Iudicum 5
1 Cecineruntque Debbora et Barac filius Abinoem in illo die, dicentes:
And Deborah sings—also Barak son of Abinoam—on that day, saying,
2 Qui sponte obtulistis de Israel animas vestras ad periculum, benedicite Domino.
“For freeing leaders in Israel, For a people willingly offering themselves, Bless YHWH.
3 Audite reges, auribus percipite principes: Ego sum, ego sum quae Domino canam, psallam Domino Deo Israel.
Hear, you kings; give ear, you princes, I sing to YHWH, I sing praise to YHWH, God of Israel.
4 Domine cum exires de Seir, et transires per regiones Edom, terra mota est, caelique ac nubes distillaverunt aquis.
YHWH, in Your going forth out of Seir, In Your stepping out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled and the heavens dropped, And thick clouds dropped water.
5 Montes fluxerunt a facie Domini, et Sinai a facie Domini Dei Israel.
Hills flowed from the face of YHWH, This one—Sinai—From the face of YHWH, God of Israel.
6 In diebus Samgar filii Anath, in diebus Iahel quieverunt semitae: et qui ingrediebantur per eas, ambulaverunt per calles devios.
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath—In the days of Jael—The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go [in] crooked ways.
7 Cessaverunt fortes in Israel, et quieverunt: donec surgeret Debbora, surgeret mater in Israel.
Villages ceased in Israel—they ceased, Until I arose—Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.
8 Nova bella elegit Dominus, et portas hostium ipse subvertit: clypeus et hasta si apparuerint in quadraginta millibus Israel.
He chooses new gods, Then war [is] at the gates! A shield is not seen—and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.
9 Cor meum diligit principes Israel: qui propria voluntate obtulistis vos discrimini, benedicite Domino.
My heart [is] to the lawgivers of Israel, Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, Bless YHWH!
10 Qui ascenditis super nitentes asinos, et sedetis in iudicio, et ambulatis in via, loquimini.
Riders on white donkeys—Sitters on a long robe—And walkers by the way—meditate!
11 Ubi collisi sunt currus, et hostium suffocatus est exercitus, ibi narrentur iustitiae Domini et clementia in fortes Israel: tunc descendit populus Domini ad portas, et obtinuit principatum.
By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of YHWH, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then the people of YHWH have gone down to the gates.
12 Surge, surge Debbora, surge, surge, et loquere canticum: surge Barac, et apprehende captivos tuos fili Abinoem.
Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take your captivity captive, Son of Abinoam.
13 Salvatae sunt reliquiae populi, Dominus in fortibus dimicavit.
Then him who is left of the majestic ones He caused to rule the people of YHWH, He caused me to rule among the mighty.
14 Ex Ephraim delevit eos in Amalec, et post eum ex Beniamin in populos tuos o Amalec: de Machir principes descenderunt, et de Zabulon qui exercitum ducerent ad bellandum.
From Ephraim [are] those whose root [is] in Amalek, After you, Benjamin, among your peoples, From Machir lawgivers came down, And from Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.
15 Duces Issachar fuere cum Debbora, et Barac vestigia sunt secuti, qui quasi in praeceps ac barathrum se discrimini dedit: diviso contra se Ruben, magnanimorum reperta est contentio.
And princes in Issachar [are] with Deborah, Indeed, Issachar [is] right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, The decrees of heart [are] great!
16 Quare habitas inter duos terminos, ut audias sibilos gregum? diviso contra se Ruben, magnanimorum reperta est contentio.
Why have you abided between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, The searchings of heart [are] great!
17 Galaad trans Iordanem quiescebat, et Dan vacabat navibus: Aser habitabat in littore maris, et in portubus morabatur.
Gilead dwelt beyond the Jordan, And why does Dan sojourn [in] ships? Asher has abided at the haven of the seas, And dwells by his creeks.
18 Zabulon vero et Nephthali obtulerunt animas suas morti in regione Merome.
Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also—on high places of the field.
19 Venerunt reges et pugnaverunt, pugnaverunt reges Chanaan in Thanach iuxta aquas Mageddo, et tamen nihil tulere praedantes.
Kings came—they fought; Then kings of Canaan fought, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; They did not take gain of money!
20 De caelo dimicatum est contra eos: stellae manentes in ordine et cursu suo, adversus Sisaram pugnaverunt.
They fought from the heavens: The stars fought with Sisera from their highways.
21 Torrens Cison traxit cadavera eorum, torrens Cadumim, torrens Cison: conculca anima mea robustos.
The Brook of Kishon swept them away, The most ancient brook—the Brook of Kishon. You tread down strength, O my soul!
22 Ungulae equorum ceciderunt, fugientibus impetu, et per praeceps ruentibus fortissimis hostium.
Then the horse-heels were broken, By gallopings—gallopings of its mighty ones.
23 Maledicite terrae Meroz, dixit Angelus Domini: maledicite habitatoribus eius, quia non venerunt ad auxilium Domini, in adiutorium fortissimorum eius.
Curse Meroz, said a messenger of YHWH, Cursing, curse its inhabitants! For they did not come to the help of YHWH, To the help of YHWH among the mighty!
24 Benedicta inter mulieres Iahel uxor Haber Cinaei, et benedicatur in tabernaculo suo.
Above women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite, She is blessed above women in the tent.
25 Aquam petenti lac dedit, et in phiala principum obtulit butyrum.
He asked for water—she gave milk; She brought butter near in a lordly dish.
26 Sinistram manum misit ad clavum, et dexteram ad fabrorum malleos, percussitque Sisaram quaerens in capite vulneri locum, et tempus valide perforans.
She sends forth her hand to the pin, And her right hand to the laborers’ hammer, And she hammered Sisera—she struck his head, Indeed, she struck, and it passed through his temple.
27 Inter pedes eius ruit: defecit, et mortuus est: volvebatur ante pedes eius, et iacebat exanimis et miserabilis.
He bowed between her feet—He fell, he lay down; He bowed between her feet, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell—destroyed.
28 Per fenestram respiciens, ululabat mater eius: et de coenaculo loquebatur: Cur moratur regredi currus eius? quare tardaverunt pedes quadrigarum illius?
She has looked out through the window—Indeed, she cries out—the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Why is his chariot delaying to come? Why have the steps of his chariot tarried?
29 Una sapientior ceteris uxoribus eius, haec socrui verba respondit:
The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Indeed, she returns her sayings to herself:
30 Forsitan nunc dividit spolia, et pulcherrima feminarum eligitur ei: vestes diversorum colorum Sisarae traduntur in praedam, et supellex varia ad ornanda colla congeritur.
Do they not find? They apportion spoil, A female—two females—for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work—a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!
31 Sic pereant omnes inimici tui Domine: qui autem diligunt te, sicut Sol in ortu suo splendet, ita rutilent. Quievitque Terra per quadraginta annos.
So do all Your enemies perish, O YHWH, And those loving Him [are] As the going out of the sun in its might!” And the land rests [for] forty years.
