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

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

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.

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

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

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, 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.

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 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.

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 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”.

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

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 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,

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

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

And they reported to 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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 a man 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.

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 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.

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 “ 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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.