Livro dos Juízes 13

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1 Os israelitas continuaram a fazer o mal aos olhos do Senhor, que os entregou nas mãos dos filisteus durante quarenta anos.	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 Ora, havia em Sorá um homem da família dos danitas, chamado Manué. Sua mulher, sendo estéril, não tinha ainda gerado filhos.	2 Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.
3 O anjo do Senhor apareceu a esta mulher e disse-lhe: Tu és estéril, e nunca tiveste filhos; mas conceberás e darás à luz um filho.	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 Toma, pois, muito cuidado; não bebas doravante nem vinho, nem bebida forte, e não comas coisa alguma impura, porque vais conceber e dar à luz um filho.	4 Therefore, take care that you do not drink wine or strong drink. Neither shall you eat anything unclean.
5 A navalha não tocará a sua cabeça, porque esse menino será nazareno de Deus desde o seio de sua mãe, e será ele quem livrará Israel da mão dos filisteus.	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 A mulher foi ter com o seu marido: Apresentou-se a mim um homem de Deus, disse ela, que tinha o aspecto de um anjo de Deus, em extremo terrível. Não lhe perguntei de onde era, nem ele me deu o seu nome,	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 mas disse-me: Vais conceber e dar à luz um filho; não bebas, pois, nem vinho nem bebida forte e não comas coisa alguma impura, porque esse menino será nazareno desde o seio de sua mãe até o dia de sua morte.	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 Então Manué invocou o Senhor, dizendo: Rogo-vos, Senhor, que o homem de Deus que nos enviastes volte novamente e nos ensine o que devemos fazer acerca do menino que há de nascer.	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 Deus ouviu essa oração, e o anjo de Deus veio de novo visitar a mulher, quando esta se achava no campo; Manué, seu marido, não estava com ela.	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 Ela correu imediatamente a dar ao seu marido a notícia, dizendo: O homem que vi outro dia apareceu-me de novo.	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 Manué levantou-se e seguiu a sua mulher até junto do homem: És tu, disse ele, o homem que falou à minha mulher?	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 Sou eu mesmo, respondeu {o desconhecido}. Manué replicou: Quando se cumprir a tua palavra, de que maneira havemos de criar esse menino, e o que teremos de fazer por ele?	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 O anjo do Senhor respondeu: Abstenha-se tua mulher de tudo o que eu lhe disse:	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 não prove nada do que venha da videira; não beba nem vinho, nem bebida forte, nada coma que seja impuro e observe tudo o que lhe prescrevi.	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 Manué disse ao anjo do Senhor: Rogo-te que te detenhas até que te ofereçamos um cabrito que vamos preparar.	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 Ainda que tu me retivesses, respondeu o anjo do Senhor, eu não comeria de tua mesa; mas se queres fazer um holocausto, oferece-o ao Senhor. Manué ignorava que era o anjo do Senhor.	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 Qual é o teu nome, perguntou-lhe ele, para que te honremos quando se cumprir tua promessa?	17 And he said to him, “What is your name, so that, if your word is fulfilled, we may honor you?”
18 O anjo do Senhor respondeu-lhe: Por que me perguntas o meu nome? Ele é Magnífico.	18 And he answered him, “Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?”
19 Tomou, pois, Manué o cabrito com uma oferta e ofereceu-o ao Senhor sobre a rocha. Coisa maravilhosa! Enquanto Manué e sua mulher olhavam	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 subir para o céu a chama do sacrifício que estava sobre o altar, viu que o anjo do Senhor subia na chama. À vista disso, Manué e sua mulher caíram com o rosto por terra.	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 E o anjo do Senhor desapareceu diante dos olhos de Manué e sua mulher. Manué compreendeu logo que era o anjo do Senhor,	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 e disse à sua mulher: Vamos morrer seguramente, porque vimos Deus!	22 And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”
23 Sua mulher respondeu-lhe: Se o Senhor nos quisesse matar, não teria aceitado de nossas mãos o holocausto e a oferta; não nos teria mostrado tudo o que vimos, nem nos teria dito o que hoje nos revelou.	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 Ela deu à luz um filho e pôs-lhe o nome de Sansão. O menino cresceu e o Senhor o abençoou.	24 And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
25 E o Espírito do Senhor começou a incitá-lo, em Mahanê-Dã, entre Sorea e Estaol.	25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.