1 Depois da morte de Aod, os israelitas continuaram a fazer o mal aos olhos do Senhor.2 Então o Senhor entregou-os nas mãos de Jabin, rei de Canaã, que reinava em Asor. Seu exército era chefiado por Sísara, que habitava em Haroset-Goim.3 Os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor, porque Jabin tinha novecentos carros de ferro e oprimia-os duramente já fazia vinte anos.4 Naquela época, a profetisa Débora mulher de Lapidot, era juíza em Israel.5 Sentava-se sob a palmeira de Débora, entre Ramá e Betel, na montanha de Efraim, e os israelitas iam ter com ela para que julgasse suas questões.6 Ela mandou chamar Barac, filho de Abinoem, de Cedes em Neftali, e disse-lhe: Eis o que te ordena o Senhor, Deus de Israel: vai ao monte Tabor; toma contigo dez mil homens dos filhos de Neftali e de Zabulon.7 Quando estiveres na torrente de Cison, conduzir-te-ei Sísara, chefe do exército de Jabin, com seus carros e suas tropas, e to entregarei.8 Barac respondeu-lhe: Se vieres comigo, irei; mas se não quiseres vir comigo, não irei.9 Sim, disse ela, irei contigo; mas a glória da expedição não será tua, porque o Senhor entregará Sísara nas mãos de uma mulher. E Débora foi com Barac a Cedes.10 Barac convocou ali Zabulon e Neftali: dez mil homens levantaram-se e seguiram-no, tendo Débora em sua companhia.11 Ora, Heber, o cineu, tinha-se separado dos cineus da família de Hobab, cunhado de Moisés, e tinha levantado suas tendas até o carvalhal de Senim, perto de Cedes.12 Foi anunciado a Sísara que Barac, filho de Abinoem, estava em marcha para o monte Tabor.13 Mandou então vir de Haroset-Goim todos os seus carros, novecentos carros de ferro, e todo o povo que estava com ele até a torrente de Cison.14 Débora disse a Barac: Vai-te, porque este é o dia em que o Senhor te entregará Sísara. O Senhor mesmo marcha adiante de ti. Barac desceu do monte Tabor com dez mil homens.15 E o Senhor desbaratou Sísara com todos os seus carros e todo o seu exército, que caíram ao fio da espada, diante de Barac. Sísara, saltando do seu carro, fugiu a pé,16 enquanto Barac perseguia os carros e o exército até Haroset-Goim. Todo o exército de Sísara foi passado ao fio da espada, sem escapar um só homem.17 Sísara, fugindo a pé, chegou à tenda de Jael, mulher de Heber, o cineu, porque havia paz entre Jabin, rei de Asor e a casa de Heber, o cineu.18 Jael, saindo ao encontro de Sísara, disse-lhe: Entra, meu senhor, em minha casa, e não temas. Ele entrou na tenda e ela o ocultou sob um manto.19 Ele disse à mulher: Peço-te que me dês um pouco de água, porque tenho sede. Ela abriu um odre de leite, deu-lhe de beber e recobriu-o.20 Sísara disse-lhe ainda: Põe-te à entrada da tenda, e se qualquer pessoa te perguntar se há alguém aqui, responderás que não.21 Jael, pois, mulher de Heber, tomou um prego da tenda juntamente com um martelo e, aproximando-se devagarinho, enterrou o prego na fonte de Sísara, pregando-o assim na terra enquanto ele dormia profundamente por causa da muita fadiga. Sísara morreu.22 Entrementes, chegou Barac logo após Sísara. Jael saindo-lhe ao encontro, disse-lhe: Vem, vou mostrar-te o homem que buscas. Ele entrou e viu Sísara que jazia morto por terra, com o prego cravado em sua fonte.23 Foi assim que Deus, naquele dia, humilhou Jabin, rei de Canaã, diante dos israelitas;24 e a mão dos filhos de Israel pesava cada vez mais sobre Jabin, rei de Canaã, até que o exterminaram.

1 But the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD when Ehud was dead.2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, and he dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.3 And the sons of Israel cried unto the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had mightily oppressed the sons of Israel for twenty years.4 And a woman judged Israel at that time, Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth.5 This Deborah dwelt under a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in Mount Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.6 And she sent and called Barak, the son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh of Naphtali and said unto him, Has not the LORD God of Israel commanded thee, [saying], Go and draw toward Mount Tabor and take with thee ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun?7 And I will draw Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, unto thee to the river Kishon, with his chariots and his multitude, and I will deliver him into thy hands.8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go.9 And [she] said, I will surely go with thee, but thy honour shall not be in the way that thou goest; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went up with ten thousand men on foot, and Deborah went up with him.11 Now Heber, the Kenite, of the sons of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.12 And the news came unto 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 of Kishon.14 Then Deborah said unto Barak, Rise up, for this [is] the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into thy hands. Is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor and ten thousand men after him.15 And the LORD broke Sisera and all [his] chariots and all [his] host with the edge of the sword before Barak so that Sisera lighted down off [his] chariot and fled away on foot.16 But Barak pursued after the chariots and after the host unto Harosheth of the Gentiles, and all the camp of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword, [and] there was not a man left.17 And Sisera fled on foot 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 when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a thick coverlet.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 to drink and covered him again.20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and if anyone should come and enquire of thee and say, Is there anyone here? Thou shalt say, No.21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took the tent stake, and putting a hammer in her hand, went softly unto him and smote the stake into his temples and fastened it into the ground, for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.22 And 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 when he entered into where she was, behold, Sisera lay dead with the stake through his temples.23 So God subjected on that day Jabin, the king of Canaan, before the sons of Israel.24 And the hand of the sons of Israel began to prosper and to prevail against Jabin, the king of Canaan until they had destroyed him.: