Judges · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Judges 4 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και έπραξαν οι υιοί Ισραήλ πάλιν πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου, αφού ετελεύτησεν ο Αώδ.
1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
2 Και επώλησεν αυτούς ο Κύριος εις την χείρα του Ιαβείν, βασιλέως Χαναάν, όστις εβασίλευεν εν Ασώρ· και αρχηγός των στρατευμάτων αυτού ήτο ο Σισάρα, όστις κατώκει εκ Αρωσέθ των εθνών.
2 Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 Και εβόησαν προς τον Κύριον οι υιοί Ισραήλ· διότι είχεν εννεακοσίας αμάξας σιδηράς· και αυτός κατέθλιψε σφόδρα τους υιούς Ισραήλ είκοσι έτη.
3 The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.
4 Και η Δεβόρρα, γυνή προφήτις, γυνή του Λαφιδώθ, αύτη έκρινε τον Ισραήλ κατά τον καιρόν εκείνον.
4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time.
5 Και αυτή κατώκει υπό τον φοίνικα της Δεβόρρας, μεταξύ Ραμά και Βαιθήλ, εν τω όρει Εφραΐμ· και ανέβαινον προς αυτήν οι υιοί Ισραήλ διά να κρίνωνται.
5 She lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 Και έστειλε και εκάλεσε τον Βαράκ τον υιόν του Αβινεέμ από Κέδες-νεφαλί, και είπε προς αυτόν, Δεν πρόσταξε Κύριος ο Θεός του Ισραήλ, λέγων, Ύπαγε και σύναξον δύναμιν εν τω όρει Θαβώρ και λάβε μετά σου δέκα χιλιάδας ανδρών εκ των υιών Νεφθαλί και εκ των υιών Ζαβουλών,
6 She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 και θέλω επισύρει προς σε εις τον ποταμόν Κισών τον Σισάρα, τον αρχηγόν του στρατεύματος Ιαβείν, και τας αμάξας αυτού και το πλήθος αυτού, και θέλω παραδώσει αυτόν εις την χείρα σου;
7 I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
8 Και είπε προς αυτήν ο Βαράκ, Εάν συ έλθης μετ' εμού, θέλω υπάγει· αλλ' εάν δεν έλθης μετ' εμού, δεν θέλω υπάγει.
8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
9 Η δε είπε, Θέλω ελθεί εξάπαντος μετά σού· πλην δεν θέλεις λάβει τιμήν εν τη οδώ εις την οποίαν υπάγεις· διότι εις χείρα γυναικός θέλει πωλήσει ο Κύριος τον Σισάρα. Και η Δεβόρρα εσηκώθη και υπήγε μετά του Βαράκ εις Κέδες.
9 She said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the journey that you take won’t be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into a woman’s hand.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 Και συνεκάλεσεν ο Βαράκ τον Ζαβουλών και τον Νεφθαλί εις Κέδες, και ανέβη μετά δέκα χιλιάδων ανδρών κατά πόδας αυτού· και η Δεβόρρα ανέβη μετ' αυτού.
10 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
11 Ο δε Έβερ ο Κεναίος, εκ των υιών του Οβάβ πενθερού του Μωϋσέως, είχε χωρισθή από των Κεναίων και είχε στήσει την σκηνήν αυτού έως της δρυός Ζααναείμ, της πλησίον Κέδες.
11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
12 Και ανήγγειλαν προς τον Σισάρα, ότι Βαράκ ο υιός του Αβινεέμ ανέβη εις το όρος Θαβώρ.
12 They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
13 Και συνήθροισεν ο Σισάρα πάσας τας αμάξας αυτού, εννεακοσίας αμάξας σιδηράς, και πάντα τον λαόν τον μετ' αυτού, από Αρωσέθ των εθνών εις τον ποταμόν Κισών.
13 Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to the river Kishon.
14 Και είπεν η Δεβόρρα προς τον Βαράκ, Σηκώθητι· διότι αύτη είναι η ημέρα, καθ' ην ο Κύριος παρέδωκε τον Σισάρα εις την χείρα σου· δεν εξήλθεν ο Κύριος έμπροσθέν σου; Και κατέβη ο Βαράκ από του όρους Θαβώρ και δέκα χιλιάδες άνδρες κατόπιν αυτού.
14 Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 Και κατετρόπωσεν ο Κύριος τον Σισάρα και πάσας τας αμάξας και παν το στράτευμα, εν στόματι μαχαίρας, έμπροσθεν του Βαράκ· και κατέβη ο Σισάρα από της αμάξης και έφυγε πεζός.
15 Yahweh confused Sisera, all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled away on his feet.
16 Κατεδίωξε δε ο Βαράκ κατόπιν των αμαξών και κατόπιν του στρατεύματος έως της Αρωσέθ των εθνών· και έπεσε παν το στράτευμα του Σισάρα εν στόματι μαχαίρας· δεν έμεινεν ουδέ εις.
16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.
17 Και έφυγεν ο Σισάρα πεζός εις την σκηνήν της Ιαήλ, γυναικός του Έβερ του Κεναίου· διότι ήτο ειρήνη μεταξύ του Ιαβείν βασιλέως της Ασώρ και του οίκου του Έβερ του Κεναίου.
17 However 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 Και εξήλθεν η Ιαήλ εις συνάντησιν του Σισάρα και είπε προς αυτόν, Είσελθε, κύριέ μου, είσελθε προς εμέ· μη φοβού. Και ότε εισήλθε προς αυτήν εις την σκηνήν, εσκέπασεν αυτόν με κάλυμμα.
18 Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid.” He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
19 Και είπε προς αυτήν. Πότισόν με, παρακαλώ, ολίγον ύδωρ, διότι εδίψησα. Και ήνοιξε τον ασκόν του γάλακτος και επότισεν αυτόν και εσκέπασεν αυτόν.
19 He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, and gave him a drink, and covered him.
20 Και είπε προς αυτήν, Στήθι εις την θύραν της σκηνής, και εάν έλθη τις και σε ερωτήση, λέγων, Είναί τις ενταύθα; ειπέ, Ουχί.
20 He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”
21 Και έλαβεν Ιαήλ η γυνή του Έβερ τον πάσσαλον της σκηνής, και βαλούσα σφύραν εις την χείρα αυτής, υπήγεν ησύχως προς αυτόν και ενέπηξε τον πάσσαλον εις τον μήνιγγα αυτού, ώστε εκαρφώθη εις την γήν· διότι αυτός αποκαμωμένος ων εκοιμάτο βαθέως. Και απέθανε.
21 Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.
22 Και ιδού, ο Βαράκ κατεδίωκε τον Σισάρα· η δε Ιαήλ εξήλθεν εις συνάντησιν αυτού και είπε προς αυτόν, Ελθέ, και θέλω σοι δείξει τον άνδρα τον οποίον ζητείς. Και ότε εισήλθε προς αυτήν, ιδού, ο Σισάρα έκειτο νεκρός, και ο πάσσαλος εις τον μήνιγγα αυτού.
22 Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.
23 Και εταπείνωσεν ο Θεός κατά την ημέραν εκείνην τον Ιαβείν βασιλέα Χαναάν έμπροσθεν των υιών Ισραήλ.
23 So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.
24 Και εκραταιούτο η χειρ των υιών Ισραήλ και κατίσχυεν επί Ιαβείν βασιλέα Χαναάν, εωσού εξωλόθρευσαν τον Ιαβείν βασιλέα Χαναάν.
24 The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abinoam
Named as the father of Barak of Kedesh in Naphtali.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:6; Judges 4:12; Judges 5:1
Barak
Son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali whom Deborah summoned to lead ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun against Sisera, and who sang Deborah's song with her.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:6; Judges 4:14; Judges 5:1
Deborah
Prophetess and wife of Lappidoth who judged Israel from under the Palm of Deborah in the hill country of Ephraim, summoned Barak to fight Sisera, and sang the victory song with…
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:4; Judges 4:9; Judges 5:1
Heber
Kenite who had separated from the descendants of Hobab, pitched his tent near Kedesh, and was at peace with Jabin king of Hazor, and whose wife Jael killed Sisera.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:11; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:24
Hobab
The son of Moses' father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, whom Moses urged to guide Israel through the wilderness and who answered that he would return to his own land and people.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 10:29–30; Judges 4:11
Jabin
King of Canaan who reigned in Hazor and oppressed Israel twenty years with nine hundred iron chariots until God subdued him after Barak's victory; Scripture does not say whether…
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:2; Judges 4:17; Judges 4:23–24
Jael
Wife of Heber the Kenite who gave the fleeing Sisera shelter and killed him with a tent peg, and whom Deborah's song calls most blessed among tent-dwelling women.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:17; Judges 4:21; Judges 5:6
Lappidoth
Named only as the husband of the prophetess and judge Deborah.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:4
Sisera
Commander of Jabin's forces, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim, was routed by Barak at the Kishon, and was killed by Jael with a tent peg.
Cited in the guide: Judges 4:2; Judges 4:15; Judges 4:21
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 5:3; Leviticus 26:23–25; Judges 3:12; Judges 10:6; Psalm 106:43–45
- 2 Judges 4:13; Joshua 11:1; Judges 4:16; Psalm 83:9; 1 Samuel 12:9
- 3 Judges 1:19; Psalm 106:42; Judges 3:9; Judges 5:8; Judges 10:16
- 4 Exodus 15:20; 2 Kings 22:14; Galatians 3:28; Luke 2:36; Joel 2:28–29
- 5 Exodus 18:19; 1 Samuel 1:1; Joshua 18:25; Deuteronomy 17:8–12; Joshua 16:2
- 6 Acts 13:47; Judges 8:18; Hebrews 11:32; Joshua 19:32; Joshua 19:37
- 7 Psalm 83:9–10; Ezekiel 38:10–16; 1 Kings 18:40; Judges 5:21; Joel 3:11–14
- 8 Exodus 4:10–14; Matthew 14:30–31
- 9 1 Samuel 2:30; Judges 5:24–27; Judges 9:54; Judges 2:14; 2 Samuel 20:21–22
- 10 Judges 5:18; Judges 5:15; 1 Samuel 25:27; Exodus 11:8; Judges 4:14
- 11 Numbers 10:29; Joshua 19:33; Judges 1:16; Joshua 19:37; Exodus 3:1
- 12 Psalm 89:12; Joshua 19:34; Joshua 19:12; Jeremiah 46:18; Judges 4:6
- 13 Judges 4:2–3; Judges 4:7
- 14 2 Samuel 5:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Isaiah 52:12; Psalm 68:7–8; Micah 2:13
- 15 Joshua 10:10; Psalm 83:9–10; 2 Chronicles 13:15–17; Hebrews 11:32; Judges 5:20–21
- 16 Romans 2:12; James 2:13; Leviticus 26:7–8; Isaiah 43:17; Joshua 10:19–20
- 17 Isaiah 57:21; Psalm 37:35–36; Psalm 69:22; Job 12:19–21; Job 18:7–12
- 18 2 Kings 6:19
- 19 Judges 5:25–26; John 4:7; Genesis 24:43; 1 Kings 17:10; Isaiah 41:17
- 20 Joshua 2:3–5; 2 Samuel 17:20
- 21 Psalm 3:7; Judges 5:26–27; 1 Corinthians 1:27; Judges 3:21; 1 Corinthians 1:19
- 22 2 Samuel 17:3; 2 Samuel 17:10–15
- 23 Psalm 18:47; Nehemiah 9:24; Psalm 18:39; 1 Chronicles 22:18; 1 Corinthians 15:28
- 24 1 Samuel 3:12
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