Judges 4

1 After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

1 以笏死后，以色列人又做耶和华视为恶的事。

2 So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

2 耶和华把他们交在统治夏琐的迦南王耶宾手中。耶宾王的将军叫西西拉，住在夏罗设。

3 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

3 耶宾王拥有九百辆铁战车，他残暴地压迫以色列人二十年。以色列人向耶和华呼求。

4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

4 当时做以色列士师的是女先知底波拉，她是拉比多的妻子，

5 And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.

5 经常坐在以法莲山区拉玛和伯特利之间的底波拉棕树下，审理以色列人的纠纷。

6 She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

6 她派人去拿弗他利的基低斯召来亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉，对他说：“以色列的上帝耶和华命你率领一万拿弗他利人和西布伦人上他泊山。

7 And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”

7 祂必使耶宾的将军西西拉率领全军和战车到基顺河与你交战，祂必把西西拉交在你手中。”

8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”

8 巴拉回答说：“你跟我去，我就去；你不跟我去，我就不去。”

9 “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,

9 底波拉说：“好，我一定与你同去。不过，你这次出征一定得不到荣耀，因为耶和华要把西西拉交在一名妇人手上。”于是，底波拉起身与巴拉一同前往基低斯。

10 where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

10 巴拉招聚了一万名拿弗他利人和西布伦人，底波拉与他一起出征。

11 Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

11 摩西的岳父何巴的后人基尼人希百离开自己的族人，在基低斯附近撒拿音的橡树旁搭帐篷居住。

12 When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,

12 西西拉得知亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉已经上了他泊山，

13 he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.

13 便召集全军和九百辆铁战车离开夏罗设，向基顺河进军。

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

14 底波拉对巴拉说：“出击吧！今天耶和华要把西西拉交在你手中。看啊，耶和华已经率先出战了！”于是，巴拉率领一万人下了他泊山，

15 And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

15 进攻西西拉。耶和华使西西拉的战车和军队溃乱，败在巴拉刀下。西西拉弃车徒步逃跑，

16 Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.

16 巴拉追击他的战车和军队，直到夏罗设。西西拉全军都死于刀下，无一逃脱。

17 Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

17 只有西西拉一人徒步逃到基尼人希百的妻子雅亿的帐篷，因为夏琐王耶宾和希百家向来友好。

18 Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

18 雅亿出来迎接西西拉，对他说：“我主，请进，不用怕！”西西拉便走进帐篷，雅亿为他盖上毯子。

19 Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.

19 西西拉说：“我口渴，请给我一点水吧。”雅亿打开皮袋给他奶喝，然后又给他盖上毯子。

20 “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”

20 西西拉又说：“请你守着门口，倘若有人查问，你就说没人来过这里。”

21 But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.

21 西西拉因疲劳过度，沉沉入睡。雅亿乘机拿起锤子和一根帐篷的橛子，悄悄地走到他身旁，把橛子钉进他的太阳穴，直插到地里。西西拉就这样死了。

22 When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.

22 巴拉追来了，雅亿出来迎接他，对他说：“你找的人在这里，进来看看吧。”巴拉和她进了帐篷，见西西拉死在那里，太阳穴上还插着橛子。

23 On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

23 那天，上帝使以色列人战胜了迦南王耶宾。

24 And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

24 以色列人越战越勇，最终消灭了迦南王耶宾。