Judges 5

English Standard Version

The Song of Deborah and Barak

5 ^(A)Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:

²“That the leaders took the lead in Israel,
that ^(B)the people offered themselves willingly,
bless the Lord!

³“Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;
to the Lord I will sing;
I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.

⁴“Lord, ^(C)when you went out from Seir,
    when you marched from the region of Edom,
^(D)the earth trembled
    and the heavens dropped,
    yes, the clouds dropped water.
⁵The mountains ^(E)quaked before the Lord,
    ^(F)even Sinai before the Lord,^[a] the God of Israel.

⁶“In the days of ^(G)Shamgar, son of Anath,
    in the days of ^(H)Jael, ^(I)the highways were abandoned,
    and travelers kept to the byways.
⁷The villagers ceased in Israel;
    they ceased to be until I arose;
    I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
⁸^(J)When new gods were chosen,
    then war was in the gates.
^(K)Was shield or spear to be seen
    among forty thousand in Israel?
⁹My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel
    who ^(L)offered themselves willingly among the people.
    Bless the Lord.

¹⁰“Tell of it, ^(M)you who ride on white donkeys,
    you who sit on rich carpets^[b]
    and you who walk by the way.
¹¹To the sound of musicians^[c] at the watering places,
    there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the Lord,
    the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel.

“Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.

¹²^(N)“Awake, awake, Deborah!
    Awake, awake, break out in a song!
Arise, Barak, ^(O)lead away your captives,
    O son of Abinoam.
¹³Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
    the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.
¹⁴From ^(P)Ephraim their root ^(Q)they marched down into the valley,^[d]
    following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from ^(R)Machir marched down the commanders,
    and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant's^[e] staff;
¹⁵the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,
    and Issachar faithful to ^(S)Barak;
    into the valley they rushed at his heels.
Among the clans of Reuben
    there were great searchings of heart.
¹⁶Why did you sit still ^(T)among the sheepfolds,
    to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
    there were great searchings of heart.
¹⁷^(U)Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
    ^(V)and Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
^(W)Asher sat still ^(X)at the coast of the sea,
    staying by his landings.
¹⁸^(Y)Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death;
    ^(Z)Naphtali, too, on the heights of the field.

¹⁹“The kings came, they fought;
    then fought the kings of Canaan,
at ^(AA)Taanach, by the waters of ^(AB)Megiddo;
    ^(AC)they got no spoils of silver.
²⁰^(AD)From heaven the stars fought,
    from their courses they fought against Sisera.
²¹^(AE)The torrent Kishon swept them away,
    the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
    March on, my soul, with might!

²²“Then loud beat the horses' hoofs
with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

²³“Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,
curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
^(AF)because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

²⁴“Most blessed of women be ^(AG)Jael,
    the wife of Heber the Kenite,
    of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
²⁵^(AH)He asked for water and she gave him milk;
    she brought him curds in a noble's bowl.
²⁶^(AI)She sent her hand to the tent peg
    and her right hand to the workmen's mallet;
she struck Sisera;
    she crushed his head;
    she shattered and pierced his temple.
²⁷Between her feet
    he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet
    he sank, he fell;
where he sank,
    there he fell—dead.

²⁸^(AJ)“Out of the window she peered,
    the mother of Sisera wailed through ^(AK)the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
²⁹Her wisest princesses answer,
    indeed, she answers herself,
³⁰‘Have they not found and ^(AL)divided the spoil?—
    A womb or two for every man;
spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
    spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
    two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’

³¹^(AM)“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!
But your friends be ^(AN)like the sun ^(AO)as he rises in his might.”

^(AP)And the land had rest for forty years.

Footnotes

Judges 5:5 Or before the Lord, the One of Sinai, before the Lord
Judges 5:10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; it may connote saddle blankets
Judges 5:11 Or archers; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Judges 5:14 Septuagint; Hebrew in Amalek
Judges 5:14 Hebrew commander's

士師記 5

Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

底波拉巴拉作歌

5 那時，底波拉和亞比挪菴的兒子巴拉作歌，說： ²「因為以色列中有軍長率領，百姓也甘心犧牲自己，你們應當頌讚耶和華。 ³君王啊，要聽！王子啊，要側耳而聽！我要向耶和華歌唱，我要歌頌耶和華以色列的神。 ⁴耶和華啊，你從西珥出來，由以東地行走，那時地震天漏，雲也落雨。 ⁵山見耶和華的面就震動，西奈山見耶和華以色列神的面也是如此。

⁶「在亞拿之子珊迦的時候，又在雅億的日子，大道無人行走，都是繞道而行。 ⁷以色列中的官長停職，直到我底波拉興起，等我興起做以色列的母。 ⁸以色列人選擇新神，爭戰的事就臨到城門，那時，以色列四萬人中豈能見藤牌槍矛呢？ ⁹我心傾向以色列的首領，他們在民中甘心犧牲自己。你們應當頌讚耶和華！ ¹⁰騎白驢的、坐繡花毯子的、行路的，你們都當傳揚。 ¹¹在遠離弓箭響聲打水之處，人必述說耶和華公義的作為，就是他治理以色列公義的作為。那時耶和華的民下到城門。

¹²「底波拉啊，興起，興起！你當興起，興起，唱歌！亞比挪菴的兒子巴拉啊，你當奮興，擄掠你的敵人！ ¹³那時有餘剩的貴胄和百姓一同下來；耶和華降臨，為我攻擊勇士。 ¹⁴有根本在亞瑪力人的地，從以法蓮下來的；便雅憫在民中跟隨你；有掌權的從瑪吉下來；有持杖檢點民數的從西布倫下來； ¹⁵以薩迦的首領與底波拉同來，以薩迦怎樣，巴拉也怎樣。眾人都跟隨巴拉衝下平原。在魯本的溪水旁，有心中定大志的。 ¹⁶你為何坐在羊圈內聽群中吹笛的聲音呢？在魯本的溪水旁，有心中設大謀的。 ¹⁷基列人安居在約旦河外。但人為何等在船上？亞設人在海口靜坐，在港口安居。 ¹⁸西布倫人是拼命敢死的，拿弗他利人在田野的高處也是如此。

¹⁹「君王都來爭戰。那時迦南諸王在米吉多水旁的他納爭戰，卻未得擄掠銀錢。 ²⁰星宿從天上爭戰，從其軌道攻擊西西拉。 ²¹基順古河把敵人沖沒。我的靈啊，應當努力前行！ ²²那時壯馬馳驅，踢跳，奔騰。 ²³耶和華的使者說：『應當咒詛米羅斯，大大咒詛其中的居民，因為他們不來幫助耶和華，不來幫助耶和華攻擊勇士。』

²⁴願基尼人希百的妻雅億比眾婦人多得福氣，比住帳篷的婦人更蒙福祉！ ²⁵西西拉求水，雅億給他奶子，用寶貴的盤子給他奶油。 ²⁶雅億左手拿著帳篷的橛子，右手拿著匠人的錘子，擊打西西拉，打傷他的頭，把他的鬢角打破穿通。 ²⁷西西拉在她腳前曲身仆倒，在她腳前曲身倒臥；在哪裡曲身，就在哪裡死亡。

²⁸「西西拉的母親從窗戶裡往外觀看，從窗櫺中呼叫說：『他的戰車為何耽延不來呢？他的車輪為何行得慢呢？』 ²⁹聰明的宮女安慰她^[a]，她也自言自語地說： ³⁰『他們莫非得財而分？每人得了一兩個女子。西西拉得了彩衣為擄物，得繡花的彩衣為掠物。這彩衣兩面繡花，乃是披在被擄之人頸項上的。』 ³¹耶和華啊，願你的仇敵都這樣滅亡！願愛你的人如日頭出現，光輝烈烈！」這樣，國中太平四十年。

Footnotes

士師記 5:29 原文作：回答她。

Judges 5

New International Version

The Song of Deborah

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

²“When the princes in Israel take the lead,
when the people willingly offer^(D) themselves—
praise the Lord!^(E)

³“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)

⁴“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)
⁵The mountains quaked^(L) before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
    before the Lord, the God of Israel.

⁶“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)
⁷Villagers in Israel would not fight;
    they held back until I, Deborah,^(Q) arose,
    until I arose, a mother in Israel.
⁸God 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.
⁹My 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 ¹¹the 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.
¹⁴Some 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.
¹⁵The 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.
¹⁶Why 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.
¹⁷Gilead^(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.
¹⁸The 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)
²⁰From the heavens^(AU) the stars fought,
    from their courses they fought against Sisera.
²¹The river Kishon^(AV) swept them away,
    the age-old river, the river Kishon.
    March on, my soul; be strong!^(AW)
²²Then 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.
²⁵He asked for water, and she gave him milk;^(BB)
    in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
²⁶Her 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)
²⁷At 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?’
²⁹The 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

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

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Judges 5

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The Song of Deborah and Barak

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士師記 5

Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

底波拉巴拉作歌

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Judges 5

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The Song of Deborah

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Judges 5 English Standard Version

The Song of Deborah and Barak

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士師記 5 Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

底波拉巴拉作歌

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Judges 5 New International Version

The Song of Deborah

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Judges 5

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士師記 5

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Judges 5

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