Juízes 13 - Bíblia Online

Os filhos de Israel tornaram a fazer o mal à vista de Jeová, que os entregou nas mãos dos filisteus por quarenta anos. 
Havia um homem de Zorá, da família dos danitas cujo nome era Manoá; sua mulher era estéril, e não lhe dera filhos. 
O anjo de Jeová apareceu à mulher, e disse-lhe: Eis que és estéril, e não tens tido filhos; mas conceberás e darás à luz um filho. 
Agora toma cuidado, e não bebas vinho nem bebida que possa embriagar, e não comas coisa alguma imunda; 
pois conceberás, e darás à luz um filho, por cuja cabeça não passará navalha: porque o menino será nazireu para com Deus: e ele começará a livrar a Israel da mão dos filisteus. 
Entrou a mulher e disse a seu marido: Veio a mim um homem de Deus, cujo rosto era como o do anjo de Deus, em extremo terrível. Não lhe perguntei donde era, nem ele me disse o seu nome: 
porém disse-me: Eis que conceberás, e darás à luz um filho. Agora não bebas vinho nem bebida que possa embriagar, e nem comas coisa alguma imunda, porque o menino será nazireu para com Deus desde o nascimento até o dia da sua morte. 
Suplicou Manoá a Jeová, e disse: Peço-te, Senhor, que o homem de Deus, que enviaste, venha ter conosco outra vez e nos ensine o que devemos fazer ao menino que há de nascer. 
Deus ouviu a voz de Manoá; e o anjo de Deus veio ter com a mulher outra vez, estando ela sentada no campo, porém não estava com ela seu marido Manoá. 
Apressou-se a mulher e, correndo, deu notícia disso ao marido, e disse-lhe: Eis que me apareceu o homem que veio ter comigo outro dia. 
Levantou-se Manoá, e seguiu a sua mulher e, tendo chegado ao homem, perguntou-lhe: És tu o que falaste a esta mulher? Ele respondeu: Eu sou. 
Então disse Manoá: Quando, pois, se cumprirem as tuas palavras, como se há de criar o menino, e que fará ele? 
Respondeu o anjo de Jeová a Manoá: Guarde-se a mulher de tudo quanto eu lhe disse. 
De nenhum produto da vinha poderá ela comer, não beba vinho nem bebida que possa embriagar, e não coma coisa alguma imunda. Guarde tudo quanto lhe ordenei. 
Manoá disse ao anjo de Jeová: Permite-nos deter-te, para que preparemos um cabrito. 
Respondeu a Manoá o anjo de Jeová: Ainda que me detenhas, não comerei o teu pão; e, se preparares um holocausto, oferecê-lo-ás a Jeová. Pois Manoá não sabia que era o anjo de Jeová. 
Manoá perguntou ao anjo de Jeová: Qual é o teu nome, para que, verificada que seja a tua palavra, te honremos? 
Respondeu-lhe o anjo de Jeová: Porque perguntas pelo meu nome, visto que é admirável! 
Tomou Manoá o cabrito com a oferta de cereais, e o ofereceu sobre a pedra a Jeová, que obra maravilhas. Manoá e sua mulher estavam observando. 
Ao subir a chama de sobre o altar para o céu, subiu com ela o anjo de Jeová: o que vendo Manoá e sua mulher, caíram com o rosto em terra. 
Porém o anjo de Jeová não tornou a aparecer a Manoá ou a sua mulher. Então soube Manoá que era o anjo de Jeová. 
Manoá disse a sua mulher: Certamente morreremos, porque vimos a Deus. 
Mas sua mulher lhe respondeu: Se Jeová nos quisera matar, não teria ele recebido das nossas mãos um holocausto e uma oferta de cereais, nem nos teria mostrado todas estas coisas, nem nos teria dito neste tempo tais coisas como estas. 
A mulher deu à luz um filho, a quem pôs o nome de Sansão. O menino cresceu, e Jeová abençoou-o. 
O espírito de Jeová começou a incitá-lo em Maané-Dã, entre Zorá e Estaol. 

And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. 
Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child. 
And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son. 
Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food; 
For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines. 
Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name; 
But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death. 
Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come. 
And God gave ear to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was seated in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her. 
So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day. 
And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am. 
And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work? 
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her. 
She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do. 
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you. 
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord. 
Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour? 
But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder? 
So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things. 
And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth. 
But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord. 
And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen. 
But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child. 
So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him. 
And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. 

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