न्यायियों 5
1 उसी दिन दबोरा और अबीनोअम के पुत्र बाराक ने यह गीत गाया,
2 कि इस्राएल के अगुवों ने जो अगुवाई की और प्रजा जो अपनी ही इच्छा से भरती हुई, इसके लिये यहोवा को धन्य कहो!
3 हे राजाओ, सुनो; हे अधिपतियों कान लगाओ, मैं आप यहोवा के लिये गीत गाऊंगी; इस्राएल के परमेश्वर यहोवा का मैं भजन करूंगी॥
4 हे यहोवा, जब तू सेईर से निकल चला, जब तू ने एदोम के देश से प्रस्थान किया, तब पृथ्वी डोल उठी, और आकाश टूट पड़ा, बादल से भी जल बरसने लगा॥
5 यहोवा के प्रताप से पहाड़, इस्राएल के परमेश्वर यहोवा के प्रताप से वह सीनै पिघलकर बहने लगा।
6 अनात के पुत्र शमगर के दिनों में, और याएल के दिनों में सड़कें सूनी पड़ी थीं, और बटोही पगदंडियों से चलते थे॥
7 जब तक मैं दबोरा न उठी, जब तक मैं इस्राएल में माता हो कर न उठी, तब तक गांव सूने पड़े थे॥
8 नये नये देवता माने गए, उस समय फाटकों में लड़ाई होती थी। क्या चालीस हजार इस्राएलियों में भी ढ़ाल वा बर्छी कहीं देखने में आती थी?
9 मेरा मन इस्राएल के हाकिमों की ओर लगा है, जो प्रजा के बीच में अपनी ही इच्छा से भरती हुए। यहोवा को धन्य कहो॥
10 हे उजली गदहियों पर चढ़ने वालो, हे फर्शों पर विराजने वालो, हे मार्ग पर पैदल चलने वालो, ध्यान रखो॥
11 पनघटों के आस पास धनुर्धारियों की बात के कारण, वहां वे यहोवा के धर्ममय कामों का, इस्राएल के लिये उसके धर्ममय कामों का बखान करेंगे। उस समय यहोवा की प्रजा के लोग फाटकों के पास गए॥
12 जाग, जाग, हे दबोरा! जाग, जाग, गीत सुना! हे बाराक, उठ, हे अबीनोअम के पुत्र, अपने बन्धुओं को बन्धुआई में ले चल।
13 उस समय थोड़े से रईस प्रजा समेत उतर पड़े; यहोवा शूरवीरों के विरुद्ध मेरे हित उतर आया।
14 एप्रैम में से वे आए जिसकी जड़ अमालेक में है; हे बिन्यामीन, तेरे पीछे तेरे दलों में, माकीर में से हाकिम, और जबूलून में से सेनापति दण्ड लिए हुए उतरे;
15 और इस्साकार के हाकिम दबोरा के संग हुए, जैसा इस्साकार वैसा ही बाराक भी था; उसके पीछे लगे हुए वे तराई में झपटकर गए। रूबेन की नदियों के पास बड़े बड़े काम मन में ठाने गए॥
16 तू चरवाहों का सीटी बजाना सुनने को भेड़शालों के बीच क्यों बैठा रहा? रूबेन की नदियों के पास बड़े बड़े काम सोचे गए॥
17 गिलाद यरदन पार रह गया; और दान क्यों जहाजों में रह गया? आशेर समुद्र के तीर पर बैठा रहा, और उसकी खाडिय़ों के पास रह गया॥
18 जबलून अपने प्राण पर खेलने वाले लोग ठहरे; नप्ताली भी देश के ऊंचे ऊंचे स्थानों पर वैसा ही ठहरा।
19 राजा आकर लड़े, उस समय कनान के राजा मगिद्दो के सोतों के पास तानाक में लड़े; पर रूपयों का कुछ लाभ न पाया॥
20 आकाश की ओर से भी लड़ाई हुई; वरन ताराओं ने अपने अपने मण्डल से सीसरा से लड़ाई की॥
21 कीशोन नदी ने उन को बहा दिया, अर्थात वही प्राचीन नदी जो कीशोन नदी है। हे मन, हियाव बान्धे आगे बढ़॥
22 उस समय घोड़े के खुरों से टाप का शब्द होने लगा, उनके बलिष्ट घोड़ों के कूदने से यह हूआ॥
23 यहोवा का दूत कहता है, कि मेरोज को शाप दो, उसके निवासियों भारी शाप दो, क्योंकि वे यहोवा की सहायता करने को, शूरवीरों के विरुद्ध यहोवा की सहायता करने को न आए॥
24 सब स्त्रियों में से केनी हेबेर की स्त्री याएल धन्य ठहरेगी; डेरों में से रहनेवाली सब स्त्रियों में वह धन्य ठहरेगी॥
25 सीसरा ने पानी मांगा, उसने दूध दिया, रईसों के योग्य बर्तन में वह मक्खन ले आई॥
26 उसने अपना हाथ खूंटी की ओर अपना दहिना हाथ बढ़ई के हथौड़े की ओर बढ़ाया; और हथौड़े से सीसरा को मारा, उसके सिर को फोड़ डाला, और उसकी कनपटी को आरपार छेद दिया॥
27 उस स्त्री के पांवो पर वह झुका, वह गिरा, वह पड़ा रहा; उस स्त्री के पांवो पर वह झुका, वह गिरा; जहां झुका, वहीं मरा पड़ा रहा॥
28 खिड़की में से एक स्त्री झांककर चिल्लाई, सीसरा की माता ने झिलमिली की ओट से पुकारा, कि उसके रथ के आने में इतनी देर क्यों लगी? उसके रथों के पहियों को अबेर क्यों हुई है?
29 उसकी बुद्धिमान प्रतिष्ठित स्त्रियों ने उसे उत्तर दिया, वरन उसने अपने आप को इस प्रकार उत्तर दिया,
30 कि क्या उन्होंने लूट पाकर बांट नहीं ली? क्या एक एक पुरूष को एक एक वरन दो दो कुंवारियां; और सीसरा को रंगे हुए वस्त्र की लूट, वरन बूटे काढ़े हुए रंगीले वस्त्र की लूट, और लूटे हुओं के गले में दोनों ओर बूटे काढ़े हुए रंगीले वस्त्र नहीं मिले?
31 हे यहोवा, तेरे सब शत्रु ऐसे ही नाश हो जाएं! परन्तु उसके प्रेमी लोग प्रताप के साथ उदय होते हुए सूर्य के समान तेजोमय हों॥ फिर देश में चालीस वर्ष तक शान्ति रही॥
1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
5 The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.
14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
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.
24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.
7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.