Hakimler 13

¹İsrailoğulları Rab'bin önünde kötülük yapmayı daha da artırdılar; Rab de onları kırk yıl boyunca Filistlilerin eline teslim etti.

²Saraa'dan, Dan oymağının soyundan bir adam vardı; adı Manoe'ydi. Karısı kısırdı ve hiç çocuk doğurmamıştı.

³Rab'bin meleği kadına görünüp ona şöyle dedi: "Bak, sen kısırsın ve çocuk doğurmadın; ama gebe kalıp bir oğul doğuracaksın.

⁴Bu yüzden şimdi artık kendini sakın, şarap ya da sarhoş edici içki içme ve kirli olan hiçbir şey yeme.

⁵Çünkü bak, rahminde çocuk taşıyorsun ve bir oğul doğuracaksın; onun başına ustura değmeyecek. Çünkü çocuk ana rahminden itibaren Tanrı'nın neziri olacak ve İsrail'i Filistlilerin elinden kurtarmaya başlayan kendisi olacak."

⁶Kadın içeri girip kocasına şöyle dedi: "Bana bir Tanrı adamı geldi; görünüşü Tanrı'nın meleğinin görünüşü gibi, son derece korku uyandırıcıydı. Nereden geldiğini sormadım, o da bana adını bildirmedi.

⁷Bana, 'Bak, rahminde çocuk taşıyorsun ve bir oğul doğuracaksın' dedi, 'Şimdi şarap ya da sarhoş edici içki içme, kirli olan hiçbir şey yeme; çünkü çocuk ana rahminden öleceği güne dek Tanrı'nın kutsalı olacak.'"

⁸Bunun üzerine Manoe Rab'be yalvararak şöyle dedi: "Yalvarırım ey Rab Adonay, gönderdiğin o Tanrı adamı bir kez daha yanımıza gelsin de doğacak çocuk için ne yapmamız gerektiğini bize öğretsin."

⁹Tanrı Manoe'nin sesine kulak verdi. Kadın tarlada otururken Tanrı'nın meleği ona yine geldi; kocası Manoe ise yanında değildi.

¹⁰Kadın hemen koşup kocasına haber verdi: "Bak!" dedi, "O gün yanıma gelen adam yine bana göründü."

¹¹Manoe hemen kalkıp karısının ardınca gitti. Adamın yanına varınca ona, "Karımla konuşan adam sen misin?" diye sordu. Melek, "Benim" dedi.

¹²Manoe, "Sözün gerçekleştiğinde," dedi, "çocuğun tabi olacağı kural ve yapacağı işler ne olacak?"

¹³Rab'bin meleği Manoe'ye, "Kadın, kendisine söylediğim her şeyden sakınmalıdır" dedi.

¹⁴"Asmanın ürününden çıkan hiçbir şeyi yemesin, şarap ya da sarhoş edici içki içmesin, kirli olan hiçbir şey yemesin. Kendisine buyurduğum her şeye uymalıdır."

¹⁵Manoe Rab'bin meleğine, "Lütfen seni burada alıkoyalım da senin için bir keçi oğlağı hazırlayalım" dedi.

¹⁶Rab'bin meleği Manoe'ye, "Beni alıkoysan bile ekmeğinden yemem" dedi, "Ama bir yakmalık sunu sunacaksan, onu Rab'be sunmalısın." Çünkü Manoe onun Rab'bin meleği olduğunu anlamamıştı.

¹⁷Manoe Rab'bin meleğine, "Adın ne?" diye sordu, "Sözün gerçekleştiğinde seni onurlandırırız."

¹⁸Rab'bin meleği ona, "Adımı neden soruyorsun?" dedi, "O olağanüstüdür."

¹⁹Bunun üzerine Manoe keçi oğlağıyla tahıl sunusunu alıp kaya üzerinde Rab'be sundu. Manoe ile karısı bakarken, Rab yapmak için olağanüstü işler gerçekleştirdi.

²⁰Sunaktan yükselen alev göğe doğru çıkarken, Rab'bin meleği de sunağın alevi içinde göğe yükseldi. Bunu gören Manoe ile karısı yüzüstü yere kapandılar.

²¹Rab'bin meleği Manoe ile karısına bir daha görünmedi. O zaman Manoe onun Rab'bin meleği olduğunu anladı.

²²Manoe karısına, "Kesinlikle öleceğiz" dedi, "Çünkü Tanrı'yı gördük."

²³Ama karısı, "Rab bizi öldürmek isteseydi," dedi, "elimizden yakmalık sunuyu ve tahıl sunusunu kabul etmezdi; bize bütün bunları göstermez ve bu zamanda bunları bize duyurmazdı."

²⁴Kadın bir oğul doğurdu ve adını Samson koydu. Çocuk büyüdü ve Rab onu kutsadı.

²⁵Rab'bin Ruhu Dan ordugahında, Saraa ile Esthaol arasında onunla birlikte gitmeye başladı.

¹ΚΑΙ προσέθηκαν ἔτι οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ Φυλιστιΐμ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη.

²καὶ ἦν ἀνὴρ εἷς ἀπὸ Σαραὰ ἀπὸ δήμου συγγενείας τοῦ Δανί, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Μανωέ, καὶ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ στεῖρα καὶ οὐκ ἔτεκε.

³καὶ ὤφθη ἄγγελος Κυρίου πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτήν· ἰδοὺ σὺ στεῖρα καὶ οὐ τέτοκας, καὶ συλλήψῃ υἱόν.

⁴καὶ νῦν φύλαξαι δὴ καὶ μὴ πίῃς οἶνον καὶ μέθυσμα καὶ μὴ φάγῃς πᾶν ἀκάθαρτον·

⁵ὅτι ἰδοὺ σὺ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχεις καὶ τέξῃ υἱόν, καὶ σίδηρος ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀναβήσεται, ὅτι ναζὶρ Θεοῦ ἔσται τὸ παιδάριον ἀπὸ τῆς κοιλίας, καὶ αὐτὸς ἄρξεται σῶσαι τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐκ χειρὸς Φυλιστιΐμ.

⁶καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἡ γυνὴ καὶ εἶπε τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς λέγουσα· ἄνθρωπος Θεοῦ ἦλθε πρός με, καὶ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ὡς εἶδος ἀγγέλου Θεοῦ, φοβερὸν σφόδρα· καὶ οὐκ ἠρώτησα αὐτόν, πόθεν ἐστί, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπήγγειλέ μοι.

⁷καὶ εἶπέ μοι· ἰδοὺ σὺ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχεις καὶ τέξῃ υἱόν· καὶ νῦν μὴ πίῃς οἶνον καὶ μέθυσμα καὶ μὴ φάγῃς πᾶν ἀκάθαρτον, ὅτι Θεοῦ ἅγιον ἔσται τὸ παιδάριον ἀπὸ γαστρὸς ἕως ἡμέρας θανάτου αὐτοῦ.

⁸καὶ προσηύξατο Μανωὲ πρὸς Κύριον καὶ εἶπεν· ἐν ἐμοί, Κύριε ᾿Αδωναϊέ, τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὃν ἀπέστειλας, ἐλθέτω δὴ ἔτι πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ συμβιβασάτω ἡμᾶς τί ποιήσωμεν τῷ παιδίῳ τῷ τικτομένῳ.

⁹καὶ εἰσήκουσεν ὁ Θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς Μανωέ, καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔτι πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ αὕτη ἐκάθητο ἐν ἀγρῷ, καὶ Μανωὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς οὐκ ἦν μετ᾿ αὐτῆς.

¹⁰καὶ ἐτάχυνεν ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ἔδραμε καὶ ἀνήγγειλε τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· ἰδοὺ ὦπται πρός με ὁ ἀνήρ, ὃς ἦλθεν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πρός με.

¹¹καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπορεύθη Μανωὲ ὀπίσω τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ λαλήσας πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα; καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄγγελος· ἐγώ.

¹²καὶ εἶπε Μανωέ· νῦν ἐλεύσεται ὁ λόγος σου· τίς ἔσται κρίσις τοῦ παιδίου καὶ τὰ ποιήματα αὐτοῦ;

¹³καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου πρὸς Μανωέ· ἀπὸ πάντων, ὧν εἴρηκα πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα, φυλάξεται·

¹⁴ἀπὸ παντός, ὃ ἐκπορεύεται ἐξ ἀμπέλου τοῦ οἴνου, οὐ φάγεται καὶ οἶνον καὶ μέθυσμα μὴ πιέτω καὶ πᾶν ἀκάθαρτον μὴ φαγέτω· πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην αὐτῇ, φυλάξεται.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπε Μανωὲ πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον Κυρίου· κατάσχωμεν ὧδέ σε καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἐνώπιόν σου ἔριφον αἰγῶν.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου πρὸς Μανωέ· ἐὰν κατάσχῃς με, οὐ φάγομαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἄρτων σου, καὶ ἐὰν ποιήσῃς ὁλοκαύτωμα, τῷ Κυρίῳ ἀνοίσεις αὐτό· ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνω Μανωὲ ὅτι ἄγγελος Κυρίου αὐτός.

¹⁷καὶ εἶπε Μανωὲ πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον Κυρίου· τί τὸ ὄνομά σοι; ὅτι ἔλθοι τὸ ῥῆμά σου, καὶ δοξάσομέν σε.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου· εἰς τί τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷς τὸ ὄνομά μου; καὶ αὐτό ἐστι θαυμαστόν.

¹⁹καὶ ἔλαβε Μανωὲ τὸν ἔριφον τῶν αἰγῶν καὶ τὴν θυσίαν καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν ἐπὶ τήν πέτραν τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ διεχώρισε ποιῆσαι, καὶ Μανωὲ καὶ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ βλέποντες.

²⁰καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἀναβῆναι τὴν φλόγα ἐπάνω τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐν τῇ φλογὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ Μανωὲ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ βλέποντες καὶ ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

²¹καὶ οὐ προσέθηκεν ἔτι ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ὀφθῆναι πρὸς Μανωὲ καὶ πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ· τότε ἔγνω Μανωὲ ὅτι ἄγγελος Κυρίου οὗτος.

²²καὶ εἶπε Μανωὲ πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ· θανάτῳ ἀποθανούμεθα, ὅτι Θεὸν εἴδομεν.

²³καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ· εἰ ἤθελεν ὁ Κύριος θανατῶσαι ἡμᾶς, οὐκ ἂν ἔλαβεν ἐκ χειρὸς ἡμῶν ὁλοκαύτωμα καὶ θυσίαν καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἔδειξεν ἡμῖν ταῦτα πάντα καὶ καθὼς καιρὸς οὐκ ἂν ἠκούτισεν ἡμᾶς ταῦτα.

²⁴καὶ ἔτεκεν ἡ γυνὴ υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σαμψών· καὶ ἡδρύνθη τὸ παιδάριον, καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸ Κύριος.

²⁵καὶ ἤρξατο πνεῦμα Κυρίου συνεκπορεύεσθαι αὐτῷ ἐν παρεμβολῇ Δὰν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Σαραὰ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ᾿Εσθαόλ.

¹And the children of Israel yet again committed iniquity before the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phylistines forty years.

²And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoe, and his wife was barren, and bore not.

³And an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, thou art barren and hast not born; yet thou shalt conceive a son.

⁴And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;

⁵for behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.

⁶And the woman went in, and spoke to her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance [was as] of an angel of God, very dreadful; and I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name.

⁷And he said to me, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until the day of his death.

⁸And Manoe prayed to the Lord and said, I pray thee, O Lord my lord, [concerning] the man of God whom thou sentest; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about to be born.

⁹And the Lord heard the voice of Manoe, and the angel of God came yet again to the woman; and she sat in the field, and Manoe her husband was not with her.

¹⁰And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in [the other] day to me has appeared to me.

¹¹And Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I [am].

¹²And Manoe said, Now shall [thy] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?

¹³And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.

¹⁴She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.

¹⁵And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain thee here, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.

¹⁶And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, If thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wouldest offer a whole-burnt-offering, to the Lord thou shalt offer it: for Manoe knew not that he [was] an angel of the Lord.

¹⁷And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What [is] thy name, that [when] thy word shall come to pass, we may glorify thee?

¹⁸And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why dost thou thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?

¹⁹And Manoe took a kid of the goats and its meat-offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and [the angel] wrought a distinct work, and Manoe and his wife were looking on.

²⁰And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoe and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth.

²¹And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an angel of the Lord.

²²And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

²³But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to slay us, he would not have received of our hand a whole-burnt-offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shewn us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things as at this time.

²⁴And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

²⁵And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.