Jueces 4
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Débora y Barac
4 Después de la muerte de Ehud, los israelitas volvieron a pecar contra Dios. 2 Por eso él permitió que los venciera Jabín, un rey cananeo que gobernaba en la ciudad de Hasor. El jefe del ejército de Jabín se llamaba Sísara, y vivía en la ciudad de Haróset-goím. 3 Jabín tenía novecientos carros de hierro, y durante veinte años trató a los israelitas con crueldad y violencia, hasta que ellos le suplicaron a Dios que los salvara.
4 En esa época una profetisa llamada Débora era jefe de los israelitas. Débora era esposa de Lapidot, 5 y acostumbraba sentarse bajo una palmera, conocida como la Palmera de Débora, que estaba en las montañas de la tribu de Efraín, entre Ramá y Betel. Los israelitas iban a verla para que les solucionara sus problemas.
6 Cierto día, ella mandó llamar a Barac hijo de Abinóam, que vivía en Quedes, un pueblo de la tribu de Neftalí, y le dijo:
—El Dios de Israel, que es el Dios verdadero, te ordena reunir en el monte Tabor a diez mil hombres de las tribus de Neftalí y de Zabulón. 7 Dios hará que Sísara, el jefe del ejército de Jabín, vaya al arroyo Quisón para atacarte con sus soldados y sus carros. Pero Dios les dará a ustedes la victoria.
8 Barac le respondió:
—Iré solamente si tú me acompañas. De otra manera, no iré.
9 Entonces Débora dijo:
—Está bien, te acompañaré. Pero quiero que sepas que no serás tú quien mate a Sísara. Dios le dará ese honor a una mujer.
Y Débora se fue a Quedes con Barac, 10 donde éste reunió un ejército con diez mil hombres de las tribus de Zabulón y de Neftalí. 11 Por su parte, Héber el quenita, que era descendiente del suegro de Moisés, se había separado de su tribu y se había ido a vivir cerca de Quedes, junto al roble de Saanaim.
12 Cuando Sísara se enteró de que Barac se dirigía al monte Tabor, 13 reunió a sus novecientos carros de hierro y a todos sus soldados. Salieron de Haróset-goím y marcharon hasta el arroyo Quisón. 14 Entonces Débora le dijo a Barac: «¡En marcha, que hoy Dios te dará la victoria sobre Sísara! ¡Y Dios mismo va al frente de tu ejército!»
Barac bajó del monte Tabor, al frente de sus diez mil soldados. 15 Cuando Barac y sus hombres atacaron, Dios causó confusión entre los carros y los soldados de Sísara. Hasta el mismo Sísara se bajó de su carro y huyó a pie. 16 Barac, mientras tanto, persiguió a los soldados y a los carros hasta Haróset-goím. Aquel día murieron todos los soldados de Sísara. Ni uno solo quedó con vida.
17 Sísara huyó a pie hasta la carpa de Jael, la esposa de Héber, porque el rey Jabín era amigo de la familia de Héber. 18 Jael salió a recibirlo y le dijo: «Pase por aquí, señor. No tenga miedo».
Entonces él entró en la carpa, y ella lo escondió detrás de una cortina. 19 Como Sísara tenía mucha sed, le pidió a Jael que le diera agua. Ella destapó la jarra donde guardaba la leche, y le dio a beber. Después volvió, para esconder a Sísara, 20 y él le dijo: «Quédate a la entrada de la carpa. Si alguien pregunta quién está aquí adentro, dile que no hay nadie».
21 Sísara estaba tan cansado que se quedó profundamente dormido. Entonces Jael tomó un martillo y una estaca de la carpa, y sin hacer ruido se acercó hasta donde estaba Sísara; allí le atravesó la cabeza con la estaca, hasta clavarla en la tierra. Así murió Sísara.
22 Cuando llegó Barac buscando a Sísara, Jael salió a recibirlo y le dijo: «Ven y te mostraré al hombre que buscas». Barac entró en la carpa, y vio a Sísara tendido en el suelo, con la estaca clavada en la cabeza. 23-24 De esta manera Dios les dio la victoria a los israelitas, que en aquel día atacaron con todo al rey Jabín hasta destruirlo.
Judges 4
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Raises Up Deborah and Barak
4 Then (A)the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh. Now Ehud had died. 2 And Yahweh sold them into the hand of (B)Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in (C)Harosheth-hagoyim. 3 Then the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh; for he had 900 (D)iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.
4 Now Deborah, a [a]prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 And she used to [b]sit under the (E)palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 Then she sent and summoned (F)Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you 10,000 men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun? 7 And I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his [c]many troops to the river Kishon, and (G)I will give him into your hand.’” 8 Then Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” 9 So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, (H)for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 Then Barak called (I)Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and 10,000 men went up [d](J)with him; Deborah also went up with him.
11 Now Heber (K)the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the [e]oak in (L)Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.
12 Then they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13 So Sisera called together all his chariots, (M)900 iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from (N)Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. 14 And Deborah said to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day in which Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand; has not (O)Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him. 15 (P)And Yahweh threw Sisera and all his chariots and all his camp into confusion with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera came down from his chariot and fled away on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and all those in the camp as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the camp of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; (Q)not even one remained.
17 Now Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my master, turn aside to me! Do not be afraid.” And he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a [f]rug. 19 (R)Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a [g]bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him. 20 And he said to her, “Stand in the doorway of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes and asks of you and says, ‘Is there a man here?’ that you shall say, ‘No.’” 21 Then Jael, Heber’s wife, (S)took a tent peg and placed a hammer in her hand and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died. 22 Now behold, Barak was pursuing Sisera, and Jael came out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And he entered [h]with her, and behold, Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.
23 So (T)God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel. 24 And the hand of the sons of Israel went forth heavier and heavier against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had cut off Jabin the king of Canaan.
Footnotes
- Judges 4:4 Lit woman prophetess
- Judges 4:5 Or live
- Judges 4:7 Lit multitude
- Judges 4:10 Lit at his feet
- Judges 4:11 Or terebinth
- Judges 4:18 Or blanket
- Judges 4:19 A leather container
- Judges 4:22 Lit to
Judges 4
New International Version - UK
Deborah
4 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. 2 So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
4 Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel 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 from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, ‘The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: “Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor. 7 I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the River Kishon and give him into your hands.”’
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 honour will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.’ So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 There Barak summoned 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, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law,[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the River Kishon all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, ‘Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?’ So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed 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. 17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18 Jael 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, gave him a drink, and covered him up.
20 ‘Stand in the doorway of the tent,’ he told her. ‘If someone comes and asks you, “Is anyone in there?” say “No.”’
21 But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.
22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael 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.
23 On that day God subdued Jabin 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.
Footnotes
- Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging
- Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law
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