1Zvino shure kokufa kwaEhudhi vana vaIsiraeri vakaitazve zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.
1The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead.
2Jehovha akavatengesa muruoko rwaJabhini, mambo weKanani, wakange achibata ushe paHazori; mukuru wehondo yake wakange ari Sisera, wakange agere paHarosheti ravahedheni.
2Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakachema kuna Jehovha, nekuti wakange ane ngoro dzamatare dzina mazana mapfumbamwe, akamanikidza vana vaIsiraeri kwazvo makore ana makumi maviri.
3The children of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4Nenguva iyo Dhebhora, muporofitakadzi, mukadzi waRapidhoti, wakange achitonga valsiraeri.
4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5Iye waigara pasi pomuchindwe waDhebhora, pakati peRama neBheti-eri, panyika yamakomo yaEfuremu; vana vaIsiraeri vaisienda kwaari kuzotongerwa mhaka dzavo.
5She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to 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?
6She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and draw to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7Neni ndichatumira kwauri kurukova Kishoni, Sisera mukuru wehondo yaJabhini, nengoro dzake navanhu vake vazhinji, ndivaise muruoko rwako.
7I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
8Bharaki akati kwaari, Kana imwi mukaenda neni, ini ndichaenda, asi kana imwi musingaendi neni, ini handingaendi.
8Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
9Iye akati, Zvirokwazvo ndichaenda newe, asi iwe haungakudzwi parwendo urwu rwaunofamba, nekuti Jehovha uchatengesa Sisera muruoko rwomukadzi. Dhebhora akasimuka, akaenda Kedheshi naBharaki.
9She said, “I will surely go with you: nevertheless, the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10Bharaki akakoka Zebhuruni naNafutari paKedheshi, akakwira ana varume vane zviuru zvine gumi vakanga vachimutevera; naDhebhora wakaendawo naye.
10Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11Zvino Hebheri muKeni, wakange aparadzana navaKeni, ivo vana vaHobhabhi, mukarahwa waMozisi, akadzika tende rake kusvikira pamuouki paZaananimu, paKedheshi.
11Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
12Zvino vakaudza Sisera kuti Bharaki, mwanakomana waAbhinowami, wakwira mugomo reTabhori.
12They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was 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.
13Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to the river 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.
14Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went 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.
15Yahweh confused Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16Asi Bharaki wakatevera ngoro nehondo kusvikira paHarosheti ravahedheni, hondo yose yaSisera ikaurawa neminondo inopinza, hakuna kusara kunyange nomumwe chete.
16But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
17Asi Sisera wakatiza namakumbo kutende raJaeri, mukadzi waHebheri, muKeni, nekuti kwakanga kuno rugare pakati paJabhini, mambo weHazori, neimba yaHebheri muKeni.
17However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the 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.
18Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid.” He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
19Iye akati kwaari, Ndipewo zvimvura, ndimwe, nekuti ndine nyota. Akadziura dende romukaka, akamupa, akamwa, akamufukidza.
19He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20Akati kwaari, Mira pamukova wetende, zvino kana ani naani akauya akakubvunza, achiti, Pano pano munhu here? Uti, Kwete.
20He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ that you shall say, ‘No.’”
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.
21Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
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.
22Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.
23Naizvozvo nomusi iwoyo Jehovha wakakunda Jabhini, mambo weKanani, pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri.
23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24Vana vaIsiraeri vakaramba vachingokunda Jabhini, mambo weKanani, kusvikira vaparadza Jabhini, mambo weKanani.
24The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.