12. Then Manoah asked, “When your words come true, what must the boy do? What kind of a life must he lead?”
13. The Lord's angel answered, “Your wife must be sure to do everything that I have told her.
14. She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine; she must not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food. She must do everything that I have told her.”
15-16. Manoah did not know that it was the Lord's angel, so he said to him, “Please do not go yet. Let us cook a young goat for you.”But the angel said, “If I do stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare it, burn it as an offering to the Lord.”
17. Manoah replied, “Tell us your name, so that we can honour you when your words come true.”
18. The angel asked, “Why do you want to know my name? It is a name of wonder.”
19. So Manoah took a young goat and some grain, and offered them on the rock altar to the Lord who works wonders.
20-21. While the flames were going up from the altar, Manoah and his wife saw the Lord's angel go up towards heaven in the flames. Manoah realized then that the man had been the Lord's angel, and he and his wife threw themselves face downwards on the ground. They never saw the angel again.
22. Manoah said to his wife, “We are sure to die, because we have seen God!”
23. But his wife answered, “If the Lord had wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our offerings; he would not have shown us all this or told us such things now.”
24. The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord blessed him.
25. And the Lord's power began to strengthen him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.