13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, 3 “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God 4 to visit 5 us again, so he can teach 6 us how we should raise 7 the child who will be born.”
1 tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”
2 tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity – I and my friends.”
3 tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “the man of God.”
5 tn Heb “come to.”
6 tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).
7 tn Heb “what we should do for.”