Jueces 5
Dios Habla Hoy
El canto de Débora y Barac
5 Aquel día, Débora y Barac, hijo de Abinóam, cantaron así:
2 «Alaben todos al Señor,
porque aún hay en Israel
hombres dispuestos a pelear;
porque aún hay entre el pueblo
hombres que responden al llamado de la guerra.
3 ¡Escúchenme, ustedes los reyes!
¡Óiganme, ustedes los gobernantes!
¡Voy a cantarle al Señor!,
¡voy a cantar al Dios de Israel!
4 »Cuando tú, Señor, saliste de Seír;
cuando te fuiste de los campos de Edom,
tembló la tierra, se estremeció el cielo,
las nubes derramaron su lluvia.
5 Delante de ti, Señor,
delante de ti, Dios de Israel,
temblaron los montes, tembló el Sinaí.
6 En los tiempos de Samgar, hijo de Anat,
y en los tiempos de Jael,
los viajeros abandonaron los caminos
y anduvieron por senderos escabrosos;
7 las aldeas de Israel
quedaron del todo abandonadas.
Fue entonces cuando yo me levanté,
¡yo, Débora, una madre de Israel!
8 »No faltó quien se escogiera nuevos dioses
mientras se luchaba a las puertas de la ciudad,
pero no se veía un escudo ni una lanza
entre cuarenta mil israelitas.
9 »¡Yo doy mi corazón
por los altos jefes de Israel,
por la gente de mi pueblo
que respondió al llamado de la guerra!
¡Alaben todos al Señor!
10 »Díganlo ustedes, los que montan asnas pardas;
y ustedes, los que se sientan en tapetes;
también ustedes, los viajeros:
11 ¡allá, entre los abrevaderos,
y al son de sonoros platillos,
proclamen las victorias del Señor,
las victorias de sus aldeas en Israel!
12 »¡Despierta, Débora, despierta,
despierta y entona una canción!
¡Y tú, Barac, hijo de Abinoan,
levántate y llévate a tus prisioneros!
13 »Entonces bajaron los israelitas
a luchar contra los poderosos;
bajaron por mí las tropas del Señor
a luchar contra los hombres de guerra.
14 Algunos hombres de Efraín bajaron al valle,
y tras ellos fueron las tropas de Benjamín.
De los de Maquir, bajaron sus jefes,
y de los de Zabulón, sus gobernantes.
15 También acompañaron a Débora
los jefes de Isacar;
Isacar fue el apoyo de Barac,
pues se lanzó tras él al valle.
»Si en los escuadrones de Rubén
hay grandes hombres de corazón resuelto,
16 ¿por qué se quedaron entre los rediles,
oyendo a los pastores llamar a sus ovejas?
¡En los escuadrones de Rubén
hay grandes hombres de corazón miedoso!
17 »Galaad se quedó acampando
al otro lado del río Jordán;
Dan se quedó junto a los barcos,
y Aser se quedó en la costa
y no se movió de sus puertos;
18 pero en las alturas de los campos,
Zabulón y Neftalí arriesgaron la vida.
19 »Entonces los reyes vinieron a Taanac,
junto a las aguas de Meguido;
los reyes cananeos vinieron en plan de guerra,
pero no obtuvieron plata ni riquezas.
20 Desde el cielo, desde sus órbitas,
las estrellas lucharon contra Sísara;
21 el arroyo, el arroyo antiguo,
el arroyo de Quisón los barrió a todos ellos.
¡Tú aplastarás la garganta de los poderosos!
22 »¡Resuenan los cascos de los caballos!
¡Galopan, galopan los briosos corceles!
23 Y el ángel del Señor anuncia:
“¡Que caiga una dura maldición
sobre Meroz y sus habitantes!”
Pues no acudieron, como los valientes,
en ayuda del Señor.
24 »¡Bendita sea entre las mujeres Jael,
la esposa de Héber el quenita!
¡Bendita sea entre las mujeres del campamento!
25 Agua pidió Sísara; leche le dio Jael.
¡Crema le dio en un tazón especial!
26 Mientras tanto, tomó la estaca con la izquierda
y el mazo de trabajo con la derecha,
y dando a Sísara un golpe en la cabeza
le rompió y atravesó las sienes.
27 Sísara se retorcía a los pies de Jael;
retorciéndose de dolor cayó al suelo,
y allí donde cayó, allí quedó muerto.
28 »La madre de Sísara, afligida,
se asoma a la ventana y dice:
“¿Por qué tarda tanto en llegar su carro?
¿Por qué se retrasa su carro de guerra?”
29 Algunas damas sabihondas le responden,
y aun ella misma se repite:
30 “Seguramente se están repartiendo
lo que ganaron en la guerra.
Una esclava, y aun dos, para cada guerrero;
para Sísara las telas de colores:
una tela, y aun dos,
bordadas de varios colores,
para el cuello del vencedor.”
31 »¡Que así sean destruidos, Señor,
todos tus enemigos,
y que brillen los que te aman,
como el sol en todo su esplendor!»
Después de eso hubo paz en la región durante cuarenta años.
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.
5 The 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.
7 The 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?
9 My 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.
11 To 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.
13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.
14 From (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;
15 the 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.
16 Why 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.
27 Between 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?’
29 Her 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
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.
Dios habla hoy ®, © Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas, 1966, 1970, 1979, 1983, 1996.
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
