Deboras sejrssang
1Den dag sang Debora og Barak følgende sejrssang:
2Når Israels ledere fører an,
når folket villigt følger med,
da skal I prise Herren.
3Hør, I høvdinger, lyt, I fyrster!
Jeg vil synge for Herren og spille for Israels Gud.
4Herre, da du førte dit folk op fra Seir,
da du ledte os fra Edoms land,
da skælvede og rystede jorden,
himlen kunne ikke holde tæt,
skyerne rystede regnen af sig.
5Bjergene bævede for Herren,
Sinai skælvede for Israels Gud.
6Men på Shamgars tid gemte man sig,
på Jaels tid lå vejene øde,
folk sneg sig af sted ad de afsides stier.
7Bønderne holdt sig bag storbyens mure,
landsbyidyl var en saga blot,
indtil jeg, Debora, stod frem
og blev som en mor for Israel.
8Da Israel valgte sig nye guder,
blev der ufred og kaos overalt.
Der var fyrre tusind krigere i Israel,
men hvor så man et skjold eller spyd?
9Mit hjerte banker for Israels ledere
og for folket, der frivilligt fulgte dem.
Pris Herren for dem!
10I, som rider på glinsende æsler,
I, som sidder på fornemme sadeltæpper,
I, som vandrer til fods på vejen, hør efter!
11Lyt til vanddragerne ved brøndens vandtrug.
De synger om Herrens sejre og Israels bønders bedrifter.
Herrens folk kom i flok,
i byporten råbte de:
12„Træd frem, Debora, træd frem og syng krigssange!
Rejs dig, Barak, rejs dig, kom og tag fjender til fange!”
13Den gudfrygtige rest sluttede sig til hæren.
Herrens folk kom til mig og krigerne.
14De kom fra Efraims land,
som engang tilhørte Amalek.
Nogle kom helt fra Benjamins land.
Fra Makir kom mægtige krigere,
fra Zebulon stærke ledere,
15Issakars hærførere sluttede op om Debora,
de løb med Barak ned ad bjerget.
Rubens klaner var ubeslutsomme:
16Hvorfor blev I siddende mellem kvægfoldene?
Var det for at høre hyrderne fløjte?
Rubens klaner var for ubeslutsomme.
17Gileads folk blev på den anden side af Jordanfloden.
Hvorfor blev Dan ved sine skibe?
Asher sad stille ved havets vande,
han blev i sin sikre havn.
18Men Zebulon satte livet på spil,
Naftali sloges på slagmarken.
19Kana’ans konger kom til Ta’anak,
de væbnede sig til kamp ved Megiddos vande.
Men sejren gled dem af hænde,
krigsbytte fik de intet af.
20Himlens kræfter kæmpede for os,
tordnede og lynede mod Siseras hær.
21Kishons vand svulmede med stormflods styrke,
den gamle bæk fejede fjenden væk.
Fat mod, min sjæl,
løb frem med styrke.
22Da hamrede hingstenes hove,
i galop fór de frem.
23„Forbandet være dem, der holdt sig tilbage!”5,23 Mere ordret: „I skal forbande Merotz” (betyder måske tilflugtssted). Enten er Merotz et ukendt stednavn eller en beskrivelse af dem, der ville redde sig selv frem for at være med i kampen.
sagde Herrens engel.
„De kom ikke Herren til hjælp
imod hans vældige fjender.”
24Velsignet blandt kvinder er Jael,
kenitten Hebers kone.
Hun er den mest velsignede
af alle kvinder, der bor i telte.
25Sisera bad om vand,
men Jael gav ham mælk,
tykmælk i en fornem skål.
26Hun holdt en teltpløk i venstre hånd,
en hammer i højre.
Hun hamrede pløkken gennem Siseras tinding,
hun gennemborede hans hoved.
27Han lå død mellem benene på hende.
En fældet fjende—stendød.
28Siseras mor venter ved vinduet,
hun spejder gennem gitteret:
„Hvorfor kommer han dog ikke?
Hvornår hører vi hestenes hove?”
29En hofdame giver hende et svar,
det samme, hun selv har tænkt:
30„Krigsbyttet skal nok deles,
en pige eller to til hver kriger,
prægtige klæder til Sisera
og smukt broderet tøj til hans mor.”
31Herre, må alle din fjender
gå til grunde som Sisera,
men må de, som elsker dig,
stråle som den opgående sol.
Derefter var der fred i landet i 40 år.
1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. 4LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.5.5 melted: Heb. flowed
6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.5.6 travellers: Heb. walkers of paths5.6 byways: Heb. crooked ways 7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. 10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.5.10 Speak: or, Meditate 11They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.5.11 righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses
12Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. 14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.5.14 handle: Heb. draw with 15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.5.15 foot: Heb. his feet5.15 thoughts: Heb. impressions5.15 For: or, In 16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.5.16 For: or, In 17Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.5.17 shore: or, port5.17 breaches: or, creeks 18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.5.18 jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach 19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. 20They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.5.20 courses: Heb. paths 21The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.5.22 pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings 23Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.5.26 with…: Heb. she hammered 27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.5.27 At: Heb. Between5.27 dead: Heb. destroyed 28The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 29Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,5.29 answer: Heb. her words 30Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?5.30 every…: Heb. the head of a man 31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
