Judges 5
1Then sang Devorah and Barak ben Avinoam on that day, saying, 1
2Barachu Hashem that 1 the strong in Yisroel put forth strength, 1 that the people willingly offered themselves. 1
3Hear, O ye melachim; 1 give ear, O ye rozenim (princes); 1 I, even I, will sing unto Hashem; 1 I will make music to Hashem Elohei Yisroel. 1
4Hashem, when Thou wentest out from Se'ir, 1 when Thou marchedst out of the sadeh Edom, 1 Eretz trembled, 1 HaShomayim poured, 1 clouds also poured down mayim. 1
5The harim quaked at the presence of Hashem, 1 this Sinai before Hashem Elohei Yisroel. 1
6In the days of Shamgar ben Anat, 1 in the days of Ya'el, the roads were abandoned, 1 and the travellers walked the byways. 1
7The warrior ceased, they ceased in Yisroel, 1 until I, Devorah, arose, 1 I Em B'Yisroel arose. 1
8They chose elohim chadashim 1 then was war at the she'arim (gates); 1 was there a mogen or spear to be seen 1 among forty thousand in Yisroel? 1
9My lev is toward the ones ruling in Yisroel, 1 that offered themselves willingly among the people. 1 Barachu Hashem. 1
10Reflect, 1 ye that ride on white donkeys, 1 ye that sit on carpets, 1 and you who walk on the derech. 1
11The voice of the archers 1 in the place of drawing mayim, 1 there shall they rehearse the Tzidkot Hashem, 1 even the Tzidkot of His warriors in Yisroel; 1 then shall HaAm Hashem 1 go down to the she'arim. 1
12Awake, awake, Devorah; 1 awake, awake, break out in song; 1 arise, Barak, and lead captive 1 thy captives, thou ben Avinoam. 1
13Then came down a sarid (remnant) 1 of the nobles to the nation; 1 the people of Hashem came down 1 to me as gibborim. 1
14Out of Ephrayim was their shoresh against Amalek; 1 after thee, Binyamin, among thy people; 1 out of Machir came down mekhokekim (law givers), 1 and out of Zevulun they that hold the shevet of the sofer (scribe). 1
15And the sarim of Yissakhar were with Devorah; 1 Yissakhar was with Barak; 1 he rushed at his feet into the emek. 1 Among the divisions of Reuven 1 there were gedolim chikkei lev (great indecisions of heart). 1
16Why abodest thou among the mishpetayim (sheepfolds), 1 to hear the bleatings of the flocks? 1 Among the divisions of Reuven 1 there were great indecisions of heart. 1
17Gil'ad abode beyond Yarden; 1 and why did Dan linger by oniyyot? 1 Asher remained on the seacoast, 1 and dwelt by his landings. 1
18Zevulun and Naphtali were a people 1 that risked their nefesh unto the death 1 in the high places of the sadeh. 1
19The melachim came and fought, 1 then fought the melachim of Kena'an 1 at Ta'anakh by the waters of Megiddo; 1 they took no plunder of kesef. 1
20They fought from Shomayim; 1 the kokhavim in their courses 1 fought Sisra. 1
21The Kishon River swept them away, 1 that nachal kedumim, the Kishon River. 1 O my nefesh, march on with oz! 1
22Then were the ikvei sus (horse hooves) galloping, 1 the prancings of hooves, 1 the prancings of their mighty steeds. 1
23Curse Meroz, said the Malach Hashem, 1 curse bitterly the inhabitants thereof; 1 because they came not to the ezrat Hashem, 1 to the help of Hashem, against the gibborim. 1
24Blessed above nashim shall Ya'el 1 eshet Chever the Keni be, 1 blessed shall she be above nashim in the ohel. 1
25He asked mayim, and she gave him cholov; 1 she brought forth curds in a nobleʼs dish. 1
26She put her yad to the yated, 1 and her right hand to the workmanʼs hammer; 1 and with the hammer she struck Sisra, she crushed his rosh, 1 when she had shattered and pierced his temple. 1
27At her feet he bowed, 1 he fell, he lay down; 1 at her feet he bowed, he fell; 1 where he bowed, sham (there) he fell down dead. 1
28The Em Sisra looked out through the chalon (window), 1 and cried through the lattice, 1 Why is his chariot so long in coming? 1 Why tarry the wheels of his marekevot (chariots)? 1
29Her chachemot sarot (wisest ladies) answered her, 1 indeed, she repeats to herself her words, 1
30Are they not finding and dividing the prey; 1 to every gever a girl or two; 1 for Sisra colorful garments as plunder, 1 a plunder of dyed work embroidered, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, 1 fit for the necks of them that take the spoil? 1
31So let all thine enemies perish, Hashem; 1 but let them that love Him be 1 as the shemesh in its gevurah. And HaAretz had rest arba'im shanah.