Judges 13

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.	1 The Israelites again offended the LORD, who therefore delivered them into the power of the Philistines for forty years.
2 Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.	2 There was a certain man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had borne no children.
3 And an angel of the Lord appeared to her, and said: Thou art barren and without children: but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.	3 An angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Though you are barren and have had no children, yet you will conceive and bear a son.
4 Now therefore beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.	4 Now, then, be careful to take no wine or strong drink and to eat nothing unclean.
5 Because thou shalt conceive and bear a son, and no razor shall touch his head: for he shall be a Nazarite of God, from his infancy, and from his mother's womb, and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.	5 As for the son you will conceive and bear, no razor shall touch his head, for this boy is to be consecrated to God from the womb. It is he who will begin the deliverance of Israel from the power of the Philistines."
6 And when she was come to her husband she said to him: A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an angel, very awful. And when I asked him who he was, and whence he came, and by what name he was called, he would not tell me.	6 The woman went and told her husband, "A man of God came to me; he had the appearance of an angel of God, terrible indeed. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.
7 But he answered thus: Behold thou shalt conceive and bear a son: beware thou drink no wine, nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite of God from his infancy, from his mother's womb until the day of his death.	7 But he said to me, 'You will be with child and will bear a son. So take neither wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean. For the boy shall be consecrated to God from the womb, until the day of his death.'"
8 Then Manue prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, that the mail of God, whom thou didst send, may come again, and teach us what we ought to do concerning the child that shall be born.	8 Manoah then prayed to the LORD. "O LORD, I beseech you," he said, "may the man of God whom you sent, return to us to teach us what to do for the boy who will be born."
9 And the Lord heard the prayer of Manue, and the angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife as she was sitting in the field. But Manue her husband was not with her. And when she saw the angel,	9 God heard the prayer of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field. Since her husband Manoah was not with her,
10 She made haste and ran to her husband: and told him saying: Behold the man hath appeared to me whom I saw before.	10 the woman ran in haste and told her husband. "The man who came to me the other day has appeared to me," she said to him;
11 He rose up and followed his wife: and coming to the man, said to him: Art thou he that spoke to the woman? And he answered: I am.	11 so Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he reached the man, he said to him, "Are you the one who spoke to my wife?" "Yes," he answered.
12 And Manue said to him: When thy word shall come to pass, what wilt thou that the child should do? or from what shall he keep himself?	12 Then Manoah asked, "Now, when that which you say comes true, what are we expected to do for the boy?"
13 And the angel of the Lord said to Manue: From all the things I have spoken of to thy wife, let her refrain herself:	13 The angel of the LORD answered Manoah, "Your wife is to abstain from all the things of which I spoke to her.
14 And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: and whatsoever I have commanded her, let her fulfil and observe.	14 She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor take wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. Let her observe all that I have commanded her."
15 And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee.	15 Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Can we persuade you to stay, while we prepare a kid for you?"
16 And the angel answered him: If thou press me, I will not eat of thy bread: but if thou wilt offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord. And Manue knew not it was the angel of the Lord.	16 But the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, "Although you press me, I will not partake of your food. But if you will, you may offer a holocaust to the LORD."Not knowing that it was the angel of the LORD,
17 And he said to him: What is thy name, that, if thy word shall come to pass, we may honour thee?	17 Manoah said to him, "What is your name, that we may honor you when your words come true?"
18 And he answered him: Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful?	18 The angel of the LORD answered him, "Why do you ask my name, which is mysterious?"
19 Then Manue took a kid of the flocks, and the libations, and put them upon a rock, offering to the Lord, who doth wonderful things: and he and his wife looked on.	19 Then Manoah took the kid with a cereal offering and offered it on the rock to the LORD, whose works are mysteries. While Manoah and his wife were looking on,
20 And when the flame from the altar went up towards heaven, the angel of the lord ascended also in the flame. And when Manue and his wife saw this, they fell flat on the ground.	20 as the flame rose to the sky from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell prostrate to the ground;
21 And the angel of the Lord appeared to them no more. And forthwith Manue understood that it was an angel of the Lord,	21 but the angel of the LORD was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah, realizing that it was the angel of the LORD,
22 And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God.	22 said to his wife, "We will certainly die, for we have seen God."
23 And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come.	23 But his wife pointed out to him, "If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a holocaust and cereal offering from our hands! Nor would he have let us see all this just now, or hear what we have heard."
24 And she bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.	24 The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up and the LORD blessed him;
25 And the spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol.	25 the spirit of the LORD first stirred him in Mahaneh-dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol.