1Efter Ehuds død gjorde israelitterne igen, hvad der var ondt i Herrens øjne.2Da udleverede Herren dem til kana’anæerkongen Jabin af Hatzor. Kongens hærfører hed Sisera, og han boede i Haroshet-ha-Gojim.3Med sine 900 stridsvogne med jernbeslåede hjul besejrede han israelitterne og undertrykte dem brutalt i 20 år. Til sidst råbte folket til Herren om hjælp.4På det tidspunkt var profeten Debora, Lappidots kone, dommer i Israel.5Hun plejede at sidde under Deboras palmetræ et sted mellem Rama og Betel i Efraims højland, og dér kom israelitterne til hende med deres retssager.6En dag sendte Debora bud efter Barak, Abinoams søn, der boede i Kedesh i Naftalis land. „Herren, Israels Gud, har befalet, at du skal samle 10.000 mænd fra Naftalis og Zebulons stammer på Tabors bjerg,” sagde hun til Barak.7„Så vil Herren lokke kong Jabins hærfører, Sisera, hans hær og stridsvogne til Kishonbækken og udlevere dem til dig dér.”8„Godt,” svarede Barak, „jeg tager af sted—men på den betingelse, at du tager med!”9„Jeg skal gerne gå med,” svarede Debora. „Men i så fald bliver det en kvinde, der får æren for sejren over Sisera og ikke dig.” Derpå fulgte hun med ham til Kedesh.10Da de nåede derhen, samlede Barak Zebulons og Naftalis stammer og 10.000 mand drog af sted til Tabor. Debora gik med.11Nu var der en mand ved navn Heber, som havde slået lejr i nærheden af egetræet ved Sa’anannim. Han var efterkommer af Moses’ svoger Hobab, men havde fjernet sig fra sine øvrige kenitiske slægtninge.12Da Sisera fik at vide, at Barak og hans hær havde slået lejr på Tabors bjerg,13mobiliserede han hele hæren og alle 900 jernvogne og marcherede fra Haroshet-ha-Gojim til Kishonbækken.14Da sagde Debora til Barak: „Bryd op! Herren vil gå foran dig og give dig sejr over Sisera i dag.” Straks førte Barak sine 10.000 mand ned fra Tabors bjerg og rykkede frem til angreb.15Idet Barak angreb, skabte Herren panik blandt Siseras mænd og vogne, så Sisera måtte springe ned fra sin vogn og flygte til fods.16Barak og hans mænd forfulgte fjenderne og deres vogne helt til Haroshet-ha-Gojim, indtil hele Siseras hær var hugget ned.17I mellemtiden var Sisera undsluppet og var nået til kenitten Hebers lejr. Hebers slægt havde nemlig indgået en venskabspagt med kong Jabin af Hatzor. Hebers kone, Jael, gik nu Sisera i møde og sagde: „Her har du intet at frygte. Kom med ind i mit telt.” Så fulgte han med hende ind i teltet, hvor hun dækkede ham til med et tæppe.19„Giv mig lidt vand,” sagde han til hende, „jeg er så tørstig.” Hun gav ham lidt mælk fra lædersækken og dækkede ham til igen.20„Stil dig i teltdøren,” fortsatte han, „og hvis der kommer nogen og spørger, om der er en kriger her, skal du sige nej.”21Men da Sisera var faldet i søvn af udmattelse, tog Jael en spids teltpløk og en hammer og sneg sig hen til ham. Så hamrede hun pløkken gennem tindingen på ham og ned i jorden.22Da Barak senere kom for at lede efter Sisera, gik Jael ham i møde og sagde: „Kom, så skal jeg vise dig ham, du leder efter.” Da fulgte Barak efter hende ind i teltet og fandt Sisera død med teltpløkken gennem tindingen.23Den dag så israelitterne, hvordan Herren gav dem sejr over kana’anæerkongen Jabin,24og fra den dag fik Israels folk mere og mere overtaget, indtil de til sidst fik udryddet ham og hans folk.
English Standard Version
Deborah and Barak
1And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died.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.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.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.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.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’?”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.10And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.
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