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1 Una vez más Israel pecó adorando a otros dioses, por lo que el Señor dejó que fueran conquistados por los filisteos, quienes los tuvieron bajo su dominio 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 Un día el ángel del Señor se le apareció a la esposa de Manoa, de la tribu de Dan, que vivía en la ciudad de Zora. Ella no tenía hijos, pero el ángel le dijo: ―Aun cuando has sido estéril por tanto tiempo, pronto concebirás y darás a luz un hijo.
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 Not in this translation
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 No bebas vino ni cerveza, ni comas nada que sea ceremonialmente impuro.
4 Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing;
5 No le cortarás el cabello a tu hijo porque será nazareo, separado para el servicio de Dios desde su nacimiento. Él comenzará a salvar a los israelitas 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 corrió y se lo contó a su marido: ―Un varón de Dios se me apareció. Pienso que debe ser el ángel del Señor, porque tenía un aspecto muy glorioso. No le pregunté de dónde era, 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: “Vas a tener un hijo varón”. Y me dijo que no bebiera vino ni cerveza, y que no comiera alimentos impuros, porque el bebé iba a ser nazareo, que estaría consagrado a Dios desde el momento de 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: ―Oh Señor, que venga nuevamente para que nos instruya mejor acerca del hijo que nos vas a dar.
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 El Señor contestó su oración, y el ángel de Dios se le apareció nuevamente a su esposa estando ella en el campo. Pero otra vez estaba sola. Manoa 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 en busca de su esposo y le dijo: ―Aquel varón está aquí otra vez.
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 corrió con su esposa y le preguntó: ―¿Eres tú la persona que le habló a mi esposa el otro día? ―Sí —le respondió—. Yo soy.
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 Entonces Manoa le preguntó: —¿Cómo hemos de criar al niño cuando nazca?
12 Manoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?”
13 Y el ángel le contestó: ―Que tu esposa observe lo siguiente:
13 Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
14 No comerá ni uvas ni pasas, ni beberá vino ni cerveza, ni comerá nada que sea considerado inmundo para un judío.
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 ―Permítenos que te preparemos algo de comer —le dijo Manoa al ángel.
15 Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”
16 —Me quedaré —le contestó el ángel—, pero no voy a comer nada. Si deseas ofrecerme algo, ofrécelo en sacrificio al Señor. Manoa no sabía todavía que aquél 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 y le preguntó cómo se llamaba. ―Cuando todo esto se cumpla y el niño nazca —le dijo al ángel—, queremos decir a todo el mundo que tú lo predijiste, y así te mostraremos nuestra gratitud.
17 Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?”
18 ―No me preguntes mi nombre —le respondió el ángel—, porque es un secreto.
18 Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is incomprehensible?”
19 Entonces Manoa tomó un cabrito y una ofrenda de granos y la presentó como sacrificio al Señor; y el ángel hizo algo extraño y 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 Cuando las llamas del altar ascendieron con sus lenguas hacia el cielo, y ante los ojos atónitos de Manoa y su esposa, el ángel ascendió en la columna de fuego. Manoa y su esposa se postraron 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 y eso fue lo último que vieron de él. Manoa comprendió finalmente que había sido 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 ―Moriremos —lloraba Manoa junto a su esposa—. Hemos visto a Dios.
22 Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
23 Pero la esposa le dijo: ―Si el Señor quisiera matarnos, no habría aceptado nuestro holocausto y no se habría presentado, ni nos habría dicho las cosas maravillosas que nos ha dicho y no habría hecho estos milagros.
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 Cuando nació el hijo, le pusieron Sansón, y el Señor lo bendijo mientras crecía,
24 The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.
25 y el Espíritu de Dios comenzó a manifestarse en él cuando visitaba los campamentos de la tribu de Dan que estaba entre las ciudades de Zora y Estaol.
25 Yahweh’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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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 (22)
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
- 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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