Judges 5
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying:
1ΚΑΙ ἦσαν Δεββώρα καὶ Βαρὰκ υἱὸς Ἀβινεὲμ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ λέγοντες·
2When men let grow their hair in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly, bless ye the LORD.
2Ἀπεκαλύφθη ἀποκάλυμμα ἐν Ἰσραήλ· ἐν τῷ ἑκουσιασθῆναι λαόν, εὐλογεῖτε Κύριον.
3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, unto the LORD will I sing; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
3ἀκούσατε, βασιλεῖς, καὶ ἐνωτίσασθε, σατράπαι· ἐγώ εἰμι τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐγώ εἰμι, ἄσομαι, ψαλῶ τῷ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ Ἰσραήλ.
4LORD, when Thou didst go forth out of Seir, when Thou didst march out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water.
4Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ἐξόδῳ σου ἐν Σηείρ, ἐν τῷ ἀπαίρειν σε ἐξ ἀγροῦ Ἐδώμ, γῆ ἐσείσθη καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἔσταξε δρόσους, καὶ αἱ νεφέλαι ἔσταξαν ὕδωρ·
5The mountains quaked at the presence of the LORD, even yon Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.
5ὄρη ἐσαλεύθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου Ἐλωΐ, τοῦτο Σινὰ ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.
6ἐν ἡμέραις Σαμεγὰρ υἱοῦ Ἀνάθ, ἐν ἡμέραις Ἰαὴλ ἐξέλιπον ὁδοὺς καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἀτραπούς, ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδοὺς διεστραμμένας·
7The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that thou didst arise, Deborah, that thou didst arise a mother in Israel.
7ἐξέλιπον δυνατοὶ ἐν Ἰσραήλ, ἐξέλιπον, ἕως οὗ ἀνέστη Δεββώρα, ἕως οὗ ἀνέστη μήτηρ ἐν Ἰσραήλ.
8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
8ἐξελέξαντο θεοὺς καινούς· τότε ἐπολέμησαν πόλεις ἀρχόντων· θυρεὸς ἐὰν ὀφθῇ καὶ λόγχη ἐν τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάσιν ἐν Ἰσραήλ.
9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
9ἡ καρδία μου εἰς τὰ διατεταγμένα τῷ Ἰσραήλ· οἱ ἐκουσιαζόμενοι ἐν λαῷ εὐλογεῖτε Κύριον.
10Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich cloths, and ye that walk by the way, tell of it;
10ἐπιβεβηκότες ἐπὶ ὄνου θηλείας μεσημβρίας, καθήμενοι ἐπὶ κριτηρίου καὶ πορευόμενοι ἐπὶ ὁδοὺς συνέδρων ἐφ᾿ ὁδῷ,
11Louder than the voice of archers, by the watering-troughs! there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts of His rulers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.
11διηγεῖσθε ἀπὸ φωνῆς ἀνακρουομένων ἀνὰ μέσον ὑδρευομένων· ἐκεῖ δώσουσι δικαιοσύνας Κυρίῳ, δικαιοσύνας αὔξησον ἐν Ἰσραήλ. τότε κατέβη εἰς τὰς πόλεις λαὸς Κυρίου.
12Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song; arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
12ἐξεγείρου, ἐξεγείρου, Δεββώρα. ἐξεγείρου, ἐξεγείρου, λάλησον ᾠδήν· ἀνάστα Βαράκ, καὶ αἰχμαλώτισον αἰχμαλωσίαν σου, υἱὸς Ἀβινεέμ.
13Then made He a remnant to have dominion over the nobles and the people; the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
13τότε κατέβη κατάλειμμα τοῖς ἰσχυροῖς, λαὸς Κυρίου κατέβη αὐτῷ ἐν τοῖς κραταιοῖς.
14Out of Ephraim came they whose root is in Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.
14ἐξ ἐμοῦ Ἐφραὶμ ἐξερρίζωσεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ Ἀμαλήκ· ὀπίσω σου Βενιαμὶν ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς σου. ἐν ἐμοὶ Μαχὶρ κατέβησαν ἐξερευνῶντες καὶ ἀπὸ Ζαβουλὼν ἕλκοντες ἐν ράβδῳ διηγήσεως γραμματέως.
15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.
15καὶ ἀρχηγοὶ ἐν Ἰσσάχαρ μετὰ Δεββώρας καὶ Βαράκ, οὕτω Βαρὰκ ἐν κοιλάσιν ἀπέστειλεν ἐν ποσὶν αὐτοῦ. εἰς τὰς μερίδας Ρουβὴν μεγάλοι ἐξικνούμενοι καρδίαν.
16Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
16εἰς τί ἐκάθισαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς διγομίας τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι συρισμοῦ ἀγγέλων; εἰς διαιρέσεις Ρουβὴν μεγάλοι ἐξετασμοὶ καρδίας.
17Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships? Asher dwelt at the shore of the sea, and abideth by its bays.
17Γαλαὰδ ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἐσκήνωσε· καὶ Δὰν εἰς τί παροικεῖ πλοίοις; Ἀσὴρ ἐκάθισε παραλίαν θαλασσῶν καὶ ἐπὶ διεξόδοις αὐτοῦ σκηνώσει.
18Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
18Ζαβουλὼν λαὸς ὠνείδισε ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ εἰς θάνατον καὶ Νεφθαλὶ ἐπὶ ὕψη ἀγροῦ.
19The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
19ἦλθον αὐτῶν βασιλεῖς, παρετάξαντο, τότε ἐπολέμησαν βασιλεῖς Χαναὰν ἐν Θαναὰχ ἐπὶ ὕδατι Μαγεδδώ· δῶρον ἀργυρίου οὐκ ἔλαβον.
20They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
20ἐξ οὐρανοῦ παρετάξαντο οἱ ἀστέρες, ἐκ τρίβων αὐτῶν παρετάξαντο μετὰ Σισάρα.
21The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength.
21χειμάρρους Κισῶν ἐξέσυρεν αὐτούς, χειμάρρους ἀρχαίων, χειμάρρους Κισῶν· καταπατήσει αὐτὸν ψυχή μου δυνατή.
22Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
22ὅτε ἐνεποδίσθησαν πτέρναι ἵππου, σπουδῇ ἔσπευσαν ἰσχυροὶ αὐτοῦ.
23'Curse ye Meroz', said the angel of the LORD, 'Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.'
23καταρᾶσθε Μηρώζ, εἶπεν ἄγγελος Κυρίου, καταρᾶσθε, ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ κατοικῶν αὐτήν, ὅτι οὐκ ἤλθοσαν εἰς βοήθειαν Κυρίου, εἰς βοήθειαν ἐν δυνατοῖς.
24Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, above women in the tent shall she be blessed.
24εὐλογηθείη ἐν γυναιξὶν Ἰαὴλ γυνὴ Χαβὲρ τοῦ Κιναίου, ἀπὸ γυναικῶν ἐν σκηναῖς εὐλογηθείη.
25Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.
25ὕδωρ ᾔτησε, γάλα ἔδωκεν, ἐν λεκάνῃ ὑπερεχόντων προσήνεγκε βούτυρον.
26Her hand she put to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head, yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.
26χεῖρα αὐτῆς ἀριστερὰν εἰς πάσσαλον ἐξέτεινε καὶ δεξιὰν αὐτῆς εἰς σφῦραν κοπιώντων καὶ ἐσφυροκόπησε Σισάρα, διήλωσε κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξε, διήλωσε κρόταφον αὐτοῦ.
27At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; at her feet he sunk, he fell; where he sunk, there he fell down dead.
27ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῆς κατεκυλίσθη, ἔπεσε καὶ ἐκοιμήθη· ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῆς κατακλιθεὶς ἔπεσε· καθὼς κατεκλίθη, ἐκεῖ ἔπεσεν ἐξοδευθείς.
28Through the window she looked forth, and peered, the mother of Sisera, through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
28διὰ τῆς θυρίδος παρέκυψε μήτηρ Σισάρα ἐκτὸς τοῦ τοξικοῦ, διότι ἠσχύνθη ἅρμα αὐτοῦ, διότι ἐχρόνισαν πόδες ἁρμάτων αὐτοῦ.
29The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself:
29αἱ σοφαὶ ἄρχουσαι αὐτῆς ἀπεκρίθησαν πρὸς αὐτήν, καὶ αὐτὴ ἀπέστρεψε λόγους αὐτῆς ἑαυτῇ.
30'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments of embroidery, two dyed garments of broidery for the neck of every spoiler?'
30οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτὸν διαμερίζοντα σκῦλα; οἰκτίρμων οἰκτειρήσει εἰς κεφαλὴν ἀνδρός· σκῦλα βαμμάτων τῷ Σισάρᾳ, σκῦλα βαμμάτων ποικιλίας, βάμματα ποικιλτῶν αὐτά, τῷ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ σκῦλα.
31So perish all Thine enemies, O LORD; but they that love Him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
31οὕτως ἀπόλοιντο πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί σου, Κύριε· καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν ὡς ἔξοδος ἡλίου ἐν δυνάμει αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἡσύχασεν ἡ γῆ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη.
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