< Hakim-hakim 4 >

1 Setelah Ehud meninggal, bangsa Israel berdosa lagi kepada TUHAN.
And the children of Israel again did the evil in the eyes of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
2 Maka TUHAN membiarkan mereka dikalahkan oleh Yabin, raja Kanaan yang berkedudukan di kota Hazor. Panglima angkatan perangnya ialah Sisera yang tinggal di Haroset-Hagoyim.
And the Lord sold them into the hand of Yabin the king of Canaan, that reigned in Chazor; and the captain of his army was Sissera, who dwelt in Charosheth-hagoyim.
3 Yabin mempunyai 900 kereta perang dari besi. Dua puluh tahun lamanya ia menjajah orang Israel dengan kejam. Kemudian mereka berseru meminta tolong kepada TUHAN.
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he oppressed the children of Israel with might twenty years.
4 Pada masa itu yang memimpin Israel adalah seorang nabi wanita bernama Debora, istri Lapidot.
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, —she judged Israel at that time.
5 Debora biasanya duduk di bawah pohon kurma, antara Rama dan Betel, di daerah pegunungan Efraim. Dan di situlah orang-orang Israel datang untuk minta nasihat kepadanya.
And she held her sitting under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el on the mountain of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 Pada suatu hari ia menyuruh orang memanggil Barak, anak Abinoam, dari kota Kedes di daerah Naftali. Lalu ia berkata kepada Barak, "Ini perintah TUHAN, Allah Israel, kepadamu: 'Kumpulkanlah 10.000 orang laki-laki dari suku Naftali dan Zebulon, dan bawalah mereka ke Gunung Tabor.
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abino'am out of Kedesh-naphtali; and she said unto him, Behold, the Lord the God of Israel hath commanded, Go and lead on toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun.
7 Nanti Aku membuat Sisera, panglima angkatan perang Yabin, mendatangi kamu di Sungai Kison dengan tentaranya dan kereta-kereta perangnya untuk memerangi kamu. Tetapi Aku akan memberi kemenangan kepadamu dalam pertempuran itu.'"
And I will draw unto thee, to the brook Kishon, Sissera, the captain of Yabin's army, and his chariots and his multitude; and I will give him up into thy hand.
8 Barak berkata kepada Debora, "Kalau engkau ikut, saya mau pergi. Tetapi kalau tidak, saya juga tidak mau pergi."
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then will I go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.
9 Debora menyahut, "Baik, saya akan ikut! Tetapi ingat, bukan kau yang nanti mendapat kehormatan. Melalui seorang wanitalah TUHAN akan mengalahkan Sisera." Maka berangkatlah Debora bersama-sama Barak ke Kedes.
And she said, I will indeed go with thee; nevertheless it will not be for thy honor, on the way which thou goest; for into the hand of a woman will the Lord deliver Sissera; and Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 Dan Barak mengerahkan suku Zebulon dan Naftali ke Kedes. Yang mengikuti Barak dan Debora ketika itu ada 10.000 orang.
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up in his train ten thousand men; also Deborah went up with him.
11 Pada waktu itu Heber, seorang Keni, telah memisahkan diri dari bangsanya. (Bangsa Keni adalah keturunan Hobab, ipar Musa.) Heber sudah pergi memasang kemah-kemahnya dekat pohon-pohon terpentin di Zaanaim, tidak jauh dari Kedes.
Now Cheber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, from the children of Chobab the father-in-law of Moses; and he had pitched his tent as far as Elon-beza'anannim, which is near Kedesh.
12 Segera setelah Sisera mendengar bahwa Barak sudah pergi ke Gunung Tabor,
And they told Sissera that Barak the son of Abino'am was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 ia mengumpulkan kesembilan ratus kereta perangnya yang dari besi itu, bersama-sama dengan seluruh pasukannya lalu membawa mereka dari Haroset-Hagoyim ke Sungai Kison.
And Sissera called together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Charosheth-hagoyim unto the brook Kishon.
14 Lalu kata Debora kepada Barak, "Ayo, maju! Tuhanlah yang memimpinmu. Hari ini Ia memberi kemenangan kepadamu atas Sisera." Maka turunlah Barak dari Gunung Tabor bersama-sama dengan kesepuluh ribu orangnya,
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up! for this is the day on which the Lord hath given Sissera into thy hand; behold, the Lord is gone out before thee: so Barak went down from mount Tabor, with ten thousand men after him.
15 kemudian menyerang Sisera. Dan TUHAN mengacaukan seluruh pasukan Sisera dan kereta-kereta perangnya, sehingga Sisera turun dari keretanya, lalu melarikan diri dengan berjalan kaki.
And the Lord confounded Sissera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sissera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on foot.
16 Barak mengejar kereta-kereta perang dan pasukan musuh itu sampai ke Haroset-Hagoyim lalu seluruh pasukan Sisera itu dibunuhnya; tidak seorang pun yang dibiarkan hidup.
And Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, unto Charosheth-hagoyim: and all the army of Sissera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not left even one.
17 Sementara itu Sisera telah lari ke kemah Yael, istri Heber, orang Keni itu. Sebab, Raja Yabin dari Hazor bersahabat dengan kaum keluarga Heber itu.
But Sissera had fled away on foot to the tent of Ja'el the wife of Cheber the Kenite; for there was peace between Yabin the king of Chazor and the house of Cheber the Kenite.
18 Ketika Sisera datang, Yael menyambut dia dan berkata, "Mari Tuan, masuk saja ke dalam kemah saya; tak usah takut." Maka Sisera masuk ke dalam kemah itu lalu Yael menutupinya dengan kain gorden supaya ia tersembunyi.
And Ja'el went out to meet Sissera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in unto me, fear not: and he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19 Kata Sisera kepada Yael, "Tolong berikan saya sedikit air untuk minum; saya haus." Maka Yael membuka kantong kulit, tempat menyimpan susu, lalu memberi minum kepada Sisera, kemudian menutupinya lagi dengan kain gorden.
And he said unto her, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water; for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him up.
20 Lalu Sisera berkata kepada Yael, "Pergilah berdiri di muka pintu kemah. Kalau orang datang dan bertanya kepadamu apakah ada orang di sini, katakan tidak ada."
And he said unto her, Stand at the door of the tent; and it shall be, that, when any man should come and ask of thee, and say, Is there any man here? thou shalt say, No.
21 Sisera begitu lelah sehingga ia mengantuk lalu tertidur dengan nyenyak. Yael mengambil sebuah martil dan sebatang pasak untuk kemah, lalu dengan diam-diam ia mendekati Sisera. Kemudian ia menancapkan pasak itu ke dalam pelipisnya sampai tembus ke tanah. Begitulah Yael membunuh Sisera.
And Ja'el the wife of Cheber took thereupon the nail of the tent, and placed a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and struck the nail into his temple, and it became fastened in the ground; but he was fast asleep and weary; so he died.
22 Ketika Barak datang mencari Sisera, Yael menyambut Barak dan berkata kepadanya, "Mari, saya akan menunjukkan kepadamu orang yang kaucari itu." Barak masuk bersama Yael, lalu melihat Sisera sudah mati, tergeletak di tanah dengan pasak kemah tertancap di dalam pelipisnya.
And, behold, Barak came in pursuit of Sissera, and Ja'el came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou art seeking: and he came to her, and behold, Sissera was lying dead, with the nail in his temple.
23 Hari itu Tuhan memberi kemenangan kepada orang Israel atas Yabin, raja Kanaan.
So did God humble on that day Yabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 Raja itu semakin lama semakin ditekan oleh orang Israel sampai akhirnya ia binasa.
And the hand of the children of Israel became constantly heavier upon Yabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Yabin the king of Canaan.

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