Deborah and Barak
1 After Ehud died, the people of Israel sinned against the Lord again. 2 So the Lord let them be conquered by Jabin, a Canaanite king who ruled in the city of Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived at Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles. 3 Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help.
4 Now Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was serving as a judge for the Israelites at that time. 5 She would sit under a certain palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel would go there for her decisions. 6 One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam from the city of Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given you this command: ‘Take ten thousand men from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them to Mount Tabor. 7 I will bring Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to fight you at the Kishon River. He will have his chariots and soldiers, but I will give you victory over him.’”
8 Then Barak replied, “I will go if you go with me, but if you don't go with me, I won't go either.”
9 She answered, “All right, I will go with you, but you won't get any credit for the victory, because the Lord will hand Sisera over to a woman.” So Deborah set off for Kedesh with Barak. 10 Barak called the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men followed him. Deborah went with him.
11 In the meantime Heber the Kenite had set up his tent close to Kedesh near the oak tree at Zaanannim. He had moved away from the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, the brother-in-law of Moses.
12 When Sisera learned that Barak had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 he called out his nine hundred iron chariots and all his men, and sent them from Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles to the Kishon River.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! The Lord is leading you! Today he has given you victory over Sisera.” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with his ten thousand men. 15 When Barak attacked with his army, the Lord threw Sisera into confusion together with all his chariots and men. Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot. 16 Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles, and Sisera's whole army was killed. Not a man was left.
17 Sisera ran away to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because King Jabin of Hazor was at peace with Heber's family. 18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, sir; come into my tent. Don't be afraid.” So he went in, and she hid him behind a curtain. 19 He said to her, “Please give me a drink of water; I'm thirsty.” She opened a leather bag of milk, gave him a drink, and hid him again. 20 Then he told her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you if anyone is here, say no.”
21 Sisera was so tired that he fell sound asleep. Then Jael took a hammer and a tent peg, quietly went up to him, and killed him by driving the peg right through the side of his head and into the ground. 22 When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come here! I'll show you the man you're looking for.” So he went in with her, and there was Sisera on the ground, dead, with the tent peg through his head.
23 That day God gave the Israelites victory over Jabin, the Canaanite king. 24 They pressed harder and harder against him until they destroyed him.
1 Bet Israēla bērni joprojām darīja to, kas Tā Kunga acīs ļauns, arī kad Ehuds bija nomiris. 2 Tad Tas Kungs viņus nodeva Jabīna, Kānaāna ķēniņa, rokā, kas valdīja Hacorā, bet viņa karaspēka virspavēlnieks bija Sisera, kas dzīvoja Harošet-Gojimā. 3 Tad Israēla bērni piesauca To Kungu, jo Jabīnam bija deviņi simti dzelzs kara ratu, un viņš bija Israēla bērnus divdesmit gadus smagi apspiedis. 4 Tai laikā Israēlā soģe bija praviete Debora, Lapidota sieva. 5 Un viņai bija sēdeklis zem Deboras palmas, starp Rāmu un starp Bēteli Efraima kalnos, un pie viņas Israēla bērni griezās pēc taisnības. 6 Un viņa nosūtīja un aicināja Baraku, Abinoāma dēlu, no Kedešas, Naftaļa ciltī, un viņam teica: "Tiešām, Tas Kungs, Israēla Dievs, tev ir pavēlējis: celies un dodies uz Tābora kalnu un ņem sev līdzi desmit tūkstošus vīru no Naftaļa bērniem un no Zebulona bērniem. 7 Tad Es tev pievedīšu Kišonas ielejā Siseru, Jabīna karaspēka virspavēlnieku, kopā ar viņa kara ratiem un viņa pulkiem, un Es viņus nodošu tavā rokā." 8 Tad Baraks viņai atbildēja: "Ja tu nāksi man līdzi, tad es iešu, bet, ja tu nenāksi līdzi, tad es neiešu." 9 Un viņa sacīja: "Es katrā ziņā iešu ar tevi, tomēr uzvaras goda balva šai gājienā, kurā tu tagad dosies, nepiederēs tev, jo Tas Kungs nodos Siseru kādas sievas rokā." Un Debora cēlās un gāja kopā ar Baraku uz Kedešu. 10 Un Baraks sasauca Zebulonu un Naftali Kedešā, un desmit tūkstoši vīru viņa vadībā devās augšup; arī Debora gāja viņam līdzi. 11 Bet kenietis Hebers bija atdalījies no Mozus svaiņa Hobaba pēcnācējiem un uzcēla savas teltis līdz pat Caānanima ozolam, kas atradās tuvu pie Kedešas. 12 Un Siseram tika teikts, ka Baraks, Abionāma dēls, ir atnācis Tābora kalnā. 13 Tad Sisera savāca vienkopus visus savus kara ratus, deviņi simti dzelzs ratu, un visus ļaudis, kas bija pie viņa no Harošet-Gojimas, pie Kišonas strauta. 14 Bet Debora sacīja Barakam: "Celies, jo šī ir tā diena, kad Tas Kungs ir nodevis Siseru tavā rokā! Vai Tas Kungs nav izgājis tavā labā karot?" Tad Baraks devās lejā no Tābora kalna, un desmit tūkstoši vīru viņam sekoja. 15 Un Tas Kungs radīja Siseras ratu vadītājos un visā viņa karaspēkā ar Baraka straujo triecienu tādu apjukumu, ka Sisera nolēca no saviem ratiem un bēga kājām. 16 Un Baraks vajāja gan ratus, gan karaspēku līdz Harošet-Gojimai, tā ka viss Sisera karaspēks krita no zobena asmens, un neviens pats nepalika pāri. 17 Un Sisera bēga kājām uz Jaēlas, kenieša Hebera sievas, telti, jo toreiz pastāvēja draudzīgas attiecības starp Jabīnu, Hacora ķēniņu, un kenieša Hebera namu. 18 Tad Jaēla iznāca Siseram pretī un viņam sacīja: "Iegriezies, mans kungs, iegriezies pie manis, nebīsties!" Un viņš pie tās iegriezās teltī, un viņa to apsedza ar segu. 19 Un viņš tai teica: "Lūdzu, dod man mazliet ūdens nodzerties, jo es esmu izslāpis!" Tad viņa attaisīja ādas trauku ar pienu un deva viņam dzert, un tad viņu atkal apsedza. 20 Un viņš tai sacīja: "Nostājies telts ieejā, bet, ja kāds nāk un tev jautā un prasa, vai še nav kāds, tad atbildi: nē, šeit nav neviena cilvēka." 21 Tad Jaēla, Hebera sieva, ņēma kādu no telts mietiņiem un veseri savā rokā, un viņa klusītiņām pie tā piegāja, jo viņš bija aiz noguruma iemidzis. Tad viņa izdzina mietiņu caur viņa deniņiem, tā ka tas iedūrās zemē, un tā viņš nomira. 22 Šinī acumirklī nāca Baraks, kas Siseru bija vajājis; tad Jaēla izgāja viņam pretim un sacīja: "Nāc, es tev parādīšu to vīru, ko tu meklē." Un, kad viņš pie tās iegāja, redzi, Sisera gulēja beigts, un telts mietiņš bija iedurts viņa deniņos. 23 Tā Dievs tanī dienā pazemoja Jabīnu, Kānaāna ķēniņu, Israēla bērnu priekšā. 24 Un Israēla bērnu roka kļuva jo dienas jo smagāka pār Jabīnu, Kānaāna ķēniņu, līdz kamēr viņi to pilnīgi iznīcināja.
