1 Os filhos de Israel tornaram a fazer o que era mau perante o Senhor, depois de falecer Eúde. 2 Entregou-os o Senhor nas mãos de Jabim, rei de Canaã, que reinava em Hazor. Sísera era o comandante do seu exército, o qual, então, habitava em Harosete-Hagoim. 3 Clamaram os filhos de Israel ao Senhor, porquanto Jabim tinha novecentos carros de ferro e, por vinte anos, oprimia duramente os filhos de Israel.

4 Débora, profetisa, mulher de Lapidote, julgava a Israel naquele tempo. 5 Ela atendia debaixo da palmeira de Débora, entre Ramá e Betel, na região montanhosa de Efraim; e os filhos de Israel subiam a ela a juízo. 6 Mandou ela chamar a Baraque, filho de Abinoão, de Quedes de Naftali, e disse-lhe: Porventura, o Senhor, Deus de Israel, não deu ordem, dizendo: Vai, e leva gente ao monte Tabor, e toma contigo dez mil homens dos filhos de Naftali e dos filhos de Zebulom? 7 E farei ir a ti para o ribeiro Quisom a Sísera, comandante do exército de Jabim, com os seus carros e as suas tropas; e o darei nas tuas mãos. 8 Então, lhe disse Baraque: Se fores comigo, irei; porém, se não fores comigo, não irei. 9 Ela respondeu: Certamente, irei contigo, porém não será tua a honra da investida que empreendes; pois às mãos de uma mulher o Senhor entregará a Sísera. E saiu Débora e se foi com Baraque para Quedes. 10 Então, Baraque convocou a Zebulom e a Naftali em Quedes, e com ele subiram dez mil homens; e Débora também subiu com ele.

11 Ora, Héber, queneu, se tinha apartado dos queneus, dos filhos de Hobabe, sogro de Moisés, e havia armado as suas tendas até ao carvalho de Zaananim, que está junto a Quedes.

12 Anunciaram a Sísera que Baraque, filho de Abinoão, tinha subido ao monte Tabor. 13 Sísera convocou todos os seus carros, novecentos carros de ferro, e todo o povo que estava com ele, de Harosete-Hagoim para o ribeiro Quisom. 14 Então, disse Débora a Baraque: Dispõe-te, porque este é o dia em que o Senhor entregou a Sísera nas tuas mãos; porventura, o Senhor não saiu adiante de ti? Baraque, pois, desceu do monte Tabor, e dez mil homens, após ele. 15 E o Senhor derrotou a Sísera, e todos os seus carros, e a todo o seu exército a fio de espada, diante de Baraque; e Sísera saltou do carro e fugiu a pé. 16 Mas Baraque perseguiu os carros e os exércitos até Harosete-Hagoim; e todo o exército de Sísera caiu a fio de espada, sem escapar nem sequer um.

17 Porém Sísera fugiu a pé para a tenda de Jael, mulher de Héber, queneu; porquanto havia paz entre Jabim, rei de Hazor, e a casa de Héber, queneu. 18 Saindo Jael ao encontro de Sísera, disse-lhe: Entra, senhor meu, entra na minha tenda, não temas. Retirou-se para a sua tenda, e ela pôs sobre ele uma coberta. 19 Então, ele lhe disse: Dá-me, peço-te, de beber um pouco de água, porque tenho sede. Ela abriu um odre de leite, e deu-lhe de beber, e o cobriu. 20 E ele lhe disse mais: Põe-te à porta da tenda; e há de ser que, se vier alguém e te perguntar: Há aqui alguém?, responde: Não. 21 Então, Jael, mulher de Héber, tomou uma estaca da tenda, e lançou mão de um martelo, e foi-se mansamente a ele, e lhe cravou a estaca na fonte, de sorte que penetrou na terra, estando ele em profundo sono e mui exausto; e, assim, morreu. 22 E eis que, perseguindo Baraque a Sísera, Jael lhe saiu ao encontro e lhe disse: Vem, e mostrar-te-ei o homem que procuras. Ele a seguiu; e eis que Sísera jazia morto, e a estaca na fonte. 23 Assim, Deus, naquele dia, humilhou a Jabim, rei de Canaã, diante dos filhos de Israel. 24 E cada vez mais a mão dos filhos de Israel prevalecia contra Jabim, rei de Canaã, até que o exterminaram.

1 And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead. 2 And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? 7 And I will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thy hand. 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding, the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.

12 And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. 13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon. 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not Jehovah gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.

17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.

23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, now that Ehud was dead.

2 So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim.

3 Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.

4 Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading "Israel at that time.

5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.

6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, "The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: 'Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor.

7 I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.'"

8 Barak said to her, "If you go with me, I will go; but if you don't go with me, I won't go."

9 "Certainly I will go with you," said Deborah. "But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the LORD will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman." So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses' brother-in-law, "and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

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

13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, "Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?" So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him.

15 At Barak's advance, the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.

16 Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera's troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.

17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.

18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Come, my lord, come right in. Don't be afraid." So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

19 "I'm thirsty," he said. "Please give me some water." She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.

20 "Stand in the doorway of the tent," he told her. "If someone comes by and asks you, 'Is anyone in there?' say 'No.'"

21 But Jael, Heber's wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.

22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. "Come," she said, "I will show you the man you're looking for." So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple —dead.

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

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