Judges 5
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
1Cecineruntque Debbora et Barac filius Abinoëm in illo die, dicentes:
2“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, LORD!
2[Qui sponte obtulistis de Israël animas vestras ad periculum, benedicite Domino.
3“Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to the LORD. I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
3Audite, reges; auribus percipite, principes: ego sum, ego sum, quæ Domino canam, psallam Domino Deo Israël.
4“LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
4Domine, cum exires de Seir, et transires per regiones Edom, terra mota est, cælique ac nubes distillaverunt aquis.
5The mountains quaked at the LORD’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.
5Montes fluxerunt a facie Domini, et Sinai a facie Domini Dei Israël.
6“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
6In diebus Samgar filii Anath, in diebus Jahel quieverunt semitæ: et qui ingrediebantur per eas, ambulaverunt per calles devios.
7The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
7Cessaverunt fortes in Israël, et quieverunt: donec surgeret Debbora, surgeret mater in Israël.
8They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
8Nova bella elegit Dominus, et portas hostium ipse subvertit: clypeus et hasta si apparuerint in quadraginta millibus Israël.]
9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the LORD!
9[Cor meum diligit principes Israël: qui propria voluntate obtulistis vos discrimini, benedicite Domino.
10“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
10Qui ascenditis super nitentes asinos, et sedetis in judicio, et ambulatis in via, loquimini.
11Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the LORD’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. “Then the LORD’s people went down to the gates.
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.
12‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’
12Surge, surge Debbora; surge, surge, et loquere canticum: surge Barac, et apprehende captivos tuos, fili Abinoëm.
13“Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. The LORD came down for me against the mighty.
13Salvatæ sunt reliquiæ populi: Dominus in fortibus dimicavit.
14Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.
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.
15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
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.
16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart.
16Quare habitas inter duos terminos, ut audias sibilos gregum? diviso contra se Ruben, magnanimorum reperta est contentio.
17Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.
17Galaad trans Jordanem quiescebat, et Dan vacabat navibus: Aser habitabat in littore maris, et in portubus morabatur.
18Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
18Zabulon vero et Nephthali obtulerunt animas suas morti in regione Merome.]
19“The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
19[Venerunt reges et pugnaverunt: pugnaverunt reges Chanaan in Thanach juxta aquas Mageddo, et tamen nihil tulere prædantes.
20From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
20De cælo dimicatum est contra eos: stellæ manentes in ordine et cursu suo, adversus Sisaram pugnaverunt.
21The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
21Torrens Cison traxit cadavera eorum, torrens Cadumim, torrens Cison: conculca, anima mea, robustos.
22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
22Ungulæ equorum ceciderunt, fugientibus impetu, et per præceps ruentibus fortissimis hostium.
23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the LORD’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
23Maledicite terræ Meroz, dixit angelus Domini: maledicite habitatoribus ejus, quia non venerunt ad auxilium Domini, in adjutorium fortissimorum ejus.]
24“Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
24[Benedicta inter mulieres Jahel uxor Haber Cinæi, et benedicatur in tabernaculo suo.
25He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
25Aquam petenti lac dedit, et in phiala principum obtulit butyrum.
26She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
26Sinistram manum misit ad clavum, et dexteram ad fabrorum malleos. Percussitque Sisaram quærens in capite vulneri locum, et tempus valide perforans:
27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
27inter pedes ejus ruit; defecit, et mortuus est: volvebatur ante pedes ejus, et jacebat exanimis et miserabilis.
28“Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
28Per fenestram respiciens, ululabat mater ejus: et de cœnaculo loquebatur: Cur moratur regredi currus ejus? quare tardaverunt pedes quadrigarum illius?
29Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
29Una sapientior ceteris uxoribus ejus, hæc socrui verba respondit:
30‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’
30Forsitan nunc dividit spolia, et pulcherrima feminarum eligitur ei: vestes diversorum Sisaræ traduntur in prædam, et supellex varia ad ornanda colla congeritur.
31“So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
31Sic pereant omnes inimici tui, Domine: qui autem diligunt te, sicut sol in ortu suo splendet, ita rutilent.]
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32Quievitque terra per quadraginta annos.
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