Mga Hukom 4
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Sina Debora at Barak
4 Nang mamatay si Ehud, ang bayang Israel ay muling gumawa ng kasamaan laban kay Yahweh. 2 Kaya, hinayaan ni Yahweh na masakop sila ni Jabin, isang Cananeo na hari ng Hazor. Si Sisera na taga-Haroset Hagoyim ang pinuno ng kanyang hukbo. 3 Si Jabin ay may siyamnaraang karwaheng bakal. Pinagmalupitan at inapi niya ang Israel sa loob ng dalawampung taon. Kaya't humingi ng tulong kay Yahweh ang mga Israelita.
4 Noon, ang babaing propeta na si Debora, asawa ni Lapidot, ay nagsisilbing hukom ng Israel. 5 Nakaugalian na niyang maupo sa ilalim ng puno ng palmera sa kaburulan ng Efraim, sa pagitan ng Rama at Bethel. Pinupuntahan siya rito ng mga tao upang magpasya sa kanilang mga usapin. 6 Isang araw, ipinatawag niya si Barak na anak ni Abinoam na taga-Kades, mula sa lipi ni Neftali. Sinabi niya rito, “Ipinag-uutos sa iyo ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, na pumili ka ng sampung libong kawal mula sa lipi nina Neftali at Zebulun. Isama mo sila sa Bundok ng Tabor. 7 Lalabanan ninyo sa may Ilog Kison ang pangkat ni Sisera, ang pinuno ng hukbo ni Jabin. Ngunit pagtatagumpayin kita laban sa kanya.”
8 Sumagot si Barak, “Pupunta ako kung kasama ka. Ngunit kung hindi ka sasama, hindi ako pupunta.”
9 Sinabi ni Debora, “Kung gayon, sasama ako, ngunit wala kang makukuhang karangalan sapagkat si Sisera ay ibibigay ni Yahweh sa kamay ng isang babae.” Sumama nga si Debora kay Barak. 10 Nanawagan si Barak sa lipi nina Neftali at Zebulun, at sampung libong kalalakihan ang sumunod sa kanya. Sumama rin sa kanya si Debora.
11 Samantala, si Heber na isang Cineo ay lumayo sa mga kapwa niya Cineo. Ang mga Cineo ay buhat sa angkan ni Hobab na kamag-anak ng asawa ni Moises. Nagtayo si Heber ng tolda malapit sa kagubatan ng Zaananim, malapit sa Kades.
12 May nakapagsabi kay Sisera na si Barak ay pumunta sa Bundok Tabor. 13 Kaya, tinipon niya ang kanyang siyamnaraang karwaheng bakal at ang lahat ng kanyang kawal mula sa Haroset Hagoyim patungo sa Ilog Kison. 14 Sinabi ni Debora kay Barak, “Lusob! Ngayon ang araw na itinakda ni Yahweh upang gapiin mo si Sisera. Pangungunahan ka ni Yahweh!” Pumunta nga sa Bundok Tabor si Barak at ang sampung libong kawal niya. 15 Nang sumalakay sina Barak, nilito ni Yahweh sina Sisera. Nagkanya-kanyang takbuhan ang mga kawal nito. Si Sisera naman ay bumabâ sa kanyang karwahe at patakbong tumakas. 16 Hinabol nina Barak ang mga karwahe ni Sisera hanggang sa Haroset Hagoyim at pinatay nila ang lahat ng mga tauhan nito. Wala silang itinirang buháy.
17 Samantala, nakatakas si Sisera at nagtago sa tolda ni Jael na asawa ng Cineong si Heber, sapagkat magkaibigan si Haring Jabin ng Hazor at ang sambahayan ni Heber. 18 Nang makita ni Jael na papalapit si Sisera, sinabi niya, “Tuloy po kayo sa aking tolda at huwag kayong matakot.” Pumasok nga si Sisera at siya'y pinatago ni Jael sa likod ng tabing.[a] 19 Sinabi ni Sisera kay Jael, “Nauuhaw ako. Maaari mo ba akong bigyan ng tubig na maiinom?” Ang babae ay kumuha ng sisidlang-balat na puno ng gatas. Pinainom niya si Sisera, saka pinatagong muli.
20 Sinabi ni Sisera, “Diyan ka muna sa may pintuan ng tolda. Kapag may nagtanong kung may tao rito, sabihin mong wala.”
21 Dahil sa matinding pagod, nakatulog nang mahimbing si Sisera. Si Jael naman ay kumuha ng maso at tulos ng tolda. Dahan-dahan siyang lumapit kay Sisera at pinukpok ang tulos sa noo nito hanggang sa bumaon sa lupa. Sa gayon, namatay si Sisera. 22 Nang dumating si Barak na naghahanap kay Sisera, sinabi niya, “Narito ang hinahanap ninyo.” Pagpasok ni Barak, nakita niyang patay na si Sisera. Nakabulagta ito at nakabaon pa sa noo ang tulos.
23 Nang araw na iyon, pinagtagumpay ng Diyos ang bayang Israel laban kay Jabin, ang haring Cananeo. 24 Patuloy nila itong ginipit hanggang sa lubusang matalo.
Footnotes
- 18 pinatago…sa likod ng tabing: o kaya'y tinakpan ng basahan .
Judges 4
New International Version
Deborah
4 Again the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord,(B) now that Ehud(C) was dead. 2 So the Lord sold them(D) into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.(E) Sisera,(F) the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron(G) and had cruelly oppressed(H) the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
4 Now Deborah,(I) a prophet,(J) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. 5 She held court(K) under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah(L) and Bethel(M) 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(N) from Kedesh(O) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali(P) and Zebulun(Q) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.(R) 7 I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s(S) army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River(T) and give him into your hands.(U)’”
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 honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.(V) 10 There Barak summoned(W) 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,(X) the descendants of Hobab,(Y) Moses’ brother-in-law,[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree(Z) in Zaanannim(AA) near Kedesh.
12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,(AB) 13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River(AC) all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.(AD)
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands.(AE) Has not the Lord gone ahead(AF) of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed(AG) 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.(AH) 17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,(AI) the wife of Heber the Kenite,(AJ) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor(AK) and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18 Jael(AL) 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,(AM) gave him a drink, and covered him up.
20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”
21 But Jael,(AN) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,(AO) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.(AP)
22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael(AQ) 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.(AR)
23 On that day God subdued(AS) Jabin(AT) 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.(AU)
Footnotes
- Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging
- Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law
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