¹Zvino shure kokufa kwaEhudhi vana vaIsiraeri vakaitazve zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.

¹And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah when Ehud is dead,

²Jehovha akavatengesa muruoko rwaJabhini, mambo weKanani, wakange achibata ushe paHazori; mukuru wehondo yake wakange ari Sisera, wakange agere paHarosheti ravahedheni.

²and Jehovah selleth them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who hath reigned in Hazor, and the head of his host [is] Sisera, and he is dwelling in Harosheth of the Goyim;

³Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakachema kuna Jehovha, nekuti wakange ane ngoro dzamatare dzina mazana mapfumbamwe, akamanikidza vana vaIsiraeri kwazvo makore ana makumi maviri.

³and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, for he hath nine hundred chariots of iron, and he hath oppressed the sons of Israel mightily twenty years.

⁴Nenguva iyo Dhebhora, muporofitakadzi, mukadzi waRapidhoti, wakange achitonga valsiraeri.

⁴And Deborah, a woman inspired, wife of Lapidoth, she is judging Israel at that time,

⁵Iye waigara pasi pomuchindwe waDhebhora, pakati peRama neBheti-eri, panyika yamakomo yaEfuremu; vana vaIsiraeri vaisienda kwaari kuzotongerwa mhaka dzavo.

⁵and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.

⁶Iye akatuma nhume kundodana Bharaki, mwanakomana waAbhiNowami, paKedheshi-nafutari, akati kwaari, Jehovha Mwari wavaIsiraeri haana kukuraira here, achiti, Enda uswedere kugomo reTabhori, uende navarume vane zviuru zvine gumi vavana vaNafutari navana vaZebhuruni?

⁶And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, `Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,

⁷Neni ndichatumira kwauri kurukova Kishoni, Sisera mukuru wehondo yaJabhini, nengoro dzake navanhu vake vazhinji, ndivaise muruoko rwako.

⁷and I have drawn unto thee, unto the brook Kishon, Sisera, head of the host of Jabin, and his chariot, and his multitude, and have given him into thy hand.`

⁸Bharaki akati kwaari, Kana imwi mukaenda neni, ini ndichaenda, asi kana imwi musingaendi neni, ini handingaendi.

⁸And Barak saith unto her, `If thou dost go with me, then I have gone; and if thou dost not go with me, I do not go;`

⁹Iye akati, Zvirokwazvo ndichaenda newe, asi iwe haungakudzwi parwendo urwu rwaunofamba, nekuti Jehovha uchatengesa Sisera muruoko rwomukadzi. Dhebhora akasimuka, akaenda Kedheshi naBharaki.

⁹and she saith, `I do certainly go with thee; only, surely thy glory is not on the way which thou art going, for into the hand of a woman doth Jehovah sell Sisera;` and Deborah riseth and goeth with Barak to Kedesh.

¹⁰Bharaki akakoka Zebhuruni naNafutari paKedheshi, akakwira ana varume vane zviuru zvine gumi vakanga vachimutevera; naDhebhora wakaendawo naye.

¹⁰And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goeth up — at his feet [are] ten thousand men — and Deborah goeth up with him.

¹¹Zvino Hebheri muKeni, wakange aparadzana navaKeni, ivo vana vaHobhabhi, mukarahwa waMozisi, akadzika tende rake kusvikira pamuouki paZaananimu, paKedheshi.

¹¹And Heber the Kenite hath been separated from the Kenite, from the sons of Hobab father-in-law of Moses, and he stretcheth out his tent unto the oak in Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.

¹²Zvino vakaudza Sisera kuti Bharaki, mwanakomana waAbhinowami, wakwira mugomo reTabhori.

¹²And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor,

¹³Sisera akaunganidza ngoro dzake dzose, idzo ngoro dzamatare, dzina mazana mapfumbamwe, navanhu vose vaakanga anavo, kubva paHarosheti ravahedheni kusvikira parukova Kishoni.

¹³and Sisera calleth all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who [are] with him, from Harosheth of the Goyim, unto the brook Kishon.

¹⁴Zvino Dhebhora akati kuna Bharaki, Simuka, nekuti iri ndiro zuva raJehovha, raachaisa naro Sisera muruoko rwako; Jehovha haana kukutungamirira here? Ipapo Bharaki akaburuka mugomo reTabhori, varume vane zviuru zvine gumi vachimutevera.

¹⁴And Deborah saith unto Barak, `Rise, for this [is] the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not Jehovah gone out before thee?` And Barak goeth down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

¹⁵Zvino Jehovha akavhundusa Sisera nengoro dzake dzose, nehondo yake yose, neminondo inopinza pamberi paBharaki; Sisera akaburuka pangoro yake, akatiza namakumbo.

¹⁵And Jehovah destroyeth Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the camp, by the mouth of the sword, before Barak, and Sisera cometh down from off the chariot, and fleeth on his feet.

¹⁶Asi Bharaki wakatevera ngoro nehondo kusvikira paHarosheti ravahedheni, hondo yose yaSisera ikaurawa neminondo inopinza, hakuna kusara kunyange nomumwe chete.

¹⁶And Barak hath pursued after the chariots and after the camp, unto Harosheth of the Goyim, and all the camp of Sisera falleth by the mouth of the sword — there hath not been left even one.

¹⁷Asi Sisera wakatiza namakumbo kutende raJaeri, mukadzi waHebheri, muKeni, nekuti kwakanga kuno rugare pakati paJabhini, mambo weHazori, neimba yaHebheri muKeni.

¹⁷And Sisera hath fled on his feet unto the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite, for peace [is] between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite;

¹⁸Jaeri akabuda kundosangana naSisera, akati kwaari, Tsaukai, ishe wangu, tsaukirai henyu kwandiri, regai kutya. Ipapo akatsaukira kwaari mutende, akamufukidza nejira.

¹⁸and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him, `Turn aside, my lord, turn aside unto me, fear not;` and he turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him with a coverlet.

¹⁹Iye akati kwaari, Ndipewo zvimvura, ndimwe, nekuti ndine nyota. Akadziura dende romukaka, akamupa, akamwa, akamufukidza.

¹⁹And he saith unto her, `Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty;` and she openeth the bottle of milk, and giveth him to drink, and covereth him.

²⁰Akati kwaari, Mira pamukova wetende, zvino kana ani naani akauya akakubvunza, achiti, Pano pano munhu here? Uti, Kwete.

²⁰And he saith unto her, `Stand at the opening of the tent, and it hath been, if any doth come in, and hath asked thee, and said, Is there a man here? that thou hast said, There is not.`

²¹Ipapo Jaeri, mukadzi waHebheri, akatora mbambo yetende, akatorawo nyundo paruoko rwake, akanatsoswedera kwaari, akarovera mbambo napachavovo chake, ikabuda neseri, ikabayira pasi, nekuti wakange abatwa kwazvo nehope, aneta; akafa.

²¹And Jael wife of Heber taketh the pin of the tent, and taketh the hammer in her hand, and goeth unto him gently, and striketh the pin into his temples, and it fasteneth in the earth — and he hath been fast asleep, and is weary — and he dieth.

²²Zvino tarira, Bharaki wakati achitevera Sisera, Jaeri akabuda akandosangana naye, akati kwaari, Uyai, ndikuratidzei munhu wamunotsvaka. Iye akapinda kwaari akaona Sisera akatandavara pasi, afa, mbambo ichiri pachavovo chake.

²²And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, `Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;` and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen — dead, and the pin in his temples.

²³Naizvozvo nomusi iwoyo Jehovha wakakunda Jabhini, mambo weKanani, pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri.

²³And God humbleth on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel,

²⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakaramba vachingokunda Jabhini, mambo weKanani, kusvikira vaparadza Jabhini, mambo weKanani.

²⁴and the hand of the sons of Israel goeth, going on and becoming hard on Jabin king of Canaan, till that they have cut off Jabin king of Canaan.