1 以笏死后， 以色列人又行了耶和华看为恶的事。 2 因此耶和华把他们交在迦南王耶宾手中， 耶宾那时在夏琐作王； 他的军长西西拉， 住在夏罗设歌印。 3 耶宾王有铁车九百辆， 他极力欺压以色列人二十年， 以色列人就哀求耶和华。 4 有一位女先知底波拉， 是拉比多的妻子， 那时正治理以色列人。 5 她常坐在以法莲山地， 拉玛和伯特利之间那棵底波拉棕树下； 以色列人都上到她那里去听判断。 6 底波拉派人去从拿弗他利的基低斯， 把亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉召了来， 对他说： "耶和华以色列的 神不是曾吩咐你说： ‘你去向他泊山进军， 从拿弗他利人和西布伦人中率领一万人与你同去吗？ 7 我必引耶宾的军长西西拉， 和他的车辆与全军， 到基顺河往你那里去； 我必把他们交在你手里。’" 8 巴拉对她说： "如果你与我同去， 我就去； 如果你不与我同去， 我就不去。" 9 底波拉回答： "我必与你同去， 只是你这次行程就没有光荣； 因为耶和华要把西西拉交在一个妇人手里。"于是底波拉起来， 与巴拉一同到基低斯去了。 10 巴拉就召集西布伦人和拿弗他利人到基低斯； 与他一同步行上去的有一万人， 底波拉也与他一同上去。 11 摩西的岳父何巴的子孙基尼人希伯， 曾经离开基尼族人， 到靠近基低斯的撒拿音的橡树旁， 支搭帐棚居住。 12 有人告诉西西拉， 亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉已经上了他泊山； 13 西西拉就召集他所有的车辆， 就是九百辆铁车， 和与他在一起的众人， 都从夏罗设歌印出来， 到基顺河那里。 14 底波拉对巴拉说： "你起来吧， 因为今日就是耶和华把西西拉交在你手里的日子； 耶和华不是在你前面出战吗？"于是巴拉和跟随他的一万人从他泊山下来。 15 耶和华用刀使西西拉和所有的车辆与全军， 都在巴拉面前溃乱； 西西拉下了车， 步行逃跑。 16 巴拉追赶西西拉的车辆和军队， 直到夏罗设歌印； 西西拉的全军都倒在刀下， 连一个也没有留下。 17 只有西西拉步行逃跑， 到了基尼人希伯的妻子雅亿的帐棚那里； 因为夏琐王耶宾与基尼人希伯的家友好。 18 雅亿出来迎接西西拉， 对他说： "请我主转过来， 到我这里， 不要惧怕。"西西拉就转到她那里去， 就是转到她的帐棚里去； 雅亿就用毛毡遮盖他。 19 西西拉对雅亿说： "请给我一点水喝， 因为我渴了。"雅亿就打开盛奶的皮袋， 给他喝了， 再把他盖着。 20 西西拉又对雅亿说： "请你站在帐棚门口， 如果有人来问你： ‘这里有人吗？’你就要回答： ‘没有。’" 21 希伯的妻子雅亿取了一根帐棚的橛子， 手里拿着锤子， 静悄悄地走到西西拉那里， 把橛子钉在他的太阳穴里， 直钉入地里； 因为西西拉疲乏熟睡， 就这样死了。 22 那时， 巴拉追赶西西拉， 雅亿出来迎接他， 对他说： "来吧， 我给你看你寻找的人。"他就进到她那里去； 看见西西拉已经仆倒， 死了； 橛子还在他的太阳穴里。 23 这样， 神就在那一天， 在以色列人面前， 制伏了迦南王耶宾。 24 以色列人的势力日渐强盛， 胜过迦南王耶宾， 终于把迦南王耶宾除灭。

1 And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah when Ehud is dead,2 and Jehovah selleth them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who hath reigned in Hazor, and the head of his host [is] Sisera, and he is dwelling in Harosheth of the Goyim;3 and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, for he hath nine hundred chariots of iron, and he hath oppressed the sons of Israel mightily twenty years.4 And Deborah, a woman inspired, wife of Lapidoth, she is judging Israel at that time,5 and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.6 And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, `Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,7 and I have drawn unto thee, unto the brook Kishon, Sisera, head of the host of Jabin, and his chariot, and his multitude, and have given him into thy hand.`8 And Barak saith unto her, `If thou dost go with me, then I have gone; and if thou dost not go with me, I do not go;`9 and she saith, `I do certainly go with thee; only, surely thy glory is not on the way which thou art going, for into the hand of a woman doth Jehovah sell Sisera;` and Deborah riseth and goeth with Barak to Kedesh.10 And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goeth up -- at his feet [are] ten thousand men -- and Deborah goeth up with him.11 And Heber the Kenite hath been separated from the Kenite, from the sons of Hobab father-in-law of Moses, and he stretcheth out his tent unto the oak in Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.12 And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor,13 and Sisera calleth all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who [are] with him, from Harosheth of the Goyim, unto the brook Kishon.14 And Deborah saith unto Barak, `Rise, for this [is] the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not Jehovah gone out before thee?` And Barak goeth down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.15 And Jehovah destroyeth Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the camp, by the mouth of the sword, before Barak, and Sisera cometh down from off the chariot, and fleeth on his feet.16 And Barak hath pursued after the chariots and after the camp, unto Harosheth of the Goyim, and all the camp of Sisera falleth by the mouth of the sword -- there hath not been left even one.17 And Sisera hath fled on his feet unto the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite, for peace [is] between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite;18 and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him, `Turn aside, my lord, turn aside unto me, fear not;` and he turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him with a coverlet.19 And he saith unto her, `Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty;` and she openeth the bottle of milk, and giveth him to drink, and covereth him.20 And he saith unto her, `Stand at the opening of the tent, and it hath been, if any doth come in, and hath asked thee, and said, Is there a man here? that thou hast said, There is not.`21 And Jael wife of Heber taketh the pin of the tent, and taketh the hammer in her hand, and goeth unto him gently, and striketh the pin into his temples, and it fasteneth in the earth -- and he hath been fast asleep, and is weary -- and he dieth.22 And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, `Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;` and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen -- dead, and the pin in his temples.23 And God humbleth on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel,24 and the hand of the sons of Israel goeth, going on and becoming hard on Jabin king of Canaan, till that they have cut off Jabin king of Canaan.