Hukom 4
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Si Debora at si Barak
4 Pagkamatay ni Ehud, muling gumawa ng kasamaan ang mga Israelita sa paningin ng Panginoon. 2 Kaya hinayaan ng Panginoon na sakupin sila ni Haring Jabin ng Hazor, na isang hari ng mga Cananeo. Ang kumander ng mga sundalo ni Jabin ay si Sisera na nakatira sa Haroshet Hagoyim. 3 May 900 karwaheng yari sa bakal si Jabin, at labis niyang pinagmalupitan ang mga Israelita sa loob ng 20 taon. Kaya muling humingi ng tulong ang mga Israelita sa Panginoon.
4 Nang panahong iyon, ang pinuno ng Israel ay si Debora, na isang propeta ng Dios at asawa ni Lapidot. 5 Kapag gustong ayusin ng mga Israelita ang kanilang mga di-pagkakaunawaan, pumupunta sila kay Debora na nasa ilalim ng puno ng palma na pag-aari nito, sa pagitan ng Rama at Betel sa kabundukan ng Efraim.
6 Isang araw, ipinatawag ni Debora si Barak na anak ni Abinoam na taga-Kedesh na sakop ng lahi ni Naftali. Pagdating ni Barak, sinabi ni Debora sa kanya, “Inuutusan ka ng Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, na kumuha ng 10,000 lalaki sa lahi ni Naftali at Zebulun, at dalhin sila sa Bundok ng Tabor. 7 Lilinlangin ko si Sisera, ang kumander ng mga sundalo ni Jabin, na pumunta sa Lambak ng Kishon, kasama ang kanyang mga sundalo at mga karwahe. At doon pagtatagumpayin ko kayo laban sa kanila.”
8 Sinabi ni Barak kay Debora, “Pupunta ako kung sasama ka, pero kung hindi ka sasama, hindi ako pupunta.” 9 Sumagot si Debora, “Sige, sasama ako sa iyo, pero hindi mapupunta sa iyo ang karangalan dahil ipapatalo ng Panginoon si Sisera sa isang babae.” Kaya sumama si Debora kay Barak at pumunta sila sa Kedesh. 10 Doon, ipinatawag ni Barak ang mga lahi ni Naftali at ni Zebulun, at 10,000 tao ang sumama sa kanya. Sumama rin sa kanya si Debora.
11 Nang panahong iyon, si Heber na Keneo ay nagtayo ng tolda niya malapit sa puno ng terebinto sa Zaananim malapit sa Kedesh. Humiwalay siya sa ibang mga Keneo na mula sa angkan ni Hobab na bayaw[a] ni Moises.
12 Ngayon, may nakapagsabi kay Sisera na papunta si Barak sa Bundok ng Tabor. 13 Kaya tinipon ni Sisera ang 900 karwahe niyang yari sa bakal at ang lahat ng sundalo niya. At umalis sila mula sa Haroshet Hagoyim papunta sa Lambak ng Kishon.
14 Sinabi ni Debora kay Barak, “Humanda ka! Ito na ang araw na pagtatagumpayin ka ng Panginoon laban kay Sisera. Pangungunahan ka ng Panginoon.” Kaya bumaba si Barak sa Bundok ng Tabor kasama ng 10,000 niyang sundalo. 15 Nang lumusob na sina Barak, nilito ng Panginoon si Sisera at ang lahat ng mangangarwahe at sundalo niya. Pagkatapos, tumalon si Sisera sa karwahe niya at tumakas. 16 Hinabol nila Barak ang mga sundalo at ang mga mangangarwahe ni Sisera hanggang sa Haroshet Hagoyim at nilipol ang mga ito. Wala ni isang natira sa kanila.
17 Si Sisera naman ay tumakas papunta sa tolda ni Jael na asawa ni Heber, dahil magkaibigan si Haring Jabin ng Hazor at ang pamilya ni Heber na Keneo. 18 Sinalubong ni Jael si Sisera at sinabi, “Tuloy po kayo sa aking tolda at huwag kayong matakot.” Kaya pumasok si Sisera sa tolda, at tinakluban siya ni Jael ng kumot[b] para itago. 19 Sinabi ni Sisera kay Jael, “Pahingi ng tubig. Uhaw na uhaw na ako.” Kaya binuksan ni Jael ang balat na sisidlan ng gatas at pinainom si Sisera, at pagkatapos ay itinago siyang muli. 20 Sinabi ni Sisera, “Tumayo ka sa pintuan ng tolda. Kapag may dumating at magtanong kung may ibang tao rito sabihin mong wala.”
21 Dahil sa sobrang pagod ni Sisera, nakatulog siya. Nang makita ni Jael na nakatulog si Sisera, kumuha siya ng martilyo at tulos ng tolda at dahan-dahang lumapit kay Sisera. Pagkatapos, ibinaon niya ang tulos sa sentido ni Sisera, gamit ang martilyo, hanggang sa bumaon ang tulos sa lupa, at namatay si Sisera.
22 Nang dumating si Barak na naghahanap kay Sisera, sinalubong siya ni Jael, at sinabi, “Halika, ipapakita ko sa iyo ang taong hinahanap mo.” Pagpasok ni Barak sa tolda kasama ni Jael, nakita niya roon si Sisera na nakahandusay at patay na, at may tulos na nakabaon sa kanyang ulo. 23 Nang araw na iyon, pinagtagumpay ng Dios ang mga Israelita laban kay Haring Jabin na Cananeo. 24 Patuloy nilang nilabanan si Jabin hanggang sa mapatay nila ito.
Judges 4
Names of God Bible
The Lord Calls Barak Through Deborah
4 After Ehud died, the people of Israel again did what Yahweh considered evil. 2 So Yahweh used King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled at Hazor, to defeat them. The commander of King Jabin’s army was Sisera, who lived at Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 The people of Israel cried out to Yahweh for help. King Jabin had 900 chariots made of iron and had cruelly oppressed Israel for 20 years.
4 Deborah, wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet. She was the judge in Israel at that time. 5 She used to sit under the Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. The people of Israel would come to her for legal decisions.
6 Deborah summoned Barak, son of Abinoam, from Kedesh in Naphtali. She told him, “Yahweh Elohim of Israel has given you this order: ‘Gather troops on Mount Tabor. Take 10,000 men from Naphtali and Zebulun with you. 7 I will lead Sisera (the commander of Jabin’s army), his chariots, and troops to you at the Kishon River. I will hand him over to you.’”
8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I’ll go. But if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”
9 Deborah replied, “Certainly, I’ll go with you. But you won’t win any honors for the way you’re going about this, because Yahweh will use a woman to defeat Sisera.”
Barak Defeats Jabin
So Deborah started out for Kedesh with Barak. 10 Barak called the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali together at Kedesh. Ten thousand men went to fight under his command. Deborah also went along with him.
11 Heber the Kenite had separated from the other Kenites (the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law). Heber went as far away as the oak tree at Zaanannim near Kedesh and set up his tent.
12 The report reached Sisera that Barak, son of Abinoam, had come to fight at Mount Tabor. 13 So Sisera summoned all his chariots (900 chariots made of iron) and all his troops from Harosheth Haggoyim to come to the Kishon River.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Attack! This is the day Yahweh will hand Sisera over to you. Yahweh will go ahead of you.”
So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men behind him. 15 The Lord threw Sisera, all his chariots, and his whole army into a panic in front of Barak’s deadly assault. Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot. 16 Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth Haggoyim. So Sisera’s whole army was killed in combat. Not one man survived.
17 Meanwhile, Sisera fled on foot toward the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. Sisera did this because King Jabin of Hazor and Heber’s family were on peaceful terms. 18 When Jael came out of her tent, she met Sisera. She told him, “Sir, come in here! Come into my tent. Don’t be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she hid him under a tent curtain.
19 Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink. I’m thirsty.” But instead she gave him milk to drink and covered him up again.
20 He said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent. If anyone comes and asks if there has been a man around here, tell them no.”
21 When Sisera had fallen sound asleep from exhaustion, Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and walked quietly toward him with a hammer in her hand. She hammered the tent peg through his temples into the ground. So Sisera died.
22 Barak was still pursuing Sisera. When Jael came out of her tent, she met him. She said to him, “Come in! I have something to show you—the man you’ve been looking for.” So Barak went into her tent. He saw Sisera lying there dead with the tent peg through his temples.
23 So on that day, Elohim used the people of Israel to crush the power of King Jabin of Canaan. 24 The Israelites became stronger and stronger until they destroyed him.
Judges 4
New International Version
Deborah
4 Again the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord,(B) now that Ehud(C) was dead. 2 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. 3 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.
4 Now Deborah,(I) a prophet,(J) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. 5 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. 6 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) 7 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)’”
8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”
9 “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
- Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging
- Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law
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