Debora
1Lẹ́yìn ikú Ehudu, àwọn ènìyàn Israẹli sì tún ṣẹ̀, wọ́n ṣe ohun tí ó burú ní ojú Olúwa. 2Nítorí náà Olúwa jẹ́ kí Jabini, ọba àwọn Kenaani, ẹni tí ó jẹ ọba ní Hasori, ṣẹ́gun wọn. Orúkọ olórí ogun rẹ̀ ni Sisera ẹni tí ń gbé Haroseti-Hagoyimu. 3Nítorí tí ó ní ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rún (900) kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun irin, ó sì ń pọ́n Israẹli lójú gidigidi fún ogún ọdún, Israẹli ké pe Olúwa fún ìrànlọ́wọ́.
4Debora, wòlíì obìnrin, aya Lapidoti ni olórí àti aṣíwájú àwọn ará Israẹli ní àsìkò náà. 5Òun a máa jókòó ṣe ìdájọ́ ní abẹ́ igi ọ̀pẹ tí a sọ orúkọ rẹ̀ ní ọ̀pẹ Debora láàrín Rama àti Beteli ní ilẹ̀ òkè Efraimu, àwọn ará Israẹli a sì máa wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ láti yanjú èdè-àìyedè tí wọ́n bá ní sí ara wọn, tàbí láti gbọ́ ohùn Olúwa láti ẹnu rẹ̀. 6Ní ọjọ́ kan, ó ránṣẹ́ pe Baraki ọmọ Abinoamu, ẹni tí ń gbé ní Kedeṣi ní ilẹ̀ Naftali, ó sì wí fún un pé, “Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli pa á ní àṣẹ fún un pé: ‘Kí ó kó ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá àwọn akọni ọkùnrin jọ láti ẹ̀yà Naftali àti ẹ̀yà Sebuluni bí ẹgbẹ́ ogun, kí o sì síwájú wọn lọ sí òkè Tabori. 7Èmi yóò sì fa Sisera olórí ogun Jabini, pẹ̀lú kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun rẹ àti àwọn ogun rẹ, sí odò Kiṣoni èmi yóò sì fi lé ọ lọ́wọ́ ìwọ yóò sì ṣẹ́gun wọn níbẹ̀.’ ”
8Baraki sì dá a lóhùn pé, “Èmi yóò lọ tí ìwọ ó bá bá mi lọ, ṣùgbọ́n tí ìwọ kì yóò bá bá mi lọ, èmi kì yóò lọ.”
9Debora dá a lóhùn pé, “ó dára, èmi yóò bá ọ lọ. Ṣùgbọ́n ọlá ìṣẹ́gun tí o ń lọ yìí kò ní jẹ́ tìrẹ, nítorí Olúwa yóò fi Sisera lé obìnrin lọ́wọ́” Báyìí Debora bá Baraki lọ sí Kedeṣi. 10Nígbà tí Baraki pe ẹ̀yà Sebuluni àti ẹ̀yà Naftali sí Kedeṣi ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá akíkanjú ọkùnrin ogun tẹ̀lé e, Debora pẹ̀lú bá wọn lọ.
11Ǹjẹ́ Heberi ọmọ Keni, ti ya ara rẹ́ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ọmọ Keni, àní àwọn ọmọ Hobabu, àna Mose, ó sì pa àgọ́ rẹ̀ títí dé ibi igi óákù Saananimu, tí ó wà ni agbègbè Kedeṣi.
12Nígbà tí a sọ fún Sisera pé Baraki ọmọ Abinoamu ti kó ogun jọ sí òkè Tabori, 13Sisera kó gbogbo kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun irin rẹ̀ tí ṣe ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀run (900) àti gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn (ọmọ-ogun) tí ó wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, láti Haroseti tí àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè wá sí odò Kiṣoni.
14Debora sì wí fún Baraki pé, “Lọ! Lónìí ni Olúwa fi Sisera lé ọ lọ́wọ́, Olúwa ti lọ síwájú rẹ.” Baraki sì síwájú, àwọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ̀ ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá sì tẹ̀lé e lẹ́yìn, wọ́n sì kọjá sí òkè Tabori. 15Olúwa sì mú ìdàrúdàpọ̀ wá sí àárín ogun Sisera, Olúwa sì fi ojú idà ṣẹ́gun Sisera àti àwọn oníkẹ̀kẹ́ ogun àti ọmọ-ogun orí ilẹ̀ ní iwájú Baraki. Sisera sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ lórí kẹ̀kẹ́-ẹṣin rẹ̀ ó sì fi ẹsẹ̀ sálọ.
16Baraki àti àwọn ogun rẹ̀ sì lé àwọn ọ̀tá náà, àwọn ọmọ-ogun orílẹ̀ àti àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun wọn títí dé Haroseti ti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, gbogbo ogun Sisera sì ti ojú idà ṣubú, kò sí ọ̀kan tí ó lè sálà tàbí tí ó wà láààyè. 17Ṣùgbọ́n Sisera ti fi ẹsẹ̀ sálọ sí àgọ́ Jaeli aya Heberi ẹ̀yà Keni: nítorí ìbá dá ọ̀rẹ́ àlàáfíà wà láàrín Jabini ọba Hasori àti ìdílé Heberi ti ẹ̀yà Keni.
18Jaeli sì jáde síta láti pàdé Sisera, ó sì wí fún un pé, “Wọlé sínú àgọ́ mi, Olúwa mi, wọlé wá má ṣe bẹ̀rù nítorí pé ààbò ń bẹ fún ọ.” Ó sì yà sínú àgọ́ rẹ̀, ó sì fi aṣọ bò ó.
19Sisera wí pé, “Òrùngbẹ ń gbẹ́ mí, jọ̀wọ́ fún mi ní omi mu.” Ó sì ṣí awọ wàrà kan, ó sì fún un mu ó sì tún daṣọ bò ó padà.
20Sisera sọ fún Jaeli pé, “Kí ó dúró ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà àgọ́, àti pé bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá béèrè bóyá òun wà níbẹ̀ kí ó sọ pé, ‘Kò sí ẹnìkankan ní ibẹ̀.’ ”
21Ṣùgbọ́n Jaeli ìyàwó Heberi mú ìṣó àgọ́ tí ó mú àti òòlù ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀, ó sì yọ́ wọ inú ibi tí ó sùn, nígbà tí ó ti sùn fọnfọn, nígbà náà ni ó kan ìṣó náà mọ́ òkè ìpéǹpéjú rẹ̀, ó sì wọlé ṣinṣin, ó sì kú.
22Nígbà tí Baraki dé bí ó ti ń lépa Sisera, Jaeli láti pàdé rẹ̀, wá, èmi yóò fi ẹni tí ìwọ ń wá hàn ọ́, báyìí ni ó tẹ̀lé e wọ inú àgọ́ lọ, kíyèsi Sisera dùbúlẹ̀ síbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìṣó àgọ́ ní agbárí rẹ̀ tí a ti kàn mọ́lẹ̀ ṣinṣin tí ó sì ti kú.
23Ní ọjọ́ náà ni Ọlọ́run ṣẹ́gun Jabini ọba àwọn ará Kenaani ní iwájú àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli. 24Ọwọ́ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli sì le, ó sì ń lágbára síwájú àti síwájú sí i lára Jabini ọba Kenaani, títí wọ́n fi run òun àti àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀.
Deborah
1Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. 2So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
4Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading4:4 Traditionally judging Israel at that time. 5She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. 6She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor. 7I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’ ”
8Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”
9“Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. 10There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.
11Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law,4:11 Or father-in-law and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
12When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.
14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.
16Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left. 17Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19“I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.
20“Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’ ”
21But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.
22Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.
23On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. 24And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
