Deborah and Barak
1 After Ehud died, the people of Israel sinned against the Lord again. 2 So the Lord let them be conquered by Jabin, a Canaanite king who ruled in the city of Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived at Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles. 3 Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help.
4 Now Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was serving as a judge for the Israelites at that time. 5 She would sit under a certain palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel would go there for her decisions. 6 One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam from the city of Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given you this command: ‘Take ten thousand men from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them to Mount Tabor. 7 I will bring Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to fight you at the Kishon River. He will have his chariots and soldiers, but I will give you victory over him.’”
8 Then Barak replied, “I will go if you go with me, but if you don't go with me, I won't go either.”
9 She answered, “All right, I will go with you, but you won't get any credit for the victory, because the Lord will hand Sisera over to a woman.” So Deborah set off for Kedesh with Barak. 10 Barak called the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men followed him. Deborah went with him.
11 In the meantime Heber the Kenite had set up his tent close to Kedesh near the oak tree at Zaanannim. He had moved away from the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, the brother-in-law of Moses.
12 When Sisera learned that Barak had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 he called out his nine hundred iron chariots and all his men, and sent them from Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles to the Kishon River.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! The Lord is leading you! Today he has given you victory over Sisera.” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with his ten thousand men. 15 When Barak attacked with his army, the Lord threw Sisera into confusion together with all his chariots and men. Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot. 16 Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles, and Sisera's whole army was killed. Not a man was left.
17 Sisera ran away to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because King Jabin of Hazor was at peace with Heber's family. 18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, sir; come into my tent. Don't be afraid.” So he went in, and she hid him behind a curtain. 19 He said to her, “Please give me a drink of water; I'm thirsty.” She opened a leather bag of milk, gave him a drink, and hid him again. 20 Then he told her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you if anyone is here, say no.”
21 Sisera was so tired that he fell sound asleep. Then Jael took a hammer and a tent peg, quietly went up to him, and killed him by driving the peg right through the side of his head and into the ground. 22 When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come here! I'll show you the man you're looking for.” So he went in with her, and there was Sisera on the ground, dead, with the tent peg through his head.
23 That day God gave the Israelites victory over Jabin, the Canaanite king. 24 They pressed harder and harder against him until they destroyed him.
Debora naBarak tava xupifa Israel mepangelo lOvakaanan
1 Ndelenee konima yefyo laEhud ovana vaIsrael va ninga eshi shii momesho Omwene. 2 Onghee hano Omwene e va landifa po momake aJabin, ohamba yOvakaanan, ya pangela muHasor. Nondjai yayo oya li Sisera onakukalamo muHaroset shovapaani. 3 Novana vaIsrael va kuwa kOmwene. Osheshi venya va li ve nomatemba oivela omilongo omugoi ndele va hepeka Ovaisraeli omido omilongo mbali. 4 Ndele mefimbo linya Debora, omuxunganeki omukainhu, omwalikadi waLappidot okwa li omutokolipangeli muIsrael. 5 Ndele ye okwa li omutumba pomulunga Debora, pokati kaRama naBetel, keemhunda daEfraim, novana vaIsrael ve uya kuye okulihokololifa. 6 Opo nee ye okwa ifana Barak yaAbinoam wokuKedes muNaftali ndele ta ti kuye: “Omwene Kalunga kaIsrael ota ti ngaha: ‘Fikama, inda komhunda yaTabor, ndele kufa ovalumenhu omayovi omulongo movana vaNaftali nomovana vaSebulon pamwe naave. 7 Opo nee Ame ohandi ku etele Sisera, ondjai yaJabin, pamwe nomatemba aye oita nomatanga aye ovakwaita kokamulonga Kison, ndele Ame ohandi ke mu yandja momake oye.’ ” 8 Ndelenee Barak okwe mu lombwela: “Ove ngeenge to i, naame ohandi i. Ndelenee ove ngeenge ito i, naame itandi i.” 9 Opo nee ye ta ti: “Oshili, ame ohandi ka ya naave, ndelenee efimano itali ka ninga loye mondjila oyo to ende nayo. Osheshi Omwene ota ka landifa po Sisera meke lomwalikadi.” Ndele Debora okwa fikama nokwa ya pamwe naBarak kuKedes. 10 Opo nee Barak okwa shiva Sebulon naNaftali kuKedes, novalumenhu omayovi omulongo ove mu shikula. Ndele Debora okwa ya pamwe naye.
11 Ndele Eber, Omukeni, okwe li tongola mo mOvakeni, movana vaHobab, haukwe yaMoses, ndele okwa dika omatwali aye fiyo okomwandi wokuSaananim popepi naKedes.
12 Ndele vo eshi va shiivifila Sisera nokutya, Barak yaAbinoam okwa londa komhunda yaTabor, 13 Sisera okwa shiva omatemba aye aeshe oita, omatemba omilongo omugoi oivela nomatanga aeshe ovakwaita ava va li puye muHaroset shovapaani kokamulonga kaKison. 14 Opo nee Debora ta ti kuBarak: “Lilongekida, osheshi efiku tuu eli Omwene ta yandje Sisera meke loye.” Omwene te ku kwatele komesho! Opo nee Barak okwa londoloka komhunda yaTabor, novalumenhu omayovi omulongo ve mu shikula. 15 NOmwene okwa dongakanifa Sisera nomatemba aye aeshe nomatanga aeshe ovakwaita keongamukonda komesho yaBarak, ndele Sisera okwa londoloka kokatemba kaye nokwa ya onhapo. 16 Ndelenee Barak okwa shikula omatemba nomatanga fiyo okuHaroset shovapaani, nomatanga aeshe ovakwaita vaSisera okwa dipawa keongamukonda. Inapa xupa nande umwe.
Sisera ta dipawa kuFael
17 Opo nee Sisera okwa ya onhapo kolupadi ketwali laJael, omwalikadi waEber, Omukeni. Osheshi opa li ombili pokati kaJabin, ohamba yaHasor neumbo laEber, Omukeni. 18 Ndele Jael okwa ka shakeneka Sisera ndele ta ti kuye: “Omwene wange, tengunuka, tengunukila kwaame!” Ino tila! Ndele ye okwa tengunukila kuye metwali, ndele ye okwe mu tuvika nekumbafa. 19 Opo nee ye ta ti kuye: “Pe nge omeva manini ndi nwe, osheshi nda fyenota!” Opo nee ye okwa tuula olwiyo lomashini, ndele te mu pe a nwe ndele e mu tuvika vali.
20 Ndele ye ta ti kuye: “Inda u ka kale ofika poshivelo shetwali,” nongeenge umwe te uya ndele ta pula: “Omu na tuu omunhu omu?” Nyamukula: “Ahowe!” 21 Opo nee Jael, omwalikadi waEber, okwa kufa ombosha ile, ndele ta kufa ohamala meke laye ndele te mu hondjaunine ndele ta valele ombosha pombadu yomutwe waye, ndele tai tyuuka tai i medu. Osheshi ye okwa li a loloka nokwa kofa nokukofelela. Osho ngaha hano ye okwa fya. 22 Ndele tala fimbo Barak ta shikula Sisera, Jael okwa ya te mu shakeneke ndele ta ti kuye: “Ila, opo handi ku ulikile omulumenhu ou to kongo.” Ndele ye eshi e uya mo, okwa hanga Sisera a kangavala a fya nale, nombosha ya tyuulwa mombadu yomutwe waye! 23 Osho ngaha hano Kalunga okwa ninipika Jabin, ohamba yaKaanan, komesho yovana vaIsrael mefiku tuu olo. 24 Ndele eke lovana vaIsrael la ninga lidjuu la fininika Jabin ohamba yaKaanan, fiyo va hanauna po Jabin, ohamba yaKaanan.
