Domarboken 4
1 Men Israels barn gjorde ytterligare illa för Herranom, då Ehud var död.
After Ehud died, the Israelis again started doing things Yahweh said were very evil.
2 Och Herren sålde dem uti Jabins, de Cananeers Konungs, händer, som satt i Hazor, och hans härhöfvitsman var Sisera, och han bodde i Haroseth Hedningarnas.
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.
3 Och Israels barn ropade till Herran; ty han hade niohundrade jernvagnar, och tvingade Israels barn med våld i tjugu år.
Sisera’s [army] had 900 chariots. For 20 years he oppressed the Israelis. Then they pleaded to Yahweh to help them.
4 På den samma tiden var domarinna i Israel, den Prophetissan Debora, Lappidoths hustru.
At that time Deborah, who was the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophetess who had become the leader in Israel.
5 Och hon bodde under Deboras palmträ, emellan Rama och BethEl, på Ephraims berg; och Israels barn kommo ditupp till henne för rätta.
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.
6 Hon sände åstad, och kallade Barak, AbiNoams son, af Kedes Naphthali, och lät säga honom: Hafver icke Herren Israels Gud budit dig: Gack åstad, och drag upp på berget Thabor, och tag tiotusend män med dig, utaf Naphthali och Sebulons barn?
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.
7 Ty jag vill föra till dig Sisera, Jabins härhöfvitsman, vid den bäcken Kison, med hans vagnar, och med all hans hop; och vill gifva honom i dina händer.
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.’”
8 Barak sade till henne: Om du far med mig, så drager jag åstad; men far du icke med, så drager icke heller jag.
Barak replied, “I will go only if you go with me.”
9 Hon sade: Jag vill draga med dig; men segren blifver icke din i denna resone, som du gör; utan Herren skall gifva Sisera uti en qvinnos hand. Så gjorde Debora redo, och for med Barak till Kedes.
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].”
10 Då kallade Balak Sebulon och Naphthali till Kedes, och drog till fot med tiotusend män; Debora följde ock med honom.
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].
11 Men Heber den Keniten var dragen ifrå de Keniter, ifrå Hobabs barn, Mose svågers, och hade uppslagit sin tjäll vid den eken Zaanaim invid Kedes.
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.
12 Då vardt Sisera bådadt, att Barak, AbiNoams son, var dragen upp på det berget Thabor.
Someone told Sisera that Barak had gone up on Tabor Mountain [with an army].
13 Så samkade han alla sina vagnar tillhopa, niohundrade jernvagnar; och allt det folk med honom var, ifrå Haroseth Hedningarnas, allt intill den bäcken Kison.
So he gathered his troops with their 900 chariots, and they marched from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Men Debora sade till Barak: Upp, detta är den dagen, i hvilkom Herren hafver gifvit Sisera i dina hand; ty Herren skall draga ut för dig. Så drog Barak neder af berget Thabor, och de tiotusend män med honom.
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.
15 Och Herren förskräckte Sisera med alla hans vagnar, och all hans här, för Baraks svärdsegg, så att Sisera sprang ifrå sin vagn, och flydde till fot.
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.
16 Men Barak jagade efter vagnarna och hären, allt intill Haroseth Hedningarnas, och all Sisera här föll för svärdsegg, så att icke en blef öfver.
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.
17 Men Sisera flydde till fot in uti Jaels tjäll, Hebers den Kenitens hustrus; förty Konung Jabin i Hazor, och Hebers den Kenitens hus stodo i frid med hvarannan.
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.
18 Och Jael gick ut emot Sisera, och sade till honom: Kom, min herre, kom in till mig, och frukta dig intet; och han gaf sig in till henne uti hennes tjäll, och hon höljde öfver honom en mantel.
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.
19 Och han sade till henne: Kära, gif mig litet vatten till att dricka, ty mig törster. Då tog hon en bytto mjölk, och gaf honom dricka, och höljde på honom.
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.
20 Och han sade till henne: Gack fram i dörrena på tjället, och om någor kommer och frågar, om någor är här, så säg: Ingen.
He said to her, “Stand in the entrance of the tent. If someone comes and asks ‘Is anyone else here?’, say ‘No.’”
21 Så tog Jael, Hebers hustru, en nagla af tjället, och en hammar i sina hand, och gick sakta in till honom, och slog honom naglan genom tinningen, så att han sank neder till jordena; ty han var sömnig och vanmägtig, och blef död.
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.
22 Då Barak jagade efter Sisera, gick Jael ut emot honom, och sade till honom: Kom hit, jag vill visa dig den man, som du söker efter. Och då han kom in till henne, låg Sisera död, och naglen fast i hans tinning.
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.
23 Alltså nederlade Gud, på den tiden, Jabin, de Cananeers Konung för Israels barn.
On that day God enabled the Israelis to defeat [the army of] Jabin, the king of the people of Canaan.
24 Och Israels barnas hand fullföljde, och vardt stark emot Jabin, de Cananeers Konung, tilldess de utrotade honom.
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.
