Judges 4 #catechesis/bible/judges
[!abstract] Debbora and Barac deliver Israel from Jabin and Sisara, Jahal kills Sisara.
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GR καὶ προσέθεντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἔναντι κυρίου
LA Addideruntque filii Israël facere malum in conspectu Domini post mortem Aod,
EN And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord after the death of Aod:
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GR καὶ ἀπέδοτο αὐτοὺς κύριος ἐν χειρὶ Ιαβιν βασιλέως Χανααν ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ασωρ καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ Σισαρα καὶ αὐτὸς κατῴκει ἐν Αρισωθ τῶν ἐθνῶν
LA et tradidit illos Dominus in manus Jabin regis Chanaan, qui regnavit in Asor: habuitque ducem exercitus sui nomine Sisaram, ipse autem habitabat in Haroseth gentium.
EN And the Lord delivered them up into the hands of Jabin, king of Chanaan, who reigned in Asor: and he had a general of his army named Sisara, and he dwelt in Haroseth of the Gentiles.
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GR καὶ ἐκέκραξαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ πρὸς κύριον ὅτι ἐννακόσια ἅρματα σιδηρᾶ ἦν αὐτῷ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔθλιψεν τὸν Ισραηλ κατὰ κράτος εἴκοσι ἔτη
LA Clamaveruntque filii Israël ad Dominum: nongentos enim habebat falcatos currus, et per viginti annos vehementer oppresserat eos.
EN And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots set with scythes and for twenty years had grievously oppressed them.
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GR καὶ Δεββωρα γυνὴ προφῆτις γυνὴ Λαφιδωθ αὐτὴ ἔκρινεν τὸν Ισραηλ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ
LA Erat autem Debbora prophetis uxor Lapidoth, quæ judicabat populum in illo tempore.
EN And there was at that time Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, who judged the people.
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GR καὶ αὐτὴ ἐκάθητο ὑπὸ φοίνικα Δεββωρα ἀνὰ μέσον Ραμα καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Βαιθηλ ἐν ὄρει Εφραιμ καὶ ἀνέβαινον πρὸς αὐτὴν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἐκεῖ τοῦ κρίνεσθαι
LA Et sedebat sub palma, quæ nomine illius vocabatur, inter Rama et Bethel in monte Ephraim: ascendebantque ad eam filii Israël in omne judicium.
EN And she sat under a palm tree, which was called by her name, between Rama and Bethel, in Mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for all judgment.
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GR καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Δεββωρα καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸν Βαρακ υἱὸν Αβινεεμ ἐκ Κεδες Νεφθαλι καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν οὐχὶ σοὶ ἐνετείλατο κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ καὶ ἀπελεύσῃ εἰς ὄρος Θαβωρ καὶ λήμψῃ μετὰ σεαυτοῦ δέκα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Νεφθαλι καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ζαβουλων
LA Quæ misit et vocavit Barac filium Abinoëm de Cedes Nephthali: dixitque ad eum: Præcepit tibi Dominus Deus Israël: Vade, et duc exercitum in montem Thabor, tollesque tecum decem millia pugnatorum de filiis Nephthali, et de filiis Zabulon:
EN And she sent and called Barac, the Son of Abinoem, out of Cedes, in Nephthali: and she said to him: The Lord God of Israel has commanded you: Go, and lead an army to Mount Thabor, and you shall take with you ten thousand fighting men of the children of Nephthali, and of the children of Zabulon:
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GR καὶ ἀπάξω πρὸς σὲ εἰς τὸν χειμάρρουν Κισων τὸν Σισαρα ἄρχοντα τῆς δυνάμεως Ιαβιν καὶ τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ πλῆθος αὐτοῦ καὶ παραδώσω αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου
LA ego autem adducam ad te in loco torrentis Cison, Sisaram principem exercitus Jabin, et currus ejus, atque omnem multitudinem, et tradam eos in manu tua.
EN And I will bring unto you in the place of the torrent Cison, Sisara, the general of Jabin’s army, and his chariots, and all his multitude, and will deliver them into your hand.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὴν Βαρακ ἐὰν πορευθῇς μετ’ ἐμοῦ πορεύσομαι καὶ ἐὰν μὴ πορευθῇς μετ’ ἐμοῦ οὐ πορεύσομαι ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα τὴν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ εὐοδοῖ κύριος τὸν ἄγγελον μετ’ ἐμοῦ
LA Dixitque ad eam Barac: Si venis mecum, vadam: si nolueris venire mecum, non pergam.
EN And Barac said to her: If you will come with me, I will go: if you will not come with me, I will not go.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Δεββωρα πορευομένη πορεύσομαι μετὰ σοῦ πλὴν γίνωσκε ὅτι οὐκ ἔσται τὸ προτέρημά σου εἰς τὴν ὁδόν ἣν σὺ πορεύῃ ὅτι ἐν χειρὶ γυναικὸς ἀποδώσεται κύριος τὸν Σισαρα καὶ ἀνέστη Δεββωρα καὶ ἐπορεύθη μετὰ τοῦ Βαρακ εἰς Κεδες
LA Quæ dixit ad eum: Ibo quidem tecum, sed in hac vice victoria non reputabitur tibi, quia in manu mulieris tradetur Sisara. Surrexit itaque Debbora, et perrexit cum Barac in Cedes.
EN She said to him: I will go, indeed, with you, but at this time the victory shall not be attributed to you, because Sisara shall be delivered into the hand of a woman. Debbora therefore arose, and went with Barac to Cedes.
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GR καὶ παρήγγειλεν Βαρακ τῷ Ζαβουλων καὶ τῷ Νεφθαλι εἰς Κεδες καὶ ἀνέβησαν κατὰ πόδας αὐτοῦ δέκα χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν καὶ Δεββωρα ἀνέβη μετ’ αὐτοῦ
LA Qui, accitis Zabulon et Nephthali, ascendit cum decem millibus pugnatorum, habens Debboram in comitatu suo.
EN And he called unto him Zabulon and Nephthali, and went up with ten thousand fighting men, having Debbora in his company.
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GR καὶ οἱ πλησίον τοῦ Κιναίου ἐχωρίσθησαν ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ιωβαβ γαμβροῦ Μωυσῆ καὶ ἔπηξεν τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ πρὸς δρῦν ἀναπαυομένων ἥ ἐστιν ἐχόμενα Κεδες
LA Haber autem Cinæus recesserat quondam a ceteris Cinæis fratribus suis, filiis Hobab cognati Moysi: et tetenderat tabernacula usque ad vallem, quæ vocatur Sennim, et erat juxta Cedes.
EN Now Haber, the Cinite, had some time before departed from the rest of the Cinites, his brethren, the sons of Hobab, the kinsman of Moses: and had pitched his tents unto the valley, which is called Sennim, and was near Cedes.
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GR καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν τῷ Σισαρα ὅτι ἀνέβη Βαρακ υἱὸς Αβινεεμ ἐπ’ ὄρος Θαβωρ
LA Nuntiatumque est Sisaræ quod ascendisset Barac filius Abinoëm in montem Thabor:
EN And it was told Sisara, that Barac, the son of Abinoem, had gone up to Mount Thabor:
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GR καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Σισαρα πάντα τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἐννακόσια ἅρματα σιδηρᾶ ἦν αὐτῷ καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τὸν μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ Αρισωθ τῶν ἐθνῶν εἰς τὸν χειμάρρουν Κισων
LA et congregavit nongentos falcatos currus, et omnem exercitum de Haroseth gentium ad torrentem Cison.
EN And he gathered together his nine hundred chariots armed with scythes, and all his army, from Haroseth of the Gentiles, to the torrent Cison.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν Δεββωρα πρὸς Βαρακ ἀνάστηθι ὅτι αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν ᾗ παρέδωκεν κύριος τὸν Σισαρα ἐν χειρί σου οὐκ ἰδοὺ κύριος ἐλεύσεται ἔμπροσθέν σου καὶ κατέβη Βαρακ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους Θαβωρ καὶ δέκα χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ
LA Dixitque Debbora ad Barac: Surge, hæc est enim dies, in qua tradidit Dominus Sisaram in manus tuas: en ipse ductor est tuus. Descendit itaque Barac de monte Thabor, et decem millia pugnatorum cum eo.
EN And Debbora said to Barac: Arise, for this is the day wherein the Lord has delivered Sisara into your hands: behold, he is your leader. And Barac went down from Mount Thabor, and ten thousand fighting men with him.
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GR καὶ ἐξέστησεν κύριος τὸν Σισαρα καὶ πάντα τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας ἐνώπιον Βαρακ καὶ κατέβη Σισαρα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφυγεν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ
LA Perterruitque Dominus Sisaram, et omnes currus ejus, universamque multitudinem in ore gladii ad conspectum Barac: in tantum, ut Sisara de curru desiliens, pedibus fugeret,
EN And the Lord struck a terror into Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his multitude, with the edge of the sword, at the sight of Barac; insomuch, that Sisara leaping down from off his chariot, fled away on foot,
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GR καὶ Βαρακ διώκων ὀπίσω τῶν ἁρμάτων καὶ ὀπίσω τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἕως δρυμοῦ τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ ἔπεσεν πᾶσα ἡ παρεμβολὴ Σισαρα ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας οὐ κατελείφθη ἕως ἑνός
LA et Barac persequeretur fugientes currus, et exercitum usque ad Haroseth gentium, et omnis hostium multitudo usque ad internecionem caderet.
EN and Barac pursued after the fleeing chariots, and the army, unto Haroseth of the Gentiles; and all the multitude of the enemies was utterly destroyed.
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GR καὶ Σισαρα ἀνεχώρησεν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ εἰς σκηνὴν Ιαηλ γυναικὸς Χαβερ τοῦ Κιναίου ὅτι εἰρήνη ἀνὰ μέσον Ιαβιν βασιλέως Ασωρ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον οἴκου Χαβερ τοῦ Κιναίου
LA Sisara autem fugiens pervenit ad tentorium Jahel uxoris Haber Cinæi. Erat enim pax inter Jabin regem Asor, et domum Haber Cinæi.
EN But Sisara fleeing, came to the tent of Jahel, the wife of Haber, the Cinite, for there was peace between Jabin, the king of Asor, and the house of Haber, the Cinite.
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GR καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ιαηλ εἰς ἀπάντησιν Σισαρα καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν ἔκνευσον κύριέ μου ἔκνευσον πρός με μὴ φοβοῦ καὶ ἐξένευσεν πρὸς αὐτὴν εἰς τὴν σκηνήν καὶ συνεκάλυψεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ δέρρει αὐτῆς
LA Egressa igitur Jahel in occursum Sisaræ, dixit ad eum: Intra ad me, domine mi: intra, ne timeas. Qui ingressus tabernaculum ejus, et opertus ab ea pallio,
EN And Jahel went forth to meet Sisara, and said to him: Come in to me, my lord; come in, fear not. He went into her tent, and being covered by her with a cloak,
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GR καὶ εἶπεν Σισαρα πρὸς αὐτήν πότισόν με δὴ μικρὸν ὕδωρ ὅτι ἐδίψησα καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὸν ἀσκὸν τοῦ γάλακτος καὶ ἐπότισεν αὐτὸν καὶ συνεκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ
LA dixit ad eam: Da mihi, obsecro, paululum aquæ, quia sitio valde. Quæ aperuit utrem lactis, et dedit ei bibere, et operuit illum.
EN said to her: Give me, I beseech you, a little water, for I am very thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτήν στῆθι ἐν τῇ θύρᾳ τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ ἔσται ἐάν τις ἔλθῃ πρὸς σὲ καὶ ἐρωτήσῃ σε καὶ εἴπῃ σοι ἔστιν ἐνταῦθα ἀνήρ καὶ ἐρεῖς οὐκ ἔστιν καὶ συνεκάλυψεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ δέρρει αὐτῆς
LA Dixitque Sisara ad eam: Sta ante ostium tabernaculi: et cum venerit aliquis interrogans te, et dicens: Numquid hic est aliquis? respondebis: Nullus est.
EN And Sisara said to her: Stand before the door of the tent, and when any shall come and inquire of you, saying: Is there any man here? You shall say: There is none.
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GR καὶ ἔλαβεν Ιαηλ γυνὴ Χαβερ τὸν πάσσαλον τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ ἔθηκεν τὴν σφῦραν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆς καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡσυχῇ καὶ ἐνέκρουσεν τὸν πάσσαλον ἐν τῇ γνάθῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ διήλασεν ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπεσκάρισεν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν γονάτων αὐτῆς καὶ ἐξέψυξεν καὶ ἀπέθανεν
LA Tulit itaque Jahel uxor Haber clavum tabernaculi, assumens pariter et malleum: et ingressa abscondite et cum silentio, posuit supra tempus capitis ejus clavum, percussumque malleo defixit in cerebrum usque ad terram: qui soporem morti consocians defecit, et mortuus est.
EN So Jahel, Haber’s wife, took a nail of the tent, and taking also a hammer: and going in softly, and with silence, she put the nail upon the temples of his head, and striking it with the hammer, drove it through his brain fast into the ground: and so passing from deep sleep to death, he fainted away and died.
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GR καὶ ἰδοὺ Βαρακ διώκων τὸν Σισαρα καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ιαηλ εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ δεῦρο καὶ δείξω σοι τὸν ἄνδρα ὃν σὺ ζητεῖς καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτήν καὶ ἰδοὺ Σισαρα πεπτωκὼς νεκρός καὶ ὁ πάσσαλος ἐν τῇ γνάθῳ αὐτοῦ
LA Et ecce Barac sequens Sisaram veniebat: egressaque Jahel in occursum ejus, dixit ei: Veni, et ostendam tibi virum quem quæris. Qui cum intrasset ad eam, vidit Sisaram jacentem mortuum, et clavum infixum in tempore ejus.
EN And behold, Barac came pursuing after Sisara: and Jahel went out to meet him, and said to him: Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. And when he came into her tent, he saw Sisara lying dead, and the nail fastened in his temples.
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GR καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς τὸν Ιαβιν βασιλέα Χανααν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐνώπιον υἱῶν Ισραηλ
LA Humiliavit ergo Deus in die illo Jabin regem Chanaan coram filiis Israël:
EN So God that day humbled Jabin, the king of Chanaan, before the children of Israel:
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GR καὶ ἐπορεύθη χεὶρ τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ πορευομένη καὶ σκληρυνομένη ἐπὶ Ιαβιν βασιλέα Χανααν ἕως ἐξωλέθρευσαν αὐτόν
LA qui crescebant quotidie, et forti manu opprimebant Jabin regem Chanaan, donec delerent eum.
EN Who grew daily stronger, and with a mighty hand overpowered Jabin, king of Chanaan, till they quite destroyed him.
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