Judges 4
1 After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did what was evil in the Lord's sight.
| وَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ إِهُودَ، | ١ |
2 So the Lord sold them to Jabin, king of Canaan, who ruled from Hazor. His army commander was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
| فَبَاعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ بِيَدِ يَابِينَ مَلِكِ كَنْعَانَ ٱلَّذِي مَلَكَ فِي حَاصُورَ. وَرَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ سِيسَرَا، وَهُوَ سَاكِنٌ فِي حَرُوشَةِ ٱلْأُمَمِ. | ٢ |
3 The Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, for Sisera had nine hundred iron chariots and he cruelly mistreated them for twenty years.
| فَصَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ تِسْعُ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَهُوَ ضَايَقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِشِدَّةٍ، عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ٣ |
4 Deborah, wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was leading Israel as a judge at that time.
| وَدَبُورَةُ ٱمْرَأَةٌ نَبِيَّةٌ زَوْجَةُ لَفِيدُوتَ، هِيَ قَاضِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ. | ٤ |
5 She would sit under Deborah's Palm between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would go to her for her decisions.
| وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ تَحْتَ نَخْلَةِ دَبُورَةَ بَيْنَ ٱلرَّامَةِ وَبَيْتِ إِيلَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ. وَكَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَيْهَا لِلْقَضَاءِ. | ٥ |
6 She sent for Barak, son of Abinoam, from the town of Kedesh in Naphtali and told him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, orders you: ‘Go to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun, and lead them there.
| فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَدَعَتْ بَارَاقَ بْنَ أَبِينُوعَمَ مِنْ قَادَشِ نَفْتَالِي، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «أَلَمْ يَأْمُرِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: اِذْهَبْ وَٱزْحَفْ إِلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ، وَخُذْ مَعَكَ عَشْرَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي نَفْتَالِي وَمِنْ بَنِي زَبُولُونَ، | ٦ |
7 I will bring Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River, and hand him over to you.”
| فَأَجْذُبَ إِلَيْكَ، إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ سِيسَرَا رَئِيسَ جَيْشِ يَابِينَ بِمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَجُمْهُورِهِ وَأَدْفَعَهُ لِيَدِكَ؟» | ٧ |
8 Barak replied, “If you come with me, I'll go; but if you don't come with me, I won't go.”
| فَقَالَ لَهَا بَارَاقُ: «إِنْ ذَهَبْتِ مَعِي أَذْهَبْ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَذْهَبِي مَعِي فَلَا أَذْهَبُ». | ٨ |
9 “I'll definitely go with you,” Deborah answered, “but if you're going to take that route then you won't receive any respect, because the Lord will give Sisera into the hands of a woman.” Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
| فَقَالَتْ: «إِنِّي أَذْهَبُ مَعَكَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ لَكَ فَخْرٌ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتَ سَائِرٌ فِيهَا. لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَبِيعُ سِيسَرَا بِيَدِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ». فَقَامَتْ دَبُورَةُ وَذَهَبَتْ مَعَ بَارَاقَ إِلَى قَادَشَ. | ٩ |
10 Barak called up the armies of Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men assembled under his command. Deborah was also there with him.
| وَدَعَا بَارَاقُ زَبُولُونَ وَنَفْتَالِيَ إِلَى قَادَشَ، وَصَعِدَ وَمَعَهُ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ. وَصَعِدَتْ دَبُورَةُ مَعَهُ. | ١٠ |
11 (Heber the Kenite had separated from the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, and had set up his tent at the large tree in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.)
| وَحَابِرُ ٱلْقَيْنِيُّ ٱنْفَرَدَ مِنْ قَايِنَ، مِنْ بَنِي حُوبَابَ حَمِي مُوسَى، وَخَيَّمَ حَتَّى إِلَى بَلُّوطَةٍ فِي صَعَنَايِمَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَ قَادَشَ. | ١١ |
12 Sisera heard that Barak, son of Abinoam, had gone to Mount Tabor,
| وَأَخْبَرُوا سِيسَرَا بِأَنَّهُ قَدْ صَعِدَ بَارَاقُ بْنُ أَبِينُوعَمَ إِلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ. | ١٢ |
13 so he summoned all his nine hundred iron chariots and all his men to come from Harosheth-hagoyim to the Kishon River.
| فَدَعَا سِيسَرَا جَمِيعَ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ، تِسْعَ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَجَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ مِنْ حَرُوشَةِ ٱلْأُمَمِ إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ. | ١٣ |
14 Then Deborah told Barak, “Get going! Today the Lord has handed Sisera to you. Didn't the Lord march out ahead of you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, accompanied by ten thousand men.
| فَقَالَتْ دَبُورَةُ لِبَارَاقَ: «قُمْ، لِأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِي دَفَعَ فِيهِ ٱلرَّبُّ سِيسَرَا لِيَدِكَ. أَلَمْ يَخْرُجِ ٱلرَّبُّ قُدَّامَكَ؟» فَنَزَلَ بَارَاقُ مِنْ جَبَلِ تَابُورَ وَوَرَاءَهُ عَشْرَةُ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ. | ١٤ |
15 When Barak attacked, the Lord threw Sisera and all his chariots and warriors into a confused panic. Sisera jumped down from his chariot and ran away.
| فَأَزْعَجَ ٱلرَّبُّ سِيسَرَا وَكُلَّ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَكُلَّ ٱلْجَيْشِ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ أَمَامَ بَارَاقَ. فَنَزَلَ سِيسَرَا عَنِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ وَهَرَبَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ. | ١٥ |
16 Barak chased after the chariots and troops all the way to Harosheth-hagoyim. The whole of Sisera's army was killed—not a single man survived.
| وَتَبِعَ بَارَاقُ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَٱلْجَيْشَ إِلَى حَرُوشَةِ ٱلْأُمَمِ. وَسَقَطَ كُلُّ جَيْشِ سِيسَرَا بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لَمْ يَبْقَ وَلَا وَاحِدٌ. | ١٦ |
17 In the meantime Sisera had run away to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was a peace treaty between Jabin, king of Hazor, and the family of Heber the Kenite.
| وَأَمَّا سِيسَرَا فَهَرَبَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ يَاعِيلَ ٱمْرَأَةِ حَابِرَ ٱلْقَيْنِيِّ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ صُلْحٌ بَيْنَ يَابِينَ مَلِكِ حَاصُورَ وَبَيْتِ حَابِرَ ٱلْقَيْنِيِّ. | ١٧ |
18 Jael went to meet Sisera and told him, “Come on in, my lord, come in with me. Don't be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a thick blanket.
| فَخَرَجَتْ يَاعِيلُ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِ سِيسَرَا وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «مِلْ يَا سَيِّدِي، مِلْ إِلَيَّ. لَا تَخَفْ». فَمَالَ إِلَيْهَا إِلَى ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَغَطَّتْهُ بِٱللِّحَافِ. | ١٨ |
19 “Please give me a bit of water to drink, because I'm thirsty,” Sisera asked her. So she opened a skin of milk, let him have a drink, and then covered him up again.
| فَقَالَ لَهَا: «ٱسْقِينِي قَلِيلَ مَاءٍ لِأَنِّي قَدْ عَطِشْتُ». فَفَتَحَتْ وَطَبَ ٱللَّبَنِ وَأَسْقَتْهُ ثُمَّ غَطَّتْهُ. | ١٩ |
20 “Stand guard at the tent door,” he told her. “If anybody comes and asks you, ‘Is there is anyone here?’ just say no.”
| فَقَالَ لَهَا: «قِفِي بِبَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ، وَيَكُونُ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدٌ وَسَأَلَكِ: أَهُنَا رَجُلٌ؟ أَنَّكِ تَقُولِينَ لَا». | ٢٠ |
21 But Jael, Heber's wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and crept quietly over to him where he lay fast sleep and exhausted. She drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
| فَأَخَذَتْ يَاعِيلُ ٱمْرَأَةُ حَابِرَ وَتَدَ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَجَعَلَتِ ٱلْمِيتَدَةَ فِي يَدِهَا، وَقَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَضَرَبَتِ ٱلْوَتَدَ فِي صُدْغِهِ فَنَفَذَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَهُوَ مُتَثَقِّلٌ فِي ٱلنَّوْمِ وَمُتْعَبٌ، فَمَاتَ. | ٢١ |
22 So when Barak came past, hunting for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him, and said, “Come here, and I'll show you the man you're looking for.” He went in with her, and there lay Sisera, dead, with the tent peg through his temple.
| وَإِذَا بِبَارَاقَ يُطَارِدُ سِيسَرَا، فَخَرَجَتْ يَاعِيلُ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِهِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «تَعَالَ فَأُرِيَكَ ٱلرَّجُلَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ طَالِبُهُ». فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِذَا سِيسَرَا سَاقِطٌ مَيْتًا وَٱلْوَتَدُ فِي صُدْغِهِ. | ٢٢ |
23 That day God defeated Jabin, king of Canaan, in the presence of the Israelites.
| فَأَذَلَّ ٱللهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَابِينَ مَلِكَ كَنْعَانَ أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٣ |
24 From then on Israel grew ever more powerful until the destroyed Jabin, king of Hazor.
| وَأَخَذَتْ يَدُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَتَزَايَدُ وَتَقْسُو عَلَى يَابِينَ مَلِكِ كَنْعَانَ حَتَّى قَرَضُوا يَابِينَ مَلِكَ كَنْعَانَ. | ٢٤ |
