士师记 4
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
底波拉和巴拉
4 以笏死后，以色列人又行了耶和华看为恶的事。 2 因此耶和华把他们交在迦南王耶宾手中，耶宾那时在夏琐作王；他的军长西西拉，住在夏罗设歌印。 3 耶宾王有铁车九百辆，他极力欺压以色列人二十年，以色列人就哀求耶和华。
4 有一位女先知底波拉，是拉比多的妻子，那时正治理以色列人。 5 她常坐在以法莲山地，拉玛和伯特利之间那棵底波拉棕树下；以色列人都上到她那里去听判断。 6 底波拉派人去从拿弗他利的基低斯，把亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉召了来，对他说：“耶和华以色列的 神不是曾吩咐你说：‘你去向他泊山进军，从拿弗他利人和西布伦人中率领一万人与你同去吗？ 7 我必引耶宾的军长西西拉，和他的车辆与全军，到基顺河往你那里去；我必把他们交在你手里。’” 8 巴拉对她说：“如果你与我同去，我就去；如果你不与我同去，我就不去。” 9 底波拉回答：“我必与你同去，只是你这次行程就没有光荣；因为耶和华要把西西拉交在一个妇人手里。”于是底波拉起来，与巴拉一同到基低斯去了。 10 巴拉就召集西布伦人和拿弗他利人到基低斯；与他一同步行上去的有一万人，底波拉也与他一同上去。
11 摩西的岳父何巴的子孙基尼人希伯，曾经离开基尼族人，到靠近基低斯的撒拿音的橡树旁，支搭帐棚居住。
12 有人告诉西西拉，亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉已经上了他泊山； 13 西西拉就召集他所有的车辆，就是九百辆铁车，和与他在一起的众人，都从夏罗设歌印出来，到基顺河那里。 14 底波拉对巴拉说：“你起来吧，因为今日就是耶和华把西西拉交在你手里的日子；耶和华不是在你前面出战吗？”于是巴拉和跟随他的一万人从他泊山下来。 15 耶和华用刀使西西拉和所有的车辆与全军，都在巴拉面前溃乱；西西拉下了车，步行逃跑。 16 巴拉追赶西西拉的车辆和军队，直到夏罗设歌印；西西拉的全军都倒在刀下，连一个也没有留下。
雅亿杀西西拉
17 只有西西拉步行逃跑，到了基尼人希伯的妻子雅亿的帐棚那里；因为夏琐王耶宾与基尼人希伯的家友好。 18 雅亿出来迎接西西拉，对他说：“请我主转过来，到我这里，不要惧怕。”西西拉就转到她那里去，就是转到她的帐棚里去；雅亿就用毛毡遮盖他。 19 西西拉对雅亿说：“请给我一点水喝，因为我渴了。”雅亿就打开盛奶的皮袋，给他喝了，再把他盖着。 20 西西拉又对雅亿说：“请你站在帐棚门口，如果有人来问你：‘这里有人吗？’你就要回答：‘没有。’” 21 希伯的妻子雅亿取了一根帐棚的橛子，手里拿着锤子，静悄悄地走到西西拉那里，把橛子钉在他的太阳穴里，直钉入地里；因为西西拉疲乏熟睡，就这样死了。 22 那时，巴拉追赶西西拉，雅亿出来迎接他，对他说：“来吧，我给你看你寻找的人。”他就进到她那里去；看见西西拉已经仆倒，死了；橛子还在他的太阳穴里。
23 这样， 神就在那一天，在以色列人面前，制伏了迦南王耶宾。 24 以色列人的势力日渐强盛，胜过迦南王耶宾，终于把迦南王耶宾除灭。
Judges 4
Expanded Bible
Deborah, the Woman Judge
4 After Ehud died, the ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel] again did ·what the Lord said was wrong [L evil in the eyes/sight of the Lord]. 2 So he ·let them be defeated by [L sold them into the hands of] Jabin, a king of Canaan who ruled in the city of Hazor. Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim, was the commander of Jabin’s army. 3 Because he had nine hundred ·iron [iron-clad; iron-fitted; 1:19] chariots and ·was very cruel to [harshly oppressed] the ·people [L sons; T children] of Israel for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
4 A prophetess named Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was ·judging [leading; 2:16] Israel at that time. 5 Deborah would sit under the Palm Tree of Deborah, which was between the cities of Ramah and Bethel, in the ·mountains [hill country] of Ephraim. And the ·people [L sons; T children] of Israel would come to her ·to settle their arguments [L for judgment].
6 Deborah ·sent a message to [or sent for; summoned] Barak son of Abinoam. Barak lived in ·the city of Kedesh, which is in the area of Naphtali [L Kedesh-Naphtali]. Deborah said to Barak, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go and gather ten thousand ·men [L sons] of Naphtali and Zebulun [C two tribes covering most of Israel’s area north of the Jezreel Valley] and lead them to Mount Tabor [C a cone-shaped mountain in Jezreel Valley southwest of Lake Galilee]. 7 I will ·make [L draw/pull out] Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, and his chariots, and his army meet you at the Kishon River. I will ·hand Sisera over to you [L give him into your hand].’”
8 Then Barak said to Deborah, “I will go if you will go with me, but if you won’t go with me, I won’t go.”
9 “·Of course [Certainly; L Going] I will go with you,” Deborah answered, “but you will not get ·credit [honor; glory; fame] ·for the victory [L in the road/way/venture you are taking]. The Lord will ·let a woman defeat Sisera [L sell Sisera into the hand of a woman].” So Deborah [L arose and] went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 At Kedesh, Barak ·called [summoned] the people of Zebulun and Naphtali together. ·From them, he gathered ten thousand men to follow him [L Ten thousand men went up at his feet], and Deborah went with him also.
11 Now Heber the Kenite had ·left [separated/moved away from] the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ ·brother-in-law [or father-in-law]. Heber had put up his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim, near Kedesh [C this verse introduces the family of Jael, the woman alluded to by Deborah in v. 9; see v. 17].
12 When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera gathered his nine hundred ·iron [iron-clad; iron-fitted; v. 3] chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get up! Today is the day the Lord ·will hand over Sisera [L has given Sisera into your hand]. The Lord has ·already cleared the way for [L gone out before] you.” So Barak led ten thousand men down Mount Tabor. 15 As Barak approached, the Lord ·confused [caused to panic; or routed] Sisera and his army and chariots. The Lord defeated them with the [L edge of the] sword, but Sisera ·left [jumped out of] his chariot and ran away on foot. 16 Barak and his men chased Sisera’s chariots and army to Harosheth Haggoyim. ·With their swords [L By the edge of the sword] they killed all of Sisera’s men; not one of them was left alive.
17 But Sisera himself ran away to the tent where Jael lived. She was the wife of Heber, one of the Kenite family groups [v. 11]. ·Heber’s family [L The house of Heber] ·was at peace [or had an alliance] with Jabin king of Hazor. 18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “·Come into my tent [L Turn aside], master! Come in. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera went into Jael’s tent, and she covered him with a ·rug [or blanket].
19 Sisera said to Jael, “I am thirsty. Please give me some water to drink.” So she opened a ·leather bag [goatskin] of milk and gave him a drink. Then she covered him up.
20 He said to her, “Go stand at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say, ‘No.’”
21 But Jael, the wife of Heber, took a tent peg and a hammer and ·quietly [secretly] went to Sisera. Since he was very tired, he was in a deep sleep. She hammered the tent peg through the side of Sisera’s ·head [temple; or mouth] and into the ground. And so Sisera died.
22 ·At that very moment [T And behold] Barak came by Jael’s tent, chasing Sisera. Jael went out to meet him and said, “Come. I will show you the man you are looking for.” So Barak entered her tent, and there Sisera lay dead, with the tent peg in his ·head [temple; or mouth].
23 On that day God ·defeated [subdued; humiliated] Jabin king of Canaan ·in the sight of [L before the sons/T children of] Israel.
24 ·Israel became stronger and stronger [L The hand of sons/T children of Israel pressed harder and harder] against Jabin king of Canaan until finally they destroyed him.
Judges 4
1599 Geneva Bible
4 1 Israel sin and are given into the hands of Jabin. 4 Deborah judgeth Israel, and exhorteth Barak to deliver the people. 15 Sisera fleeth,. 17 and is killed by Jael.
1 And the children of Israel [a]began again to do wickedly in the sight of the Lord when Ehud was dead.
2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of [b]Jabin King of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor, whose chief captain was called Sisera, which dwelt in [c]Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 Then the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: (for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and twenty years he had vexed the children of Israel very sore.)
4 ¶ And at that time Deborah a Prophetess the wife of Lapidoth [d]judged Israel.
5 And this Deborah dwelt under a palm tree, between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 Then she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh of Naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel [e]commanded, saying, Go, and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali, and of the children of Zebulun?
7 And I will draw unto thee to the (A)[f]river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army with his chariots, and his multitude, and will deliver him into thine hand.
8 And Barak said unto her, [g]If thou wilt go with me, I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.
9 Then she answered, I will surely go with thee, but this journey that thou takest, shall not be for thine honor: for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 ¶ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and [h]he went up on his feet with ten thousand men, and Deborah went up with him.
11 (Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the [i]children of (B)Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, was departed from the [j]Kenites, and pitched his tent [k]until the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.)
12 Then they showed Sisera, that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 And Sisera called for all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon.
14 Then Deborah said unto Barak, [l]Up: for this is the day that the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand. Is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 And the Lord destroyed Sisera and all his chariots, and all his host with the edge of the sword before Barak, so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 But (C)Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword: there was not a man left.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of [m]Heber the Kenite: (for peace was between Jabin the king of Hazor, and between the house of Heber the Kenite.)
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn into me: fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into her tent, she covered him with a [n]mantel.
19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink: for I am thirsty. And she opened (D)a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and when any man doth come and inquire of thee, saying, Is [o]any man there? thou shalt say, Nay.
21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took a [p]nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground, (for he was fast asleep and weary) and so he died.
22 And behold, as Barak pursued after Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man, whom thou seekest: and when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay [q]dead, and the nail in his temples.
23 So God brought down Jabin the king of Canaan that day before the children of Israel.
24 And the hand of the children of Israel [r]prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Footnotes
- Judges 4:1 Hebrew, added, or continued to do evil.
- Judges 4:2 There was another Jabin, whom Joshua killed and burnt his city Hazor, Josh. 11:13.
- Judges 4:2 That is in a wood, or strong place.
- Judges 4:4 By the spirit of prophecy, resolving of controversies and declaring the will of God.
- Judges 4:6 And revealed unto me by the spirit of prophecy.
- Judges 4:7 Or, valley.
- Judges 4:8 Fearing his own weakness and his enemy’s power, he desireth the prophetess to go with him to assure him of God’s will from time to time.
- Judges 4:10 Or, he led after him 10,000 men.
- Judges 4:11 Or, posterity.
- Judges 4:11 Hebrew, from Cain.
- Judges 4:11 Meaning, that he possessed a great part of that country.
- Judges 4:14 She still encourageth him to this enterprise by assuring him of God’s favor and aid.
- Judges 4:17 Whose ancestors were strangers, but worshipped the true God, and therefore were joined with Israel.
- Judges 4:18 Or, blanket.
- Judges 4:20 To wit, Sisera.
- Judges 4:21 That is, the pin or stake, whereby it was fastened to the ground.
- Judges 4:22 So he saw that a woman had the honor, as Deborah prophesied.
- Judges 4:24 Hebrew, went and was strong.
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