Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo 5
1 Debora kple Barak, Abinoam vi la, dzi ha sia tso woƒe dziɖuɖu wɔnuku la ŋuti.
Then sang Deborah with Barak the son of Abino'am on that day, saying,
2 “Mikafu Yehowa! Israel ƒe kplɔlawo dze ŋgɔ dzideƒotɔe. Ameawo kplɔ wo ɖo dzidzɔtɔe! Ɛ̃, mikafu Yehowa!
When depravity had broken out in Israel, then did the people offer themselves willingly; [therefore] praise ye the Lord.
3 “Miɖo to, mi fiawo kple fiaviwo, mele ha dzi ge tso Yehowa ŋu, tso Israel ƒe Mawu la ŋu.
Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; I—unto the Lord will I sing; I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4 Esi nèkplɔ mí do goe tso Seir Heto Edom ƒe anyigba dzi la, anyigba dzo nyanyanya, dziƒo nu ʋu eye tsi dza.
Lord, at thy going forth out of Seir, at thy marching along out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, also the clouds dropped water.
5 Ɛ̃, towo ʋuʋu, Sinai to la gɔ̃ hã ʋuʋu kpekpekpe le Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la ŋkume!
The mountains melted away because of the presence of the Lord, yonder Sinai, because of the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 “Le Samgar, Anat ƒe vi kple Yael ƒe ɣeyiɣiawo me, asitsalawo mezɔa mɔ ma dzi o. Mɔzɔlawo wɔa axadzimɔ xaxɛ gɔdɔ̃ewo ŋu dɔ.
In the days of Shamgar the son of 'Anath, in the days of Ja'el, the highways were unoccupied, and those who travelled on roads walked through crooked by-paths.
7 Israelviwo ƒe duwo zu aƒedo. Va se ɖe esime nye Debora mezu Israel dada.
Desolate were the open towns in Israel, they were desolate, until that I arose, Deborah, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 Esime Israel dze mawu bubuwo yome la, futɔwo ho aʋa ɖe wo ŋu. Míaƒe kplɔlawo mena akpoxɔnu alo akplɔ mí o womekpɔ aʋawɔnu aɖeke kura le Israelvi akpe blaene dome o!
They chose new gods, then was there war in the gates: was there a shield seen or a spear among forty thousand in Israel?
9 Metso aseye ŋutɔ ɖe Israel ƒe kplɔlawo ta, ame siwo tsɔ wo ɖokui na faa! Mikafu Yehowa!
My heart [belongeth] to the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people: praise ye the Lord.
10 “Israelviwo katã, hotsuitɔwo kple ahetɔwo siaa, hotsuitɔ siwo doa tedzi ɣiwo ɖoa afɔ afɔɖodzinu xɔasiwo dzi kple ame dahe, afɔzɔlawo siaa, mikpe ta, miakafui.
Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and ye who walk on the way, utter praise!
11 Hadzila siwo le kɔƒewo me, ƒoa ƒu ɖe kɔƒea ƒe vudo gbɔ dzia ha tso Yehowa ƒe dziɖuɖu ŋuti. Wodzia ha enuenu tso ale si Yehowa ɖe Israel kple aʋawɔla siwo nye agbledelawo ŋu! Yehowa ƒe amewo zɔ to agbo la me!
[Urged on] by the voice of those who divide [the flocks] between the watering wells, there shall they rehearse the benefits of the Lord, the benefits toward his open towns in Israel; [for] now go down [again] to the gates the people of the Lord.
12 Oo, Debora, nyɔ eye nàdzi ha! Oo, Barak, tsi tsitre! Oo, Abinoam ƒe vi, kplɔ wò aʋaléleawo dzoe!
Awake, awake, Deborah! awake, awake, utter a song! up, Barak, and lead away thy captives, son of Abino'am.
13 “Tete nuteƒewɔlawo va woƒe kplɔlawo gbɔ; Yehowa ƒe amewo va hena aʋawɔwɔ.
Then obtained dominion a few that had escaped for the nobles among the people—the Lord gave me dominion over the mighty.
14 Wotso Efraimnyigba dzi va balimea le Benyamin ƒe viwo megbe. Aʋakplɔlawo va tso Makir aʋalɔgonunɔlawo va tso Zebulon
They whose root is out of Ephraim were against 'Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, with thy armies; out of Machir came down lawgivers, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
15 Isaka ƒe fiaviwo, Debora kple Barak, ɖiɖi ɖe balime la le Mawu ƒe ɖoɖo nu. Ke Ruben ƒe viwo ya meyi o.
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yea Issachar, the support of Barak; into the valley he hastened down in his train; [but] at the streams of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
16 Nu ka ta mietsi aƒe le miaƒe alẽkplɔlawo gbɔ be miaɖo to alẽkplɔlawo woanɔ woƒe dzewo kum? Mama ɖo Ruben ƒe viwo dome: ɖe woayia? Ɖe woagbe yiyia?
Why didst thou sit among the sheepfolds to hear the bleatings of the flocks? At the streams of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17 Nu ka ta Gilead ƒe viwo tsi Yɔdan godo Dan ƒe viwo tsi woƒe tɔdziʋuwo gbɔ? Nu ka ta Aser ƒe viwo drã ɖe ƒuta dzidzemetɔe le woƒe ʋudzeƒewo?
Gil'ad abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan—why would he tarry in ships? Asher remained on the seashore, and abode near his bays.
18 Ke Zebulon ƒe viwo kple Naftali ƒe viwo tsɔ wo ɖokui ke le aʋagbedzi.
Zebulun is a people that jeoparded its life unto death, and Naphtali—on the high places of the [battle] field.
19 Kanaan fiawo wɔ aʋa le Taanak kple Megido vudowo gbɔ, ke womeɖu futɔwo dzi o.
There came kings, [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan, in Ta'anach by the waters of Megiddo: gain of money they took not away.
20 Dziƒo ŋutɔ ƒe ɣletiviwo wɔ aʋa kple Sisera.
From heaven they fought—the stars in their courses fought against Sissera.
21 Kison tɔsisi la ƒe tsi sisiwo kplɔ wo dzoe. Nye luʋɔ, yi ŋgɔ kple ŋusẽ!
The stream of Kishon swept them away, that ancient stream, the stream of Kishon: step along, O my soul, in victorious strength.
22 Se futɔwo ƒe sɔwo ƒe afɔzi ɖa! Kpɔ woƒe sɔwo ƒe duƒuƒu ɖa!
Then were crushed the hoofs of the horses, through the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
23 Gblɔ be, ‘Miƒo fi de wo elabena womeva kpe ɖe Yehowa ŋu wɔ aʋa kple futɔwo o.’
Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of the Lord, yea, curse ye bitterly its inhabitants; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the mighty.
24 “Woayra Yael, Heber, Kenitɔ la srɔ̃ woyrae wu nyɔnu siwo nɔa agbadɔ te.
Blessed above [other] women shall be Ja'el the wife of Cheber the Kenite, above [other] women [dwelling] in the tent may she be blessed.
25 Sisera bia tsii eye wòna nyinotsii eye wòtsɔ nyinotsi babla ɖe gagbɛ si dze bubumewo la me vɛ nɛ.
Water he asked, milk she gave [him]: in a lordly dish she brought him cream.
26 Edo eƒe asi ɖa tsɔ tsyoti eye wòtsɔ eƒe nuɖusi tsɔ dɔwɔlawo ƒe zu, edae ɖe Sisera dzi hegbã ta nɛ, eŋɔ eye wògbã eƒe glãƒu
Her hand she put forth to the nail, and her right hand to the laborious workmen's hammer; and she hammered Sissera, she struck his head, and crushed and smote through his temple.
27 Sisera dze anyi ɖe Yael ƒe afɔ nu etsi afi si wòdze anyi ɖo. Emu, dze to ɖe eƒe afɔ nu, afi si wòmu ɖo la, afi mae wòdze anyi ɖo eye afi mae wòku ɖo.
Between her feet he bent, he fell, he lay; between her feet he bent, he fell: where he had bent, there he fell down, bereft of life.
28 “Sisera dada nɔ fesre nu kpɔm tso fesrenuvɔ la megbe edo ɣli be, ‘Nu ka ta eƒe tasiaɖam meva ɖo kpɔ o? Nu ka ta míese tasiaɖam la ƒe afɔzi o?’
Out of the window looked and moaned the mother of Sissera, through the lattice, Why tarrieth his chariot so long in coming? why lag the wheels of his chariot?
29 Eƒe nyɔnu ɖeka si dze nunya wu wo katã la, ɖo eŋu nɛ, vavã, enɔ gbɔgblɔm na eɖokui ɣe sia ɣi be,
The wise among her ladies answered her, she also returned a reply to herself.
30 ‘Ɖe menye afunyinu geɖe lɔm wole hele mamam nyɔnuvi ɖeka alo eve na ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe, atsyɔ̃ɖowuwo na Sisera abe nuhaha ene, atsyɔ̃ɖowu siwo to wolɔ̃ nu ɖo, wolɔ̃ nu ɖe wo to nyuie be woadze kɔme nam eye esiawo katã nanye nuhaha oa?’
Will they not find, —divide booty? one maiden, two maidens for every man, a booty of colored garments for Sissera, a booty of colored embroidered garments, colored, double-worked garments round the necks of the captives!
31 “Oo, Yehowa, na wò futɔwo katã natsrɔ̃ nenema ke ame siwo lɔ̃a Yehowa ya la, na be woanɔ abe ɣe ene ne edze le eƒe ŋusẽ me!” Tete anyigba la kpɔ ŋutifafa ƒe blaene.
Thus may perish all thy enemies, O Lord; but may those that love him be as the rising of the sun in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
