Debora na Baraki
1 Kwakati shule kwe lufu gwa Ehudi, Baiziraela bakathama mbipo kakale mu mesho a Yahwe. 2 Yahwe bakabatengesa mu maboko a Jabini mambo we Kanana wakabe e busa mu Hazori, nlauli we ngwa iye kwakabe kuli Sisera wakabe egala mu Haroshetihagoyimu. 3 Ipapo bathu be Iziraela bakalilila kuna Yahwe beshaka bhatsho ngoti wakabe ana koloyi dze ngwa dze butale dzili mazana ali zhanalume (900), etshambilidza Baiziraela kwakabipa kwe makole ali makumi mabili (20). 4 Mu tjibaka itjetjo nlebesambeli unoyi Debora ali nkadzi wa Lapidoti ndiye wakabe ali nsumikilisi we Iziraela. 5 Wakabe eti kagala kusi kwe nlala wa Debora pakati kwe Rama ne Bhetele mu shango ye matuthu ya Ifureimi, ngono Baiziraela bakabe beyenda kunli ku sumikilisiwa. 6 Katuma kuti kudang'we Baraki nkololo wa Abinoyamu we Kedeshi mu Nafutali, ngono kandwa kati, “Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela, banokudwa beti, ‘Yenda, utole balume bali zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000) be ludzi gwa Nafutali ne gwa Zebuluni uyende nabo ku Dombo le Tabori. 7 Ndowokwebela Sisera nlauli we ngwa ya Jabini kukuli pa gwizwi gwe Khishoni kose ne koloyi dzidze dze ngwa ne babhayani babe, ngono ndowonlonga mu maboko awo.’ ” 8 Baraki kashandula eti, “Apa uyenda nami, ndowoyenda, koga apa usingayende nami, anditoyenda.” 9 Debora kadabila eti, “Kwakalulwama ndowoyenda nawe, koga nge zila yaunotobela, gudzo akutowobe lilo, ngoti Yahwe banowolonga Sisera mu maboko e nkadzi.” Ndizo Debora kamilika kayenda na Baraki ku Kedeshi, 10 Baraki kadana Zebuluni na Nafutali ku Kedeshi, Balume bali zwiwulu zwili zana (10 000) bakantobela, ngono Debora kayendabo naye. 11 Ndizo Heberi we N'keni wakabe azwithubukanya ne Bakeni, zwizekugwana zwa Hobabu tezwale ba Mushe, ngono wakabe athama nshasha uwe tjose kunoti ku nti we n'oko mu Zananimu hwunde ye Kedeshi. 12 Kwakati kubikigwa Sisera kuti Baraki nkololo wa Abinoyamu wayenda ku Dombo le Tabori, 13 Sisera kakubunganya koloyi dzidze dze ngwa dzose dzili mazana ali zhanalume (900) dze butale, ne balume bose bakabe banaye, kudwa ku Haroshetihagoyimu kunoti ku gwizi gwe Khishoni. 14 Ngono Debora kadwa Baraki kati, “Milika, ngoti ndilo zhuba Yahwe labalonga Sisera mu maboko awo. Apa Yahwe abazokutungamila kene?” Ndizo Baraki kadeluka Dombo le Tabori ne balume bali zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000) bakansalashule. 15 Yahwe bakadzikunula Sisera ne koloyi dzidze dzose dze ngwa nge thumo mbeli kwa Baraki, ngono Sisera kadeluka mu koloyi iye ye ngwa katizha nge makumbo. 16 Baraki katatana ne koloyi dze ngwa ne babhayani kunoti ku Haroshetihagoyimu, ngono ngwa yose ya Sisera ikabulawa nge thumo, akuna nthu wakasala. 17 Koga Sisera katizha nge gumbo kanoti ku nshasha wa Jayeli nkadzi wa Heberi we N'keni, ngoti kwakabe kuna mbakiso pakati kwa Jabini mambo we Hazori ne be nsha wa Heberi we N'keni. 18 Ngono Jayeli kabhuda kashanganidza Sisera kandwa kati, “Pambukilani ngeno tetshi wangu, pambukilani kundili, musitje.” Ndizo kapambukila kunli kangina mu nshasha ngono kankwididza nge ngubo. 19 Sisera kandwa kati, “Ndokumbila vula, ndina nyota.” Nkadzi kazhula gukhwa le nkaka kan'mwisa, ngono kankwididza. 20 Sisera kandwa kati, “Ima pankoba we nshasha, apa nthu angazha ekubhuzwa eti, ‘Kuna nthu imomu?’ Uti, Aa.” 21 Koga Jayeli nkadzi wa Heberi katola lubambo gwe nshasha, kabhata hamuli nge luboko, kanyangila kalobela lubambo kusi kwe zebe gukanongina pasi atjilele akanyala. Ndizo kafa. 22 Ngono Baraki wakati akatatamila Sisera, Jayeli kabhuda kunonshanganidza ngono kandwa kati, “Buya ndikulakidze nlume waunoshaka.” Ndizo kangina mu nshasha uwe, ngono kabona Sisera akafa, ne lubambo gwe nshasha guli kusi kwe zebe iye. 23 Ndizo mu zhuba ilelo Ndzimu bakayesa pasi Jabini mambo we Kanana mbeli kwe Baiziraela. 24 Luboko gwe Baiziraela guka simila mbeli kwazo muna Jabini mambo we Bakanana, kuswikila bempaladza.
Deborah and Barak
1 After the death of Ehud, the Israelites again started disobeying the Lord. 2 So the Lord let the Canaanite King Jabin of Hazor conquer Israel. Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, lived in Harosheth-Ha-Goiim. 3 Jabin's army had 900 iron chariots, and for 20 years he made life miserable for the Israelites, until finally they begged the Lord for help.
4 Deborah the wife of Lappidoth was a prophet and a leader of Israel during those days. 5 She would sit under Deborah's Palm Tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where Israelites would come and ask her to settle their legal cases.
6 One day, Barak the son of Abinoam was in Kedesh in Naphtali, and Deborah sent word for him to come and talk with her. When he arrived, she said:
I have a message for you from the Lord God of Israel! You are to get together an army of 10,000 men from the Naphtali and Zebulun tribes and lead them to Mount Tabor. 7 The Lord will trick Sisera into coming out to fight you at the Kishon River. Sisera will be leading King Jabin's army as usual, and they will have their chariots, but the Lord has promised to help you defeat them.
8 “I'm not going unless you go!” Barak told her.
9 “All right, I'll go!” she replied. “But I'm warning you that the Lord is going to let a woman defeat Sisera, and no one will honor you for winning the battle.”
Deborah and Barak left for Kedesh, 10 where Barak called together the troops from Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand soldiers gathered there, and Barak led them out from Kedesh. Deborah went too.
11 At this time, Heber of the Kenite clan was living near the village of Oak in Zaanannim, not far from Kedesh. The Kenites were descendants of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, but Heber had moved and had set up his tents away from the rest of the clan.
12 When Sisera learned that Barak had led an army to Mount Tabor, 13 he called his troops together and got all 900 iron chariots ready. Then he led his army away from Harosheth-Ha-Goiim to the Kishon River.
14 Deborah shouted, “Barak, it's time to attack Sisera! Because today the Lord is going to help you defeat him. In fact, the Lord has already gone on ahead to fight for you.”
Barak led his 10,000 troops down from Mount Tabor. 15 And during the battle, the Lord confused Sisera, his chariot drivers, and his whole army. Everyone was so afraid of Barak and his army, that even Sisera jumped down from his chariot and tried to escape. 16 Barak's forces went after Sisera's chariots and army as far as Harosheth-Ha-Goiim.
Sisera's entire army was wiped out. 17 Only Sisera escaped. He ran to Heber's camp, because Heber and his family had a peace treaty with the king of Hazor. Sisera went to the tent that belonged to Jael, Heber's wife. 18 She came out to greet him and said, “Come in, sir! Please come on in. Don't be afraid.”
After they had gone inside, Sisera lay down, and Jael covered him with a blanket. 19 “Could I have a little water?” he asked. “I'm thirsty.”
Jael opened a leather bottle and poured him some milk, then she covered him back up.
20 “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” Sisera told her. “If someone comes by and asks if anyone is inside, tell them ‘No.’ ”
21 Sisera was exhausted and soon fell fast asleep. Jael took a hammer and drove a tent-peg through his head into the ground, and he died.
22 Meanwhile, Barak had been following Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. “The man you're looking for is inside,” she said. “Come in and I'll show him to you.”
They went inside, and there was Sisera—dead and stretched out with a tent-peg through his skull.
23 That same day God defeated the Canaanite King Jabin while the Israelites looked on, and his army was no longer powerful enough to attack the Israelites. 24 Jabin grew weaker while the Israelites kept growing stronger, until at last the Israelites destroyed him.