Judges 4
1 ఏహూదు మరణమైనతరువాత ఇశ్రాయేలీయులు ఇంకను యెహోవా దృష్టికి దోషులైరి గనుక
2 యెహోవా హాసోరులో ఏలు కనాను రాజైన యాబీనుచేతికి వారిని అప్పగించెను. అతని సేనాధిపతి అన్యుల హరోషెతులో నివసించిన సీసెరా.
3 అతనికి తొమి్మదివందల ఇనుపరథము లుండెను. అతడు ఇరువది సంవత్సరములు ఇశ్రాయేలీయు లను కఠినమైన బాధపెట్టగా ఇశ్రాయేలీయులు యెహోవాకు మొఱ్ఱపెట్టిరి.
4 ఆ కాలమున లప్పీదోతునకు భార్యయైన దెబోరా అను ప్రవక్త్రి ఇశ్రాయేలీయులకు న్యాయాధిపతినిగా ఉండెను.
5 ఆమె ఎఫ్రాయిమీయుల మన్యమందలి రామా కును బేతేలుకును మధ్యనున్న దెబోరా సరళవృక్షము క్రింద తీర్పుకై కూర్చుండుటకద్దు, తీర్పు చేయుటకై ఇశ్రా యేలీయులు ఆమెయొద్దకు వచ్చు చుండిరి.
6 ఆమె నఫ్తాలి కెదెషులోనుండి అబీనోయము కుమారుడైన బారాకును పిలువనంపించి అతనితో ఇట్లనెనునీవువెళ్లి నఫ్తాలీయుల లోను జెబూలూనీయులలోను పదివేలమంది మనుష్యులను తాబోరు కొండయొద్దకు రప్పించుము;
7 నేను నీ దగ్గరకు యాబీను సేనాధిపతియైన సీసెరాను అతని రథములను అతని సైన్యమను కీషోను ఏటియొద్దకు కూర్చి నీ చేతికి అత నిని అప్పగించెదనని ఇశ్రాయేలీయుల దేవుడైన యెహోవా సెలవిచ్చియుండలేదా? అని దెబోరా చెప్పగా
8 బారాకు నీవు నాతోకూడ వచ్చిన యెడల నేను వెళ్లెదను గాని నీవు నాతో కూడ రాని యెడల నేను వెళ్లనని ఆమెతో చెప్పెను.
9 అప్పుడు ఆమెనీతో నేను అగత్యముగా వచ్చెదను; అయితే నీవు చేయు ప్రయాణమువలన నీకు ఘనతకలుగదు, యెహోవా ఒక స్త్రీచేతికి సీసెరాను అప్పగించునని చెప్పి తాను లేచి బారాకుతో కూడ కెదెషు నకు వెళ్లెను.
10 బారాకు జెబూలూనీయులను నఫ్తాలీయు లను కెదెషు నకు పిలిపించినప్పుడు పదివేలమంది మనుష్యులు అతనివెంట వెళ్లిరి;
11 దెబోరాయు అతనితోకూడ పోయెను. అంతకులోగా కయీనీయుడైన హెబెరు మోషే మామ యైన హోబాబు సంతతివారైన కయీనీయులనుండి వేరు పడి కెదెషునొద్దనున్న జయనన్నీములోని మస్తకివృక్షము నొద్ద తన గుడారమును వేసికొనియుండెను.
12 అబీనో యము కుమారుడైన బారాకు తాబోరుకొండమీదికిపోయె నని సీసెరాకు తెలుపబడినప్పుడు సీసెరా తన రథములన్ని టిని తన తొమి్మదివందల ఇనుప రథములను
13 అన్యుల హరో షెతునుండి కీషోను వాగువరకు తన పక్షముగా నున్న సమస్త జనమును పిలిపింపగా
14 దెబోరాలెమ్ము, యెహోవా సీసెరాను నీ చేతికి అప్పగించిన దినము ఇదే, యెహోవా నీకు ముందుగా బయలుదేరునుగదా అని బారాకుతో చెప్పినప్పుడు, బారాకు ఆ పదివేలమంది మనుష్యులను వెంటబెట్టుకొని తాబోరు కొండ మీదినుండి దిగి వచ్చెను.
15 బారాకు వారిని హతము చేయునట్లు యెహోవా సీసెరాను అతని రథములన్నిటిని అతని సర్వ సేనను కలవరపరచగా సీసెరా తన రథము దిగి కాలినడకను పారిపోయెను.
16 బారాకు ఆ రథములను సేనను అన్యుల హరోషెతువరకు తరుమగా సీసెరాయొక్క సర్వసేనయు కత్తివాత కూలెను, ఒక్కడైనను మిగిలియుండలేదు
17 హాసోరురాజైన యాబీనుకును కయీనీయుడైన హెబెరు వంశస్థులకును సమాధానము కలిగియుండెను గనుక సీసెరా కాలినడకను కయీనీయుడగు హెబెరు భార్యయైన యాయేలు గుడారమునకు పారిపోయెను.
18 అప్పుడు యాయేలు సీసెరాను ఎదుర్కొన బోయి అతనిని చూచి నా యేలినవాడా నాతట్టు తిరుగుము, తిరుగుము భయ పడకుమని చెప్పినందున అతడు ఆమె గుడారమును జొచ్చెను.
19 ఆమె గొంగళితో అతని కప్పగా అతడుదప్పికొనియున్నాను, దయచేసి దాహమునకు కొంచెము నీళ్లిమ్మని ఆమెనడిగెను. ఆమె ఒక పాలబుడ్డి విప్పి అతనికి దాహమిచ్చి అతని కప్పుచుండగా
20 అతడుగుడారపు ద్వారమున నిలిచి యుండుము; ఎవడేకాని లోపలికివచ్చియిక్కడ నెవడైననున్నాడా అని నిన్నడిగినయెడల నీవుఎవడును లేడని చెప్పవలెననెను.
21 పిమ్మట హెబెరు భార్యయైన యాయేలు గుడారపు మేకు తీసికొని సుత్తె చేతపట్టు కొని అతనియొద్దకు మెల్లగా వచ్చి అతనికి అలసట చేత గాఢనిద్ర కలిగియుండగా నేలకు దిగునట్లు ఆ మేకును అతని కణతలలో దిగగొట్టగా
22 అతడు చచ్చెను బారాకు సీసెరాను తరుముచుండగా యాయేలు అతనిని ఎదుర్కొన వచ్చిరమ్ము, నీవు వెదకుచున్న మనుష్యుని నీకు చూపిం చెదననగా అతడు వచ్చినప్పుడు సీసెరా చచ్చి పడి యుండెను, ఆ మేకు అతని కణతలలో నుండెను.
23 ఆ దినమున దేవుడు ఇశ్రాయేలీయులయెదుట కనాను రాజైన యాబీనును అణచెను.
24 తరువాత వారు కనాను రాజైన యాబీనును సంహరించువరకు ఇశ్రాయేలీయుల చెయ్యి కనాను రాజైన యాబీనుకు విరోధముగా అంతకంతకు హెచ్చుచువచ్చెను.
1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet 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.
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.