Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.

以色列中的官长停职，直到我底波拉兴起，等我兴起作以色列的母。

以色列农村荒芜，空无一人，直到我底波拉兴起，兴起作以色列之母！

以色列农村荒芜，空无一人，直到我底波拉兴起，兴起作以色列之母！

我底波拉做以色列之母以前，以色列的乡村人烟稀少。

以色列中的农村消失了，消失了，直到我底波拉兴起，直到我以色列的母亲兴起。

以色列中的官長停職，直到我底波拉興起，等我興起作以色列的母。

以色列農村荒蕪，空無一人，直到我底波拉興起，興起作以色列之母！

以色列農村荒蕪，空無一人，直到我底波拉興起，興起作以色列之母！

我底波拉做以色列之母以前，以色列的鄉村人煙稀少。

以色列中的農村消失了，消失了，直到我底波拉興起，直到我以色列的母親興起。

以色列中農村絕跡，盡都絕跡，直到你底波拉興起，直到你興起在以色列中為國母。

以色列中鄉里無人、迨我底波拉起、而為以色列母、

以色列中無長者、迨我底破喇生、為以色列族之母。

以色列中無長者、直至我底波拉起、起而為以色列之母、

Villagers in Israel would not fight; they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel.

Those who lived in the villages of Israel would not fight. They held back until I, Deborah, came. I came as a mother in Israel.

The villagers ceased in Israel; they ceased to be until I arose; I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.

There were few people left in the villages of Israel— until Deborah arose as a mother for Israel.

Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

The peasantry came to an end, they came to an end in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.

Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Arose a mother in Israel.

The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

[ The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.

Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city in Israel. Why should you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

This is why the Jews who are in the rural country– those who live in rural cities– set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday for happiness, banqueting, holiday, and sending gifts to one another.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him,“ Is it not true that the LORD God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun!

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.