Iudicum 5
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Cecineruntque Debbora et Barac filius Abinoëm in illo die, dicentes:
1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2[Qui sponte obtulistis de Israël animas vestras ad periculum, benedicite Domino.
2“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
3Audite, reges; auribus percipite, principes: ego sum, ego sum, quæ Domino canam, psallam Domino Deo Israël.
3Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
4Domine, cum exires de Seir, et transires per regiones Edom, terra mota est, cælique ac nubes distillaverunt aquis.
4O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
5Montes fluxerunt a facie Domini, et Sinai a facie Domini Dei Israël.
5The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
6In diebus Samgar filii Anath, in diebus Jahel quieverunt semitæ: et qui ingrediebantur per eas, ambulaverunt per calles devios.
6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
7Cessaverunt fortes in Israël, et quieverunt: donec surgeret Debbora, surgeret mater in Israël.
7Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
8Nova bella elegit Dominus, et portas hostium ipse subvertit: clypeus et hasta si apparuerint in quadraginta millibus Israël.]
8When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
9[Cor meum diligit principes Israël: qui propria voluntate obtulistis vos discrimini, benedicite Domino.
9My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
10Qui ascenditis super nitentes asinos, et sedetis in judicio, et ambulatis in via, loquimini.
10You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
11Ubi collisi sunt currus, et hostium suffocatus est exercitus, ibi narrentur justitiæ Domini, et clementia in fortes Israël: tunc descendit populus Domini ad portas, et obtinuit principatum.
11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
12Surge, surge Debbora; surge, surge, et loquere canticum: surge Barac, et apprehende captivos tuos, fili Abinoëm.
12‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
13Salvatæ sunt reliquiæ populi: Dominus in fortibus dimicavit.
13Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
14Ex Ephraim delevit eos in Amalec, et post eum ex Benjamin in populos tuos, o Amalec: de Machir principes descenderunt, et de Zabulon qui exercitum ducerent ad bellandum.
14Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
15Duces Issachar fuere cum Debbora, et Barac vestigia sunt secuti, qui quasi in præceps ac barathrum se discrimini dedit: diviso contra se Ruben, magnanimorum reperta est contentio.
15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
16Quare habitas inter duos terminos, ut audias sibilos gregum? diviso contra se Ruben, magnanimorum reperta est contentio.
16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
17Galaad trans Jordanem quiescebat, et Dan vacabat navibus: Aser habitabat in littore maris, et in portubus morabatur.
17Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
18Zabulon vero et Nephthali obtulerunt animas suas morti in regione Merome.]
18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
19[Venerunt reges et pugnaverunt: pugnaverunt reges Chanaan in Thanach juxta aquas Mageddo, et tamen nihil tulere prædantes.
19Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
20De cælo dimicatum est contra eos: stellæ manentes in ordine et cursu suo, adversus Sisaram pugnaverunt.
20From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21Torrens Cison traxit cadavera eorum, torrens Cadumim, torrens Cison: conculca, anima mea, robustos.
21The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
22Ungulæ equorum ceciderunt, fugientibus impetu, et per præceps ruentibus fortissimis hostium.
22Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
23Maledicite terræ Meroz, dixit angelus Domini: maledicite habitatoribus ejus, quia non venerunt ad auxilium Domini, in adjutorium fortissimorum ejus.]
23‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
24[Benedicta inter mulieres Jahel uxor Haber Cinæi, et benedicatur in tabernaculo suo.
24Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25Aquam petenti lac dedit, et in phiala principum obtulit butyrum.
25He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
26Sinistram manum misit ad clavum, et dexteram ad fabrorum malleos. Percussitque Sisaram quærens in capite vulneri locum, et tempus valide perforans:
26She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
27inter pedes ejus ruit; defecit, et mortuus est: volvebatur ante pedes ejus, et jacebat exanimis et miserabilis.
27At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
28Per fenestram respiciens, ululabat mater ejus: et de cœnaculo loquebatur: Cur moratur regredi currus ejus? quare tardaverunt pedes quadrigarum illius?
28Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
29Una sapientior ceteris uxoribus ejus, hæc socrui verba respondit:
29Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
30Forsitan nunc dividit spolia, et pulcherrima feminarum eligitur ei: vestes diversorum Sisaræ traduntur in prædam, et supellex varia ad ornanda colla congeritur.
30‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
31Sic pereant omnes inimici tui, Domine: qui autem diligunt te, sicut sol in ortu suo splendet, ita rutilent.]
31So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
32Quievitque terra per quadraginta annos.
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