Judges 5
1 and to sing Deborah and Barak son: child Abinoam in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to say
On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2 in/on/with to lead leader in/on/with Israel in/on/with be willing people to bless LORD
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
3 to hear: hear king to listen to rule I to/for LORD I to sing to sing to/for LORD God Israel
Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
4 LORD in/on/with to come out: come you from Seir in/on/with to march you from land: country Edom land: country/planet to shake also heaven to drip/prophesy also cloud to drip/prophesy water
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
5 mountain: mount to flow from face: before LORD this Sinai from face: before LORD God Israel
The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
6 in/on/with day Shamgar son: child Anath in/on/with day Jael to cease way and to go: walk path to go: walk way crooked
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
7 to cease villager in/on/with Israel to cease till which/that to arise: rise Deborah which/that to arise: rise mother in/on/with Israel
Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
8 to choose God new then war gate shield if: surely no to see: see and spear in/on/with forty thousand in/on/with Israel
When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
9 heart my to/for to decree Israel [the] be willing in/on/with people to bless LORD
My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
10 to ride she-ass tawny to dwell upon garment and to go: walk upon way: road to muse
You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
11 from voice: sound to shoot between well there to recount righteousness LORD righteousness villager his in/on/with Israel then to go down to/for gate people LORD
the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
12 to rouse to rouse Deborah to rouse to rouse to speak: promise song to arise: rise Barak and to take captive captive your son: child Abinoam
‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
13 then to go down survivor to/for great people LORD to go down to/for me in/on/with mighty man
Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
14 from Ephraim root their in/on/with Amalek after you Benjamin in/on/with kinsman your from Machir to go down to decree and from Zebulun to draw in/on/with tribe: staff secretary
Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
15 and ruler my in/on/with Issachar with Deborah and Issachar so Barak in/on/with valley to send: depart in/on/with foot his in/on/with division Reuben great: large decree heart
The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
16 to/for what? to dwell between: among [the] sheepfold to/for to hear: hear piping flock to/for division Reuben great: large search heart
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
17 Gilead in/on/with side: beyond [the] Jordan to dwell and Dan to/for what? to sojourn fleet Asher to dwell to/for coast sea and upon landing his to dwell
Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
18 Zebulun people to taunt soul: life his to/for to die and Naphtali upon height land: country
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
19 to come (in): come king to fight then to fight king Canaan in/on/with Taanach upon water Megiddo unjust-gain silver: money not to take: recieve
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
20 from heaven to fight [the] star from highway their to fight with Sisera
From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 torrent: river Kishon to sweep away them torrent: river ancient torrent: river Kishon to tread soul my strength
The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
22 then to smite heel horse from rushing rushing mighty: stallion his
Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
23 to curse Meroz to say messenger: angel LORD to curse to curse to dwell her for not to come (in): come to/for help LORD to/for help LORD in/on/with mighty man
‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
24 to bless from woman Jael woman: wife Heber [the] Kenite from woman in/on/with tent to bless
Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 water to ask milk to give: give in/on/with bowl great to present: bring curd
He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
26 hand her to/for peg to send: reach and right her to/for hammer labour(er) and to smite Sisera to destroy head his and to wound and to pass temple his
She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 between foot her to bow to fall: kill to lie down: lay down between foot her to bow to fall: kill in/on/with in which to bow there to fall: kill to ruin
At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
28 about/through/for [the] window to look and to cry mother Sisera about/through/for [the] lattice why? be ashamed chariot his to/for to come (in): come why? to delay beat chariot his
Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
29 wise princess her to answer also he/she/it to return: reply word her to/for her
Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
30 not to find to divide spoil womb womb to/for head great man spoil dye to/for Sisera spoil dye embroidery dye embroidery to/for neck spoil
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
31 so to perish all enemy your LORD and to love: friend him like/as to come out: (sun)rise [the] sun in/on/with might his and to quiet [the] land: country/planet forty year
So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
