Judges · Literal Standard Version
Judges 13 Literal Standard Version
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1 And the sons of Israel add to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH gives them into the hand of the Philistines [for] forty years.
1 Y LOS hijos de Israel tornaron á hacer lo malo en los ojos de Jehová; y Jehová los entregó en mano de los Filisteos, por cuarenta años.
2 And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and has not borne;
2 Y había un hombre de Sora, de la tribu de Dan, el cual se llamaba Manoa; y su mujer era estéril, que nunca había parido.
3 and the Messenger of YHWH appears to the woman and says to her, “Now behold, you [are] barren and have not borne; when you have conceived, then you have borne a son.
3 A [esta] mujer apareció el ángel de Jehová, y díjole: He aquí que tú eres estéril, y no has parido; mas concebirás y parirás un hijo.
4 And now, please take heed and do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,
4 Ahora, pues, mira que ahora no bebas vino, ni sidra, ni comas cosa inmunda.
5 for behold, you are conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor does not go up on his head, for the youth is a Nazarite to God from the womb, and he begins to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
5 Porque tú te harás embarazada, y parirás un hijo: y no subirá navaja sobre su cabeza, porque aquel niño será Nazareo á Dios desde el vientre, y él comenzará á salvar á Israel de mano de los Filisteos.
6 And the woman comes and speaks to her husband, saying, “A Man of God has come to me, and His appearance [is] as the appearance of the Messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked Him where He [is] from, and he has not declared His Name to me;
6 Y la mujer vino y contólo á su marido, diciendo: Un varón de Dios vino á mí, cuyo aspecto era como el aspecto de un ángel de Dios, terrible en gran manera; y no le pregunté de dónde ni quién era, ni tampoco él me dijo su nombre.
7 and He says to me, Behold, you are pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for the youth is a Nazarite to God from the womb until the day of his death.”
7 Y díjome: He aquí que tú concebirás, y parirás un hijo: por tanto, ahora no bebas vino, ni sidra, ni comas cosa inmunda; porque este niño desde el vientre será Nazareo á Dios hasta el día de su muerte.
8 And Manoah makes plea to YHWH and says, “O my Lord, the Man of God whom You sent, please let Him come in again to us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.”
8 Entonces oró Manoa á Jehová, y dijo: Ah, Señor mío, yo te ruego que aquel varón de Dios que enviaste, torne ahora á venir á nosotros, y nos enseñe lo que hayamos de hacer con el niño que ha de nacer.
9 And God listens to the voice of Manoah, and the Messenger of God comes again to the woman, and she [is] sitting in a field, and her husband Manoah is not with her,
9 Y Dios oyó la voz de Manoa: y el ángel de Dios volvió otra vez á la mujer, estando ella en el campo; mas su marido Manoa no estaba con ella.
10 and the woman hurries, and runs, and declares [it] to her husband, and says to him, “Behold, He has appeared to me—the Man who came on [that] day to me.”
10 Y la mujer corrió prontamente, y noticiólo á su marido, diciéndole: Mira que se me ha aparecido aquel varón que vino á mí el [otro] día.
11 And Manoah rises, and goes after his wife, and comes to the Man, and says to Him, “Are you the Man who spoke to the woman?” And He says, “I [am].”
11 Y levantóse Manoa, y siguió á su mujer; y así que llegó al varón, díjole: ¿Eres tú aquel varón que hablaste á la mujer? Y él dijo: Yo soy.
12 And Manoah says, “Now let Your words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth—and his work?”
12 Entonces Manoa dijo: Cúmplase pues tu palabra. ¿Qué orden se tendrá con el niño, y qué ha de hacer?
13 And the Messenger of YHWH says to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her take heed;
13 Y el ángel de Jehová respondió á Manoa: La mujer se guardará de todas las cosas que yo le dije:
14 she does not eat of anything which comes out from the wine-vine, and she does not drink wine and strong drink, and she does not eat any unclean thing; she observes all that I have commanded her.”
14 Ella no comerá cosa que proceda de vid [que da] vino; no beberá vino ni sidra, y no comerá cosa inmunda: ha de guardar todo lo que le mandé.
15 And Manoah says to the Messenger of YHWH, “Please let us detain You, and we prepare a kid of the goats before You.”
15 Entonces Manoa dijo al ángel de Jehová: Ruégote permitas que te detengamos, y aderezaremos un cabrito [que poner] delante de ti.
16 And the Messenger of YHWH says to Manoah, “If you detain Me—I do not eat of your bread; and if you prepare a burnt-offering—offer it to YHWH”; for Manoah has not known that He [is] the Messenger of YHWH.
16 Y el ángel de Jehová respondió á Manoa: Aunque me detengas no comeré de tu pan: mas si quisieres hacer holocausto, sacrifícalo á Jehová. Y no sabía Manoa que aquél fuese ángel de Jehová.
17 And Manoah says to the Messenger of YHWH, “What [is] Your Name? When Your words come to pass, then we have honored You.”
17 Entonces dijo Manoa al ángel de Jehová: ¿Cómo es tu nombre, para que cuando se cumpliere tu palabra te honremos?
18 And the Messenger of YHWH says to him, “Why do you ask this, My Name, since it [is] incomprehensible?”
18 Y el ángel de Jehová respondió: ¿Por qué preguntas por mi nombre, que es oculto?
19 And Manoah takes the kid of the goats, and the present, and offers on the rock to YHWH, and He is doing wonderfully, and Manoah and his wife are looking on,
19 Y Manoa tomó un cabrito de las cabras y un presente, y sacrificólo sobre una peña á Jehová: y [el ángel] hizo milagro á vista de Manoa y de su mujer.
20 and it comes to pass, in the going up of the flame from off the altar toward the heavens, that the Messenger of YHWH goes up in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife are looking on, and they fall on their faces to the earth,
20 Porque aconteció que como la llama subía del altar hacia el cielo, el ángel de Jehová subió en la llama del altar á vista de Manoa y de su mujer, los cuales se postraron en tierra sobre sus rostros.
21 and the Messenger of YHWH has not added again to appear to Manoah, and to his wife, then Manoah has known that He [is] the Messenger of YHWH.
21 Y el ángel de Jehová no tornó á aparecer á Manoa ni á su mujer. Entonces conoció Manoa que era el ángel de Jehová.
22 And Manoah says to his wife, “We certainly die, for we have seen God.”
22 Y dijo Manoa á su mujer: Ciertamente moriremos, porque á Dios hemos visto.
23 And his wife says to him, “If YHWH were desirous to put us to death, He had not received burnt-offering and present from our hands, nor showed us all these things, nor caused us to hear [anything] like this as [at this] time.”
23 Y su mujer le respondió: Si Jehová nos quisiera matar, no tomara de nuestras manos el holocausto y el presente, ni nos hubiera mostrado todas estas cosas, ni en tal tiempo nos habría anunciado esto.
24 And the woman bears a son, and calls his name Samson, and the youth grows, and YHWH blesses him,
24 Y la mujer parió un hijo, y llamóle por nombre Samsón. Y el niño creció, y Jehová lo bendijo.
25 and the Spirit of YHWH begins to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
25 Y el espíritu de Jehová comenzó á manifestarse en él en los campamentos de Dan, entre Sora y Esthaol.
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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
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, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)