底波拉和巴拉之歌

那一天,底波拉和巴拉高唱凯歌:

“以色列的首领身先士卒,
民众前仆后继,
你们要赞美耶和华!
君王和首领啊,请留心细听!
我要向耶和华歌唱,
我要歌颂以色列的上帝耶和华。
耶和华啊,当你从西珥出来,
走过以东时,
大地震动,
天上降雨。
在西奈山的耶和华面前,
在以色列的上帝耶和华面前,
群山震动。
在亚拿的儿子珊迦与雅亿的时代,
大路行人绝迹,
旅客绕道而行。
我底波拉做以色列之母以前,
以色列的乡村人烟稀少。
以色列人选择新的神明,
便战祸临门,
四万以色列人中找不到一矛一盾。
我的心追随以色列的首领,
追随民中踊跃出征的人。
你们要赞美耶和华!

10 “你们骑白驴的、坐绣花毯子的、步行的,
都要倾听。
11 歌乐手聚集在井旁,
传扬耶和华和祂以色列子民的胜利。
耶和华的子民都来到城门口。

12 “底波拉啊,来吧,来吧,
歌唱吧!
亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉啊,来吧,
带走你的战俘吧!
13 幸存的以色列人响应他们的首领,
耶和华的子民为我攻击勇士。
14 他们有些来自原属亚玛力人的以法莲,
有些来自便雅悯,
统领出自玛吉,
将官出自西布伦。
15 以萨迦的首领与底波拉同往,
以萨迦人随巴拉同去,
众人一起冲进山谷,
吕便人却犹豫不决。
16 吕便人为什么坐在羊圈中听悠悠笛声?
他们举棋不定。
17 基列人留在约旦河对岸。
但人为什么停留在船上?
亚设人在海岸静坐,
在港口逗留。
18 但西布伦人和拿弗他利人却拼死鏖战沙场。

19 “迦南诸王来战,
来到米吉多河边的他纳交战,
却没有掠走金银。
20 星辰从天上、从它们的轨道攻击西西拉。
21 古老的基顺河冲走了敌人。
我的心啊,要奋勇向前!
22 蹄声隆隆,
骏马疾驰!

23 “耶和华的天使说,
‘要咒诅米罗斯,
要重重地咒诅米罗斯的居民,
因为他们没有帮助耶和华,
没有帮助耶和华攻击强敌。’

24 “基尼人希百的妻子雅亿是妇人中最有福的,
是住帐篷的妇人中最有福的。
25 西西拉求水,
雅亿给他奶喝,
用珍贵的碗盛上奶酪。
26 雅亿左手拿起橛子,
右手拿起工匠的锤子,
猛击西西拉,
打碎了他的头,
刺透了他的太阳穴。
27 西西拉屈身倒下,
死在她脚前,
一动不动地躺在那里。

28 “他母亲凭窗远眺,
隔着窗棂喊道,
‘为什么他的战车迟迟不回?
为什么还听不到车轮声?’
29 聪明的宫女安慰她,
她却依然自言自语,
30 ‘莫非他们在搜索、瓜分战利品?
也许每人得到一两个少女,
西西拉也会分得从俘虏身上夺来的绣花彩巾。’
31 耶和华啊,
愿你的敌人都像西西拉一样灭亡!
愿爱你的人如升起的太阳,
光辉熠熠!”

此后,以色列安享太平四十年。

The Song of Deborah

On that day Deborah(A) and Barak son of Abinoam(B) sang this song:(C)

“When the princes in Israel take the lead,
    when the people willingly offer(D) themselves—
    praise the Lord!(E)

“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
    I, even I, will sing to[a] the Lord;(F)
    I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song.(G)

“When you, Lord, went out(H) from Seir,(I)
    when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook,(J) the heavens poured,
    the clouds poured down water.(K)
The mountains quaked(L) before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
    before the Lord, the God of Israel.

“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,(M)
    in the days of Jael,(N) the highways(O) were abandoned;
    travelers took to winding paths.(P)
Villagers in Israel would not fight;
    they held back until I, Deborah,(Q) arose,
    until I arose, a mother in Israel.
God chose new leaders(R)
    when war came to the city gates,(S)
but not a shield or spear(T) was seen
    among forty thousand in Israel.
My heart is with Israel’s princes,
    with the willing volunteers(U) among the people.
    Praise the Lord!

10 “You who ride on white donkeys,(V)
    sitting on your saddle blankets,
    and you who walk along the road,
consider 11 the voice of the singers[b] at the watering places.
    They recite the victories(W) of the Lord,
    the victories of his villagers in Israel.

“Then the people of the Lord
    went down to the city gates.(X)
12 ‘Wake up,(Y) wake up, Deborah!(Z)
    Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!(AA)
    Take captive your captives,(AB) son of Abinoam.’

13 “The remnant of the nobles came down;
    the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.
14 Some came from Ephraim,(AC) whose roots were in Amalek;(AD)
    Benjamin(AE) was with the people who followed you.
From Makir(AF) captains came down,
    from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[c] staff.
15 The princes of Issachar(AG) were with Deborah;(AH)
    yes, Issachar was with Barak,(AI)
    sent under his command into the valley.
In the districts of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.
16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens[d](AJ)
    to hear the whistling for the flocks?(AK)
In the districts of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.
17 Gilead(AL) stayed beyond the Jordan.
    And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher(AM) remained on the coast(AN)
    and stayed in his coves.
18 The people of Zebulun(AO) risked their very lives;
    so did Naphtali(AP) on the terraced fields.(AQ)

19 “Kings came(AR), they fought,
    the kings of Canaan fought.
At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,(AS)
    they took no plunder of silver.(AT)
20 From the heavens(AU) the stars fought,
    from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The river Kishon(AV) swept them away,
    the age-old river, the river Kishon.
    March on, my soul; be strong!(AW)
22 Then thundered the horses’ hooves—
    galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.(AX)
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord.
    ‘Curse its people bitterly,
because they did not come to help the Lord,
    to help the Lord against the mighty.’

24 “Most blessed of women(AY) be Jael,(AZ)
    the wife of Heber the Kenite,(BA)
    most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;(BB)
    in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26 Her hand reached for the tent peg,
    her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
    she shattered and pierced his temple.(BC)
27 At her feet he sank,
    he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
    where he sank, there he fell—dead(BD).

28 “Through the window(BE) peered Sisera’s mother;
    behind the lattice she cried out,(BF)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’
29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
    indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:(BG)
    a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
    colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments(BH) for my neck—
    all this as plunder?(BI)

31 “So may all your enemies perish,(BJ) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun(BK)
    when it rises in its strength.”(BL)

Then the land had peace(BM) forty years.

Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:3 Or of
  2. Judges 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Judges 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  4. Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

Cántico de Débora y Barac

Entonces Débora y Barac, hijo de Abinoam, cantaron en aquel día(A), diciendo:

¡Por haberse puesto al frente los jefes[a] en Israel(B),
por haberse ofrecido el pueblo voluntariamente(C),
bendecid al Señor!
¡Oíd, reyes; prestad oído, príncipes!
Yo al Señor, yo cantaré,
cantaré alabanzas al Señor, Dios de Israel(D).
Señor, cuando saliste de Seir(E),
cuando marchaste del campo de Edom,
la tierra tembló, también cayeron gotas del cielo[b],
y las nubes destilaron agua(F).
Los montes se estremecieron[c] ante la presencia del Señor(G),
aquel[d] Sinaí, ante la presencia del Señor, Dios de Israel(H).

En los días de Samgar, hijo de Anat(I),
en los días de Jael(J), quedaron desiertos[e] los caminos,
y los viajeros andaban por sendas tortuosas.
Cesaron los campesinos, cesaron en Israel,
hasta que yo, Débora, me levanté,
hasta que me levanté, como madre en Israel.
Escogieron nuevos dioses(K);
entonces la guerra estaba a las puertas.
No se veía escudo ni lanza
entre cuarenta mil en Israel.
Mi corazón está con[f] los jefes de Israel,
los voluntarios entre el pueblo.
¡Bendecid al Señor(L)!
10 Los que cabalgáis en asnas(M) blancas,
los que os sentáis en ricos tapices,
los que viajáis por el camino, cantad[g].
11 Al sonido de los que dividen las manadas entre los abrevaderos(N),
allí repetirán los actos de justicia del Señor(O),
los actos de justicia para con sus campesinos en Israel.
Entonces el pueblo del Señor descendió a las puertas(P).

12 Despierta, despierta(Q), Débora;
despierta, despierta, entona un cántico.
Levántate, Barac, y lleva a tus cautivos(R), hijo de Abinoam.
13 Entonces los sobrevivientes descendieron sobre los nobles;
el pueblo del Señor vino a mí como guerreros.
14 De Efraín descendieron los radicados[h] en Amalec(S),
en pos de ti, Benjamín, con tus pueblos;
de Maquir descendieron jefes,
y de Zabulón los que manejan vara de mando[i].
15 Los[j] príncipes de Isacar estaban con Débora;
como Isacar, así también Barac(T);
al valle se apresuraron pisándole los talones[k];
entre las divisiones de Rubén
había grandes resoluciones de corazón.
16 ¿Por qué te sentaste entre los rediles(U),
escuchando los toques de flauta para los rebaños?
Entre las divisiones de Rubén
había gran escudriñamiento de corazón.
17 Galaad se quedó[l] al otro lado del Jordán(V).
¿Y por qué se quedó Dan en las naves?
Aser se sentó a la orilla del mar,
y se quedó[m] junto a sus puertos.
18 Zabulón(W) era pueblo que despreció su vida hasta la muerte.
Y también Neftalí, en las alturas del campo.

19 Vinieron los reyes y pelearon(X);
pelearon entonces los reyes de Canaán
en Taanac(Y), cerca de las aguas de Meguido;
no tomaron despojos de plata(Z).
20 Desde los cielos las estrellas pelearon(AA),
desde sus órbitas pelearon contra Sísara.
21 El torrente Cisón los barrió,
el antiguo torrente, el torrente Cisón.
Marcha, alma mía con poder(AB).
22 Entonces resonaron[n] los cascos de los caballos
por el galopar, el galopar de sus valientes corceles[o](AC).
23 «Maldecid a Meroz», dijo el ángel del Señor,
«maldecid, maldecid a sus moradores;
porque no vinieron en ayuda del Señor,
en ayuda del Señor contra los guerreros(AD)».

24 Bendita entre las mujeres es Jael,
mujer de Heber ceneo;
bendita sea entre las mujeres de la tienda.
25 El pidió agua, y ella le dio leche;
en taza de nobles le trajo cuajada[p].
26 Extendió ella la mano hacia la estaca de la tienda,
y su diestra hacia el martillo de trabajadores.
Entonces golpeó a Sísara, desbarató su cabeza;
destruyó y perforó sus sienes(AE).
27 A[q] sus pies él se encorvó, cayó, quedó tendido;
a[r] sus pies se encorvó y cayó;
donde se encorvó, allí quedó muerto[s].

28 Miraba por la ventana y se lamentaba
la madre de Sísara, por las celosías[t]:
«¿Por qué se tarda en venir su carro?
¿Por qué se retrasa el trotar[u] de sus carros?».
29 Sus sabias princesas le respondían,
aun a sí misma ella repite sus palabras:
30 «¿Acaso no han hallado el botín(AF) y se lo están repartiendo?
¿Una doncella, dos doncellas para cada guerrero;
para Sísara un botín de tela de colores,
un botín de tela de colores bordada,
tela de colores de doble bordadura en el cuello del victorioso[v]?».
31 Así perezcan todos tus enemigos, oh Señor(AG);
mas sean los que te aman como la salida del sol en su fuerza(AH).

Y el país tuvo descanso por cuarenta años.

Footnotes

  1. Jueces 5:2 O, Por soltarse la cabellera
  2. Jueces 5:4 Lit., también destilaron los cielos
  3. Jueces 5:5 Lit., fluyeron
  4. Jueces 5:5 Lit., este
  5. Jueces 5:6 Lit., habían dejado de existir
  6. Jueces 5:9 Lit., es para
  7. Jueces 5:10 O, declaradlo
  8. Jueces 5:14 Lit., que tienen sus raíces
  9. Jueces 5:14 Lit., del escriba
  10. Jueces 5:15 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en heb., Mis
  11. Jueces 5:15 Lit., en sus pies
  12. Jueces 5:17 O, habitó
  13. Jueces 5:17 O, habitó
  14. Jueces 5:22 Lit., golpearon
  15. Jueces 5:22 Lit., de sus poderosos
  16. Jueces 5:25 O, requesón
  17. Jueces 5:27 Lit., Entre
  18. Jueces 5:27 Lit., Entre
  19. Jueces 5:27 Lit., devastado
  20. Jueces 5:28 O, la ventana
  21. Jueces 5:28 Lit., los pasos
  22. Jueces 5:30 Lit., los cuellos del botín

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.

In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.

12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.