Judges 4

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

1 وَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ إِهُودَ،

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 فَبَاعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ بِيَدِ يَابِينَ مَلِكِ كَنْعَانَ ٱلَّذِي مَلَكَ فِي حَاصُورَ. وَرَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ سِيسَرَا، وَهُوَ سَاكِنٌ فِي حَرُوشَةِ ٱلْأُمَمِ.

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 فَصَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ تِسْعُ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَهُوَ ضَايَقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِشِدَّةٍ، عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

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

4 وَدَبُورَةُ ٱمْرَأَةٌ نَبِيَّةٌ زَوْجَةُ لَفِيدُوتَ، هِيَ قَاضِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ.

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 وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ تَحْتَ نَخْلَةِ دَبُورَةَ بَيْنَ ٱلرَّامَةِ وَبَيْتِ إِيلَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ. وَكَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَيْهَا لِلْقَضَاءِ.

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 فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَدَعَتْ بَارَاقَ بْنَ أَبِينُوعَمَ مِنْ قَادَشِ نَفْتَالِي، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «أَلَمْ يَأْمُرِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: اِذْهَبْ وَٱزْحَفْ إِلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ، وَخُذْ مَعَكَ عَشْرَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي نَفْتَالِي وَمِنْ بَنِي زَبُولُونَ،

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 فَأَجْذُبَ إِلَيْكَ، إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ سِيسَرَا رَئِيسَ جَيْشِ يَابِينَ بِمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَجُمْهُورِهِ وَأَدْفَعَهُ لِيَدِكَ؟»

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 فَقَالَ لَهَا بَارَاقُ: «إِنْ ذَهَبْتِ مَعِي أَذْهَبْ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَذْهَبِي مَعِي فَلَا أَذْهَبُ».

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 فَقَالَتْ: «إِنِّي أَذْهَبُ مَعَكَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ لَكَ فَخْرٌ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتَ سَائِرٌ فِيهَا. لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَبِيعُ سِيسَرَا بِيَدِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ». فَقَامَتْ دَبُورَةُ وَذَهَبَتْ مَعَ بَارَاقَ إِلَى قَادَشَ.

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

10 وَدَعَا بَارَاقُ زَبُولُونَ وَنَفْتَالِيَ إِلَى قَادَشَ، وَصَعِدَ وَمَعَهُ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ. وَصَعِدَتْ دَبُورَةُ مَعَهُ.

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 وَحَابِرُ ٱلْقَيْنِيُّ ٱنْفَرَدَ مِنْ قَايِنَ، مِنْ بَنِي حُوبَابَ حَمِي مُوسَى، وَخَيَّمَ حَتَّى إِلَى بَلُّوطَةٍ فِي صَعَنَايِمَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَ قَادَشَ.

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

12 وَأَخْبَرُوا سِيسَرَا بِأَنَّهُ قَدْ صَعِدَ بَارَاقُ بْنُ أَبِينُوعَمَ إِلَى جَبَلِ تَابُورَ.

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

13 فَدَعَا سِيسَرَا جَمِيعَ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ، تِسْعَ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَجَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ مِنْ حَرُوشَةِ ٱلْأُمَمِ إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ.

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 فَقَالَتْ دَبُورَةُ لِبَارَاقَ: «قُمْ، لِأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِي دَفَعَ فِيهِ ٱلرَّبُّ سِيسَرَا لِيَدِكَ. أَلَمْ يَخْرُجِ ٱلرَّبُّ قُدَّامَكَ؟» فَنَزَلَ بَارَاقُ مِنْ جَبَلِ تَابُورَ وَوَرَاءَهُ عَشْرَةُ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ.

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 فَأَزْعَجَ ٱلرَّبُّ سِيسَرَا وَكُلَّ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَكُلَّ ٱلْجَيْشِ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ أَمَامَ بَارَاقَ. فَنَزَلَ سِيسَرَا عَنِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ وَهَرَبَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ.

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 وَتَبِعَ بَارَاقُ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَٱلْجَيْشَ إِلَى حَرُوشَةِ ٱلْأُمَمِ. وَسَقَطَ كُلُّ جَيْشِ سِيسَرَا بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لَمْ يَبْقَ وَلَا وَاحِدٌ.

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 وَأَمَّا سِيسَرَا فَهَرَبَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ يَاعِيلَ ٱمْرَأَةِ حَابِرَ ٱلْقَيْنِيِّ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ صُلْحٌ بَيْنَ يَابِينَ مَلِكِ حَاصُورَ وَبَيْتِ حَابِرَ ٱلْقَيْنِيِّ.

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 فَخَرَجَتْ يَاعِيلُ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِ سِيسَرَا وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «مِلْ يَا سَيِّدِي، مِلْ إِلَيَّ. لَا تَخَفْ». فَمَالَ إِلَيْهَا إِلَى ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَغَطَّتْهُ بِٱللِّحَافِ.

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 فَقَالَ لَهَا: «ٱسْقِينِي قَلِيلَ مَاءٍ لِأَنِّي قَدْ عَطِشْتُ». فَفَتَحَتْ وَطَبَ ٱللَّبَنِ وَأَسْقَتْهُ ثُمَّ غَطَّتْهُ.

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 فَقَالَ لَهَا: «قِفِي بِبَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ، وَيَكُونُ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدٌ وَسَأَلَكِ: أَهُنَا رَجُلٌ؟ أَنَّكِ تَقُولِينَ لَا».

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 فَأَخَذَتْ يَاعِيلُ ٱمْرَأَةُ حَابِرَ وَتَدَ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَجَعَلَتِ ٱلْمِيتَدَةَ فِي يَدِهَا، وَقَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَضَرَبَتِ ٱلْوَتَدَ فِي صُدْغِهِ فَنَفَذَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَهُوَ مُتَثَقِّلٌ فِي ٱلنَّوْمِ وَمُتْعَبٌ، فَمَاتَ.

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 وَإِذَا بِبَارَاقَ يُطَارِدُ سِيسَرَا، فَخَرَجَتْ يَاعِيلُ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِهِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «تَعَالَ فَأُرِيَكَ ٱلرَّجُلَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ طَالِبُهُ». فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِذَا سِيسَرَا سَاقِطٌ مَيْتًا وَٱلْوَتَدُ فِي صُدْغِهِ.

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

23 فَأَذَلَّ ٱللهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَابِينَ مَلِكَ كَنْعَانَ أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

24 وَأَخَذَتْ يَدُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَتَزَايَدُ وَتَقْسُو عَلَى يَابِينَ مَلِكِ كَنْعَانَ حَتَّى قَرَضُوا يَابِينَ مَلِكَ كَنْعَانَ.