Deborah

When Ehud was dead, (A)the children of Israel again did (B)evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord (C)sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in (D)Hazor. The commander of his army was (E)Sisera, who dwelt in (F)Harosheth Hagoyim. And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred (G)chariots of iron, and for twenty years (H)he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. (I)And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. Then she sent and called for (J)Barak the son of Abinoam from (K)Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and [a]deploy troops at Mount (L)Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun; and against you (M)I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude at the (N)River Kishon; and I will [b]deliver him into your hand’?”

And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!”

So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, 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 (P)Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men (Q)under[c] his command, and Deborah went up with him.

11 Now Heber (R)the Kenite, of the children of (S)Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, (T)which is beside Kedesh.

12 And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13 So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, [d]“Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. (U)Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 15 And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was (V)left.

17 However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of (W)Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear.” And when he had turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a [e]blanket.

19 Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened (X)a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him. 20 And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’ ”

21 Then Jael, Heber’s wife, (Y)took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22 And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.” And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple.

23 So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:6 march
  2. Judges 4:7 Lit. draw
  3. Judges 4:10 Lit. at his feet
  4. Judges 4:14 Arise!
  5. Judges 4:18 rug

Si Debora ug si Barak

Human namatay si Ehud, nagpakasala pag-usab ang mga Israelinhon atubangan sa Ginoo. Busa gipasakop sila sa Ginoo kang Jabin nga hari sa Hazor, nga usa ka hari sa mga Canaanhon. Ang komander sa kasundalohan ni Jabin mao si Sisera nga nagpuyo sa Haroshet Hagoyim. Si Jabin may 900 ka mga karwahe nga puthaw. Gidaog-daog niya pag-ayo ang mga Israelinhon sulod sa 20 ka tuig. Busa nagpakitabang sa Ginoo ang mga Israelinhon.

Niadtong panahona, ang pangulo sa Israel mao si Debora. Usa siya ka propeta sa Dios ug asawa ni Lapidot. Kon magpahusay ang mga Israelinhon sa ilang mga kaso kang Debora, moadto sila kaniya didto sa ilalom sa Palma ni Debora, sa tunga-tunga sa Rama ug sa Betel sa kabungtoran sa Efraim.

Usa niana ka adlaw, gipatawag ni Debora si Barak, ang anak ni Abinoam nga taga-Kedesh nga sakop sa tribo ni Naftali. Pag-abot ni Barak, miingon si Debora kaniya, “Ang Ginoo, ang Dios sa Israel nagsugo kanimo nga magtigom ug 10,000 ka mga lalaki gikan sa tribo ni Naftali ug ni Zebulun. Dad-a sila sa Bukid sa Tabor. Danihon ko si Sisera, ang komander sa kasundalohan ni Jabin sa pag-adto sa Lugut sa Kishon uban sa ilang mga karwahe ug mga sundalo, ug itugyan ko sila kanimo.”

Miingon si Barak kang Debora, “Moadto ako kon mouban ka, apan kon dili ka mouban, dili ako moadto.” Mitubag si Debora, “Sige, mouban ako kanimo, apan ang kadungganan dili maimo tungod kay itugyan sa Ginoo si Sisera sa usa ka babaye.” Busa miuban si Debora kang Barak ug miadto sila sa Kedesh. 10 Gipaadto ni Barak sa Kedesh ang mga sakop sa tribo ni Naftali ug ni Zebulun, ug 10,000 ka mga tawo ang nanguban kaniya. Miuban usab kaniya si Debora.

11 Niadtong higayona, si Heber nga usa ka Kenihanon nagtukod sa iyang tolda duol sa dakong kahoy sa Zaananim duol sa Kedesh. Mibulag siya sa iyang mga kaubang Kenihanon nga mga kaliwat ni Hobab nga bayaw[a] ni Moises.

12 May nakasugilon kang Sisera nga si Barak, nga anak ni Abinoam, mitungas sa Bukid sa Tabor. 13 Busa gitigom ni Sisera ang 900 niya ka karwahe nga puthaw ug ang tanan niyang mga sundalo. Ug gikan sa Haroshet Hagoyim miadto sila sa Lugut sa Kishon.

14 Miingon si Debora kang Barak, “Lakaw na! Mao na kini ang adlaw nga itugyan sa Ginoo kanimo si Sisera. Magauna ang Ginoo kanimo.” Busa milugsong si Barak gikan sa Bukid sa Tabor ug misunod kaniya ang 10,000 ka mga sundalo. 15 Sa dihang misulong na sila si[b] Barak, gipataranta sa Ginoo si Sisera ug ang tanan niyang mga tigkarwahe ug mga sundalo. Miambak si Sisera sa iyang karwahe ug misutoy ug dagan aron sa pag-ikyas. 16 Gigukod nila ni[c] Barak ang mga sundalo ni Sisera apil ang iyang mga tigkarwahe hangtod sa Haroshet Hagoyim ug gihurot ug pamatay. Wala gayoy bisan usa nga nahibilin.

17 Midagan si Sisera paingon sa tolda ni Jael nga asawa ni Heber, tungod kay managhigala si Jabin nga hari sa Hazor ug ang pamilya ni Heber nga Kenihanon. 18 Gisugat siya ni Jael ug giingnan, “Sir, dayon sa akong tolda ug ayaw kahadlok.” Busa misulod si Sisera ug gitabonan siya ni Jael ug bagang habol.[d] 19 Miingon si Sisera kang Jael, “Palihog hatagi akog tubig. Giuhaw kaayo ako.” Busa giablihan ni Jael ang usa ka panit nga sudlanan sa gatas ug gipainom si Sisera, ug pagkahuman gitabonan niyag balik si Sisera. 20 Miingon si Sisera, “Tindog diha sa pultahan sa tolda ug kon may moabot ug mangutana kon may tawo bang mianhi dinhi ingna nga wala.”

21 Tungod sa labihang kakapoy, nakatulog si Sisera. Mikuha si Jael ug martilyo ug ugsok sa tolda ug mihinay-hinay pagduol kang Sisera. Unya gipataop niya ang ugsok sa dunggan-dunggan[e] ni Sisera hangtod nga midulot kini sa yuta, ug namatay si Sisera.

22 Sa pag-abot ni Barak nga nangita kang Sisera, gisugat siya ni Jael ug giingnan, “Dali, ipakita ko kanimo ang imong gipangita.” Busa miuban si Barak kang Jael sa sulod, ug didto nakita niya si Sisera nga patay na, ug may ugsok nga nagtaop sa iyang dungan-dungan. 23 Nianang adlawa, gipapildi sa Dios sa mga Israelinhon si Jabin nga hari sa Canaan. 24 Nagpadayon ang ilang pagpakigbatok kang Jabin hangtod nga napatay gayod nila kini.

Footnotes

  1. 4:11 bayaw: o, ugangan.
  2. 4:15 sila si: sa literal, si.
  3. 4:16 nila: sa literal, ni.
  4. 4:18 gitabonan siya ni Jael ug bagang habol: o, gitagoan siya ni Jael sa luyo sa kurtina.
  5. 4:21 dunggan-dunggan: sa English, temporal bone.

Deborah and Barak

(A)And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. 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. 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.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 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. 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. 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’?” 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.” 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.

Deborah

Again the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord,(B) now that Ehud(C) was dead. So the Lord sold them(D) into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.(E) Sisera,(F) the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron(G) and had cruelly oppressed(H) the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.

Now Deborah,(I) a prophet,(J) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. She held court(K) under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah(L) and Bethel(M) in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. She sent for Barak son of Abinoam(N) from Kedesh(O) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali(P) and Zebulun(Q) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.(R) I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s(S) army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River(T) and give him into your hands.(U)’”

Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

“Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.(V) 10 There Barak summoned(W) Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites,(X) the descendants of Hobab,(Y) Moses’ brother-in-law,[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree(Z) in Zaanannim(AA) near Kedesh.

12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,(AB) 13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River(AC) all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.(AD)

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands.(AE) Has not the Lord gone ahead(AF) of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed(AG) Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.

16 Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.(AH) 17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,(AI) the wife of Heber the Kenite,(AJ) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor(AK) and the family of Heber the Kenite.

18 Jael(AL) went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

19 “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk,(AM) gave him a drink, and covered him up.

20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”

21 But Jael,(AN) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,(AO) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.(AP)

22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael(AQ) went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.(AR)

23 On that day God subdued(AS) Jabin(AT) king of Canaan before the Israelites. 24 And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.(AU)

Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging
  2. Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law