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Judges 5

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1 On that day Deborah (and Barak, son of Abinoam,) sang this song:1 Cecineruntque Debbora et Barac filius Abinoëm in illo die, dicentes :
2 Of chiefs who took the lead in Israel, of noble deeds by the people who bless the LORD,2 Qui sponte obtulistis de Israël animas vestras ad periculum,
benedicite Domino.
3 Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes!3 Audite, reges ; auribus percipite, principes :
ego sum, ego sum, quæ Domino canam,
psallam Domino Deo Israël.
4 O LORD, when you went out from Seir,4 Domine, cum exires de Seir,
et transires per regiones Edom,
terra mota est,
cælique ac nubes distillaverunt aquis.
5 Mountains trembled5 Montes fluxerunt a facie Domini,
et Sinai a facie Domini Dei Israël.
6 In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,6 In diebus Samgar filii Anath,
in diebus Jahel quieverunt semitæ :
et qui ingrediebantur per eas,
ambulaverunt per calles devios.
7 Gone was freedom beyond the walls,7 Cessaverunt fortes in Israël, et quieverunt :
donec surgeret Debbora,
surgeret mater in Israël.
8 New gods were their choice; then the war was at their gates. Not a shield could be seen, nor a lance, among forty thousand in Israel!8 Nova bella elegit Dominus,
et portas hostium ipse subvertit :
clypeus et hasta si apparuerint
in quadraginta millibus Israël.
9 My heart is with the leaders of Israel,9 Cor meum diligit principes Israël :
qui propria voluntate obtulistis vos discrimini,
benedicite Domino.
10 They who ride on white asses,10 Qui ascenditis super nitentes asinos,
et sedetis in judicio,
et ambulatis in via,
loquimini.
11 Sing of them to the strains of the harpers at the wells,11 Ubi 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!12 Surge, surge Debbora ;
surge, surge, et loquere canticum :
surge Barac, et apprehende captivos tuos, fili Abinoëm.
13 Then down came the fugitives with the mighty,13 Salvatæ sunt reliquiæ populi :
Dominus in fortibus dimicavit.
14 From Ephraim, princes were in the valley;14 Ex 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.
15 With Deborah were the princes of Issachar;15 Duces 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.
16 Why do you stay beside your hearths16 Quare habitas inter duos terminos,
ut audias sibilos gregum ?
diviso contra se Ruben,
magnanimorum reperta est contentio.
17 Gilead, beyond the Jordan, rests;17 Galaad trans Jordanem quiescebat,
et Dan vacabat navibus :
Aser habitabat in littore maris,
et in portubus morabatur.
18 Zebulun is the people defying death;18 Zabulon vero et Nephthali obtulerunt animas suas morti
in regione Merome.
19 The kings came and fought;19 Venerunt reges et pugnaverunt :
pugnaverunt reges Chanaan
in Thanach juxta aquas Mageddo,
et tamen nihil tulere prædantes.
20 From the heavens the stars, too, fought;20 De cælo dimicatum est contra eos :
stellæ manentes in ordine et cursu suo,
adversus Sisaram pugnaverunt.
21 The Wadi Kishon swept them away;21 Torrens Cison traxit cadavera eorum,
torrens Cadumim, torrens Cison :
conculca, anima mea, robustos.
22 Then the hoofs of the horses pounded,22 Ungulæ equorum ceciderunt, fugientibus impetu,
et per præceps ruentibus fortissimis hostium.
23 "Curse Meroz," says the LORD,23 Maledicite terræ Meroz, dixit angelus Domini :
maledicite habitatoribus ejus,
quia non venerunt ad auxilium Domini,
in adjutorium fortissimorum ejus.
24 Blessed among women be Jael,24 Benedicta inter mulieres Jahel uxor Haber Cinæi,
et benedicatur in tabernaculo suo.
25 He asked for water, she gave him milk;25 Aquam petenti lac dedit,
et in phiala principum obtulit butyrum.
26 With her left hand she reached for the peg,26 Sinistram manum misit ad clavum,
et dexteram ad fabrorum malleos.
Percussitque Sisaram quærens in capite vulneri locum,
et tempus valide perforans :
27 At her feet he sank down, fell, lay still;27 inter pedes ejus ruit ; defecit, et mortuus est :
volvebatur ante pedes ejus,
et jacebat exanimis et miserabilis.
28 From the window peered down and wailed28 Per fenestram respiciens, ululabat mater ejus :
et de cœnaculo loquebatur :
Cur moratur regredi currus ejus ?
quare tardaverunt pedes quadrigarum illius ?
29 The wisest of her princesses answers her,29 Una sapientior ceteris uxoribus ejus,
hæc socrui verba respondit :
30 "They must be dividing the spoil they took:30 Forsitan nunc dividit spolia,
et pulcherrima feminarum eligitur ei :
vestes diversorum colorum Sisaræ traduntur in prædam,
et supellex varia ad ornanda colla congeritur.
31 May all your enemies perish thus, O LORD!31 Sic pereant omnes inimici tui, Domine :
qui autem diligunt te, sicut sol in ortu suo splendet, ita rutilent.
32 Quievitque terra per quadraginta annos.