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, LORD!
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 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
“LORD, when you went 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 LORD’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of 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 the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travellers 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 amongst 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 towards the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly amongst the people. Bless the LORD!
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 rich carpets, 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 LORD’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. “Then the LORD’s people 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! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you 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 and the people came down. The LORD came down for 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
Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, amongst your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of 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. 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 amongst the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses 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 creeks.
18 Zebulun people to taunt soul: life his to/for to die and Naphtali upon height land: country
Zebulun was a people that jeopardised their lives to the 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 stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong 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 the LORD’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t 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
“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 butter 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 put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
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 bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down 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
“Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
29 wise princess her to answer also he/she/it to return: reply word her to/for her
Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer 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
‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’
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, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
