1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. 4LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.5.5 melted: Heb. flowed
6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.5.6 travellers: Heb. walkers of paths5.6 byways: Heb. crooked ways 7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. 10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.5.10 Speak: or, Meditate 11They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.5.11 righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses
12Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. 14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.5.14 handle: Heb. draw with 15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.5.15 foot: Heb. his feet5.15 thoughts: Heb. impressions5.15 For: or, In 16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.5.16 For: or, In 17Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.5.17 shore: or, port5.17 breaches: or, creeks 18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.5.18 jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach 19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. 20They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.5.20 courses: Heb. paths 21The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.5.22 pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings 23Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.5.26 with…: Heb. she hammered 27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.5.27 At: Heb. Between5.27 dead: Heb. destroyed 28The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 29Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,5.29 answer: Heb. her words 30Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?5.30 every…: Heb. the head of a man 31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
የዲቦራ መዝሙር
1በዚያን ዕለት ዲቦራና የአቢኒኤም ልጅ ባርቅ ይህን ቅኔ ተቀኙ፤
2“በእስራኤል ያሉ መሳፍንት ሲመሩ፣
ሕዝቡም በፈቃዱ ራሱን ሲያስገዛ፣
እግዚአብሔርን አመስግኑ።
3“እናንት ነገሥታት ይህን ስሙ፤
ገዦችም አድምጡ፤
ለእግዚአብሔር እዘምራለሁ፤ ደግሜም
ለእስራኤል አምላክ ለእግዚአብሔር እቀኛለሁ።
4“እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ ከሴይር በወጣህ ጊዜ፣
ከኤዶም ምድርም በተነሣህ ጊዜ፣
ምድር ተንቀጠቀጠች፤ ሰማያትም ዝናብ አዘነቡ፤
ደመናዎችም ውሃ አፈሰሱ።
5ተራሮች በሲና አምላክ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት፣
በእስራኤልም አምላክ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ተናወጡ።
6“በዓናት ልጅ በሰሜጋር ዘመን፣
በኢያዔል ጊዜ መንገዶች ባድማ ሆኑ፤
ተጓዦችም በጠመዝማዛ መንገድ ሄዱ።
7ለእስራኤል እናት ሆኜ
እኔ ዲቦራ እስክነሣ ድረስ
በእስራኤል ያለው የከተማ ኑሮ አበቃለት፤
8አዳዲስ አማልክትን በተከተሉ ጊዜ፣
ጦርነት እስከ ከተማው በር መጣ፤
ጋሻም ሆነ ጦር፣
በአርባ ሺሕ እስራኤላውያን መካከል አልተገኘም።
9ልቤ ከእስራኤል መሳፍንት፣
ፈቃደኞችም ከሆኑ ሰዎች ጋር ነው፤
እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን።
10“እናንት በነጫጭ አህዮች የምትጋልቡ፣
በባለ ግላስ ኮርቻ ላይ የምትቀመጡ፣
በመንገድ ላይ የምትጓዙ፣
በውሃ ምንጮች ዙሪያ ያለውን፣
11የዝማሬ ድምፅ5፥11 ወይም ቀስተኞች ተብሎ ሊተረጐም ይችላል። ስሙ።
ይህም የእግዚአብሔር የጽድቅ ሥራ፣
ጦረኞቹም በእስራኤል ያደረጉትን ያስታውሳል።
“ከዚያም የእግዚአብሔር ሕዝቦች፣
ወደ ከተማዪቱ5፥11 ወይም ወደ መንደሮቹ ተብሎ መተርጐም ይቻላል። በሮች ወረዱ።
12‘ዲቦራ ሆይ፤ ንቂ፤ ንቂ፤
ንቂ፤ ንቂ፤ ቅኔም ተቀኚ፤
የአቢኒኤል ልጅ ባራቅ ሆይ፤ ተነሣ፤
ምርኮኞችህንም ማርከህ ውሰድ’ አሉ።
13“የቀሩትም ሰዎች፣
ወደ መኳንንቱ ወረዱ፤ የእግዚአብሔር ሕዝብ፣ እንደ ኀያል ጦረኛ ወደ እኔ መጣ።
14መሠረታቸው ከአማሌቅ የሆነ አንዳንዶች
ከኤፍሬም መጡ፤ ብንያም አንተን ከተከተሉ ሰዎች ጋር ነበር፤
የጦር አዛዦች ከማኪር፣
የሥልጣን በትር የያዙም ከዛብሎን ወረዱ።
15የይሳኮር መሳፍንት ከዲቦራ ጋር ነበሩ፤
ይሳኮርም ራሱ ወደ ሸለቆው ከኋላው
በመከተል፣ ከባርቅ ጋር ነበረ።
በሮቤል አውራጃዎች፣ ብዙ የልብ
ምርምር ነበር።
16በበጎች ጕረኖ5፥16 ወይም በኮርቻ ላይ ተብሎ መተርጐም ይቻላል። መካከል ለምን ተቀመጥህ?
መንጎችን የሚጠራውን ፉጨት ለመስማት ነውን?
በሮቤል አውራጃዎች፣ ብዙ የልብ
ምርምር ነበር።
17ገለዓድ ከዮርዳኖስ ማዶ ተቀመጠ፤
ዳን ለምን በመርከብ ውስጥ ዘገየ?
አሴር በጠረፍ ቀረ፤
በባሕሩ ዳርቻም ተቀመጠ።
18የዛብሎን ሰዎች ሕይወታቸውን አሳልፈው ሰጡ፤
የንፍታሌም ሰዎች እንደዚሁ በምድሪቱ ኰረብታዎች አደረጉ።
19“ነገሥታት መጡ፤ ተዋጉም፤
የከነዓን ነገሥታት፣ በመጊዶ ውሆች
አጠገብ በታዕናክ ተዋጉ፤
ብርም ሆነ ሌላ ምርኮ ተሸክመው አልሄዱም።
20ከሰማያት ከዋክብት ተዋጉ፤
በአካሄዳቸውም ሲሣራን ገጠሙት።
21ጥንታዊው ወንዝ፣ የቂሶን ወንዝ፣
የቂሶን ወንዝ ጠርጎ ወሰዳቸው፤
ነፍሴ ሆይ፤ በኀይል ገሥግሺ
22የፈረሶች ኰቴ ድምፅ በኀይል ተሰማ፤
ጋለቡ፤ በኀይልም ፈጥነው ጋለቡ።
23የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ፣ ‘ሜሮዝን ርገሙ፤’
‘ሕዝቧንም አብራችሁ ርገሙ፤
ከኀያላን ሰልፍ እግዚአብሔርን ለመርዳት፣
በእግዚአብሔርም ጐን ለመቆም አልመጡምና’ አለ።
24“የቄናዊው የሔቤር ሚስት ኢያዔል፣
ከሴቶች ሁሉ የተባረከች ትሁን፤
በድንኳን ከሚኖሩ ሴቶች ሁሉ የተባረከች ትሁን።
25ውሃ ለመነ፤ ወተት ሰጠችው፤
ለመኳንንት በሚገባ ዕቃ፣ እርጎ አቀረበችለት።
26እጇ ካስማ ያዘ፤
ቀኝ እጇም የሠራተኛ መዶሻ ጨበጠ፤
ሲሣራን መታችው፤ ራሱንም ተረከከችው፤
ክፉኛ ወጋችው፤ ጆሮ ግንዱን በሳችው።
27በእግሯ ሥር ተደፋ፤ ወደቀ፤
በዚያም ተዘረረ፤ በእግሯ ሥር ተደፋ፤
ወደቀ፤ በተደፋበት በዚያ ወደቀ፤
ሞተም።
28“የሲሣራ እናት በመስኮት ተመለከተች፤
በዐይነ ርግቡ ቀዳዳም ጮኻ ተጣራች፤
‘ለምን ሠረገላው ሳይመጣ ዘገየ?
የሠረገሎቹስ ድምፅ ለምን ጠፋ?’ አለች።
29ብልኅተኞች ወይዛዝርቷም መለሱላት፤
እርሷ ግን ለራሷ እንዲህ አለች፤
30‘ምርኮ አግኝተው እየተከፋፈሉ፣
እያንዳንዱም ሰው አንዲት ወይም ሁለት ልጃገረዶች እየወሰደ አይደለምን?
ይህ ሁሉ ምርኮ፣ በቀለም ያጌጡ ልብሶች
ለሲሣራ ደርሰውት፣
በጌጣጌጥ የተጠለፉ ልብሶች ለዐንገቴ
ይዞልኝ እየመጣ አይደለምን?’
31“እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ ጠላቶችህ ሁሉ ይጥፉ፤
አንተን የሚወድዱህ ግን፣ የንጋት ፀሓይ
በኀይል እንደሚወጣ እንዲያ ይሁኑ።”
ከዚያም በኋላ ምድሪቱ ለአርባ ዓመት ሰላም አገኘች።
