7. But he told me, ‘You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food. For your son will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the moment of his birth until the day of his death.’”
8. Then Manoah prayed to the lord, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.”
9. God answered Manoah’s prayer, and the angel of God appeared once again to his wife as she was sitting in the field. But her husband, Manoah, was not with her.
10. So she quickly ran and told her husband, “The man who appeared to me the other day is here again!”
11. Manoah ran back with his wife and asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife the other day?”“Yes,” he replied, “I am.”
12. So Manoah asked him, “When your words come true, what kind of rules should govern the boy’s life and work?”
13. The angel of the lord replied, “Be sure your wife follows the instructions I gave her.
14. She must not eat grapes or raisins, drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, or eat any forbidden food.”
15. Then Manoah said to the angel of the lord, “Please stay here until we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
16. “I will stay,” the angel of the lord replied, “but I will not eat anything. However, you may prepare a burnt offering as a sacrifice to the lord.” (Manoah didn’t realize it was the angel of the lord.)
17. Then Manoah asked the angel of the lord, “What is your name? For when all this comes true, we want to honor you.”