The Song of Deborah
1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2“When the princes in Israel take the lead,
when the people willingly offer themselves—
praise the Lord!
3“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
I, even I, will sing to5:3 Or of the Lord;
I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song.
4“When you, Lord, went out from Seir,
when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook, the heavens poured,
the clouds poured down water.
5The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned;
travelers took to winding paths.
7Villagers in Israel would not fight;
they held back until I, Deborah, arose,
until I arose, a mother in Israel.
8God chose new leaders
when war came to the city gates,
but not a shield or spear was seen
among forty thousand in Israel.
9My heart is with Israel’s princes,
with the willing volunteers among the people.
Praise the Lord!
10“You who ride on white donkeys,
sitting on your saddle blankets,
and you who walk along the road,
consider 11the voice of the singers5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. at the watering places.
They recite the victories of the Lord,
the victories of his villagers in Israel.
“Then the people of the Lord
went down to the city gates.
12‘Wake up, wake up, Deborah!
Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!
Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.’
13“The remnant of the nobles came down;
the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.
14Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek;
Benjamin was with the people who followed you.
From Makir captains came down,
from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. staff.
15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
yes, Issachar was with Barak,
sent under his command into the valley.
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
16Why did you stay among the sheep pens5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
17Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan.
And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher remained on the coast
and stayed in his coves.
18The people of Zebulun risked their very lives;
so did Naphtali on the terraced fields.
19“Kings came, they fought,
the kings of Canaan fought.
At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,
they took no plunder of silver.
20From the heavens the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21The river Kishon swept them away,
the age-old river, the river Kishon.
March on, my soul; be strong!
22Then thundered the horses’ hooves—
galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.
23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord.
‘Curse its people bitterly,
because they did not come to help the Lord,
to help the Lord against the mighty.’
24“Most blessed of women be Jael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25He asked for water, and she gave him milk;
in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26Her hand reached for the tent peg,
her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27At her feet he sank,
he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell—dead.
28“Through the window peered Sisera’s mother;
behind the lattice she cried out,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’
29The wisest of her ladies answer her;
indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:
a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments for my neck—
all this as plunder?’
31“So may all your enemies perish, Lord!
But may all who love you be like the sun
when it rises in its strength.”
Then the land had peace forty years.
底波拉和巴拉之歌
1那一天，底波拉和亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉高唱凯歌：
2“以色列的首领身先士卒，
民众前仆后继，
你们要赞美耶和华！
3君王啊，请听！首领啊，请侧耳听！
我要向耶和华歌唱，
我要歌颂以色列的上帝耶和华。
4耶和华啊，当你从西珥出来，
走过以东时，
大地震动，
天上下雨，
云降雨水。
5在西奈山的耶和华面前，
在以色列的上帝耶和华面前，
群山震动。
6在亚拿的儿子珊迦与雅亿的时代，
大路行人绝迹，
旅客绕道前行。
7我底波拉做以色列之母以前，
以色列的乡村杳无人烟。
8以色列人选择新的神明，
便战祸临门，
四万以色列人中找不到一矛一盾。
9我的心追随以色列的首领，
追随民中踊跃出征的人。
你们要赞美耶和华！
10“你们骑白驴的、坐绣花毯子的、步行的，
都要倾听。
11歌乐手聚集在井旁，
传扬耶和华和祂以色列子民的胜利。
耶和华的子民都来到城门口。
12“底波拉啊，来吧，来吧，
歌唱吧！
亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉啊，来吧，
带走你的战俘吧！
13幸存的以色列人响应他们的首领，
耶和华的子民为我攻击勇士。
14他们有些来自原属亚玛力人的以法莲，
有些来自便雅悯，
统领出自玛吉，
将官出自西布伦。
15以萨迦的首领与底波拉同往，
以萨迦人随巴拉同去，
众人一起冲进山谷，
吕便人却犹豫不决。
16吕便人为什么坐在羊圈中听悠悠笛声？
他们举棋不定。
17基列人留在约旦河东岸。
但人为什么停留在船上？
亚设人在海岸静坐，
在港口逗留。
18但西布伦人舍生忘死，
拿弗他利人拼死鏖战沙场。
19“迦南诸王来战，
来到米吉多河边的他纳交战，
却没有掠走金银。
20星辰从天上争战，
从它们的轨道攻击西西拉。
21古老的基顺河冲走了敌人。
我的心啊，要奋勇向前！
22蹄声隆隆，
骏马疾驰！
23“耶和华的天使说，
‘要咒诅米罗斯，
要重重地咒诅米罗斯的居民，
因为他们没有帮助耶和华，
没有帮助耶和华攻击强敌。’
24“基尼人希百的妻子雅亿是妇人中最有福的，
是住帐篷的妇人中最有福的。
25西西拉求水，
雅亿给他奶喝，
用珍贵的碗盛上奶酪。
26雅亿左手拿起橛子，
右手拿起工匠的锤子，
猛击西西拉，
打碎了他的头，
刺透了他的太阳穴。
27西西拉屈身倒下，
死在她脚前，
一动不动地躺在那里。
28“西西拉的母亲凭窗远眺，
隔着窗棂喊道，
‘为什么他的战车迟迟不回？
为什么还听不到车轮声？’
29聪明的宫女安慰她，
她却依然自言自语，
30‘莫非他们在搜索、瓜分战利品？
每人得到一两个少女，
西西拉分得绣花彩巾，
绣花的彩色围巾作战利品。’
31耶和华啊，
愿你的敌人都像西西拉一样灭亡！
愿爱你的人都如升起的太阳，
光辉熠熠！”
此后，以色列安享太平四十年。
