1 و َفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ إهُودَ.

When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 ف أسْقَطَهُمْ اللهُ بِيَدِ يابِينَ مَلِكِ كَنْعانَ الَّذِي كانَ يَحْكُمُ فِي حاصُورَ. وَكانَ سِيسَرا الَّذِي كانَ يَسْكُنُ فِي حَرُوشَةِ الأُمَمِ قائِداً لِجَيشِ يابِينَ.

So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth Hagoyim.

3 ف َاسْتَنْجَدَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ بِاللهِ ، إذْ كانَتْ لِسِيسَرا تِسْعُ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ. وَقَدِ اضْطَّهَدَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِقَسْوَةٍ مُدَّةَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel.

4 و َكانَتْ دَبُورَةُ، وَهِيَ نَبِيَّةٌ، وَزَوْجَةٌ لِفِيدُوتَ، قاضِيَةً لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

5 و َكانَتْ تَجلِسُ لِلقَضَاءِ تَحْتَ نَخلَةِ دَبُورَةَ بَينَ الرّامَةِ وَبَيتِ إيلَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، حَيْثُ يأتِي بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَيها بِقَضَاياهِمْ.

And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6 ف َأرْسَلَتْ دَبُورَةُ رَسُولاً تَسْتَدْعِي باراقَ بْنَ أبِينُوعَمَ مِنْ قادَشَ فِي نَفْتالِي، وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «ها قَدْ أمَرَ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، وَقالَ: ‹اذْهَبْ وَخُذْ مَوْقِعاً عَلَى جَبَلِ تابُورَ. وَخُذْ مَعَكَ عَشْرَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي نَفْتالِي وَمِنْ بَنِي زَبُولُونَ،

Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;

7 س َأجْعَلُ سِيسَرا، قَائِدَ جَيشِ يابِينَ، يَخرُجُ بِعَرَباتِهِ وَقُوّاتِهِ إلَيكَ فِي وادِي قِيشُونَ. وَسَأُعِينُكَ عَلَى هَزيمَتِهِ.›»

and against you I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude at the River Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hand’?”

8 ف َقالَ لَها باراقُ: «إنْ كُنْتِ مُسْتَعِدَّةً أنْ تَذْهَبِي مَعِي، فَسَأذْهَبُ. وَإنْ رَفَضْتِ أنْ تَأْتِي مَعِي، فَلَنْ اذْهَبَ.»

And 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 ف َقالَتْ: «أنا آتِيَةٌ مَعَكَ، لَكِنِ اعلَمْ أنَّهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ فَخْرٌ فِي السَّبِيلِ الَّذِي تَسِيرُ فِيهِ. إذْ سَيُعِينُ اللهُ امْرأةً عَلَى هَزِيمَةِ سِيسَرا.» ثُمَّ قامَتْ دَبُورَةُ وَمَضَتْ مَعَ باراقَ إلَى قادَشَ.

So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 و َاسْتَدْعَى باراقُ قَبِيلَتَي زَبُولُونَ وَنَفْتالِي إلَى قادَشَ، وَتَبِعَهُ عَشْرَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ، وَذَهَبَتْ دَبُورَةُ مَعَهُ.

And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with him.

11 و َكانَ حابِرُ القَينِيُّ قَدِ انْفَصَلَ عَنْ القَينِيِّينَ الآخَرِينَ، أي عَنْ نَسلِ حُوبابَ، حَمِي مُوسَى، وَخَيَّمَ حابِرُ عِنْدَ البَلُّوطَةِ فِي صَعَنايِمَ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ قادَشَ.

Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, which is beside Kedesh.

12 و َقِيلَ لِسِيسَرا إنَّ باراقَ بْنَ أبِينُوعَمَ قَدْ صَعِدَ إلَى جَبَلِ تابُورَ،

And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

13 ف َجَمَعَ سِيسَرا كُلَّ مَرْكَباتِهِ، وَهِيَ تِسْعُ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَدَعَى جَمِيعَ القُوّاتِ الَّتِي تَحْتَ إمْرَتِهِ، مِنْ حَرُوشَةِ الأُمَمِ إلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ.

So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.

14 ف َقالَتْ دَبُورَةُ لِباراقَ: «قُمْ! فَهَذا هُوَ اليَوْمُ الَّذِي سَيُعِينُكَ اللهُ فِيهِ عَلَى هَزِيمَةِ سِيسَرا. اللهُ يَسيرُ أمامَكَ بِالفِعلِ.» فَنَزَلَ باراقُ مِنْ جَبَلِ تابُورَ، وَتَبِعَهُ عَشْرَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ.

Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

15 و َحِينَما هَجَمَ باراقُ، شَتَّتَ اللهُ سِيسَرا وَمَرْكَباتِهِ وَكُلَّ جَيشِهِ. فَنَزَلَ سِيسَرا عَنْ مَرْكَبَتِهِ وَهَرَبَ رَكْضاً عَلَى قَدَمَيهِ.

And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.

16 و َطارَدَ باراقُ مَرْكَباتِ سِيسَرا وَجَيشَهُ حَتَّى حَرُوشَةِ الأُمَمِ، وَقَتَلَ جَيشَ سِيسَرا بِالسَّيفِ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أحَدٌ.

But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.

17 أ مّا سِيسَرا فَهَرَبَ عَلَى قَدَمَيهِ إلَى خَيمَةِ ياعِيلَ، زَوْجَةِ حابِرَ القِينِيِّ، فَقَدْ كانَ هُناكَ سَلامٌ بَينَ يابِينَ مَلِكِ حاصُورَ وَعَشِيرَةِ حابِرَ القِينِيِّ.

However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

18 ف َخَرَجَتْ ياعِيلُ لِتُلاقِي سِيسَرا، وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «تَفَضَّلْ هُنا يا سَيِّدِي، تَفَضَّلْ عِنْدِي وَلا تَخَفْ.» فَدَخَلَ خَيمَتَها، وَغَطَّتْهُ بِغَطاء.

And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear.” And when he had turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a blanket.

19 ف َقالَ لَها: «أعطِنِي قَلِيلاً مِنَ الماءِ لِأشْرَبَ، فَأنا عَطْشانٌ.» فَفَتَحَتْ وِعاءَ الحَلِيبِ الجِلْدِيَّ، وَأعْطَتْهُ لِيَشْرَبَ، ثُمَّ غَطَّتْهُ.

Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him.

20 ف َقالَ لَها: «قِفِي فِي مَدْخَلِ الخَيمَةِ، وَإنْ جاءَ أحَدٌ وَسَألَكِ: ‹هَلْ مِنْ أحَدٍ هُنا؟› فَقُولِي: ‹لا.›»

And he said to her, “Stand at 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 أ مّا ياعِيلُ زَوجَةُ حابِرَ، فَأخَذَتْ وَتَداً وَمِطرَقَةً فِي يَدِها، وَاقتَرَبَتْ مِنْهُ بِهُدُوءٍ وَهُوَ نائِمٌ نَوماً عَميقاً بِسَبِبِ تَعَبِهِ، وَدَقَّتِ الوَتَدَ فِي جانِبِ رَأْسِهِ حَتَّى نَفَذَ إلَى الأرْضِ! فَماتَ سِيسَرا.

Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

22 و َفِي تِلْكَ اللَّحْظَةِ، وَصَلَ باراقُ الَّذِي كانَ يُطارِدُ سِيسَرا، فَخَرَجَتْ ياعِيلُ لِتُلاقِيَهُ، وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «تَعالَ، وَسَأُرِيكَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي تَبْحَثُ عَنِهُ.» فَدَخَلَ خَيمَتَها، فَإذْ بِسِيسَرا مُلْقَىً مَيِّتاً، وَالوَتَدُ فِي رَأْسِهِ.

And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.” And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple.

23 و َهَكَذا أخضَعَ اللهُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ يابِينَ، مَلِكَ كَنْعانَ، لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel.

24 ث ُمَّ اشْتَدَّتْ قُوَّةُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أكثَرَ فَأكثَرَ عَلَى يابِينَ، مَلِكِ كَنْعانَ، إلَى أنْ قَضَوْا عَلَيهِ.

And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.