10. “You who ride on white donkeysand sit on saddle blankets,and you who walk along the road, listen!
11. Listen to the sound of the singersat the watering holes.There they tell about the victories of the Lord,the victories of the Lord’s warriors in Israel.Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.
12. “Wake up, wake up, Deborah!Wake up, wake up, sing a song!Get up, Barak!Go capture your enemies, son of Abinoam!
13. “Then those who were left came down to the important leaders.The Lord’s people came down to me with strong men.
14. They came from Ephraim in the mountains of Amalek.Benjamin was among the people who followed you.From the family group of Makir, the commanders came down.And from Zebulun came those who lead.
15. The princes of Issachar were with Deborah.The people of Issachar were loyal to Barakand followed him into the valley.The Reubenites thought hardabout what they would do.
16. Why did you stay by the sheepfold?Was it to hear the music played for your sheep?The Reubenites thought hardabout what they would do.
17. The people of Gilead stayed east of the Jordan River.People of Dan, why did you stay by the ships?The people of Asher stayed at the seashore,at their safe harbors.
18. But the people of Zebulun risked their lives,as did the people of Naphtali on the battlefield.
19. “The kings came, and they fought.At that time the kings of Canaan foughtat Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo.But they took away no silver or possessions of Israel.
20. The stars fought from heaven;from their paths, they fought Sisera.
21. The Kishon River swept Sisera’s men away,that old river, the Kishon River.March on, my soul, with strength!
22. Then the horses’ hoofs beat the ground.Galloping, galloping go Sisera’s mighty horses.
23. ‘May the town of Meroz be cursed,’ said the angel of the Lord.‘Bitterly curse its people,because they did not come to help the Lord.They did not fight the strong enemy.’
24. “May Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite,be blessed above all women who live in tents.
25. Sisera asked for water,but Jael gave him milk.In a bowl fit for a ruler,she brought him cream.
26. Jael reached out and took the tent peg.Her right hand reached for the workman’s hammer.She hit Sisera! She smashed his head!She crushed and pierced the side of his head!
27. At Jael’s feet he sank.He fell, and he lay there.At her feet he sank. He fell.Where Sisera sank, there he fell, dead!
28. “Sisera’s mother looked out through the window.She looked through the curtains and cried out,‘Why is Sisera’s chariot so late in coming?Why are sounds of his chariots’ horses delayed?’
29. The wisest of her servant ladies answer her,and Sisera’s mother says to herself,
30. ‘Surely they are robbing the people they defeated!Surely they are dividing those things among themselves!Each soldier is given a girl or two.Maybe Sisera is taking pieces of dyed cloth.Maybe they are even takingpieces of dyed, embroidered cloth for the necks of the victors!’