Judges 5
1 and to sing Deborah and Barak son: child Abinoam in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to say
Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
2 in/on/with to lead leader in/on/with Israel in/on/with be willing people to bless LORD
"Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, 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, even I, will sing to YHWH. I will sing praise to YHWH, 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
"YHWH, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
5 mountain: mount to flow from face: before LORD this Sinai from face: before LORD God Israel
The mountains quaked at the presence of YHWH, even Sinai, at the presence of YHWH, 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 the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through 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
The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until 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
They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen 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 toward the leaders of Israel, who offered 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
"Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on saddle blankets, and you who walk by the way.
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
Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts of YHWH, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. "Then the people of YHWH 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, Deborah. Awaken the multitudes of a nation. Awake, awake, sing a song. Be strong. Arise, Barak. And Deborah, strengthen Barak. And lead away your captives, 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 a remnant of the nobles came down. The people of YHWH marched 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
From Ephraim those who uprooted Amalek came out, following you, Benjamin, among your peoples; out of Makir leaders came down, and out of Zebulun those that handle the staff of office.
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 the princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
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 piping for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
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 lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his harbors.
18 Zebulun people to taunt soul: life his to/for to die and Naphtali upon height land: country
Zebulun was a people that risked their lives even to death; Naphtali also, on the 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
The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
20 from heaven to fight [the] star from highway their to fight with Sisera
From the sky 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, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
22 then to smite heel horse from rushing rushing mighty: stallion his
Then the horse hoofs pounded because of the galloping, the galloping of their steeds.
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 the angel of YHWH. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they did not come to help YHWH, to help YHWH against the mighty.
24 to bless from woman Jael woman: wife Heber [the] Kenite from woman in/on/with tent to bless
Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be 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 him milk. She brought him curds in a princely bowl.
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 put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. She struck Sisera, she pierced his head; she shattered and struck 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
At her feet he collapsed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he collapsed, he fell. Where he collapsed, there he fell down, 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
Through the window she looked out. Sisera's mother cried out through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed?'
29 wise princess her to answer also he/she/it to return: reply word her to/for her
Her wise princesses answered her; indeed, she answers 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
'Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A womb or two for every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, for the neck of the plunderer?'
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 let all your enemies perish, YHWH, but let those who love you be as the sun when it rises forth in its strength." And the land had rest forty years.
