Judges 5
1 and to sing Deborah and Barak son: child Abinoam in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to say
And Deborah sings—also Barak son of Abinoam—on that day, saying,
2 in/on/with to lead leader in/on/with Israel in/on/with be willing people to bless LORD
“For freeing leaders in Israel, For a people willingly offering themselves, Bless YHWH.
3 to hear: hear king to listen to rule I to/for LORD I to sing to sing to/for LORD God Israel
Hear, you kings; give ear, you princes, I sing to YHWH, I sing praise to YHWH, 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
YHWH, in Your going forth out of Seir, In Your stepping out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled and the heavens dropped, And thick clouds dropped water.
5 mountain: mount to flow from face: before LORD this Sinai from face: before LORD God Israel
Hills flowed from the face of YHWH, This one—Sinai—From the face of YHWH, 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 ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go [in] crooked ways.
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
Villages ceased in Israel—they ceased, Until I arose—Deborah, That I 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
He chooses new gods, Then war [is] at the gates! A shield is not seen—and a spear 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] to the lawgivers of Israel, Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, Bless YHWH!
10 to ride she-ass tawny to dwell upon garment and to go: walk upon way: road to muse
Riders on white donkeys—Sitters on a long robe—And walkers by the way—meditate!
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
By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of YHWH, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then the people of YHWH have gone 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, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take your captivity captive, 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 him who is left of the majestic ones He caused to rule the people of YHWH, He caused me to rule among 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
From Ephraim [are] those whose root [is] in Amalek, After you, Benjamin, among your peoples, From Machir lawgivers came down, And from Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.
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
And princes in Issachar [are] with Deborah, Indeed, Issachar [is] right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, The decrees of heart [are] great!
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 have you abided between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, The searchings of heart [are] great!
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 dwelt beyond the Jordan, And why does Dan sojourn [in] ships? Asher has abided at the haven of the seas, And dwells by his creeks.
18 Zebulun people to taunt soul: life his to/for to die and Naphtali upon height land: country
Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also—on high places of the field.
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—they fought; Then kings of Canaan fought, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; They did not take gain of money!
20 from heaven to fight [the] star from highway their to fight with Sisera
They fought from the heavens: The stars fought with Sisera from their highways.
21 torrent: river Kishon to sweep away them torrent: river ancient torrent: river Kishon to tread soul my strength
The Brook of Kishon swept them away, The most ancient brook—the Brook of Kishon. You tread down strength, O my soul!
22 then to smite heel horse from rushing rushing mighty: stallion his
Then the horse-heels were broken, By gallopings—gallopings of its mighty ones.
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, said a messenger of YHWH, Cursing, curse its inhabitants! For they did not come to the help of YHWH, To the help of YHWH among the mighty!
24 to bless from woman Jael woman: wife Heber [the] Kenite from woman in/on/with tent to bless
Above women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite, She is blessed above women in the tent.
25 water to ask milk to give: give in/on/with bowl great to present: bring curd
He asked for water—she gave milk; She brought butter near in a lordly dish.
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 sends forth her hand to the pin, And her right hand to the laborers’ hammer, And she hammered Sisera—she struck his head, Indeed, she struck, and it passed through 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
He bowed between her feet—He fell, he lay down; He bowed between her feet, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell—destroyed.
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
She has looked out through the window—Indeed, she cries out—the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Why is his chariot delaying to come? Why have the steps of his chariot tarried?
29 wise princess her to answer also he/she/it to return: reply word her to/for her
The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Indeed, she returns her sayings to 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
Do they not find? They apportion spoil, A female—two females—for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work—a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!
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 do all Your enemies perish, O YHWH, And those loving Him [are] As the going out of the sun in its might!” And the land rests [for] forty years.
