士师记 5

¹那时，底波拉和亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉作歌，说：On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

²因为以色列中有军长率领，百姓也甘心牺牲自己，你们应当颂赞耶和华！“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

³君王啊，要听！王子啊，要侧耳而听！我要向耶和华歌唱；我要歌颂耶和华—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耶和华啊，你从西珥出来，由以东地行走。那时地震天漏，云也落雨。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山见耶和华的面就震动，西奈山见耶和华—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在亚拿之子珊迦的时候，又在雅亿的日子，大道无人行走，都是绕道而行。In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

⁷以色列中的官长停职，直到我底波拉兴起，等我兴起作以色列的母。Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

⁸以色列人选择新神，争战的事就临到城门。那时，以色列四万人中岂能见盾牌枪矛呢？When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

⁹我心倾向以色列的首领，他们在民中甘心牺牲自己。你们应当颂赞耶和华！My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

¹⁰骑白驴的、坐绣花毯子的、行路的，你们都当传扬！You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

¹¹在远离弓箭响声打水之处，人必述说耶和华公义的作为，就是他治理以色列公义的作为。那时耶和华的民下到城门。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，兴起！兴起！你当兴起，兴起，唱歌。亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉啊，你当奋兴，掳掠你的敌人。‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

¹³那时有余剩的贵胄和百姓一同下来；耶和华降临，为我攻击勇士。Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

¹⁴有根本在亚玛力人的地，从以法莲下来的；便雅悯在民中跟随你。有掌权的从玛吉下来；有持杖检点民数的从西布伦下来；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以萨迦的首领与底波拉同来；以萨迦怎样，巴拉也怎样。众人都跟随巴拉冲下平原；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你为何坐在羊圈内听群中吹笛的声音呢？在流便的溪水旁有心中设大谋的。Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

¹⁷基列人安居在约旦河外。但人为何等在船上？亚设人在海口静坐，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西布伦人是拚命敢死的；拿弗他利人在田野的高处也是如此。Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

¹⁹君王都来争战。那时迦南诸王在米吉多水旁的他纳争战，却未得掳掠银钱。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星宿从天上争战，从其轨道攻击西西拉。From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

²¹基顺古河把敌人冲没；我的灵啊，应当努力前行。The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

²²那时壮马驰驱，踢跳，奔腾。Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.

²³耶和华的使者说：应当咒诅米罗斯，大大咒诅其中的居民；因为他们不来帮助耶和华，不来帮助耶和华攻击勇士。‘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愿基尼人希百的妻雅亿比众妇人多得福气，比住帐棚的妇人更蒙福祉。Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

²⁵西西拉求水，雅亿给他奶子，用宝贵的盘子给他奶油。He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

²⁶雅亿左手拿着帐棚的橛子，右手拿着匠人的锤子，击打西西拉，打伤他的头，把他的鬓角打破穿通。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西西拉在她脚前曲身仆倒，在她脚前曲身倒卧；在那里曲身，就在那里死亡。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西西拉的母亲从窗户里往外观看，从窗棂中呼叫说：他的战车为何耽延不来呢？他的车轮为何行得慢呢？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聪明的宫女安慰她（原文是回答她），她也自言自语地说：Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

³⁰他们莫非得财而分？每人得了一两个女子？西西拉得了彩衣为掳物，得绣花的彩衣为掠物。这彩衣两面绣花，乃是披在被掳之人颈项上的。‘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耶和华啊，愿你的仇敌都这样灭亡！愿爱你的人如日头出现，光辉烈烈！这样，国中太平四十年。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.