1Po Ehudově smrti však synové Izraele znovu jednali v Hospodinových očích zle.2Hospodin je proto vydal napospas kanaánskému králi Jabínovi, který vládl v Chacoru. Vůdcem jeho vojska byl Sisera, který sídlil v Charošet-hagojimu.3Synové Izraele volali k Hospodinu, protože Sisera měl devět set železných vozů a po dvacet let syny Izraele krutě utiskoval.4V té době soudila[1] Izrael prorokyně Debora, manželka Lapidotova.5Sedávala pod Debořinou palmou mezi Rámou a Bet-elem v Efraimských horách a Izraelci si k ní přicházeli pro rozhodnutí.6Ta poslala pro Baráka, syna Abinoamova z neftalímského Kedeše, a vyzvala ho: „Hospodin, Bůh Izraele, ti přikazuje: Jdi, vezmi s sebou deset tisíc mužů z Neftalíma a Zabulona a vytáhni s nimi na horu Tábor.7Já pak přivedu vůdce Jabínova vojska Siseru i s jeho jízdou a s jeho zástupy k potoku Kíšon a vydám ti ho do rukou.“8Barák jí odpověděl: „Půjdeš-li se mnou, půjdu. Nepůjdeš-li se mnou, nepůjdu!“9„Dobrá, půjdu s tebou,“ řekla mu na to, „ale ty se svou cestou neproslavíš. Hospodin totiž vydá Siseru do rukou ženy.“ Potom Debora vstala a odešla s Barákem do Kedeše,10kam Barák svolal Zabulona i Neftalíma. Následovalo ho 10 000 mužů a šla s ním i Debora.11Cheber Kenijský se oddělil od ostatních Kenijců, potomků Mojžíšova švagra Chobaba, a utábořil se u dubu v Caananimu, což je u Kedeše.12Když se Sisera dozvěděl, že Barák, syn Abinoamův, vytáhl na horu Tábor,13povolal z Charošet-hagojimu celou svou jízdu devíti set železných vozů a celé své vojsko k potoku Kíšon.14Debora tehdy řekla Barákovi: „Vzhůru! Toto je den, kdy ti Hospodin vydal Siseru do rukou. Vždyť před tebou jde sám Hospodin!“ A tak Barák vyrazil z hory Tábor a za ním 10 000 mužů.15Hospodin tehdy před Barákem rozprášil celou Siserovu jízdu a celé jeho vojsko ostřím meče. Sisera seskočil z vozu a prchal pěšky,16zatímco Barák pronásledoval ty vozy a vojsko až k Charošet-hagojimu. Celé Siserovo vojsko padlo ostřím meče; nezůstal ani jediný.17Sisera zatím pěšky prchal ke stanu Jael, ženy Kenijce Chebera. Mezi chacorským králem Jabínem a domem Kenijce Chebera totiž vládl mír.18Jael vyšla Siserovi naproti a řekla mu: „Pojď dál, můj pane! Pojď ke mně dál a neboj se.“ Vešel tedy do jejího stanu a ona ho přikryla houní.19„Dej mi prosím trochu vody,“ požádal ji. „Mám žízeň.“ Otevřela tedy měch s mlékem, dala mu napít a přikryla ho.20„Postav se ke vchodu do stanu,“ řekl jí ještě, „a kdyby někdo přišel a vyptával se tě: ‚Není tu někdo?‘ odpověz mu: ‚Není.‘“21Když pak vyčerpáním tvrdě usnul, Cheberova žena Jael vzala stanový kolík, sáhla pro kladivo, přikradla se k němu a vrazila mu ten kolík do spánku, až se zabodl do země. Tak zemřel.22Vtom dorazil Barák pronásledující Siseru. Jael mu vyšla naproti se slovy: „Pojď, ukážu ti muže, kterého hledáš.“ Šel s ní tedy dovnitř – a hle, Sisera leží mrtev se stanovým kolíkem ve spánku!23Toho dne Hospodin pokořil kanaánského krále Jabína před syny Izraele.24Izraelci se proti kanaánskému králi Jabínovi vzmáhali víc a víc, až ho nakonec úplně zničili.
1And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. (Sd 2,19)2And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. (Jz 11,1; Jz 11,10; Sd 2,14; Sd 4,13; Sd 4,16; 1S 12,9; Ž 83,9)3Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years. (Sd 1,19; Sd 3,9; Sd 4,13)4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.5She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. (Jz 24,33)6She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun. (Jz 19,37; Sd 8,18; Žd 11,32)7And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into your hand’?” (Sd 3,28; Sd 4,13; Sd 5,21; 1Kr 18,40; Ž 83,9)8Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”9And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. (Sd 2,14)10And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him. (Sd 5,18)11Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh. (Nu 10,29; Jz 19,33; Sd 1,16)12When Sisera was told that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,13Sisera called out all his chariots, 900 chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. (Sd 4,3)14And Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the Lord go out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him. (Dt 9,3; Sd 4,7; 2S 5,24; Ž 68,7; Iz 52,12)15And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot. (Jz 10,10; Sd 4,23; Ž 83,9)16And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.17But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.18And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.19And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. (Sd 5,25)20And he said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say, ‘No.’”21But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died.22And behold, as Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple.23So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel. (Sd 4,15)24And the hand of the people of Israel pressed harder and harder against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.