¹Zvino Dhebhora naBharaki, mwanakomana waAbhinowami, vakaimba nomusi iwoyo, vakati,

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

²Kudzai Jehovha, nekuti vatungamiriri vakatungamirira vaIsiraeri, nekuti vanhu vakauya nokuda kwavo.

²For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah.

³Inzwai, imwi madzimambo, teererai, imwi machinda;Ini, iyeni, ndichaimbira Jehovha; Ndicharumbidza Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri nenziyo.

³Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, [even] I, will sing unto Jehovah; I will sing praise to Jehovah, the God of Israel.

⁴Jehovha, pakubuda kwenyu paSeiri, Pakufamba kwenyu muchibva kusango reEdhomu,Nyika yakadedera, uye denga rakadonha, Zvirokwazvo makore akadonha mvura.

⁴Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.

⁵Makomo akayerera pamberi paJehovha, Nairo Sinai pamberi paJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri.

⁵The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

⁶Pamazuva aShamugara, mwanakomana waAnati, Pamazuva aJaeri, nzira huru dzakanga dzisingafambwi, Vafambi vaifamba nenzira dzinopota-pota.

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

⁷Misha yakanga isina vanhu munaIsiraeri, yakanga isina vanhu, Kusvikira ini Dhebhora ndichisimuka, Ndichisimuka ini, mai pakati paIsiraeri.

⁷The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

⁸Vakazvitsaurira vamwari vatsva; Kurwa kukavapo pamasuwo. Kwakanga kuchionekwa here nhovo kana pfumo pakati pavalsiraeri vane zviuru zvina makumi mana here?

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

⁹moyo wangu unorumbidza vabati vaIsiraeri,Avo vakauya nokuda kwavo pakati pavanhu;Kudzai Jehovha!

⁹My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.

¹⁰Paridzai izvozvo, imwi makatasva mbongoro chena, imwi, mugere pamhasa dzinokosha, Nemi, munofamba nenzira.

¹⁰Tell [of it], ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.

¹¹Kure namanzwi avanopfura nouta, pavanoteka mvura,Ndipo pavacharumbidza mabasa akarurama aJehovha, Mabasa akarurama oushe hwake muna Isiraeri. Ipapo vanhu vaJehovha vakaburukira kumasuwo.

¹¹Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.

¹²Muka, muka, Dhebhora;Muka, muka, iwe uimbe rwiyo! Simuka Bharaki, utape vatapwa vako, iwe mwanakomana waAbhinowami.

¹²Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.

¹³Ipapo vakanga vakasara vavakuru navanhu vakaburuka, Jehovha wakaburuka nokuda kwangu kuzorwa navane simba.

¹³Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.

¹⁴Kuna Efuremu ndokwakabva vanomudzi wavo paAmareki, Vachikutevera iwe Bhenjamini pakati pavanhu vako. PaMakiri ndipo pakaburukira varairi, Nokuna Zebhuruni avo vakabata tsvimbo yokukunda.

¹⁴Out of Ephraim [came down] they whose root is in Amalek; After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.

¹⁵Machinda aIsakari akanga ana Dhebhora; Salsakari, ndizvo zvakanga zvakaitawo Bharaki; Vakamhanyira kumupata vachitevera tsoka dzake. Pahova dzaRubheni Pakanga pane mirangariro mikuru yomoyo.

¹⁵And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.

¹⁶Wakagarireiko pasi pakati pamatanga ezvipfuwo. Uchiteerera kurira kwenyere dzinoridzirwa makwai?Pahova dzaRubheni Pakanga pano kunzvera kukuru komoyo.

¹⁶Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

¹⁷Giriyadhi wakagara mhiri kwaJoridhani; Newe Dhani, wakagarireiko pazvikepe? Asheri wakagara zvake pamahombekombe egungwa, Wakarambira apo panopinda mvura panyika.

¹⁷Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: And Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, And abode by his creeks.

¹⁸Zebhuruni ndivanhu vakanga vasingatyi kusvikira parufu, NaNafutari panzvimbo dzenyika dzakakwirira.

¹⁸Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

¹⁹Madzimambo akauya akarwa, Ipapo madzimambo eKanani akarwawo PaTaanaki, pamvura zhinji yeMegidho Havana kuwana fuma yemari.

¹⁹The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.

²⁰Nyeredzi dzakarwa dziri kudenga, Dzakarwa naSisera dziri panzira dzadzo.

²⁰From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera.

²¹Rwizi Kishoni rwakavakukura, Irwo rwizi rwekare, rwizi Kishoni. Mweya wangu, pfuura nesimba.

²¹The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.

²²Nguva iyo makumbo amabhiza akarovera pasi Nokumhanya, kuri kumhanya kwavakasimba.

²²Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.

²³Tuka Merozi ndizvo zvinotaura mutumwa waJehovha, Tuka zvakaipa avo vageremo. Nekuti havana kuuya kuzobatsira Jehovha, Kuzobatsira Jehovha pakurwa kwake navane simba.

²³Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.

²⁴Pakati pavakadzi Jaeri ngaarumbidzwe, Iye mukadzi waHebheri muKeni, Ngaarumbidzwe pakati pavakadzi patende.

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

²⁵Wakakumbira mvura, iye akamupa mukaka; Wakamuvigira mukaka wakafa pandiro yamambo.

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

²⁶Wakabata mbambo noruoko rwake, Nenyundo yomubati norudyi rwake, Akarova Sisera nenyundo, akaboora musoro wake; Wakarova, akaboora zvavovo zvake.

²⁶She put her hand to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen's hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head; Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.

²⁷Wakakotama patsoka dzake, akawa, Ipapo paakakotama, ndipo paakawira pasi, afa.

²⁷At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

²⁸Wakatarira pahwindo, akadana, Mai vaSisera vakadana pautanda hwaro; Ngoro yake inononokereiko kusvika?Makumbo engoro dzake anononokereiko?

²⁸Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

²⁹Vakadzi vake, vakakudzwa, vakachenjera, vakamupindura, Naiye amene wakazvipindura, achiti,

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

³⁰Havana kuwana here zvavakapamba, havana kuzvigovana here? Zvimwe murume mumwe nomumwe unopiwa musikana mumwe, kana vasikana vaviri; Zvimwe Sisera uchapiwa nguvo dzakapambwa dzamavara-vara, nguvo dzakapambwa dzemicheka yakarukwa yamavara-vara, nguvo dzamavara-vara dzakarukwa kunhivi dzose, dzakafanira mitsipa yavakapamba?

³⁰Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

³¹Saizvozvo vavengi venyu vose ngavaparadzwe, Jehovha; Asi ivo vanokudai ngavave sezuva, kana richibuda nesimba raro! Nyika ikazorora makore ana makumi mana.

³¹So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.