¹Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

¹ Waato din gaa no Debora da Abinowam izo Barak na baytu te zaaro din ra, ka ne:

²Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

² Wa Rabbi sifa, Zama jine borey na jine borotaray sambu Israyla ra, Zama borey na ngey boŋ no da bine yadda!

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.

³ Ya araŋ bonkooney, wa maa! Ya araŋ dabarikooney, wa hanga jeeri! Ay, oho, ay no, ay ga baytu te Rabbi se. Ay ga saabuyaŋ baytu te Rabbi se, Israyla Irikoyo.

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.

⁴ Ya Rabbi, saaya kaŋ ni fun Seyir ra, Saaya Kaŋ ni gana Edom batamey ra, Laabo zinji, beeney mo gusam. Oho, burey na hari dooru.

⁵The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.

⁵ Tondey mo jijiri Rabbi jine. Oho, baa Sinayi tondo mo jijiri, Rabbi Israyla Irikoyo jine.

⁶In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

⁶ Anat izo Samgar zamana ra, Yayel zamana ra fondo beerey bu, Dirakoy na laawaley gana.

⁷The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

⁷ Kawyey ciya kurmu Israyla ra, boro kulu si i ra, Hala hano kaŋ ay, Debora, ay tun. Ay tun Israyla ra ka te nya.

⁸They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

⁸ Borey na tooru yawyaŋ suuban. I go ga wongu birni meyey ra. I di koray wala yaaji boro zambar waytaaci do Israyla ra no?

⁹My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

⁹ Ay bina go Israyla maykoy do haray, Jama ra waney kaŋ yaŋ na ngey boŋ no da bine yadda. Wa Rabbi sifa!

¹⁰Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

¹⁰ Araŋ kaŋ yaŋ ga farka kwaarayyaŋ kaaru, Araŋ kaŋ yaŋ goono ga goro kunta caadantey boŋ, Araŋ kaŋ yaŋ goono ga dira ganda fonda boŋ, W'a baaru dede.

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.

¹¹ Yongo birawkoyey laakal tunay se nangu mooro, Hari kaayaŋ nangey do. Noodin no i ga Rabbi adilitaray goyey ci. Oho, i ga ci Rabbi Adilitaraykoy mayray Israyla ra. Waato din gaa no Rabbi jama zulli ka koy birni meyey do.

¹²Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

¹² Tun jirbi, tun jirbi, ya Debora! Tun jirbi, tun jirbi, ka baytu te! Ya Barak, ya Abinowam izo, tun ka kay. Ma borey kaŋ yaŋ na ni daŋ tamtaray din may.

¹³Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

¹³ Saaya din no boro beeri cindey da jama waney zulli. Rabbi zumbu ka kaa ay gaakasinay se wongaaray game ra.

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.

¹⁴ Ifraymu ra borey kaŋ yaŋ i kaajo ga sinji Amalek ra zumbu ka kaa. Araŋ banda mo, Benyamin da nga jama kaa. Macir ra no mayraykoyey fun. Zabluna ra mo borey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga jine bora goobo gaay fun.

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.

¹⁵ Isakar mayraykoyey mo go Debora banda. Danga Isakar cine, yaadin no Barak mo. I zumbu a banda ka koy gooro ra. Ruben sata-satey ra i bine ra anniya ga beeri.

¹⁶Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

¹⁶ Ifo se no ni goro feeji kaley game ra? Zama ni ma di ka maa feeji kurey ceyaŋ seesa no? Ruben sata-satey ra i goono ga bina miila-miila boobo te.

¹⁷Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

¹⁷ Jileyad goro Urdun daŋanta. Dan mo, ifo se no a goro hiyey ra? Aser go ga goro teeko me gaa. A go ga naagu nga hi fandiyaŋ nango gaa.

¹⁸Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

¹⁸ Zabluna ya jama no kaŋ ga wongu nga fundo kala buuyaŋ gaa. Naftali mo yaadin no wongu batama tudey ra.

¹⁹The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

¹⁹ Bonkooney kaa ka wongu. Gaa no Kanaana bonkooney kaa ka wongu. I kaa Taanak ra, Mejiddo haro me gaa, Amma i mana riiba fo kulu ŋwa.

²⁰They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

²⁰ Za beene handariyey go ga wongu. I go ga wongu nda Sisera ngey dirawey ra.

²¹The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

²¹ Cison isa haro n'i hamay, isa gayanta din, Kison isa. Ya nin ay fundo, ma koy jina; ni dirawo te da ni gaabo.

²²Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

²² Zaaro din no i maa bariyey ce camsey kosongo, I taakama se, i gaabikooney taakama.

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.

²³ Wa Meroz laali, yaa no Rabbi malayka ci. A gorokoy laali da laaliyaŋ korno, Zama i wangu ka koy Rabbi gaakasina do, I wongu ka Rabbi gaakasinay ka gaaba nda soojey.

²⁴Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

²⁴ Yayel ya albarkante no ka bisa wayborey kulu. Keni bora Heber wande no. Albarkante no ka bisa wayborey kulu kaŋ yaŋ ga goro kuuru-fu ra.

²⁵He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

²⁵ Sisera na hari ŋwaaray. Yayel n'a no wa mooro. Yayel kand'a se ji bonkooney taasa ra.

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.

²⁶ Yayel na nga kamba daŋ kuuru fu lola gaa, A kambe ŋwaaro na goy-teerey ndarka sambu. Ndarka mo no a na Sisera kar d'a. A n'a boŋo kar ka fun; Oho, a n'a hanga dundo fun-fun.

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.

²⁷ Yayel cey do no Sisera gungum ka kaŋ ka kani. Yayel cey do no Sisera sumbal ka kaŋ. Nango kaŋ a sumbal din, noodin no a kaŋ buuko.

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?

²⁸ Waybora niigaw fu fune gaa, kala a kuuwa. Nga, Sisera nya kuuwa fu funa gaa haray, ka ne: «Ifo se no Sisera wongu torkey gay ya-cine, i mana kaa? Sabaabu woofo no ka naŋ a torko guuru kangey bi?»

²⁹Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

²⁹ A do wayborey kaŋ yaŋ gonda laakal tu a se; Oho, a na sanno ye nga boŋ se ka ne:

³⁰Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

³⁰ «Manti i go ga arzaka gar, i go g'a fay-fay mo? Koŋŋo fo, hala baa koŋŋo hinka boro fo kulu se. Sisera arzaka, suudi bankaaray arzaka, Suudi bankaaray taalamante arzaka, Suudi bankaaray kaŋ gonda taalam hanno go no. I go arzaka kuukoy jindey se.»

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.

³¹ Ya Rabbi, ni ibarey kulu ma halaci yaadin cine! Rabbi baako kulu ma ciya sanda wayno cine, Waato kaŋ a ga fatta nda nga hin. Laabo mo goro baani kala jiiri waytaaci.