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Judges 5
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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)
5 The 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)
7 Villagers in Israel would not fight;
they held back until I, Deborah,(Q) arose,
until I arose, a mother in Israel.
8 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.
9 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
- 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
Judges 5
King James Version
Judges 5
King James Version
5 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
3 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.
4 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.
5 The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 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.
Judecători 5
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Judecători 5
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Cântarea Deborei
5 În ziua aceea Debora şi Barak, fiul lui Abinoam, au cântat această cântare:
2 „Când căpeteniile s-au pus în fruntea lui Israel,
poporul s-a arătat gata de luptă!
Binecuvântaţi pe Domnul!
3 Ascultaţi, regi! Luaţi aminte, domnitori!
Eu, da eu, voi cânta Domnului[a],
voi cânta spre lauda Domnului, Dumnezeul lui Israel:
4 Doamne, când ai ieşit din Seir,
când ai mărşăluit din ţinutul Edomului,
pământul s-a cutremurat, cerurile s-au clătinat
şi norii au turnat ape!
5 Munţii s-au zdruncinat înaintea Domnului,
Sinaiul acesta s-a clătinat[b] în faţa Domnului!
6 Pe vremea lui Şamgar, fiul lui Anat[c],
şi pe vremea Iaelei,
drumurile erau părăsite,
şi drumeţii călătoreau pe căi ocolite!
7 Încetase viaţa din satele lui Israel, se sfârşise,[d]
până când m-am ridicat eu[e], Debora,
m-am ridicat ca o mamă în Israel!
8 Când Israel şi-a ales alţi dumnezei[f],
războiul a fost la porţi,
dar nu se vedea nici scut şi nici suliţă
la patruzeci de mii în Israel!
9 Inima mea este alături de căpeteniile lui Israel,
care s-au arătat gata de luptă în popor!
Binecuvântaţi pe Domnul!
10 Voi, care încălecaţi pe măgăriţe albe,
voi, care staţi pe covoare,
voi, care umblaţi pe drum, ascultaţi!
Ascultaţi 11 vocea cântăreţilor[g] de lângă izvoare,
acolo ei pomenesc isprăvile Domnului,
isprăvile vitejilor[h] Lui în Israel!
Atunci poporul Domnului s-a coborât la porţi.
12 Trezeşte-te, trezeşte-te, Debora!
Trezeşte-te, trezeşte-te şi cântă o cântare!
Ridică-te, Barak,
fiu al lui Abinoam, du-ţi în captivitate prizonierii!
13 Atunci, cei ce au rămas
s-au dus la nobili,
poporul Domnului
a venit la mine cu cei tari.
14 Unii au venit din Efraim – din locul unde odinioară trăia Amalek;
te urma Beniamin cu locuitorii lui;
din Machir s-au coborât conducătorii
şi din Zabulon, cei care ţin sceptrul cârmuirii.
15 Cârmuitorii lui Isahar au fost alături de Debora,
şi Isahar l-a însoţit pe Barak,
grăbindu-se după el în vale.
În ţinuturile lui Ruben însă
s-a ţinut mare sfat![i]
16 De ce ai rămas printre staule
ca să asculţi behăitul turmelor?
În ţinuturile lui Ruben
mare a fost sfatul!
17 Ghilad a rămas de cealaltă parte a Iordanului;
şi Dan, de ce a rămas nepăsător la corăbii?
Aşer a rămas pe ţărmul mării
şi s-a odihnit pe limanurile lui.
18 Zabulon este un popor care şi-a riscat viaţa până la moarte;
Neftali la fel, pe dealurile ţării.
19 Regii au venit şi s-au luptat.
Regii Canaanului s-au luptat atunci
la Taanah, lângă apele Meghido.
N-au luat nici un câştig, nici măcar un pic de argint.
20 Stelele din ceruri s-au luptat,
s-au luptat din cărările lor
cu Sisera.
21 Uedul[j] Chişon i-a luat,
vechiul ued, uedul Chişon.
Mărşăluieşte, suflete al meu! Fii tare!
22 Atunci copitele cailor au izbit pământul;
armăsarii au alergat în galop, în galopul lor răsunător.
23 «Blestemaţi pe Meroza!», a zis Îngerul Domnului.
Să blestemaţi amarnic pe locuitorii ei,
căci nu au venit în ajutorul Domnului,
în ajutorul Domnului, împotriva celor puternici.
24 Cea mai binecuvântată femeie este Iael,
soţia chenitului Heber,
cea mai binecuvântată dintre femeile ce locuiesc în corturi.
25 El i-a cerut apă, dar ea i-a dat lapte;
într-o cupă maiestuoasă ea i-a adus iaurt.
26 Apoi mâna şi-a întins-o spre ţăruş,
şi dreapta ei spre ciocanul lucrătorului;
l-a lovit pe Sisera, i-a sfărâmat capul,
l-a zdrobit şi i-a străpuns tâmpla.
27 El a căzut şi s-a ghemuit,
la picioarele ei s-a plecat adânc,
a căzut şi s-a ghemuit;
în locul în care s-a ghemuit, acolo a căzut ucis!
28 Pe fereastră, printre zăbrele,
mama lui Sisera se uita şi bocea:
«De ce întârzie carele lui să vină?
De ce rămâne în urmă zgomotul carelor lui?»
29 Prinţesele ei înţelepte îi răspund
şi ea îşi răspunde singură:
30 «Oare nu îşi caută şi îşi împart ei prada?
O femeie, două femei de fiecare bărbat;
pradă de stofă colorată pentru Sisera,
pradă de stofă colorată, brodată,
câte două stofe colorate, brodate, ca pradă, pentru gâtul meu.»
31 Aşa să piară toţi duşmanii Tăi, Doamne!
Dar cei ce-L iubesc să ajungă ca soarele la amiază!“
Apoi în ţară a fost pace timp de patruzeci de ani.
Footnotes
- Judecători 5:3 Sau: despre Domnul
- Judecători 5:5 Sau: Domnului, Domnul Sinaiului; / s-au clătinat
- Judecători 5:6 Vezi nota de la 3:31
- Judecători 5:7 Sau: Conducătorii lui Israel au căzut, au căzut, sensul ebraic fiind nesigur
- Judecători 5:7 Sau: te-ai ridicat tu; sau: s-a ridicat; şi în ultima parte a versetului
- Judecători 5:8 Lit.: dumnezei noi
- Judecători 5:11 Sau: arcaşilor, sensul termenului ebraic fiind nesigur
- Judecători 5:11 Sau: sătenilor
- Judecători 5:15 Lit.: au fost mari cercetări ale inimii, ideea fiind aceea că rubeniţii şi probabil şi alte seminţii nu au răspuns cu hotârâre sau în unanimitate chemării la luptă; şi în v. 16
- Judecători 5:21 Vezi nota de la 4:7
Judges 5
New King James Version
Judges 5
New King James Version
The Song of Deborah
5 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam (A)sang on that day, saying:
2 “When[a] leaders (B)lead in Israel,
(C)When the people [b]willingly offer themselves,
Bless the Lord!
3 “Hear,(D) O kings! Give ear, O princes!
I, even (E)I, will sing to the Lord;
I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
4 “Lord, (F)when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from (G)the field of Edom,
The earth trembled and the heavens poured,
The clouds also poured water;
5 (H)The mountains [c]gushed before the Lord,
(I)This Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel.
6 “In the days of (J)Shamgar, son of Anath,
In the days of (K)Jael,
(L)The highways were deserted,
And the travelers walked along the byways.
7 Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel,
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose (M)new gods;
Then there was war in the gates;
Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart is with the rulers of Israel
Who offered themselves willingly with the people.
Bless the Lord!
10 “Speak, you who ride on white (N)donkeys,
Who sit in judges’ attire,
And who walk along the road.
11 Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places,
There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord,
The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel;
Then the people of the Lord shall go down to the gates.
12 “Awake,(O) awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away,
O son of Abinoam!
13 “Then the survivors came down, the people against the nobles;
The Lord came down for me against the mighty.
14 From Ephraim were those whose roots were in (P)Amalek.
After you, Benjamin, with your peoples,
From Machir rulers came down,
And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.
15 And [d]the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
As Issachar, so was Barak
Sent into the valley [e]under his command;
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great resolves of heart.
16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the pipings for the flocks?
The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.
17 (Q)Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan,
And why did Dan remain [f]on ships?
(R)Asher continued at the seashore,
And stayed by his inlets.
18 (S)Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
19 “The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In (T)Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.
20 They fought from the heavens;
The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.
21 (U)The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
O my soul, march on in strength!
22 Then the horses’ hooves pounded,
The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the [g]angel of the Lord,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’
24 “Most blessed among women is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
(V)Blessed is she among women in tents.
25 He asked for water, she gave milk;
She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.
26 She stretched her hand to the tent peg,
Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.
27 At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
At her feet he sank, he fell;
Where he sank, there he fell (W)dead.
28 “The mother of Sisera looked through the window,
And cried out through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’
29 Her wisest [h]ladies answered her,
Yes, she [i]answered herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil:
To every man a girl or two;
For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,
Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’
31 “Thus let all Your enemies (X)perish, O Lord!
But let those who love Him be (Y)like the (Z)sun
When it comes out in full (AA)strength.”
So the land had rest for forty years.
Footnotes
- Judges 5:2 Or When locks are loosed
- Judges 5:2 volunteer
- Judges 5:5 flowed
- Judges 5:15 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT And my princes in Issachar
- Judges 5:15 Lit. at his feet
- Judges 5:17 Or at ease
- Judges 5:23 Or Angel
- Judges 5:29 princesses
- Judges 5:29 Lit. repeats her words to herself
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