11 Hør, hvor de spiller mellem Vandtrugene! Der lovsynger de HERRENs Frelsesværk, hans Værk som Israels Fører. Da drog HERRENs Folk ned til Portene.
11 “At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places,There they shall recount the righteous deeds of the Lord,The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel.Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates.
14 Fra Efraim steg de ned i Dalen, din broder Benjamin var blandt dine Skarer. Fra Makir drog Høvedsmænd ned, fra Zebulon de, der bar Herskerstav;
14 “From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples;From Machir commanders came down,And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of office.
15 Issakars Førere fulgte Debora, Naftali Baraks Spor, de fulgte ham ned i Dalen. Ved Rubens Bække var Betænkelighederne store.
15 “And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;As was Issachar, so was Barak;Into the valley they rushed at his heels;Among the divisions of ReubenThere were great resolves of heart.
23 "Forband", sagde HERRENs Engel "forband Meroz og dem, der bor deri! fordi de ikke kom HERREN til Hjælp kom HERREN til Hjælp som Helte!"
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord,‘Utterly curse its inhabitants;Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,To the help of the Lord against the warriors.’
26 Med Hånden griber hun Pælen, med sin højre Arbejdshammeren, fælder Sisera, kløver hans Hoved, knuser, gennemborer hans Tinding.
26 “She reached out her hand for the tent peg,And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head;And she shattered and pierced his temple.
28 Gennem Vinduet spejded Siseras Moder, gennem Gitteret stirred hun ud: "Hvi tøver hans Vogn med at komme? Hvi nøler hans Forspands Hovslag?"
28 “Out of the window she looked and lamented,The mother of Sisera through the lattice,‘Why does his chariot delay in coming?Why do the hoofbeats of his chariots tarry?’
30 Bytte af spraglede Tøj er til Sisera, et broget Klæde eller to til hans Hals!"
30 ‘Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil?A maiden, two maidens for every warrior;To Sisera a spoil of dyed work,A spoil of dyed work embroidered,Dyed work of double embroidery on the neck of the spoiler?’
31 Således skal alle dine Fjender forgå, HERRE, men de, der elsker dig, skal være, som når Sol går op i sin Vælde! Derpå havde Landet Ro i fyrretyve År.
31 “Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord;But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.”And the land was undisturbed for forty years.