Mga Hukom 4
Magandang Balita Biblia
Sina Debora at Barak
4 Nang mamatay si Ehud, ang bayang Israel ay muling gumawa ng kasamaan laban kay Yahweh. 2 Kaya, hinayaan ni Yahweh na masakop sila ni Jabin, isang Cananeo na hari ng Hazor. Si Sisera na taga-Haroset Hagoyim ang pinuno ng kanyang hukbo. 3 Si Jabin ay may siyamnaraang karwaheng bakal. Pinagmalupitan at inapi niya ang Israel sa loob ng dalawampung taon. Kaya't humingi ng tulong kay Yahweh ang mga Israelita.
4 Noon, ang babaing propeta na si Debora, asawa ni Lapidot, ay nagsisilbing hukom ng Israel. 5 Nakaugalian na niyang maupo sa ilalim ng puno ng palmera sa kaburulan ng Efraim, sa pagitan ng Rama at Bethel. Pinupuntahan siya rito ng mga tao upang magpasya sa kanilang mga usapin. 6 Isang araw, ipinatawag niya si Barak na anak ni Abinoam na taga-Kades, mula sa lipi ni Neftali. Sinabi niya rito, “Ipinag-uutos sa iyo ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, na pumili ka ng sampung libong kawal mula sa lipi nina Neftali at Zebulun. Isama mo sila sa Bundok ng Tabor. 7 Lalabanan ninyo sa may Ilog Kison ang pangkat ni Sisera, ang pinuno ng hukbo ni Jabin. Ngunit pagtatagumpayin kita laban sa kanya.”
8 Sumagot si Barak, “Pupunta ako kung kasama ka. Ngunit kung hindi ka sasama, hindi ako pupunta.”
9 Sinabi ni Debora, “Kung gayon, sasama ako, ngunit wala kang makukuhang karangalan sapagkat si Sisera ay ibibigay ni Yahweh sa kamay ng isang babae.” Sumama nga si Debora kay Barak. 10 Nanawagan si Barak sa lipi nina Neftali at Zebulun, at sampung libong kalalakihan ang sumunod sa kanya. Sumama rin sa kanya si Debora.
11 Samantala, si Heber na isang Cineo ay lumayo sa mga kapwa niya Cineo. Ang mga Cineo ay buhat sa angkan ni Hobab na kamag-anak ng asawa ni Moises. Nagtayo si Heber ng tolda malapit sa kagubatan ng Zaananim, malapit sa Kades.
12 May nakapagsabi kay Sisera na si Barak ay pumunta sa Bundok Tabor. 13 Kaya, tinipon niya ang kanyang siyamnaraang karwaheng bakal at ang lahat ng kanyang kawal mula sa Haroset Hagoyim patungo sa Ilog Kison. 14 Sinabi ni Debora kay Barak, “Lusob! Ngayon ang araw na itinakda ni Yahweh upang gapiin mo si Sisera. Pangungunahan ka ni Yahweh!” Pumunta nga sa Bundok Tabor si Barak at ang sampung libong kawal niya. 15 Nang sumalakay sina Barak, nilito ni Yahweh sina Sisera. Nagkanya-kanyang takbuhan ang mga kawal nito. Si Sisera naman ay bumabâ sa kanyang karwahe at patakbong tumakas. 16 Hinabol nina Barak ang mga karwahe ni Sisera hanggang sa Haroset Hagoyim at pinatay nila ang lahat ng mga tauhan nito. Wala silang itinirang buháy.
17 Samantala, nakatakas si Sisera at nagtago sa tolda ni Jael na asawa ng Cineong si Heber, sapagkat magkaibigan si Haring Jabin ng Hazor at ang sambahayan ni Heber. 18 Nang makita ni Jael na papalapit si Sisera, sinabi niya, “Tuloy po kayo sa aking tolda at huwag kayong matakot.” Pumasok nga si Sisera at siya'y pinatago ni Jael sa likod ng tabing.[a] 19 Sinabi ni Sisera kay Jael, “Nauuhaw ako. Maaari mo ba akong bigyan ng tubig na maiinom?” Ang babae ay kumuha ng sisidlang-balat na puno ng gatas. Pinainom niya si Sisera, saka pinatagong muli.
20 Sinabi ni Sisera, “Diyan ka muna sa may pintuan ng tolda. Kapag may nagtanong kung may tao rito, sabihin mong wala.”
21 Dahil sa matinding pagod, nakatulog nang mahimbing si Sisera. Si Jael naman ay kumuha ng maso at tulos ng tolda. Dahan-dahan siyang lumapit kay Sisera at pinukpok ang tulos sa noo nito hanggang sa bumaon sa lupa. Sa gayon, namatay si Sisera. 22 Nang dumating si Barak na naghahanap kay Sisera, sinabi niya, “Narito ang hinahanap ninyo.” Pagpasok ni Barak, nakita niyang patay na si Sisera. Nakabulagta ito at nakabaon pa sa noo ang tulos.
23 Nang araw na iyon, pinagtagumpay ng Diyos ang bayang Israel laban kay Jabin, ang haring Cananeo. 24 Patuloy nila itong ginipit hanggang sa lubusang matalo.
Footnotes
- Mga Hukom 4:18 pinatago…sa likod ng tabing: o kaya'y tinakpan ng basahan .
Judges 4
English Standard Version
Deborah and Barak
4 (A)And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. 2 And the Lord (B)sold them into the hand of (C)Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in (D)Hazor. The commander of his army was (E)Sisera, who lived in (F)Harosheth-hagoyim. 3 Then the people of Israel (G)cried out to the Lord for help, for he had (H)900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.
4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in (I)the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 She sent and summoned (J)Barak the son of Abinoam from (K)Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount (L)Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun. 7 And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you by (M)the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, (N)and I will give him into your hand’?” 8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” 9 And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will (O)sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called out (P)Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him.
11 Now Heber (Q)the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of (R)Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in (S)Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.
12 When Sisera was told that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera called out all his chariots, (T)900 chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. 14 And Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which (U)the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. (V)Does not the Lord go out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him. 15 (W)And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot. 16 And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.
17 But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. 19 And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened (X)a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. 20 And he said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say, ‘No.’” 21 But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died. 22 And behold, as Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple.
23 (Y)So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel. 24 And the hand of the people of Israel pressed harder and harder against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
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