Judges · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Judges 5 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 έψαλαν η Δεβόρρα και ο Βαράκ ο υιός του Αβινεέμ εν τη ημέρα εκείνη, λέγοντες,
1 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
2 Επειδή προεπορεύθησαν αρχηγοί εν τω Ισραήλ, Επειδή ο λαός προσέφερεν εαυτόν εκουσίως, Ευλογείτε τον Κύριον.
2 “Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!
3 Ακούσατε, βασιλείς· δότε ακρόασιν, σατράπαι· εγώ, εις τον Κύριον εγώ θέλω ψάλλει εις Κύριον τον Θεόν του Ισραήλ θέλω ψαλμωδεί.
3 “Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
4 Κύριε, ότε εξήλθες από Σηείρ, ότε εκίνησας από της πεδιάδος του Εδώμ, η γη εσείσθη και οι ουρανοί εστάλαξαν, αι νεφέλαι έτι εστάλαξαν ύδωρ.
4 “Yahweh, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
5 Τα όρη ετάκησαν υπό της παρουσίας του Κυρίου· αυτό το Σινά από της παρουσίας Κυρίου του Θεού του Ισραήλ.
5 The mountains quaked at Yahweh’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
6 Εν ταις ημέραις του Σαμεγάρ υιού του Ανάθ, εν ταις ημέραις της Ιαήλ, εγκατελείφθησαν αι οδοί, και οι διαβάται περιεπάτουν οδούς πλαγίας.
6 “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
7 Εξέλιπον οι ηγεμόνες εν τω Ισραήλ, εξέλιπον, εωσού εγώ η Δεβόρρα εσηκώθην, εσηκώθην μήτηρ εν τω Ισραήλ.
7 The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
8 Εξέλεξαν θεούς νέους· τότε πόλεμος εν ταις πύλαις· εφάνη άρα ασπίς ή λόγχη μεταξύ τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάδων εν τω Ισραήλ;
8 They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 Η καρδία μου είναι προς τους αρχηγούς του Ισραήλ, όσοι μεταξύ του λαού προσέφεραν εαυτούς εκουσίως. Ευλογείτε τον Κύριον.
9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!
10 Υμνολογείτε· οι επιβαίνοντες επί λευκών όνων, οι καθήμενοι εις το κρίνειν, και οι περιπατούντες εν ταις οδοίς.
10 “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
11 Ελευθερωθέντες από του κρότου των τοξοτών, εν τοις τόποις όπου αντλούσιν ύδωρ, εκεί θέλουσι διηγείσθαι τας δικαιοσύνας του Κυρίου, τας δικαιοσύνας των ηγεμόνων αυτού μεταξύ του Ισραήλ. Κατέβη τότε εις τας πύλας ο λαός του Κυρίου.
11 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse Yahweh’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. “Then Yahweh’s people went down to the gates.
12 Εγέρθητι, εγέρθητι, Δεβόρρα· εγέρθητι, εγέρθητι, πρόφερε ωδήν· σηκώθητι, Βαράκ, και αιχμαλώτισον τους αιχμαλώτους σου, υιέ του Αβινεέμ.
12 ‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’
13 Τότε κατέβη το εγκαταλελειμμένον του λαού εναντίον των ισχυρών· ο Κύριος κατέβη μετ' εμού εναντίον των δυνατών.
13 “Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
14 Εκ του Εφραΐμ οι κατοικούντες το όρος Αμαλήκ κατέβησαν κατόπιν σου, Βενιαμίν, μεταξύ των λαών σου. Εκ του Μαχείρ κατέβησαν οι αρχηγοί, και εκ του Ζαβουλών οι κρατούντες ράβδον γραμματέως.
14 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.
15 Και οι άρχοντες του Ισσάχαρ μετά της Δεβόρρας, ο Ισσάχαρ προσέτι και ο Βαράκ· κατόπιν τούτου έδραμον εις την κοιλάδα. Εις τας διαιρέσεις του Ρουβήν ηγέρθησαν μεγάλοι στοχασμοί καρδίας.
15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
16 Διά τι εκάθησας μεταξύ εις τας μάνδρας, διά να ακούης τα βελάσματα των ποιμνίων; εις τας διαιρέσεις του Ρουβήν ηγέρθησαν μεγάλαι συζητήσεις καρδίας.
16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart.
17 Ο Γαλαάδ ησύχαζε πέραν του Ιορδάνου· και ο Δαν διά τι έμενεν εις τα πλοία; ο Ασήρ εκάθητο εις τα παράλια, και ησύχαζεν εις τους λιμένας αυτού.
17 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.
18 Ο Ζαβουλών είναι λαός προσφέρων την ζωήν αυτού εις θάνατον, και ο Νεφθαλί, επί τα ύψη της πεδιάδος.
18 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
19 Ήλθον οι βασιλείς, επολέμησαν· τότε επολέμησαν οι βασιλείς Χαναάν εν Θαανάχ πλησίον των υδάτων του Μεγιδδώ· λάφυρον αργυρίου δεν έλαβον.
19 “The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
20 Εκ του ουρανού επολέμησαν, οι αστέρες εκ της πορείας αυτών επολέμησαν εναντίον του Σισάρα.
20 From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
21 Ο ποταμός Κισών κατέσυρεν αυτούς, ο παλαιός ποταμός, ο ποταμός Κισών. Κατεπάτησας, ψυχή μου, δύναμιν.
21 The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
22 Τότε κατετρίβησαν οι όνυχες των ίππων από του ορμητικού δρόμου, του ορμητικού δρόμου των επ' αυτούς ισχυρών.
22 Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
23 Καταράσθε την Μηρώζ, είπεν ο άγγελος του Κυρίου, καταράσθε κατάραν τους κατοίκους αυτής διότι δεν ήλθον εις βοήθειαν του Κυρίου, εις βοήθειαν του Κυρίου εναντίον των δυνατών.
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’
24 Ευλογημένη ας ήναι υπέρ τας γυναίκας η Ιαήλ, η γυνή του Έβερ του Κεναίου· υπέρ τας γυναίκας εν ταις σκηναίς ευλογημένη ας ήναι.
24 “Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25 Ύδωρ εζήτησε, γάλα έδωκε· βούτυρον προσέφερεν εις μεγαλοπρεπή κρατήρα.
25 He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
26 Την αριστεράν αυτής ήπλωσεν εις τον πάσσαλον, και την δεξιάν αυτής εις την σφύραν των εργατών· και σφυροκοπήσασα τον Σισάρα έσχισε την κεφαλήν αυτού, και συνέθλασε και διεπέρασε τους μήνιγγας αυτού.
26 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
27 Μεταξύ των ποδών αυτής συνεκάμφθη, έπεσεν, έκειτο· μεταξύ των ποδών αυτής συνεκάμφθη, έπεσεν· όπου συνεκάμφθη, εκεί έπεσε νεκρός.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28 Η μήτηρ του Σισάρα έκυπτε διά της θυρίδος και εβόα διά του δικτυωτού, Διά τι η άμαξα αυτού βραδύνει να έλθη, διά τι εβράδυναν οι τροχοί των αμαξών αυτού;
28 “Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
29 Αι σοφαί κυρίαι αυτής απεκρίνοντο προς αυτήν· αυτή μάλιστα έδιδε την απόκρισιν προς εαυτήν·
29 Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
30 Δεν επέτυχον; δεν διεμοίρασαν τα λάφυρα; μίαν ή δύο νέας εις έκαστον άνδρα, εις τον Σισάρα λάφυρα ποικιλόχροα, λάφυρα ποικιλόχροα κεντητά, ποικιλόχροα κεντητά και εκ των δύο μερών, περιλαίμια των λαφυραγωγουμένων;
30 ‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’
31 Ούτω να απολεσθώσι πάντες οι εχθροί σου, Κύριε· οι δε αγαπώντες αυτόν ας ήναι ως ο ήλιος ανατέλλων εν τη δόξη αυτού. Και ανεπαύθη η γη τεσσαράκοντα έτη.
31 “So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
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
Anath
Named only as the father of the judge Shamgar.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6
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
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
Shamgar
Son of Anath who saved Israel by striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad, and whose days are recalled in Deborah's song.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 15:1; Revelation 15:3–4; Isaiah 12:1–6; Psalm 18:1; Revelation 19:1–3
- 2 Judges 5:9; Psalm 110:3; 2 Chronicles 17:16; Philippians 2:13; Psalm 136:19–20
- 3 Psalm 138:4–5; Psalm 119:46; Psalm 2:10–12; Psalm 49:1–2; Ezra 7:21
- 4 Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalm 77:17; Psalm 68:7–8; Psalm 18:7–15; Job 9:6
- 5 Exodus 19:18; Psalm 97:5; Nahum 1:5; Isaiah 64:1–3; Hebrews 12:18
- 6 Isaiah 33:8; Judges 3:31; Lamentations 1:4; Leviticus 26:22; Psalm 125:5
- 7 2 Samuel 20:19; Isaiah 49:23; Romans 16:13; Esther 9:19; Judges 4:4–6
- 8 Deuteronomy 32:16–17; Judges 2:17; Judges 2:12; Judges 4:3; 1 Samuel 13:19–22
- 9 Judges 5:2; 2 Corinthians 8:3–4; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 2 Corinthians 9:5; 2 Corinthians 8:17
- 10 Judges 12:14; Judges 10:4; Psalm 105:2; Psalm 145:11; Isaiah 28:6
- 11 Micah 6:5; Judges 5:8; 1 Samuel 12:7; Deuteronomy 22:24; Lamentations 5:9
- 12 Ephesians 4:8; Psalm 68:18; Psalm 57:8; 2 Timothy 2:26; Ephesians 5:14
- 13 Revelation 2:26–27; Psalm 75:7; Isaiah 41:15–16; Romans 8:37; Revelation 3:9
- 14 Numbers 32:39–40; Judges 3:13; Judges 12:15; Judges 3:27; Judges 4:10
- 15 Judges 4:14; Judges 4:10; Proverbs 22:13; Judges 4:6; 1 Chronicles 12:32
- 16 Numbers 32:24; Numbers 32:1–5; Lamentations 3:40–41; Psalm 4:4; Psalm 77:6
- 17 Joshua 13:25; Joshua 19:24–31; Joshua 13:31
- 18 Judges 4:10; Judges 4:6; Judges 4:14; Acts 20:24; Esther 4:16
- 19 Judges 5:30; Judges 1:27; 1 Kings 4:12; Joshua 10:22–27; Revelation 19:19
- 20 Joshua 10:11; Judges 4:15; Psalm 77:17–18; 1 Samuel 7:10
- 21 Judges 4:7; Psalm 44:5; Micah 7:10; 1 Kings 18:40; Judges 4:13
- 22 Jeremiah 47:4; Psalm 33:17; Psalm 147:10–11; Micah 4:13; Psalm 20:7
- 23 1 Corinthians 16:22; 1 Samuel 18:17; Judges 21:9–10; Jeremiah 48:10; 1 Corinthians 3:9
- 24 Luke 1:42; Luke 1:28; Genesis 14:19; Judges 4:17; Proverbs 31:31
- 25 Judges 4:19–21
- 26 1 Samuel 17:49–51; Judges 4:21; 2 Samuel 20:22
- 27 Psalm 52:7; James 2:13; Matthew 7:2
- 28 Judges 4:15; Song of Songs 2:9; 2 Kings 1:2; James 5:7; Proverbs 7:6
- 30 Exodus 15:9; Psalm 45:14; Job 20:5; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 13:18
- 31 Psalm 37:6; 2 Samuel 23:4; Psalm 19:4–5; Psalm 91:14; James 1:12
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