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Hata alipokufa Ehudi, wana wa Israeli wakafanya yaliyo maovu tena mbele za macho ya Bwana.
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2
Bwana akawauza na kuwatia katika mkono wa Yabini, mfalme wa Kanaani, aliyetawala huko Hazori; na Sisera, aliyekaa katika Haroshethi wa Mataifa, alikuwa amiri wa jeshi lake.
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
3
Wana wa Israeli wakamlilia Bwana; kwa kuwa Sisera alikuwa na magari ya chuma mia kenda; naye akawaonea wana wa Israeli kwa nguvu muda wa miaka ishirini.
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
4
Basi Debora, nabii mke, mkewe Lapidothi, ndiye aliyekuwa mwamuzi wa Israeli wakati ule.
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
5
Naye alikaa chini ya mtende wa Debora, kati ya Rama na Betheli, katika nchi ya vilima vilima ya Efraimu; wana wa Israeli wakakwea kwake, awaamue.
And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
6
Huyo akatuma mtu akamwita Baraka wa Abinoamu toka Kedesh-Naftali, akamwambia, Je! Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, hakutoa amri, akisema, Enenda, ukawavute kwako, huko katika mlima wa Tabori, watu elfu kumi wa wana wa Naftali, na wa wana wa Zabuloni?
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
7
Nami nitakuvutia Sisera, amiri wa jeshi lake Yabini, hata mto wa Kishoni, pamoja na magari yake, na wingi wa watu wake; nami nitamtia mkononi mwako.
And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
8
Baraka akamwambia, Kama utakwenda pamoja nami ndipo nitakwenda; bali kama huendi pamoja nami, mimi siendi.
Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
9
Basi akasema, Hakika nitakwenda pamoja nawe, lakini safari utakayoiendea haitakupatia heshima wewe; maana Bwana atamwuza Sisera katika mkono wa mwanamke. Debora akainuka, akaenda pamoja na Baraka mpaka Kedeshi.
“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
10
Baraka akawakutanisha Naftali na Zabuloni waende Kedeshi wakakwea watu elfu kumi wakimfuata; Debora naye akaenda pamoja naye.
where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
11
Basi Heberi, Mkeni, alikuwa amejitenga na Wakeni, yaani na wana wa Hobabu, shemeji yake Musa, akaipiga hema yake mbali penye mwaloni ulioko Saanaimu, karibu na Kedeshi.
Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
12
Watu wakamwambia Sisera ya kwamba Baraka, mwana wa Abinoamu amekwea kwenda mlima wa Tabori.
When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
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Sisera akayakusanya magari yake yote, naam, magari ya chuma mia kenda, na watu wote waliokuwa pamoja naye, toka Haroshethi wa Mataifa mpaka mto wa Kishoni.
he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
14
Debora akamwambia Baraka, Haya! Inuka; maana siku hii ndiyo siku ambayo Bwana amemtia Sisera katika mkono wako. Je! Bwana hakutoka atangulie mbele yako? Basi Baraka akashuka katika mlima wa Tabori, na watu elfu kumi wakamfuata.
Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
15
Bwana akamfadhaisha Sisera na magari yake yote, na jeshi lake lote, kwa makali ya upanga, mbele ya Baraka; basi Sisera akashuka katika gari lake, akakimbia kwa miguu.
And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
16
Lakini Baraka akayafuatia magari, na jeshi, hata Haroshethi wa Mataifa; na hilo jeshi lote la Sisera likaanguka kwa makali ya upanga; hakusalia hata mtu mmoja.
Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
17
Lakini Sisera akakimbia kwa miguu, akaifikilia hema ya Yaeli mkewe Heberi, Mkeni; kwa maana palikuwa na amani kati ya Yabini, mfalme wa Hazori, na nyumba ya Heberi, Mkeni.
Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18
Yaeli akatoka kwenda kumlaki Sisera, akamwambia, Karibu Bwana wangu, karibu kwangu; usiogope. Akakaribia kwake hemani, naye akamfunika kwa bushuti.
Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19
Akamwambia, Tafadhali nipe maji kidogo ninywe; maana nina kiu. Akafungua chupa ya maziwa, akampa kunywa, akamfunika.
Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
20
Naye akamwambia, Simama mlangoni pa hema; kisha itakuwa mtu awaye yote akija na kukuuliza, akisema, Je! Yupo mtu hapa, basi, mjibu, La, hapana.
“Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
21
Ndipo Yaeli, mkewe Heberi, akatwaa kigingi cha hema, akashika nyundo mkononi mwake, akamwendea polepole, akamtia kile kigingi katika kipaji chake, nacho kikapenya, hata kuingia mchangani; kwa maana usingizi mzito ulikuwa umemshika; basi akazimia, akafa.
But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
22
Na tazama, Baraka alipokuwa akimfuatia Sisera; Yaeli akatoka ili kumlaki, akamwambia, Njoo, nami nitakuonyesha yule mtu unayemtafuta. Basi akamwendea, na tazama, Sisera amelala humo, amekufa, na hicho kigingi kilikuwa kipajini mwake.
When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
23
Basi hivyo Mungu akamshinda Yabini, mfalme wa Kanaani mbele ya wana wa Israeli siku hiyo.
On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
24
Mkono wa wana wa Israeli ukazidi kupata nguvu juu ya Yabini, mfalme wa Kanaani, hata walipokuwa wamemwangamiza Yabini, mfalme wa Kanaani.
And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.