Jueces 5
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La canción de Débora
5 Entonces Débora y Barac cantaron esta canción:
2 «Por cuanto condujo valientemente a los caudillos de Israel, y el pueblo alegremente lo siguió, alaben al Señor.
3 »Oigan bien, reyes y príncipes, porque cantaré al Señor el Dios de Israel.
4 »Cuando nos hiciste salir de Seír, oh Señor, y nos guiaste por los campos de Edom, la tierra tembló y el cielo derramó su lluvia. 5 Sí, aun el monte Sinaí tembló ante la presencia del Dios de Israel.
6 »En los días de Samgar y de Jael, los principales caminos quedaron desiertos.
Los viajeros usaban senderos estrechos y tortuosos.
7 Los pueblos de Israel quedaron abandonados, hasta que yo, Débora, surgí como una madre para Israel.
8 Cuando Israel buscó nuevos dioses, todo se desplomó, nuestros amos no nos dejaban tener ni escudo ni espada; entre los cuarenta mil valientes de Israel ni un arma podía ser hallada.
9 ¡Cuánto me regocijo en los caudillos de Israel que se ofrecieron voluntariamente! ¡Alaben al Señor!
10 »Que todo Israel, ricos y pobres, se unan en sus alabanzas: los que cabalgan en burros blancos y se sientan en ricas alfombras y los que son pobres y deben caminar.
11 Canten los pastores junto al pozo de agua. Canten por toda la ciudad. Cuenten allí las justicias del Señor. Lo que él hizo por los campesinos de Israel.
12 »¡Despierta, oh Débora, y canta! ¡Levántate, oh Barac, oh hijo de Abinoam, y lleva tus cautivos!
13 »Desde el monte Tabor descendió el noble remanente. El pueblo del Señor marchó contra los poderosos.
14 Vinieron de Efraín y Benjamín, de Maquir y Zabulón.
15 Hacia el valle descendieron los príncipes de Isacar con Débora y Barac. Ante el mandato de Dios se precipitaron hacia el valle. Pero la tribu de Rubén no fue.
16 ¿Por qué te sentaste en casa entre los rediles, a oír los balidos de tus ovejas? Sí, la tribu de Rubén tiene la conciencia intranquila.
17 ¿Por qué Galaad se quedó al otro lado del Jordán; y por qué Dan se quedó con sus naves, y por qué Aser se sentó inconmovible junto a las costas, reposando en sus bahías?
18 Pero las tribus de Zabulón y Neftalí expusieron sus vidas en el campo de batalla.
19 »Los reyes de Canaán pelearon en Tanac, junto a los manantiales de Meguido, pero no obtuvieron la victoria.
20 Las mismas estrellas del cielo pelearon contra Sísara.
21 El arroyo de Cisón los barrió. ¡Adelante, oh alma mía, con fortaleza!
22 Escucha las pisadas de los caballos de los enemigos. Escucha el galopar de los valientes.
23 »Pero el ángel del Señor lanzó una maldición sobre Meroz. “Que el Señor los castigue con dureza”, dijo, “porque no vinieron a ayudar al Señor contra sus enemigos”.
24 »¡Bendita sea Jael, la esposa de Héber el quenita! ¡Sea ella bendita por sobre todas las amas de casa!
25 Sísara pidió agua, y ella le dio leche en una hermosa taza.
26 Entonces tomó una estaca y un mazo y partió las sienes de Sísara, aplastando su cabeza. Traspasó con la estaca su cabeza.
27 Y él quedó muerto entre sus piernas.
28 La madre de Sísara miraba por la ventana esperando su regreso:
“¿Por qué su carro demora tanto en llegar?
¿Por qué no oímos el sonido de sus ruedas?”.
29 Sus doncellas le respondían y ella misma también lo decía:
30 “Hay mucho botín que distribuir, y eso lleva tiempo.
Cada hombre recibe una o dos jovencitas, y Sísara recibirá las vestiduras de colores y traerá a su hogar muchos obsequios para mí”.
31 »Oh Señor, que todos tus enemigos perezcan como Sísara; pero los que aman al Señor resplandezcan como el sol a mediodía».
Después de esto hubo paz en el país durante cuarenta años.
Judges 5
Amplified Bible
The Song of Deborah and Barak
5 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
2
“For the leaders who took the lead in Israel,
For the people who volunteered [for battle],
Bless the Lord!
3
“Hear, O kings; listen, O rulers!
I will sing to the Lord,
I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4
“Lord, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Yes, the clouds dripped water.
5
“The mountains quaked at the presence of the Lord,
Yes, this Sinai, at the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.
6
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted,
And travelers went by roundabout ways.
7
“The villagers ceased to be; they ceased in Israel
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Until I arose, a mother in Israel.
8
“They chose new gods;
Then war was in the gates.
Was there a shield or spear seen
Among forty thousand in Israel?
9
“My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel,
The volunteers among the people;
Bless the Lord!
10
“Sing of it, you who ride on white donkeys,
You who sit on rich carpets,
And you who walk by the way.
11
“At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places,
There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord,
The righteous acts toward His villagers in Israel.
Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates.
12
“Awake, awake, Deborah;
Awake, awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.
13
“Then down marched the survivors to the nobles;
The people of the Lord marched down for Me against the mighty.
14
“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,
After you, Benjamin, with your relatives;
From Machir came down commanders and rulers,
And from Zebulun those who [a]handle the scepter of the [office of] scribe.
15
“And the heads of Issachar came with Deborah;
As Issachar, so was Barak;
Into the valley they rushed at his heels;
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.
16
“Why [Reuben] did you linger among the [b]sheepfolds,
To hear the piping for the flocks?
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.
17
“Gilead remained beyond the Jordan;
And why did Dan live as an alien on ships?
Asher sat [still] on the seacoast,
And remained by its landings.
[These did not come to battle for God’s people.]
18
“But Zebulun was a people who risked their lives to the [point of] death;
Naphtali also, on the heights of the field.
19
“The kings came and fought;
Then the kings of Canaan fought
At Taanach by the waters of Megiddo.
Spoils of silver they did not obtain.
20
“From the heavens the stars fought,
From their courses they fought against Sisera.
21
“The torrent Kishon swept the enemy away,
The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
O my soul, march on with strength.
22
“Then the horses’ hoofs beat [loudly]
Because of the galloping—the galloping of his valiant and powerful steeds.
23
‘Curse [c]Meroz,’ said the messenger of the Lord,
‘Utterly curse its inhabitants;
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 is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
Most blessed is she of women in the tent.
25
“Sisera asked for water and she gave him milk;
She brought him curds in a magnificent bowl.
26
“She reached out her [left] hand for the tent peg,
And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.
Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head;
And she shattered and pierced his temple.
27
“He bowed, he fell, he lay [still] at her feet;
At her feet he bowed, he fell;
Where he bowed, there he fell dead.
28
“Out of the window she looked down and lamented (cried out in a shrill voice),
The mother of Sisera through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot delayed in coming?
Why have the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed?’
29
“Her wise ladies answered her,
Indeed, she repeated her words to herself,
30
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil?
A maiden (concubine) or two for every man;
A spoil of dyed garments for Sisera,
A spoil of dyed garments embroidered,
Two pieces of dyed garments embroidered for the neck of the plunderer?’
31
“So let all Your enemies perish, O Lord;
But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.”
And the land was at rest for forty years.
Footnotes
- Judges 5:14 Writing developed in Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium b.c. It began as a system of accounting to record financial matters and trading transactions.
- Judges 5:16 Or saddlebags
- Judges 5:23 A place in the territory of Naphtali.
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.
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