Judges 4
1 After Ehud died, the Israelis again started doing things Yahweh said were very evil.
| وَبَعْدَ مَوْتِ إِهُودَ عَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرْتَكِبُونَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، | ١ |
2 So he allowed the army of Jabin, one of the kings of Canaan land, who ruled in Hazor [city], to conquer the Israelis. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-Haggoyim.
| فَأَخْضَعَهُمُ الرَّبُّ لِيَابِينَ مَلِكِ كَنْعَانَ الْمُقِيمِ فِي حَاصُورَ. وَكَانَ سِيسَرَا رَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ قَاطِناً فِي حَرُوشَةِ الأُمَمِ. | ٢ |
3 Sisera’s [army] had 900 chariots. For 20 years he oppressed the Israelis. Then they pleaded to Yahweh to help them.
| فَاسْتَغَاثَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ تَحْتَ إِمْرَةِ سِيسَرَا تِسْعُ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ، وَقَدِ اشْتَدَّ فِي مُضَايَقَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ٣ |
4 At that time Deborah, who was the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophetess who had become the leader in Israel.
| وَكَانَتْ دَبُورَةُ زَوْجَةُ لَفِيدُوتَ امْرَأَةً نَبِيَّةً وَقَاضِيَةً لإِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ، | ٤ |
5 She would sit under her palm tree at a place between Ramah and Bethel, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and people would come to her and ask her to settle disputes between them.
| وَكَانَتْ تَعْقِدُ مَجْلِسَ قَضَائِهَا تَحْتَ نَخْلَةِ دَبُورَةَ بَيْنَ الرَّامَةِ وَبَيْتِ إِيلَ. فَكَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَفِدُونَ إِلَيْهَا لِلْقَضَاءِ. | ٥ |
6 One day she summoned Barak, the son of Abinoam, when he was in Kedesh, in the area where the descendants of Naphtali lived. She said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, is commanding you to do: ‘Take with you 1,000 men, some from the descendants of Naphtali and some from the descendants of Zebulun, and lead them to Tabor Mountain.
| فَأَرْسَلَتْ هَذِهِ وَاسْتَدْعَتْ بَارَاقَ بنَ أَبِينُوعَمَ مِنْ قَادَشِ نَفْتَالِي، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «هَذَا هُوَ أَمْرُ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَيْكَ: اذْهَبْ وَازْحَفْ إِلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ بَعْدَ أَنْ تُجَنِّدَ لَكَ عَشْرَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ نَفْتَالِي وَزَبُولُونَ، | ٦ |
7 Yahweh will lure Sisera, the commander of King Jabin’s army, to come with his chariots and his army, to the Kishon River, [a few miles away]. I will enable your men to defeat them there.’”
| فَأَجْتَذِبَ سِيسَرَا رَئِيسَ جَيْشِ يَابِينَ بِمَرْكَبَاتِهِ إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ وَأُظْفِرَكَ بِهِ». | ٧ |
8 Barak replied, “I will go only if you go with me.”
| فَقَالَ لَهَا بَارَاقُ: «إِنْ ذَهَبْتِ مَعِي أَذْهَبْ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَذْهَبِي لا أَذْهَبْ». | ٨ |
9 She replied, “Okay, I will go with you. But because that is what you have decided to do, Yahweh will enable a woman to defeat Sisera, and the result will be that (you will not be honored/people will not honor you) [for doing that].”
| فَأَجَابَتْ: «أَذْهَبُ مَعَكَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ فَخْرٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ مَاضٍ فِيهَا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُسَلِّمُ سِيِسَرَا لاِمْرَأَةٍ». فَنَهَضَتْ دَبُورَةُ وَرَافَقَتْ بَارَاقَ إِلَى قَادَشَ. | ٩ |
10 So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. There he summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men came to him, and then they went together with Deborah [to Tabor Mountain].
| وَاسْتَدْعَى بَارَاقُ رِجَالَ زَبُولُونَ وَنَفْتَالِي إِلَى قَادَشَ، فَانْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ عَشْرَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ. وَانْطَلَقَتْ دَبُورَةُ مَعَهُ أَيْضاً. | ١٠ |
11 At that time Heber, one of the descendants of the Ken people-group, had moved [with his wife Jael] from the area where that group lived, and set up his tent near the big oak tree at Zaanannim, near Kedesh. Heber was a descendant of Moses’ brother-in-law Hobab.
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ كَانَ حَابِرُ الْقَيْنِيُّ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ حُوبَابَ حَمِي مُوسَى، قَدِ انْفَرَدَ عَنْ بَقِيَّةِ عَشِيرَةِ الْقَيْنِيِّينَ وَضَرَبَ خِيَامَهُ إِلَى جُوَارِ شَجَرَةِ بَلُّوطٍ فِي صَعَنَايِمَ الْقَرِيبَةِ مِنْ قَادَشَ. | ١١ |
12 Someone told Sisera that Barak had gone up on Tabor Mountain [with an army].
| وَأَبْلَغُوا سِيسَرَا أَنَّ بَارَاقَ بْنَ أَبِينُوعَمَ قَدْ صَعِدَ إِلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ. | ١٢ |
13 So he gathered his troops with their 900 chariots, and they marched from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
| فَحَشَدَ سِيسَرَا مَرْكَبَاتِهِ الْحَدِيدِيَّةَ التِّسْعَ مِئَةٍ، وَجَمِيعَ جَيْشِهِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ مِنْ حَرُوشَةِ الأُمَمِ حَتَّى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ. | ١٣ |
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day that Yahweh will enable your [army] to defeat the army of Sisera. Yahweh is going ahead of you!” So Barak led his men as they descended from Tabor Mountain.
| فَقَالَتْ دَبُورَةُ لِبَارَاقَ: «قُمْ، لأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي فِيهِ يُظْفِرُكَ الرَّبُّ بِسِيسَرَا. أَلَمْ يَتَقَدَّمْكَ الرَّبُّ؟» فَانْحَدَرَ بَارَاقُ مِنْ جَبَلِ تَابُورَ عَلَى رَأْسِ عَشْرَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ. | ١٤ |
15 As they advanced, Yahweh caused Sisera and all his chariots and his army to have great difficulty maneuvering/moving around. So Sisera jumped down from his chariot and ran away.
| فَأَرْعَبَ الرَّبُّ سِيسَرَا وَكُلَّ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَسَائِرَ جَيْشِهِ وَقَضَى عَلَيْهِمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ أَمَامَ بَارَاقَ. فَتَرَجَّلَ سِيسَرَا مِنْ مَرْكَبَتِهِ وَهَرَبَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ. | ١٥ |
16 But Barak and his men pursued the other chariots and the enemy soldiers as far as Harosheth-Haggoyim. They killed all of the men in Sisera’s army. Not one man survived.
| فَتَعَقَّبَ بَارَاقُ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَالْجَيْشَ إِلَى حَروُشَةِ الأُمَمِ، وَتَمَّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى كُلِّ جَيْشِ سِيسَرَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ فَلَمْ يَسْلَمْ مِنْهُمْ حَيٌّ. | ١٦ |
17 But Sisera ran to Jael’s tent. He did that because [his boss], King Jabin of Hazor [city], was a good friend of [Jael’s husband] Heber.
| وَأَمَّا سِيسَرَا فَهَرَبَ مَاشِياً إِلَى خَيْمَةِ يَاعِيلَ امْرَأَةِ حَابِرَ الْقَيْنِيِّ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ عَقَدَ اتِّفَاقَ صُلْحٍ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ يَابِينَ مَلِكِ حَاصُورَ. | ١٧ |
18 Jael went out to greet Sisera. She said to him, “Sir, come into my tent! Do not be afraid!” So he went into the tent [and lay down], and she covered him with a blanket.
| فَخَرَجَتْ يَاعِيلُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِ سِيسَرَا قَائِلَةً: «تَعَالَ إِلَى خَيْمَتِي يَا سَيِّدِي وَلا تَخَفْ». فَمَالَ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهَا وَغَطَّتْهُ بِلِحَافٍ. | ١٨ |
19 He said to her, “I’m thirsty; can you give me some water?” So she opened a leather container of milk, and gave him a drink. Then she covered him with the blanket again.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا: «اسْقِينِي قَلِيلاً مِنَ الْمَاءِ لأَنِّي قَدْ عَطِشْتُ». فَفَتَحَتْ زِقَّ اللَّبَنِ وَأَسْقَتْهُ ثُمَّ غَطَّتْهُ. | ١٩ |
20 He said to her, “Stand in the entrance of the tent. If someone comes and asks ‘Is anyone else here?’, say ‘No.’”
| وَقَالَ لَهَا: «قِفِي بِبَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ، حَتَّى إِذَا أَقْبَلَ أَحَدُهُمْ وَسَأَلَكِ: أَهُنَا أَحَدٌ؟ تَقُولِينَ: لا». | ٢٠ |
21 Sisera was very exhausted, so he soon was asleep. While he was sleeping, Jael crept quietly to him, holding a hammer and a tent peg. She pounded the peg into his skull, and all the way through his head into the ground, and he died.
| وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ غَطَّ فِي نَوْمٍ ثَقِيلٍ لِشِدَّةِ تَعَبِهِ. فَأَخَذَتْ يَاعِيلُ امْرَأَةُ حَابِرَ وَتَدَ الْخَيْمَةِ وَمِطْرَقَةً، وَتَسَلَّلَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَدَقَّتِ الْوَتَدَ فِي صُدْغِهِ فَنَفَذَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَمَاتَ. | ٢١ |
22 When Barak passed by Jael’s tent to look for Sisera, she went out to greet him. She said, “Come in, and I will show you the man you are searching for!” So he followed her into the tent, and he saw Sisera lying there, dead, with the tent peg through his head.
| وَإذَا بِبَارَاقَ يُطَارِدُ سِيسَرَا، فَخَرَجَتْ يَاعِيلُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِهِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «تَعَالَ لأُرِيَكَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي تَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ». فَدَخَلَ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهَا، وَإذَا بِسِيسَرَا طَرِيحٌ مَيْتاً وَالْوَتَدُ نَافِذٌ فِي صُدْغِهِ. | ٢٢ |
23 On that day God enabled the Israelis to defeat [the army of] Jabin, the king of the people of Canaan.
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَخْضَعَ الرَّبُّ يَابِينَ مَلِكَ كَنْعَانَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢٣ |
24 From that time, the Israeli people continued to become stronger, and [the army of] King Jabin continued to become weaker. Finally the Israelis were able to completely subdue the people ruled by the king of Canaan.
| وَاشْتَدَّتْ وَطْأَةُ سَطْوَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَيْهِ وَازْدَادَتْ قُوَّةً حَتَّى تَمَّتْ إِبَادَتُهُ كُلِّيًّا. | ٢٤ |
