士師記 5

¹那時，底波拉和亞比挪菴的兒子巴拉作歌，說：On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

²因為以色列中有軍長率領，百姓也甘心犧牲自己，你們應當頌讚耶和華！“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

³君王啊，要聽！王子啊，要側耳而聽！我要向耶和華歌唱；我要歌頌耶和華─以色列的　神。Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

⁴耶和華啊，你從西珥出來，由以東地行走。那時地震天漏，雲也落雨。O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

⁵山見耶和華的面就震動，西奈山見耶和華─以色列　神的面也是如此。The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

⁶在亞拿之子珊迦的時候，又在雅億的日子，大道無人行走，都是繞道而行。In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

⁷以色列中的官長停職，直到我底波拉興起，等我興起作以色列的母。Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

⁸以色列人選擇新神，爭戰的事就臨到城門。那時，以色列四萬人中豈能見盾牌槍矛呢？When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

⁹我心傾向以色列的首領，他們在民中甘心犧牲自己。你們應當頌讚耶和華！My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

¹⁰騎白驢的、坐繡花毯子的、行路的，你們都當傳揚！You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

¹¹在遠離弓箭響聲打水之處，人必述說耶和華公義的作為，就是他治理以色列公義的作為。那時耶和華的民下到城門。the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

¹²底波拉啊，興起！興起！你當興起，興起，唱歌。亞比挪菴的兒子巴拉啊，你當奮興，擄掠你的敵人。‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

¹³那時有餘剩的貴冑和百姓一同下來；耶和華降臨，為我攻擊勇士。Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

¹⁴有根本在亞瑪力人的地，從以法蓮下來的；便雅憫在民中跟隨你。有掌權的從瑪吉下來；有持杖檢點民數的從西布倫下來；Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

¹⁵以薩迦的首領與底波拉同來；以薩迦怎樣，巴拉也怎樣。眾人都跟隨巴拉衝下平原；在流便的溪水旁有心中定大志的。The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

¹⁶你為何坐在羊圈內聽群中吹笛的聲音呢？在流便的溪水旁有心中設大謀的。Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

¹⁷基列人安居在約旦河外。但人為何等在船上？亞設人在海口靜坐，在港口安居。Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

¹⁸西布倫人是拚命敢死的；拿弗他利人在田野的高處也是如此。Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

¹⁹君王都來爭戰。那時迦南諸王在米吉多水旁的他納爭戰，卻未得擄掠銀錢。Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

²⁰星宿從天上爭戰，從其軌道攻擊西西拉。From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

²¹基順古河把敵人沖沒；我的靈啊，應當努力前行。The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

²²那時壯馬馳驅，踢跳，奔騰。Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.

²³耶和華的使者說：應當咒詛米羅斯，大大咒詛其中的居民；因為他們不來幫助耶和華，不來幫助耶和華攻擊勇士。‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

²⁴願基尼人希百的妻雅億比眾婦人多得福氣，比住帳棚的婦人更蒙福祉。Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

²⁵西西拉求水，雅億給他奶子，用寶貴的盤子給他奶油。He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

²⁶雅億左手拿著帳棚的橛子，右手拿著匠人的錘子，擊打西西拉，打傷他的頭，把他的鬢角打破穿通。She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

²⁷西西拉在她腳前曲身仆倒，在她腳前曲身倒臥；在那裡曲身，就在那裡死亡。At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

²⁸西西拉的母親從窗戶裡往外觀看，從窗櫺中呼叫說：他的戰車為何耽延不來呢？他的車輪為何行得慢呢？Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

²⁹聰明的宮女安慰她（原文是回答她），她也自言自語地說：Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

³⁰他們莫非得財而分？每人得了一兩個女子？西西拉得了彩衣為擄物，得繡花的彩衣為掠物。這彩衣兩面繡花，乃是披在被擄之人頸項上的。‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

³¹耶和華啊，願你的仇敵都這樣滅亡！願愛你的人如日頭出現，光輝烈烈！這樣，國中太平四十年。So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.