Judges · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Judges 13 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Los hijos de Israel volvieron a hacer lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, y el Señor los entregó en manos de los filisteos durante cuarenta años.
1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 Había un hombre de Zora, de la tribu de Dan, llamado Manoa. Su esposa no había podido tener hijos.
2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
3 El ángel del Señor se apareció a la mujer y le dijo: «Aunque no has podido tener hijos, quedarás embarazada y darás a luz un hijo.
3 Yahweh’s angel appeared to the woman, and said to her, “See now, you are barren and childless; but you shall conceive and bear a son.
4 Desde ahora ten cuidado: no bebas vino ni ninguna otra bebida alcohólica y no comas nada impuro.
4 Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing;
5 Quedarás embarazada y darás a luz un hijo. Nunca se le cortará el cabello, porque el niño será nazareo, separado para Dios desde su nacimiento. Él comenzará a liberar a Israel de manos de los filisteos».
5 for, behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
6 La mujer fue a decir a su esposo: «Un hombre de Dios vino a verme. Su aspecto era como el de un ángel de Dios y causaba mucho temor. No le pregunté de dónde venía, y él no me dijo su nombre.
6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;
7 Pero me dijo: “Quedarás embarazada y darás a luz un hijo. Desde ahora no bebas vino ni ninguna otra bebida alcohólica y no comas nada impuro, porque el niño será nazareo, separado para Dios desde su nacimiento hasta el día de su muerte”».
7 but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink. Don’t eat any unclean thing, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”
8 Entonces Manoa oró al Señor: «Señor, te ruego que el hombre de Dios que enviaste vuelva a nosotros y nos enseñe qué debemos hacer con el niño que va a nacer».
8 Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we should do to the child who shall be born.”
9 Dios escuchó la oración de Manoa. El ángel de Dios volvió a la mujer mientras ella estaba sentada en el campo, pero Manoa, su esposo, no estaba con ella.
9 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, wasn’t with her.
10 La mujer corrió rápidamente a decir a su esposo: «¡Mira! Se me ha aparecido el hombre que vino a verme el otro día».
10 The woman hurried and ran, and told her husband, saying to him, “Behold, the man who came to me that day has appeared to me.”
11 Manoa se levantó y siguió a su esposa. Cuando llegó al hombre, le preguntó: «¿Eres tú el hombre que habló con esta mujer?» Él respondió: «Sí, soy yo».
11 Manoah arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” He said, “I am.”
12 Manoa dijo: «Cuando se cumplan tus palabras, ¿cómo deberá vivir el niño y cuál será su trabajo?»
12 Manoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?”
13 El ángel del Señor respondió a Manoa: «La mujer debe tener cuidado de hacer todo lo que le dije.
13 Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
14 No debe comer nada que venga de la vid, ni beber vino ni ninguna otra bebida alcohólica, ni comer nada impuro. Debe cumplir todo lo que le ordené».
14 She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. Let her observe all that I commanded her.”
15 Manoa dijo al ángel del Señor: «Por favor, quédate con nosotros mientras preparamos un cabrito para ti».
15 Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”
16 El ángel del Señor respondió: «Aunque me quede, no comeré de tu comida. Pero si quieres preparar un holocausto, ofrécelo al Señor». Manoa todavía no sabía que aquel hombre era el ángel del Señor.
16 Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I won’t eat your bread. If you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah didn’t know that he was Yahweh’s angel.
17 Entonces Manoa preguntó al ángel del Señor: «¿Cuál es tu nombre? Queremos honrarte cuando se cumplan tus palabras».
17 Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?”
18 El ángel del Señor respondió: «¿Por qué preguntas mi nombre? Es maravilloso».
18 Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is incomprehensible?”
19 Manoa tomó el cabrito y la ofrenda de harina y los ofreció sobre la roca al Señor, que hizo algo maravilloso.
19 So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the angel did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.
20 Mientras la llama subía del altar hacia el cielo, el ángel del Señor subió en la llama. Manoa y su esposa lo vieron y cayeron rostro en tierra.
20 For when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, Yahweh’s angel ascended in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife watched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
21 El ángel del Señor no volvió a aparecer a Manoa ni a su esposa. Entonces Manoa comprendió que era el ángel del Señor.
21 But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.
22 Manoa dijo a su esposa: «¡Sin duda moriremos, porque hemos visto a Dios!»
22 Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
23 Pero su esposa respondió: «Si el Señor quisiera matarnos, no habría aceptado nuestro holocausto y nuestra ofrenda de harina, ni nos habría mostrado todas estas cosas ni nos habría dado estas instrucciones».
23 But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”
24 La mujer dio a luz un hijo y lo llamó Sansón. El niño creció, y el Señor lo bendijo.
24 The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.
25 El Espíritu del Señor comenzó a actuar en él en Mahane-dan, entre Zora y Estaol.
25 Yahweh’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
People & places in this chapter
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Manoah
Danite from Zorah whose barren wife was promised a son by the angel of the LORD, who prayed for guidance in raising the boy, offered a burnt offering, and was buried in the tomb…
Cited in the guide: Judges 13:2; Judges 13:8; Judges 13:19
Manoah's wife
Unnamed barren wife of Manoah to whom the angel of the LORD announced that she would bear a Nazirite son, who reasoned that the LORD would not have accepted their offering if He…
Cited in the guide: Judges 13:2–3; Judges 13:19; Judges 13:23–24
Samson
Nazirite from the womb, born to Manoah and his wife in answer to the angel's promise, whom the Spirit of the LORD empowered to strike the Philistines, who judged Israel twenty…
Cited in the guide: Judges 13:24; Judges 14:1; Judges 15:20
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 12:9; Judges 6:1; Romans 2:6; Judges 3:7; Judges 2:11
- 2 Joshua 19:41; Joshua 15:33; Luke 1:7; Genesis 25:21; Genesis 16:1
- 3 Luke 1:13; Luke 1:11; Judges 6:11–12; Genesis 18:10; 2 Kings 4:16
- 4 Luke 1:15; Judges 13:14; Numbers 6:2–3; Judges 13:7; Leviticus 11:47
- 5 Numbers 6:5; 1 Samuel 1:11; Numbers 6:2–3; 1 Chronicles 18:1; 1 Samuel 7:13
- 6 Matthew 28:3–4; Judges 13:17–18; 1 Samuel 9:6; Revelation 1:17; Luke 9:29
- 7 Judges 13:4
- 8 Acts 9:6; Job 34:32; Proverbs 3:5–6
- 9 Psalm 65:2; Matthew 7:7–11
- 10 John 1:41–42; John 4:28–29
- 12 Ephesians 6:4; Proverbs 22:6; Genesis 18:19; Proverbs 4:4
- 14 Deuteronomy 12:32; John 2:5; Judges 13:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:4; John 15:14
- 15 Genesis 18:3–5; Judges 13:3; Judges 6:18–19
- 16 Judges 13:23; Judges 6:20; Judges 6:26
- 17 Genesis 32:29
- 18 Genesis 32:29; Isaiah 9:6; Judges 13:6
- 19 Judges 6:19–21; 1 Kings 18:30–38
- 20 Leviticus 9:24; 2 Kings 2:11; 1 Chronicles 21:16; Ezekiel 1:28; Matthew 17:6
- 21 Judges 6:22; Hosea 12:4–5; Judges 13:16
- 22 Genesis 32:30; Deuteronomy 5:26; John 1:18; Exodus 33:20; John 5:37
- 23 Psalm 25:14; 1 Corinthians 12:21; Psalm 86:17; John 15:15; John 14:20
- 24 Luke 1:80; 1 Samuel 3:19; Hebrews 11:32; Luke 2:52
- 25 Judges 3:10; Joshua 15:33; John 3:34; 1 Samuel 11:6; Matthew 4:1
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… not amazed at Manoah the Judge of yore, and at Peter the disciple in later days; the one being unable to endure the sight even of one in whom was a representation of God; and saying, "We are undone, O wife, we have seen God;" speaking as though even a vision of God could not be grasped by human beings, …
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