Judges 4
1 But after the death of Ehud, the sons of Israel resumed doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
| وَبَعْدَ مَوْتِ إِهُودَ عَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرْتَكِبُونَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، | ١ |
2 And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Jabin, the king of Canaan, who reigned at Hazor. And he had a commander of his army named Sisera, but this man lived at Harosheth of the Gentiles.
| فَأَخْضَعَهُمُ الرَّبُّ لِيَابِينَ مَلِكِ كَنْعَانَ الْمُقِيمِ فِي حَاصُورَ. وَكَانَ سِيسَرَا رَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ قَاطِناً فِي حَرُوشَةِ الأُمَمِ. | ٢ |
3 And the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. For he had nine hundred chariots with scythes, and he vehemently oppressed them for twenty years.
| فَاسْتَغَاثَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ تَحْتَ إِمْرَةِ سِيسَرَا تِسْعُ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ، وَقَدِ اشْتَدَّ فِي مُضَايَقَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ٣ |
4 Now there was a prophetess, Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, who judged the people in that time.
| وَكَانَتْ دَبُورَةُ زَوْجَةُ لَفِيدُوتَ امْرَأَةً نَبِيَّةً وَقَاضِيَةً لإِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ، | ٤ |
5 And she was sitting under a palm tree, which was called by her name, between Ramah and Bethel, on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel went up to her for every judgment.
| وَكَانَتْ تَعْقِدُ مَجْلِسَ قَضَائِهَا تَحْتَ نَخْلَةِ دَبُورَةَ بَيْنَ الرَّامَةِ وَبَيْتِ إِيلَ. فَكَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَفِدُونَ إِلَيْهَا لِلْقَضَاءِ. | ٥ |
6 And she sent and called Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh of Naphtali. And she said to him: “The Lord, the God of Israel, instructs you: ‘Go and lead an army to Mount Tabor, and you shall take with you ten thousand fighting men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun.
| فَأَرْسَلَتْ هَذِهِ وَاسْتَدْعَتْ بَارَاقَ بنَ أَبِينُوعَمَ مِنْ قَادَشِ نَفْتَالِي، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «هَذَا هُوَ أَمْرُ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَيْكَ: اذْهَبْ وَازْحَفْ إِلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ بَعْدَ أَنْ تُجَنِّدَ لَكَ عَشْرَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ نَفْتَالِي وَزَبُولُونَ، | ٦ |
7 Then I will lead to you, at the place of the torrent Kishon, Sisera, the leader of the army of Jabin, with his chariots and the entire multitude. And I will deliver them into your hand.’”
| فَأَجْتَذِبَ سِيسَرَا رَئِيسَ جَيْشِ يَابِينَ بِمَرْكَبَاتِهِ إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ وَأُظْفِرَكَ بِهِ». | ٧ |
8 And Barak said to her: “If you will come with me, I will go. If you are not willing to come with me, I will not go.”
| فَقَالَ لَهَا بَارَاقُ: «إِنْ ذَهَبْتِ مَعِي أَذْهَبْ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَذْهَبِي لا أَذْهَبْ». | ٨ |
9 She said to him: “Indeed, I will go with you. But due to this change, the victory shall not be reputed to you. And so Sisera will be delivered into the hand of a woman.” Therefore, Deborah rose up, and she traveled with Barak to Kedesh.
| فَأَجَابَتْ: «أَذْهَبُ مَعَكَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ فَخْرٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ مَاضٍ فِيهَا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُسَلِّمُ سِيِسَرَا لاِمْرَأَةٍ». فَنَهَضَتْ دَبُورَةُ وَرَافَقَتْ بَارَاقَ إِلَى قَادَشَ. | ٩ |
10 And he, summoning Zebulun and Naphtali, ascended with ten thousand fighting men, having Deborah in his company.
| وَاسْتَدْعَى بَارَاقُ رِجَالَ زَبُولُونَ وَنَفْتَالِي إِلَى قَادَشَ، فَانْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ عَشْرَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ. وَانْطَلَقَتْ دَبُورَةُ مَعَهُ أَيْضاً. | ١٠ |
11 Now Heber, the Kenite, had previously withdrawn from the rest of the Kenites, his brothers, the sons of Hobab, the relative of Moses. And he had pitched his tents as far as the valley that is called Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ كَانَ حَابِرُ الْقَيْنِيُّ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ حُوبَابَ حَمِي مُوسَى، قَدِ انْفَرَدَ عَنْ بَقِيَّةِ عَشِيرَةِ الْقَيْنِيِّينَ وَضَرَبَ خِيَامَهُ إِلَى جُوَارِ شَجَرَةِ بَلُّوطٍ فِي صَعَنَايِمَ الْقَرِيبَةِ مِنْ قَادَشَ. | ١١ |
12 And it was reported to Sisera that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had ascended to Mount Tabor.
| وَأَبْلَغُوا سِيسَرَا أَنَّ بَارَاقَ بْنَ أَبِينُوعَمَ قَدْ صَعِدَ إِلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ. | ١٢ |
13 And he gathered together the nine hundred chariots with scythes, and the entire army, from Harosheth of the Gentiles to the torrent Kishon.
| فَحَشَدَ سِيسَرَا مَرْكَبَاتِهِ الْحَدِيدِيَّةَ التِّسْعَ مِئَةٍ، وَجَمِيعَ جَيْشِهِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ مِنْ حَرُوشَةِ الأُمَمِ حَتَّى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ. | ١٣ |
14 And Deborah said to Barak: “Rise up. For this is the day on which the Lord delivers Sisera into your hands. For he is your commander.” And so, Barak descended from Mount Tabor, and the ten thousand fighting men with him.
| فَقَالَتْ دَبُورَةُ لِبَارَاقَ: «قُمْ، لأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي فِيهِ يُظْفِرُكَ الرَّبُّ بِسِيسَرَا. أَلَمْ يَتَقَدَّمْكَ الرَّبُّ؟» فَانْحَدَرَ بَارَاقُ مِنْ جَبَلِ تَابُورَ عَلَى رَأْسِ عَشْرَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ. | ١٤ |
15 And the Lord struck Sisera with great fear, and all his chariots and all his multitude with the edge of the sword, in the sight of Barak, so much so that Sisera, leaping from his chariot, fled on foot.
| فَأَرْعَبَ الرَّبُّ سِيسَرَا وَكُلَّ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَسَائِرَ جَيْشِهِ وَقَضَى عَلَيْهِمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ أَمَامَ بَارَاقَ. فَتَرَجَّلَ سِيسَرَا مِنْ مَرْكَبَتِهِ وَهَرَبَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ. | ١٥ |
16 And Barak pursued the fleeing chariots, and the army, as far as Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the entire multitude of the enemy was cut down, unto utter annihilation.
| فَتَعَقَّبَ بَارَاقُ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَالْجَيْشَ إِلَى حَروُشَةِ الأُمَمِ، وَتَمَّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى كُلِّ جَيْشِ سِيسَرَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ فَلَمْ يَسْلَمْ مِنْهُمْ حَيٌّ. | ١٦ |
17 But Sisera, while fleeing, arrived at 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.
| وَأَمَّا سِيسَرَا فَهَرَبَ مَاشِياً إِلَى خَيْمَةِ يَاعِيلَ امْرَأَةِ حَابِرَ الْقَيْنِيِّ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ عَقَدَ اتِّفَاقَ صُلْحٍ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ يَابِينَ مَلِكِ حَاصُورَ. | ١٧ |
18 Therefore, Jael went out to meet Sisera, and she said to him: “Enter to me, my lord. Enter, you should not be afraid.” And he entered her tent, and having been covered by her with a cloak,
| فَخَرَجَتْ يَاعِيلُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِ سِيسَرَا قَائِلَةً: «تَعَالَ إِلَى خَيْمَتِي يَا سَيِّدِي وَلا تَخَفْ». فَمَالَ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهَا وَغَطَّتْهُ بِلِحَافٍ. | ١٨ |
19 he said to her: “Give me, I beg you, a little water. For I am very thirsty.” And she opened a bottle of milk, and she gave him to drink. And she covered him.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا: «اسْقِينِي قَلِيلاً مِنَ الْمَاءِ لأَنِّي قَدْ عَطِشْتُ». فَفَتَحَتْ زِقَّ اللَّبَنِ وَأَسْقَتْهُ ثُمَّ غَطَّتْهُ. | ١٩ |
20 And Sisera said to her: “Stand before the door of the tent. And if anyone arrives, questioning you and saying, ‘Could there be any man here?’ you shall respond, ‘There is no one.’”
| وَقَالَ لَهَا: «قِفِي بِبَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ، حَتَّى إِذَا أَقْبَلَ أَحَدُهُمْ وَسَأَلَكِ: أَهُنَا أَحَدٌ؟ تَقُولِينَ: لا». | ٢٠ |
21 And so Jael, the wife of Heber, took a spike from the tent, and also took a mallet. And entering unseen and with silence, she placed the spike over the temple of his head. And striking it with the mallet, she drove it through his brain, as far as the ground. And so, joining deep sleep to death, he fell unconscious and died.
| وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ غَطَّ فِي نَوْمٍ ثَقِيلٍ لِشِدَّةِ تَعَبِهِ. فَأَخَذَتْ يَاعِيلُ امْرَأَةُ حَابِرَ وَتَدَ الْخَيْمَةِ وَمِطْرَقَةً، وَتَسَلَّلَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَدَقَّتِ الْوَتَدَ فِي صُدْغِهِ فَنَفَذَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَمَاتَ. | ٢١ |
22 And behold, Barak arrived, in pursuit of Sisera. And Jael, going out to meet him, said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And when he had entered her tent, he saw Sisera lying dead, with the spike fixed in his temples.
| وَإذَا بِبَارَاقَ يُطَارِدُ سِيسَرَا، فَخَرَجَتْ يَاعِيلُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِهِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «تَعَالَ لأُرِيَكَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي تَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ». فَدَخَلَ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهَا، وَإذَا بِسِيسَرَا طَرِيحٌ مَيْتاً وَالْوَتَدُ نَافِذٌ فِي صُدْغِهِ. | ٢٢ |
23 Thus did God humble Jabin, the king of Canaan, on that day, before the sons of Israel.
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَخْضَعَ الرَّبُّ يَابِينَ مَلِكَ كَنْعَانَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢٣ |
24 And they increased every day. And with a strong hand they overpowered Jabin, the king of Canaan, until they wiped him out.
| وَاشْتَدَّتْ وَطْأَةُ سَطْوَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَيْهِ وَازْدَادَتْ قُوَّةً حَتَّى تَمَّتْ إِبَادَتُهُ كُلِّيًّا. | ٢٤ |
