8. Then Manoah prayed, “Our Lord, please send that prophet again and let him tell us what to do for the son we are going to have.”
9. God answered Manoah's prayer, and the angel went back to Manoah's wife while she was resting in the fields. Manoah wasn't there at the time,
10. so she found him and said, “That same man is here again! He's the one I saw the other day.”
11. Manoah went with his wife and asked the man, “Are you the one who spoke to my wife?”“Yes, I am,” he answered.
12. Manoah then asked, “When your promise comes true, what rules must he obey and what will be his work?”
13. “Your wife must be careful to do everything I told her,” the Lord's angel answered.
14. “She must not eat or drink anything made from grapes. She must not drink wine or beer or eat anything forbidden by God's laws. I told her exactly what to do.”
15. “Please,” Manoah said, “stay here with us for just a little while, and we'll prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
16. Manoah didn't realize that he was really talking to one of the Lord's angels.The angel answered, “I can stay for a little while, although I won't eat any of your food. But if you would like to offer the goat as a sacrifice to the Lord, that would be fine.”
17. Manoah said, “Tell us your name, so we can honour you after our son is born.”