Judges 4

vayyosifu bene yisra'el la'asot hara be'ene Adonai ve'ehud met

The Israelites again did what was offensive to GOD—Ehud now being dead.

vayyimkerem Adonai beyad yavin melekh-kena'an asher malakh bekhatsor vesar-tseva'o sisera vehu yoshev bakharoshet haggoyim

And GOD surrendered them to King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. His army commander was Sisera, whose base was Harosheth-goiim.

vayyitsaqu vene-yisra'el el-Adonai ki tesha me'ot rekhev-barzel lo vehu lakhats et-bene yisra'el bekhozqah esrim shanah

The Israelites cried out to GOD; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he had oppressed Israel ruthlessly for twenty years.

udevorah isha nevi'ah eshet lappidot hi shofetah et-yisra'el ba'et hahi

Deborah, wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet; she led Israel at that time.

vehi yoshevet takhat-tomer devorah ben haramah uven bet-el behar efrayim vayya'alu eleha bene yisra'el lammishpat

She used to sit under the Palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would come to her for decisions.

vattishlakh vattiqra levaraq ben-avino'am miqqedesh naftali vattomer elayw halo tsivvah Adonai elohe-yisra'el lekh umashakhta behar tavor velaqakhta immekha aseret alafim ish mibbene naftali umibbene zevulun

She summoned Barak son of Abinoam, of Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “The ETERNAL, the God of Israel, has commanded: Go, march up to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

umashakhti elekha el-nakhal qishon et-sisera sar-tseva yavin ve'et-rikhbo ve'et-hamono unetattihu beyadekha

And I will draw Sisera, Jabin’s army commander, with his chariots and his troops, toward you up to the Wadi Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hands.”

vayyomer eleha baraq im-telekhi immi vehalakheti ve'im-lo telekhi immi lo elekh

But Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; if not, I will not go.”

vattomer halokh elekh immakh efes ki lo tihyeh tifartekha al-hadderekh asher attah holekh ki veyad-isha yimkor Adonai et-sisera vattaqom devorah vattelekh im-baraq qedshah

“Very well, I will go with you,” she answered. “However, there will be no glory for you in the course you are taking, for then GOD will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.

vayyazeq baraq et-zevulun ve'et-naftali qedshah vayya'al beraglayw aseret alfe ish vatta'al immo devorah

Barak then mustered Zebulun and Naphtali at Kedesh; ten thousand men marched up after him; and Deborah also went up with him.

vekhever haqqeni nifrad miqqayin mibbene khovav khoten mosheh vayyet oholo ad-elon (vtsnym) [betsa'anannim] asher et-qedesh

Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the other Kenites, descendants of Hobab, father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent at Elon-bezaanannim, which is near Kedesh.

vayyaggidu lesisera ki alah baraq ben-avino'am har-tavor

Sisera was informed that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

vayyazeq sisera et-kol-rikhbo tesha me'ot rekhev barzel ve'et-kol-ha'am asher itto mekharoshet haggoyim el-nakhal qishon

So Sisera ordered all his chariots—nine hundred iron chariots—and all the troops he had to move from Harosheth-goiim to the Wadi Kishon.

vattomer devorah el-baraq qum ki zeh hayyom asher natan Adonai et-sisera beyadekha halo Adonai yatsa lefanekha vayyered baraq mehar tavor va'aseret alafim ish akharayw

Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! This is the day on which GOD will deliver Sisera into your hands: GOD is marching before you.” Barak charged down Mount Tabor, followed by the ten thousand men,

vayyahom Adonai et-sisera ve'et-kol-harekhev ve'et-kol-hammakhaneh lefi-kherev lifne varaq vayyered sisera me'al hammerkavah vayyanos beraglayw

and GOD threw Sisera and all his chariots and army into a panic before the onslaught of Barak. Sisera leaped from his chariot and fled on foot

uvaraq radaf akhare harekhev ve'akhare hammakhaneh ad kharoshet haggoyim vayyippol kol-makhaneh sisera lefi-kherev lo nishar ad-ekhad

as Barak pursued the chariots and the soldiers as far as Harosheth-goiim. All of Sisera’s soldiers fell by the sword; not one was left.

vesisera nas beraglayw el-ohel ya'el eshet khever haqqeni ki shalom ben yavin melekh-khatsor uven bet khever haqqeni

Sisera, meanwhile, had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was friendship between King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.

vattetse ya'el liqrat sisera vattomer elayw surah adoni surah elay al-tira vayyasar eleha ha'ohelah vattekhassehu bassemikhah

Jael came out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord, come in here, do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

vayyomer eleha hashqini-na me'at-mayim ki tsameti vattiftakh et-novd hekhalav vattashqehu vattekhassehu

He said to her, “Please let me have some water; I am thirsty.” She opened a skin of milk and gave him some to drink; and she covered him again.

vayyomer eleha amod petakh ha'ohel vehayah im-ish yavo ushe'elekh ve'amar hayesh-poh ish ve'amart ayin

He said to her, “Stand at the entrance of the tent. If anybody comes and asks you if there is anybody else here, say ‘No.’”

vattiqqakh ya'el eshet-khever et-yetad ha'ohel vattasem et-hammaqqevet beyadah vattavo elayw ballat vattitqa et-hayyated beraqqato vattitsnakh ba'arets vehu-nirdam vayya'af vayyamot

Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent pin and grasped the mallet. When he was fast asleep from exhaustion, she approached him stealthily and drove the pin through his temple till it went down to the ground. Thus he died.

vehinneh varaq rodef et-sisera vattetse ya'el liqrato vattomer lo lekh ve'arekka et-ha'ish asher-attah mevaqqesh vayyavo eleha vehinneh sisera nofel met vehayyated beraqqato

Now Barak appeared in pursuit of Sisera. Jael went out to greet him and said, “Come, I will show you the man you are looking for.” He went inside with her, and there Sisera was lying dead, with the pin in his temple.

vayyakhna elohim bayyom hahu et yavin melekh-kena'an lifne bene yisra'el

On that day God subdued King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

vattelekh yad bene-yisra'el halokh veqashah al yavin melekh-kena'an ad asher hikhritu et yavin melekh-kena'an

The hand of the Israelites bore harder and harder on King Jabin of Canaan, until they destroyed King Jabin of Canaan.