13:1 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
13:1 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Mano'ah; and his wife was barren and had no children.
13:2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren, having borne no children.

13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold, you are barren and have no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son.
13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Although you are barren, having borne no children, you shall conceive and bear a son.

13:4 Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
13:4 Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat anything unclean,

13:5 for lo, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines."
13:5 for you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor is to come on his head, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth. It is he who shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines."

13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name;
13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel of God, most awe-inspiring; I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name;

13:7 but he said to me, `Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; so then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.'"
13:7 but he said to me, 'You shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.'"

13:8 Then Mano'ah entreated the LORD, and said, "O, LORD, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again to us, and teach us what we are to do with the boy that will be born."
13:8 Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, "O, LORD, I pray, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and teach us what we are to do concerning the boy who will be born."

13:9 And God listened to the voice of Mano'ah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Mano'ah her husband was not with her.
13:9 God listened to Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

13:10 And the woman ran in haste and told her husband, "Behold, the man who came to me the other day has appeared to me."
13:10 So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "The man who came to me the other day has appeared to me."

13:11 And Mano'ah arose and went after his wife, and came to the man and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to this woman?" And he said, "I am."
13:11 Manoah got up and followed his wife, and came to the man and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to this woman?" And he said, "I am."

13:12 And Mano'ah said, "Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy's manner of life, and what is he to do?"
13:12 Then Manoah said, "Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy's rule of life; what is he to do?"

13:13 And the angel of the LORD said to Mano'ah, "Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
13:13 The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Let the woman give heed to all that I said to her.

13:14 She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe."
13:14 She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine. She is not to drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. She is to observe everything that I commanded her."

13:15 Mano'ah said to the angel of the LORD, "Pray, let us detain you, and prepare a kid for you."
13:15 Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Allow us to detain you, and prepare a kid for you."

13:16 And the angel of the LORD said to Mano'ah, "If you detain me, I will not eat of your food; but if you make ready a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD." (For Mano'ah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.)
13:16 The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "If you detain me, I will not eat your food; but if you want to prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD." (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.)

13:17 And Mano'ah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?"
13:17 Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your words come true?"

13:18 And the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?"
13:18 But the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name? It is too wonderful."

13:19 So Mano'ah took the kid with the cereal offering, and offered it upon the rock to the LORD, to him who works wonders.
13:19 So Manoah took the kid with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the LORD, to him who works wonders.

13:20 And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar while Mano'ah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
13:20 When the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar while Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

13:21 The angel of the LORD appeared no more to Mano'ah and to his wife. Then Mano'ah knew that he was the angel of the LORD.
13:21 The angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah realized that it was the angel of the LORD.

13:22 And Mano'ah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God."
13:22 And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God."

13:23 But his wife said to him, "If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a cereal offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these."
13:23 But his wife said to him, "If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these."

13:24 And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
13:24 The woman bore a son, and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Ma'haneh-dan, between Zorah and Esh'ta-ol.
13:25 The spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.