceive and bear a son, whose head no razor shall touch. For he shall be a Nazirite of God, from his infancy and from his mother’s womb. And he shall begin to free Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
6 La mujer fue a decírselo a su marido: «Un hombre de Dios ha venido donde mí; su aspecto era como el del Angel de Dios, muy terrible. No le he preguntado de dónde venía ni él me ha manifestado su nombre.	6 And when she had gone to her husband, she said to him: “A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an Angel, exceedingly terrible. And when I had inquired of him, who he was, and where he was from, and what name he was called, he was not willing to tell me.
7 Pero me ha dicho: “Vas a concebir y a dar a luz un hijo. En adelante no bebas vino ni bebida fermentada y no comas nada impuro, porque el niño será nazir de Dios desde el seno de su madre hasta el día de su muerte».	7 But he responded: ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. And you shall not consume anything unclean. For the boy shall be a Nazirite of God from his infancy, from his mother’s womb, even until the day of his death.’ ”
8 Manóaj invocó a Yahveh y dijo: «Te ruego, Señor, que el hombre de Dios que has enviado venga otra vez donde nosotros y nos enseñe lo que hemos de hacer con el niño cuando nazca».	8 And so Manoah prayed to the Lord, and he said, “I beg you Lord, that the man of God, whom you sent, may come again, and may teach us what we ought to do about the boy who is to be born.”
9 Dios escuchó a Manóaj y el Angel de Dios vino otra vez donde la mujer cuando estaba sentada en el campo. Manóaj, su marido, no estaba con ella.	9 And the Lord heeded the prayer of Manoah, and the Angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife, sitting in a field. But her husband Manoah was not with her. And when she had seen the Angel,
10 La mujer corrió enseguida a informar a su marido y le dijo: «Mira, se me ha aparecido el hombre que vino donde mí el otro día».	10 she hurried and ran to her husband. And she reported to him, saying, “Behold, the man appeared to me, whom I had seen before.”
11 Manóaj se levantó y, siguiendo a su mujer, llegó donde el hombre y le dijo: «¿Eres tú el que has hablado con esta mujer?» El respondió: «Yo soy».	11 And he rose up and followed his wife. And going to the man, he said to him, “Are you the one who spoke to my wife?” And he responded, “I am.”
12 Le dijo Manóaj: «Cuando tu palabra se cumpla ¿cuál deberá ser la norma del niño y su conducta?»	12 And Manoah said to him: “When will your word be fulfilled. What do you want the boy to do? Or from what should he keep himself?”
13 El Angel de Yahveh repondió a Manóaj: «Deberá abstenerse él de todo lo que indiqué a esta mujer.	13 And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah: “Concerning all the things about which I have spoken to your wife, she herself should abstain.
14 No probará nada de lo que procede de la viña, no beberá vino ni bebida fermentada, no comerá nada impuro y observará todo lo que yo le he mandado».	14 And let her eat nothing from the vine. She may not drink wine or strong drink. She may consume nothing unclean. And let her observe and keep what I have instructed to her.”
15 Manóaj dijo entonces al Angel de Yahveh: «Permítenos retenerte y prepararte un cabrito».	15 And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “I beg you to agree to my petition, and to let us prepare a kid from the goats.”
16 Pero el Angel de Yahveh dijo a Manóaj: «Aunque me obligues a quedarme no probaré tu comida. Pero si quieres preparar un holocausto, ofréceselo a Yahveh». Porque Manóaj no sabía que era el Angel de Yahveh.	16 And the Angel answered him: “Even if you compel me, I will not eat from your bread. But if you are willing to offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord.” And Manoah did not know that he was an Angel of the Lord.
17 Manóaj dijo entonces al Angel de Yahveh: «¿Cuál es tu nombre para que, cuando se cumpla tu palabra, te podamos honrar?»	17 And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”
18 El Angel de Yahveh le respondió: «¿Por qué me preguntas el nombre, si es maravilloso?».	18 And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”
19 Manóaj tomó el cabrito y la oblación y lo ofreció en holocausto, sobre la roca, a Yahveh, que obra maravillas. Manóaj y su mujer estaban mirando.	19 And so, Manoah took a kid from the goats, and libations, and he placed them upon a rock, as an offering to the Lord, who accomplishes wonders. Then he and his wife watched.
20 Cuando la llama subía del altar hacia el cielo, el Angel de Yahveh subía en la llama. Manóaj y su mujer lo estaban viendo y cayeron rostro en tierra.	20 And when the flame of the altar ascended to heaven, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. And when Manoah and his wife had seen this, they fell prone on the ground.
21 Al desaparecer el Angel de Yahveh de la vista de Manóaj y su mujer, Manóaj se dio cuenta de que era el Angel de Yahveh.	21 And the Angel of the Lord no longer appeared to them. And immediately, Manoah understood him to be an Angel of the Lord.
22 Y dijo Manóaj a su mujer: «Seguro que vamos a morir, porque hemos visto a Dios».	22 And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”
23 Su mujer le respondió: «Si Yahveh hubiera querido matarnos no habría aceptado de nuestra mano el holocausto ni la oblación, no nos habría mostrado todas estas cosas ni precisamente ahora nos habría hecho oír esto».	23 And his wife answered him, “If the Lord wished to kill us, he would not have accepted the holocaust and the libations from our hands. He would not have revealed all these things to us, nor would he have told us the things that are in the future.”
24 La mujer dio a luz un hijo y le llamó Sansón. El niño creció y Yahveh le bendijo.	24 And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 Y el espíritu de Yahveh comenzó a excitarle en el Campamento de Dan, entre Sorá y Estaol.	25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.