Juízes 4

1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, when Ehud was dead. 2 Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3 The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years. 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time. 5 She lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, "Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? 7 I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’"

8 Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go."

9 She said, "I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the journey that you take won’t be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into a woman’s hand." Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him. 11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh. 12 They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13 Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to the river Kishon.

14 Deborah said to Barak, "Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 Yahweh confused Sisera, all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.

17 However 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 Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, "Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid." He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

19 He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty."

She opened a container of milk, and gave him a drink, and covered him.

20 He said to her, "Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’"

21 Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died. 22 Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek." He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples. 23 So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day. 24 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.

Ko Tepora rāua ko Paraka

1 Ā, ka mate a Ehuru, ka mahi kino anō ngā tamariki a Īharaira i te tirohanga a Ihowā. 2 Nā, ka hokona atu rātou e Ihowā ki te ringa o Iapini kīngi o Kanaana, ko te kīngi hoki ia o Hatoro, ko Hihera hoki te rangatira o tāna ope; i Harohete anō hoki o ngā tauiwi tōna nohoanga. 3 Nā, ka tangi ngā tamariki a Īharaira ki a Ihowā; e iwa rau nei hoki ana hāriata rino, ā, e rua tekau ngā tau i tūkinotia rawatia ai e ia ngā tamariki a Īharaira.

4 Ā, ko Tepora poropiti, wahine a Rapiroto, ko ia te kaiwhakarite o Īharaira i taua wā. 5 Ā, ko tōna nohoanga kei raro i te nīkau a Tepora i te takiwā o Rama, o Pētēre, i te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima; nā, ka haere ngā tamariki a Īharaira ki runga, ki a ia kia whakawākia. 6 Nā, ka tono tāngata ia hei karanga i a Paraka tama a Apīnoama i Kerehe Napatari, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Kīhai ianei a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira i whakahau: ‘Haere whakatata atu ki Maunga Taporo, mauria hoki hei hoa mōu kia tekau mano tāngata o ngā tamariki a Napatari, o ngā tamariki hoki a Hepurona? 7 Ā, māku e kukume atu ki a koe ki te awa, ki Kihona a Hihera rangatira o te ope a Iapini, me ana hāriata, me ōna mano ka hoatu anō hoki e ahau ki tōu ringa.’ "

8 Nā, ka mea a Paraka ki a ia, "Ki te haere tahi koe i ahau, ka haere ahau; ki te kāhore ia koe e haere tahi i ahau, e kore ahau e haere."

9 Ā, ka mea ia, "Āe rā, me haere tahi tāua; otiia e kore koe e whai korōria i te ara ka haere nei koe; tā te mea ka hokona atu e Ihowā a Hihera ki roto ki te ringa o te wahine." Nā, ka whakatika a Tepora, ā, haere tahi ana me Paraka ki Kerehe. 10 Kātahi ka kārangarangatia a Hepurona rāua ko Napatari e Paraka ki Kerehe; ā, kotahi tekau mano ngā tāngata i haere i raro i ōna waewae; i haere tahi anō hoki a Tepora i a ia.

11 Nā, kua wehe atu a Hēpere te Keni i roto i ngā Keni, i ngā tamariki anō a Hōpapa hungawai o Mohi; ā tae noa atu tāna whakatūranga tēneti ki te oki i Taananimi, ki tērā i Kerehe.

12 Ā, ka kōrerotia e rātou ki a Hihera, kua riro a Paraka tama a Apīnoama ki runga ki Maunga Taporo; 13 ka kārangarangatia e Hihera ana hāriata katoa, e iwa rau, he hāriata rino, me tōna nuinga katoa, i Harohete o ngā tauiwi ki te awa, ki Kihona.

14 Ka mea hoki a Tepora ki a Paraka, "Whakatika, ko te rā hoki tēnei e tukua ai e Ihowā a Hihera ki tōu ringa; kāhore ianei a Ihowā i haere atu i mua i a koe?" Nā, ko te haerenga iho o Paraka i runga i Maunga Taporo, kotahi tekau mano hoki ngā tāngata ki te whai i a ia. 15 Ā, meinga ana e Ihowā a Hihera kia whati, me ana hāriata katoa, me tāna ope katoa, i te mata o te hoari i te aroaro o Paraka. Nā, ka marere iho a Hihera i runga i tana hāriata, ā, rere ā-waewae ana. 16 Nā, ka whāia ngā hāriata me te ope e Paraka ā tae noa ki Harohete o ngā tauiwi; ā, hinga ana te ope katoa a Hihera i te mata o te hoari; kīhai hoki tētahi i toe.

17 Ko Hihera ia rere ā-waewae ana ki te tēneti o Taere wahine a Hēpere Keni; he rongo mau hoki tā Iapini kīngi o Hatoro rātou ko te whare o Hēpere, o te Keni.

18 Nā, ka puta a Taere ki te whakatau i a Hihera, ka mea ki a ia, "Peka mai, e tōku ariki, peka mai ki ahau; kaua e wehi." Kātahi ia ka peka atu ki a ia ki te tēneti, ā, ka hīpokina e ia ki te koroka.

19 Ka mea atu ia ki te wahine, "Hōmai koa he wai inu mōku, kia iti nei; e matewai ana hoki ahau." Kātahi ka wetekina e ia te kōkī waiū, ā, whakainumia ana ia, hīpokina atu ana hoki.

20 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, "E tū ki te kūwaha o te tēneti, ā, ki te haere mai he tangata ki te ui ki a koe, ki te mea, ‘He tangata rānei kei konei?’ Ka mea atu koe, ‘Kāhore.’ "

21 Kātahi ka tīkina e Taere wahine a Hēpere tētahi titi o te tēneti, ā, ka mau tōna ringa ki te hama, nā, ka haere toropuku atu ki a ia, heoi patua iho e ia te titi ki tōna rahirahinga, ā, ngoto tonu atu ki te whenua; i parangia hoki ia e te moe, i ngenge. Nā, ko tōna hemonga, kua mate.

22 Nā, ko te whāinga a Paraka i a Hihera; ā, ka puta atu a Taere ki te whakatau i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "Haere mai, ā, māku e whakaatu ki a koe tāu tangata e rapu nā." Ā, i tōna haerenga atu ki a ia, nā, ko Hihera e takoto ana, kua mate, me te titi i tōna rahirahinga.

23 Heoi, hinga ana a Iapini kīngi o Kanaana i te Atua i taua rā i te aroaro o ngā tamariki a Īharaira. 24 Nā, ka kaha haere tonu te ringa o ngā tamariki a Īharaira ki a Iapini kīngi o Kanaana, ā whakangaromia noatia e rātou a Iapini kīngi o Kanaana.