1 D epois da morte de Eúde, mais uma vez os israelitas fizeram o que o Senhor reprova.

Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died.

2 A ssim o Senhor os entregou nas mãos de Jabim, rei de Canaã, que reinava em Hazor. O comandante do seu exército era Sísera, que habitava em Harosete-Hagoim.

And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

3 O s israelitas clamaram ao Senhor, porque Jabim, que tinha novecentos carros de ferro, os havia oprimido cruelmente durante vinte anos.

The sons of Israel cried to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.

4 D ébora, uma profetisa, mulher de Lapidote, liderava Israel naquela época.

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

5 E la se sentava debaixo da tamareira de Débora, entre Ramá e Betel, nos montes de Efraim, e os israelitas a procuravam, para que ela decidisse as suas questões.

She used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6 D ébora mandou chamar Baraque, filho de Abinoão, de Quedes, em Naftali, e lhe disse: “O Senhor, o Deus de Israel, lhe ordena que reúna dez mil homens de Naftali e Zebulom e vá ao monte Tabor.

Now she sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, “ Behold, the Lord, the God of Israel, has commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun.

7 E le fará que Sísera, o comandante do exército de Jabim, vá atacá-lo, com seus carros de guerra e tropas, junto ao rio Quisom, e os entregará em suas mãos”.

I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his many troops to the river Kishon, and I will give him into your hand.’”

8 B araque disse a ela: “Se você for comigo, irei; mas, se não for, não irei”.

Then 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 R espondeu Débora: “Está bem, irei com você. Mas saiba que, por causa do seu modo de agir, a honra não será sua; porque o Senhor entregará Sísera nas mãos de uma mulher”. Então Débora foi a Quedes com Baraque,

She said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 o nde ele convocou Zebulom e Naftali. Dez mil homens o seguiram, e Débora também foi com ele.

Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him.

11 O ra, o queneu Héber se havia separado dos outros queneus, descendentes de Hobabe, sogro de Moisés, e tinha armado sua tenda junto ao carvalho de Zaanim, perto de Quedes.

Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.

12 Q uando disseram a Sísera que Baraque, filho de Abinoão, tinha subido o monte Tabor,

Then they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

13 S ísera reuniu seus novecentos carros de ferro e todos os seus soldados, de Harosete-Hagoim ao rio Quisom.

Sisera called together all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.

14 E Débora disse também a Baraque: “Vá! Este é o dia em que o Senhor entregou Sísera em suas mãos. O Senhor está indo à sua frente!” Então Baraque desceu o monte Tabor, seguido por dez mil homens.

Deborah said to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands; behold, the Lord has gone out before you.” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

15 D iante do avanço de Baraque, o Senhor derrotou Sísera e todos os seus carros de guerra e o seu exército ao fio da espada, e Sísera desceu do seu carro e fugiu a pé.

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 B araque perseguiu os carros de guerra e o exército até Harosete-Hagoim. Todo o exército de Sísera caiu ao fio da espada; não sobrou um só homem.

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 even one was left.

17 S ísera, porém, fugiu a pé para a tenda de Jael, mulher do queneu Héber, pois havia paz entre Jabim, rei de Hazor, e o clã do queneu Héber.

Now Sisera fled away 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 J ael saiu ao encontro de Sísera e o convidou: “Venha, entre na minha tenda, meu senhor. Não tenha medo!” Ele entrou, e ela o cobriu com um pano.

Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my master, turn aside to me! Do not be afraid.” And he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

19 “ Estou com sede”, disse ele. “Por favor, dê-me um pouco de água.” Ela abriu uma vasilha de leite feita de couro, deu-lhe de beber, e tornou a cobri-lo.

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.

20 E Sísera disse à mulher: “Fique à entrada da tenda. Se alguém passar e perguntar se há alguém aqui, responda que não”.

He said to her, “Stand in the doorway of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there anyone here?’ that you shall say, ‘No.’”

21 E ntretanto, Jael, mulher de Héber, apanhou uma estaca da tenda e um martelo e aproximou-se silenciosamente enquanto ele, exausto, dormia um sono profundo. E cravou-lhe a estaca na têmpora até penetrar o chão, e ele morreu.

But Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and seized a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.

22 B araque passou à procura de Sísera, e Jael saiu ao seu encontro. “Venha”, disse ela, “eu lhe mostrarei o homem que você está procurando.” E entrando ele na tenda, viu ali caído Sísera, morto, com a estaca atravessada nas têmporas.

And 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 are seeking.” And he entered with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.

23 N aquele dia Deus subjugou Jabim, o rei cananeu, perante os israelitas.

So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.

24 E os israelitas atacaram cada vez mais a Jabim, o rei cananeu, até que eles o destruíram.

The hand of the sons of Israel pressed heavier and heavier upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin the king of Canaan.