Judges 5
1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
and to sing Deborah and Barak son: child Abinoam in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to say
2 “When the leaders take the lead in Israel, when the people gladly volunteer for war— we praise Yahweh!
in/on/with to lead leader in/on/with Israel in/on/with be willing people to bless LORD
3 Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you leaders! I, I will sing to Yahweh; I will sing praises to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
to hear: hear king to listen to rule I to/for LORD I to sing to sing to/for LORD God Israel
4 Yahweh, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from Edom, the earth shook, and the skies also trembled; also the clouds poured down water.
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
5 The mountains quaked before the face of Yahweh; even Mount Sinai quaked before the face of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
mountain: mount to flow from face: before LORD this Sinai from face: before LORD God Israel
6 In the days of Shamgar (son of Anath), in the days of Jael, the main roads were abandoned, and those who walked only used the winding paths.
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
7 There were few rural people in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose—arose as a mother in Israel!
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
8 When they chose new gods, there was fighting at the city gates and yet there were no shields or spears seen among forty thousand in Israel.
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
9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel, along with the people who gladly volunteered— we bless Yahweh for them!
heart my to/for to decree Israel [the] be willing in/on/with people to bless LORD
10 Think about this—you who ride on white donkeys sitting on rugs for saddles, and you who walk along the road.
to ride she-ass tawny to dwell upon garment and to go: walk upon way: road to muse
11 Hear the voices of those who sing at the watering places. There they tell again of Yahweh's righteous deeds, and the righteous actions of his warriors in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the city gates.
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
12 Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Get up, Barak, and capture your prisoners, you son of Abinoam.
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
13 Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of Yahweh came down to me with the warriors.
then to go down survivor to/for great people LORD to go down to/for me in/on/with mighty man
14 They came from Ephraim, whose root is in Amalek; the people of Benjamin followed you. From Machir commanders came down, and from Zebulun those who carry an officer's staff.
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
15 My princes in Issachar were with Deborah; and Issachar was with Barak rushing after him into the valley under his command. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
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
16 Why did you sit between the fireplaces, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
to/for what? to dwell between: among [the] sheepfold to/for to hear: hear piping flock to/for division Reuben great: large search heart
17 Gilead stayed on the other side of the Jordan; and Dan, why did he wander about on ships? Asher remained on the coast and lived close to his harbors.
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
18 Zebulun was a tribe who would risk their lives to the point of death, and Naphtali, also, on the field of battle.
Zebulun people to taunt soul: life his to/for to die and Naphtali upon height land: country
19 The kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. But they took away no silver as plunder.
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
20 From heaven the stars fought, from their paths across the heavens they fought against Sisera.
from heaven to fight [the] star from highway their to fight with Sisera
21 The Kishon River swept them away, that old river, the Kishon River. March on my soul, be strong!
torrent: river Kishon to sweep away them torrent: river ancient torrent: river Kishon to tread soul my strength
22 Then came the sound of horses' hooves— galloping, the galloping of his mighty ones.
then to smite heel horse from rushing rushing mighty: stallion his
23 'Curse Meroz!' says the angel of Yahweh. 'Surely curse its inhabitants!— because they did not come to help Yahweh— to help Yahweh in the battle against the mighty warriors.'
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
24 Jael is blessed more than all other women, Jael (the wife of Heber the Kenite), she is more blessed than all the women who live in tents.
to bless from woman Jael woman: wife Heber [the] Kenite from woman in/on/with tent to bless
25 The man asked for water, and she gave him milk; she brought him butter in a dish fit for princes.
water to ask milk to give: give in/on/with bowl great to present: bring curd
26 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; with the hammer she struck Sisera, she crushed his head. She smashed his skull into pieces when she pierced him through the side of his head.
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
27 He collapsed between her feet, he fell and he lay there. Between her feet he fell limp. The place he collapsed is where he was violently killed.
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
28 Out of a window she looked— the mother of Sisera looked through the lattice and she called out in sadness, 'Why has it taken his chariot so long to come? Why have the hoofbeats of the horses that pull his chariots been delayed?'
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
29 Her wisest princesses replied, and she gave herself the same answer:
wise princess her to answer also he/she/it to return: reply word her to/for her
30 'Have they not found and divided up the plunder? —A womb, two wombs for every man; the plunder of dyed fabric for Sisera, the plunder of dyed fabric embroidered, two pieces of dyed fabric embroidered for the necks of those who plunder?'
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
31 So may all your enemies perish, Yahweh! But your friends be like the sun when it rises in its might.” Then the land had peace for forty years.
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
