士師記 4
1 厄胡得死後，以色列子民又行了上主視為惡的事。
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
2 因此上主將他們交在客納罕王雅賓手中，他當時在哈祚爾為王，他的軍長息色辣駐紮在哈洛舍特哥因。
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 因為雅賓王有九百輛鐵甲車，極力壓迫以色列子民已有二十年之久，以色列子民遂呼籲上主。
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4 當時有一位女先知德波辣是拉丕多特的妻子，作以色列的民長。
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 她常坐在厄弗辣因山地、辣瑪和貝特耳中間那棵德波辣棕樹下，以色列子民都到她那裏去聽判斷。
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 她打發人從納斐塔里刻德士把阿彼諾罕的兒子巴辣克叫來，對他說：「這是上主以色列的上主的命令：你要從納斐塔里和則步隆子孫中，率領一萬人向大博爾山進發：
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 我要引領雅賓的將軍息色辣和他的車輛軍隊到克雄河畔，到你跟前來，把他交在你手中。」
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
8 巴辣克對她說：「你若同我去，我就去；你若不同我去，我就不去。」
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.
9 她回答說：「我一定同你去，但是你此行並無光榮，因為上主要把息色辣交在一個女子手中。」於是德波辣起身同巴辣克往刻德士去了。
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 巴辣克召集則步隆和納斐塔里的子孫到刻德士去，跟他上去的有一萬人，德波辣也同他上去了。
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 那時刻尼人赫貝爾離開別的刻尼人，離開梅瑟的姻親曷巴布的子孫，在刻德士附近的匝阿納寧橡樹旁支搭了帳幕。
Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the brother in law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
12 有人報告息色辣；阿彼諾罕的兒子巴辣克已上了大博爾山。
And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 息色辣遂召集了他所有的車輛，即那九百輛鐵甲車，和隨從他的全軍，從哈洛舍特哥因出來。到了克雄河畔。
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon.
14 德波辣對巴辣克說：「起來! 因為今天上主已把息色辣交在你手中。上主不是走在你前面嗎﹖」於是巴辣克從大博爾山下來，那一萬人跟在他後面。
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 當時上主用利劍在巴辣克前面擾亂了息色辣和他的車輛以及他的軍隊，息色辣下車，徒步逃跑了。
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera lighted down from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 巴辣克就追趕車輛和軍隊，直追到哈洛舍特哥因；息色辣的全軍都喪身刀下，一個也沒有剩下。息色辣死
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
17 息色辣徒步逃到刻尼人赫貝爾的妻子雅厄耳的帳幕那裏，因為哈祚爾王雅賓和刻尼人赫貝爾的家族相安無事。
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet 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 雅厄耳出來迎接息色辣，向他說：「我主! 請你躲起來，躲在我這裏，不必害怕! 」他就躲在她的帳幕裏；雅厄耳就用毯子蓋住他。
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
19 息色辣對她說：「請給我一點水喝! 因為我渴了。」她就打開皮囊給他奶喝，然後又蓋住他。
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 息色辣又向她說：「你站在帳幕門口，若有人來問你說：這裏有人嗎﹖你就回答說：沒有。」
And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21 那時赫貝爾的妻子雅厄耳取了一根帳棚上的木橛，手裏拿著鎚子，悄悄走到息色辣前，把木橛釘在他的太陽穴裏，一直釘到地上；那時他正疲乏熟睡，就這樣死去。
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
22 那時巴辣克鄭在追趕息色辣，雅厄耳出來迎接他，對他說：「來! 我給你看看你所追尋的人。」他來到她那裏，看，息色辣已躺在那裏死了! 木橛在他的太陽穴中。
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.
23 這樣，那一天天主在以色列子民面前制伏了客納罕王雅賓。
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 以色列子民的力量日漸強大，超過了客納罕王雅賓，直到將他消滅。
And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
