Hakim-hakim 4
1 Sesudah Ehud meninggal, bangsa Israel kembali melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN.
After Ehud died, the people of Israel once again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
2 Maka TUHAN menyerahkan bangsa itu ke tangan Yabin, raja orang Kanaan yang memerintah di kota Hazor. Panglima perangnya bernama Sisera. Dia tinggal di Haroset Hagoyim.
Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was named Sisera, and he lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
3 Sisera memiliki sembilan ratus kereta perang dari besi. Dia menindas Israel dengan kejam selama dua puluh tahun. Maka umat Israel pun berteriak meminta tolong kepada TUHAN.
The people of Israel called out to Yahweh for help, because Sisera had nine hundred iron chariots and he oppressed the people of Israel with force for twenty years.
4 Pada waktu itu, Debora, seorang nabi perempuan, istri Lapidot, menjadi pemimpin bangsa Israel.
Now Deborah, a prophetess (the wife of Lappidoth), was a leading judge in Israel at that time.
5 Dia biasa duduk di bawah sebuah pohon kurma yang dinamai ‘pohon kurma Debora’, di antara kota Rama dan Betel di perbukitan Efraim. Orang Israel berdatangan membawa perkara mereka kepadanya di sana untuk mendapatkan penyelesaian.
She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came to her to settle their disputes.
6 Suatu hari, Debora memanggil Barak anak Abinoam yang tinggal di Kedes di wilayah Naftali. Kata Debora kepadanya, “Inilah perintah TUHAN Allah Israel kepadamu, ‘Pergilah ke gunung Tabor bersama sepuluh ribu orang pasukan dari suku Naftali dan Zebulon!’
She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, commands you, 'Go to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun.
7 TUHAN berjanji, ‘Aku akan membawa Sisera kepadamu di sungai Kison bersama dengan semua kereta dan pasukan Yabin. Di situ Aku akan menyerahkan dia ke tanganmu.’”
I will draw out Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to meet you by the Kishon River, with his chariots and his army, and I will give you victory over him.'”
8 Jawab Barak kepada Debora, “Kalau engkau juga pergi, saya akan pergi. Tetapi kalau engkau tidak ikut, saya tidak akan pergi.”
Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go, but if you do not go with me, I will not go.”
9 Kata Debora, “Saya akan pergi bersamamu. Tetapi kamu tidak akan mendapat kehormatan dari tugas ini, karena TUHAN akan menyerahkan Sisera ke tangan seorang perempuan.” Lalu pergilah Debora bersama Barak ke Kedes.
She said, “I will certainly go with you. However, the road on which you are going will not lead to your honor, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 Barak mengerahkan orang-orang Zebulon dan Naftali untuk naik ke Kedes. Sepuluh ribu orang berjalan kaki mengikuti dia. Debora juga pergi bersamanya.
Barak called for the men of Zebulun and Naphtali to come together at Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah went along with him.
11 Pada waktu itu, ada seorang Keni yang bernama Heber. (Bangsa Keni adalah keturunan Hobab, ayah mertua Musa.) Heber sudah berpisah dari bangsa Keni dan saat itu dia tinggal di sekitar pohon besar di Zaananim, dekat Kedes.
Now Heber (the Kenite) had separated himself from the Kenites—they were the descendants of Hobab (Moses' father-in-law)—and he pitched his tent by the oak in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
12 Ketika Sisera mendengar bahwa Barak sudah naik ke gunung Tabor,
When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
13 dia memerintahkan agar kesembilan ratus kereta perangnya diberangkatkan dari Haroset-Hagoyim ke sungai Kison, beserta seluruh pasukannya.
Sisera called out all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the soldiers who were with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Kata Debora kepada Barak, “Bersiaplah! Hari ini TUHAN sudah menyerahkan Sisera kepadamu! TUHAN sudah maju di depanmu!” Maka Barak memimpin sepuluh ribu orang turun dari gunung Tabor.
Deborah said to Barak, “Go! For this is the day in which Yahweh has given you victory over Sisera. Is not Yahweh leading you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
15 Mereka menyerang pasukan Sisera. TUHAN membuat Sisera serta semua pasukan dan pengendara keretanya panik dan menjadi kacau. Sisera turun dari keretanya lalu melarikan diri dengan berjalan kaki.
Yahweh confused Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and ran away on foot.
16 Barak mengejar kereta-kereta dan pasukan tentara itu di sepanjang jalan sampai ke Haroset Hagoyim. Seluruh pasukan Sisera mati dibunuh. Tidak ada satu pun yang selamat.
But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth Haggoyim, and the whole army of Sisera was killed by the edge of the sword, and not a man survived.
17 Sementara itu, Sisera melarikan diri ke kemah Yael, istri Heber, orang Keni, karena ada hubungan baik antara Raja Yabin dan keluarga Heber.
But Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18 Yael keluar menyambut Sisera serta berkata kepadanya, “Mari masuk ke kemah saya, Tuan. Silakan masuk dan beristirahatlah di sini. Jangan takut.” Maka Sisera masuk ke kemah Yael. Dia berbaring, dan Yael menutupinya dengan selimut.
Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my master; turn aside to me and do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her and came into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19 Kata Sisera kepada Yael, “Saya haus. Tolong ambilkan sedikit air untuk saya.” Yael pun membuka kantong kulit yang berisi susu, memberinya minum, dan menyelimuti dia kembali.
He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” She opened a leather bag of milk and gave him drink, and then she covered him up again.
20 Kata Sisera kepadanya, “Berdirilah di pintu kemah. Jika ada yang datang dan bertanya kepadamu, ‘Apakah ada laki-laki di sini?’ Jawablah ‘Tidak ada.’”
He said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent. If someone comes and asks you, 'Is anyone here?', say 'No'.”
21 Sesudah itu Sisera tertidur karena kelelahan. Kemudian Yael mengambil sebatang pasak kemah dan sebuah palu, lalu mendekati Sisera dengan diam-diam. Dia memalu pasak itu ke pelipis kepala Sisera sampai menembus ke tanah. Sisera pun mati.
Then Jael (the wife of Heber) took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand and went in secretly to him, for he was in a deep sleep, and she hammered the tent peg into the side of his head until it went down into the ground, and he died.
22 Ketika Barak datang mengejar Sisera, Yael keluar dari kemah untuk menyambut dia. Katanya, “Mari, saya akan menunjukkan orang yang engkau cari.” Barak masuk ke kemah Yael dan melihat Sisera sudah terbujur mati dengan pasak kemah menancap di pelipis kepalanya.
As Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael want out to meet him and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in the side of his head.
23 Demikianlah hari itu Allah menundukkan Yabin, raja Kanaan, di hadapan bangsa Israel.
So on that day God defeated Jabin, the king of Canaan, before the people of Israel.
24 Sejak saat itu Israel semakin menekan Raja Yabin sampai akhirnya mereka membinasakan dia.
The might of the people of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed him.
