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1以色列人又行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，耶和華將他們交在非利士人手中四十年。Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
2那時，有一個人，是屬但族的，名叫瑪挪亞。他的妻不懷孕，不生育。Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
3耶和華的使者向那婦人顯現，對她說：「向來你不懷孕，不生育，如今你必懷孕生一個兒子。The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
4所以你當謹慎，都不可喝，一切不潔之物也不可吃。Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
5你必懷孕生一個兒子，不可用剃頭刀剃他的頭，因為這孩子一出胎就歸 神作。他必起首拯救以色列人脫離非利士人的手。」For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
6婦人就回去對丈夫說：「有一個神人到我面前來，他的相貌如 神使者的相貌，甚是可畏。我沒有問他從哪裡來，他也沒有將他的名告訴我，So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
7卻對我說：『你要懷孕生一個兒子，所以清酒濃酒都不可喝，一切不潔之物也不可吃；因為這孩子從出胎一直到死，必歸 神作拿細耳人。』」But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
8瑪挪亞就祈求耶和華說：「主啊，求你再差遣那神人到我們這裡來，好指教我們怎樣待這將要生的孩子。」Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
9神應允瑪挪亞的話；婦人正坐在田間的時候， 神的使者又到她那裡，她丈夫瑪挪亞卻沒有同她在一處。And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
10婦人急忙跑去告訴丈夫說：「那日到我面前來的人，又向我顯現。」The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
11瑪挪亞起來跟隨他的妻來到那人面前，對他說：「與這婦人說話的就是你嗎？」他說：「是我。」So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
12瑪挪亞說：「願你的話應驗！我們當怎樣待這孩子，他後來當怎樣呢？」Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
13耶和華的使者對瑪挪亞說：「我告訴婦人的一切事，她都當謹慎。So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
14葡萄樹所結的都不可吃，清酒濃酒都不可喝，一切不潔之物也不可吃。凡我所吩咐的，她都當遵守。」She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
15瑪挪亞對耶和華的使者說：「求你容我們你，好為你預備一隻山羊羔。」“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
16耶和華的使者對瑪挪亞說：「你雖然款留我，我卻不吃你的食物，你若預備燔祭就當獻與耶和華。」原來瑪挪亞不知道他是耶和華的使者。And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.
17瑪挪亞對耶和華的使者說：「請將你的名告訴我，到你話應驗的時候，我們好尊敬你。」Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
18耶和華的使者對他說：「你何必問我的名，我名是的。」“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
19瑪挪亞將一隻山羊羔和素祭在磐石上獻與耶和華，使者行奇妙的事；瑪挪亞和他的妻觀看，Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
20見火焰從壇上往上升，耶和華的使者在壇上的火焰中也升上去了。瑪挪亞和他的妻看見，就俯伏於地。When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
21耶和華的使者不再向瑪挪亞和他的妻顯現，瑪挪亞才知道他是耶和華的使者。And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
22瑪挪亞對他的妻說：「我們必要死，因為看見了 神。」“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
23他的妻卻對他說：「耶和華若要殺我們，必不從我們手裡收納燔祭和素祭，並不將這一切事指示我們，今日也不將這些話告訴我們。」But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
24後來婦人生了一個兒子，給他起名叫參孫。孩子長大，耶和華賜福與他。So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
25在瑪哈尼‧但，就是瑣拉和以實陶中間，耶和華的靈才感動他。And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.