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 enquire 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.
4–BOB
Dobira va Baraq
1 Ehudning oʻlimidan soʻng Isroil xalqi yana Egamizning oldida qabih ishlar qildi. 2 Egamiz esa ularni Xazor shahri taxtida oʻtirgan Kanʼon shohi Yobinga qaram qilib qoʻydi. Uning lashkarboshisi Xaroshet–Xagoyim shahrida yashagan Sisaro edi. 3 Yobinning toʻqqiz yuzta temir jang aravasi bor edi. Uning yigirma yil davomida oʻtkazib kelgan zulmiga chiday olmagan Isroil xalqi najot soʻrab, Egamizga iltijo qildi.
4 Ayni zamonda Lappidoʻtning xotini boʻlgan paygʻambar ayol Dobira Isroil xalqiga hakam boʻlib xizmat qilayotgan edi. 5 U Rama va Baytil shaharlari oʻrtasida, Efrayim qirlaridagi maʼlum bir palma daraxti tagida oʻtirar, Isroil xalqi esa janjalli masalalarni yechish uchun uning oldiga borar edi. Keyinchalik xalq oʻsha palma daraxtiga Dobira deb nom qoʻydi. 6 Bir kuni Dobira Naftali yerlaridagi Kedesh shahriga bir odam joʻnatib, Baraqni chaqirtirib keldi. Baraq Abunavamning oʻgʻli edi. Dobira Baraqqa shunday dedi:
— Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamiz senga amr qilmoqda: “Bor, oʻzing bilan Naftali va Zabulun qabilalaridan oʻn ming nafar odamni Tovur togʻiga olib chiq. 7 Men Yobinning lashkarboshisi Sisaroni, jang aravalari va lashkari bilan Xishon daryosining yonida senga roʻbaroʻ qilaman. Bu jangda ularni sening qoʻlingga beraman.”
8 — Agar sen men bilan borsang, boraman, bormasang, men ham bormayman, — dedi Dobiraga Baraq.
9 Dobira shunday javob berdi:
— Albatta sen bilan boraman, lekin bilginkim, bu gʻalaba senga sharaf keltirmaydi, zero, Egamiz Sisaroni ayol kishining qoʻliga beradi.
Shunday qilib, Dobira Baraq bilan Kedeshga joʻnadi. 10 Baraq Naftali bilan Zabulun lashkarlarini Kedeshga toʻpladi. Toʻplanganlardan oʻn mingtasi Baraqqa ergashdi, Dobira ham ular bilan bordi.
11 Shu orada Xayin xalqidan boʻlgan Xaber ismli bir kishi oʻz urugʻ–aymoqlaridan ajralib, boshqa joyga koʻchib oʻtgan edi. U oʻz chodirini Kedeshning yaqinidagi, Zananimdagi eman daraxtining yoniga qurgan edi. Oʻsha odam Musoning qaynagʻasi Xoʻvov urugʻidan edi.
12 Sisaro Abunavam oʻgʻli Baraqning Tovur togʻiga chiqqanini eshitgach, 13 toʻqqiz yuz temir jang aravasi bilan jamiki lashkarini Xaroshet–Xagoyimdan olib chiqib, Xishon daryosida toʻpladi. 14 Shunda Dobira Baraqqa dedi: “Qani, boʻl! Egamiz bugun Sisaroni senga taslim qiladi. Egamizning Oʻzi seni jangga boshlab boradi.” Baraq oʻn mingta odamga bosh boʻlib, Tovur togʻidan tushdi. 15 Baraq hujum qilgach, Sisaroni, uning jang aravalariyu lashkarini Egamiz sarosimaga soldi. Sisaro jang aravasidan tushdi–da, qochib qoldi. 16 Baraq dushman jang aravalarini va lashkarini Xaroshet–Xagoyimgacha taʼqib qildi. Sisaroning barcha lashkarini qilichdan oʻtkazdi, ulardan birortasi ham omon qolmadi.
17 Sisaro qochib, Xaberning xotini Yovelning chodiriga bordi, chunki Xazor shohi Yobin Xaber urugʻi bilan sulh tuzgan edi. Xaber Xayin xalqidan edi. 18 Yovel Sisaroni qarshi olib:
— Keling, toʻram, ichkariga kiring, qoʻrqmang, — dedi.
Sisaro ichkariga kirdi, Yovel uni chodir pardasining orqasiga yashirib qoʻydi. 19 Keyin Sisaro unga:
— Iltimos, ozgina suv ber, chanqab ketdim, — dedi.
Yovel meshni ochib, unga sutdan ichirdi. Soʻng Sisaroni yana parda bilan toʻsib qoʻydi. 20 U esa Yovelga shunday dedi:
— Chodirning kiraverishiga borib tur, agar birortasi kelib sendan: “Bu yerda biror odam bormi?” — deb soʻrasa, “Yoʻq”, — deb javob ber.
21 Sisaro charchaganidan yotib uxlab qoldi. Xaberning xotini Yovel esa bir qoʻliga chodir qozigʻini, boshqa qoʻliga bolgʻa olib sekingina uning oldiga bordi. Qoziqni Sisaroning chakkasiga qoqib, boshini yerga qadab qoʻydi. Sisaro oʻldi. 22 Yovel Sisaroni quvib kelayotgan Baraqni qarshi olgani chiqib: “Keling, men sizga qidirayotgan odamingizni koʻrsataman”, — dedi. Baraq chodirga kirdi. Qarasa, Sisaro oʻlib yotibdi, chakkasiga qoziq qoqilgan ekan.
23 Oʻsha kuni Xudo Kanʼon xalqining shohi Yobinni Isroil xalqiga boʻysundirdi. 24 Isroil xalqi kundan–kunga kuchayib, oxiri Kanʼon shohi Yobinni butunlay yoʻq qildi.
