6. The woman went and said to her husband, “A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angelic messenger – he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
7. He said to me, ‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.’”
8. Manoah prayed to the Lord, “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God to visit us again, so he can teach us how we should raise the child who will be born.”
9. God answered Manoah’s prayer. God’s angelic messenger visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.
10. The woman ran at once and told her husband, “Come quickly, the man who visited me the other day has appeared to me!”
11. So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” He said, “Yes.”
12. Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”
13. The Lord’s messenger told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.
14. She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”
15. Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
16. The Lord’s messenger said to Manoah, “If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, you should offer it.” (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the Lord’s messenger.)
17. Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”