Ndị Ikpe 5
1 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, Debọra na Barak nwa Abinoam bụrụ abụ sị,
Then sang Deborah with Barak the son of Abino'am on that day, saying,
2 “Mgbe ndị ndu na-edu nʼIzrel, mgbe ndị mmadụ jikwa afọ ofufu nye onwe ha, toonu Onyenwe anyị!
When depravity had broken out in Israel, then did the people offer themselves willingly; [therefore] praise ye the Lord.
3 “Nụrụnụ nke a, unu ndị eze, Geenụ ntị, unu ndịisi! Mụ onwe m, ọ bụladị mụ onwe m, ga-abụku Onyenwe anyị abụ. Aga m abụ abụ otuto nye Onyenwe anyị, bụ Chineke Izrel.
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 “Onyenwe anyị, mgbe i si Sia pụta, mgbe i sitere nʼala Edọm gabiga, ụwa mara jijiji, mmiri ozuzo dị ukwuu sikwa na mbara eluigwe zodata.
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 E, ọ bụladị ugwu ukwu niile mara jijiji nʼihu Onyenwe anyị. Ugwu Saịnaị makwara jijiji nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel.
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 “Nʼụbọchị Shamga, nwa Anat, nʼụbọchị Jael, ndị ịnyịnya ibu na-azụ ahịa nʼọzara kwusịrị, ndị ije niile na-esi nʼakụkụ ụzọ gbagọrọ agbagọ na-aga.
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 Ọ dịkwaghị ihe gara aga nʼobodo Izrel, tutu ruo mgbe m bịara, ee, mgbe m bụ Debọra bịara dịka nne nye Izrel.
Desolate were the open towns in Israel, they were desolate, until that I arose, Deborah, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 Mgbe ụmụ Izrel họrọ ife chi ndị ọzọ ofufe, mgbe agha bịara nʼọnụ ụzọ ama niile, ahụghị ọ bụladị otu ụta maọbụ ùbe. E, ọ bụladị nʼetiti iri puku ndị agha anọ, a hụghị otu ngwa agha ọbụla.
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 Ma ugbu a, ana m aṅụrị ọṅụ banyere ndị na-achị ụmụ Izrel. Ndị ji obi ha niile were onwe ha nye nʼetiti ndị Izrel. Toonu Onyenwe anyị!
My heart [belongeth] to the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people: praise ye the Lord.
10 “Kwupụtanụ ya, unu ndị na-agba ịnyịnya ibu dị ọcha, unu ndị na-anọkwasị nʼelu akwa dị oke ọnụahịa nʼelu ịnyịnya unu, na unu ndị na-eji ukwu na-agagharị nʼokporoụzọ. Tụleenụ
Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and ye who walk on the way, utter praise!
11 olu abụ igwe mmadụ ndị nọ nʼakụkụ olulu mmiri niile. Ha na-akọ akụkọ mmeri niile nke Onyenwe anyị, ya bụ, mmeri nke obodo nta ya niile nʼIzrel. “Mgbe ahụ, ndị nke Onyenwe anyị ridara gaa nʼọnụ ụzọ ama niile e si abata nʼobodo.
[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 ‘Teta, teta, gị Debọra! Teta, teta, bụọ abụ. Bilie, gị Barak nwa Abinoam, bilie! Duru ndị ahụ niile ị dọtara nʼagha.’
Awake, awake, Deborah! awake, awake, utter a song! up, Barak, and lead away thy captives, son of Abino'am.
13 “Ndị fọdụrụ na ndị a na-asọpụrụ rịdatara, ndị nke Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere m imegide ndị dị ike.
Then obtained dominion a few that had escaped for the nobles among the people—the Lord gave me dominion over the mighty.
14 Ụfọdụ si Ifrem bịa, bụ ndị ahụ nwere mgbọrọgwụ nʼala ndị Amalek, ndị Benjamin sokwa pụta, ndị ndu sikwa Makia bịa, ndị na-eso ndị ndu sikwa Zebụlọn pụta.
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 Ndị ndu ebo Isaka pụkwutekwara Debọra. E, Isaka sokwara Barak na ndagwurugwu ahụ ka ezigara ha nʼokpuru ya. Ma nʼetiti ndị Ruben, ha nọ na-atụgharị uche.
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 Gịnị mere unu ji nọdụ nʼetiti ọgba atụrụ, ịnụ ụda ọja a na-egburu igwe atụrụ? Nʼetiti obodo niile nke Ruben, ka e nwere ọtụtụ ntụgharị uche.
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 Ndị Gilead nọgidere nʼofe ọzọ nke osimiri Jọdan. Ndị Dan nọgidekwara nʼime ụgbọ mmiri ha. Ndị Asha nọgidere nʼahụ udo nʼakụkụ ọnụ mmiri.
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 Ma ndị Zebụlọn na Naftalị jiri ndụ ha chụọ aja, pụọ nʼọzara ibu agha ahụ.
Zebulun is a people that jeoparded its life unto death, and Naphtali—on the high places of the [battle] field.
19 “Ndị eze ala Kenan bịara ọgụ na Teanak, nʼakụkụ mmiri ala Megido. Ma ha enweghị mmeri ọbụla. Ha akwataghị ọlaọcha maọbụ ihe nkwata ọzọ nʼagha.
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 Ọ bụladị kpakpando niile dị na mbara eluigwe lụrụ ọgụ megide Sisera.
From heaven they fought—the stars in their courses fought against Sissera.
21 Mmiri na-achị ọkụ nke iyi ukwu Kishọn bupụrụ ha niile. Ya mere, mkpụrụobi m gaa nʼihu, zoo ụkwụ gị nʼala, dị ike dịka ọdụm!
The stream of Kishon swept them away, that ancient stream, the stream of Kishon: step along, O my soul, in victorious strength.
22 Gee ntị nụrụ ụda nzọ ụkwụ nke ịnyịnya ndị iro. Leekwa mwuli elu nke ụkwụ ịnyịnya ahụ!
Then were crushed the hoofs of the horses, through the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
23 Ma Mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị sịrị, ‘Bụọ Meroz ọnụ.’ ‘Bụọ ndị bi na ya ọnụ ebe ọ dị ukwuu, nʼihi na ha abịaghị nyere Onyenwe anyị aka imeri ndị iro ya.’
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 “Onye a gọziri karịchasịa ka Jael, nwunye Heba onye Ken bụ, e, onye a gọziri karịchasịa ndị inyom niile na-ebi nʼụlọ ikwu.
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 Nwoke ahụ rịọrọ mmiri, ma o nyere ya mmiri ara ehi, o ji iko kwesiri ndị a na-asọpụrụ nye ya mmiri ara ehi rahụrụ arahụ.
Water he asked, milk she gave [him]: in a lordly dish she brought him cream.
26 O setịpụrụ aka ya were ǹtu ji ụlọ ikwu ahụ, aka nri ya welitere mkpirisi igwe nke onye ọrụ ji arụ ọrụ. Ọ kpọrọ ya Sisera otu mkpọ, kpọrie ya isi, ọ kpọwasịrị, ma kpọmie ǹtu ahụ nʼegedege ihu ya.
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 Nʼụkwụ ya ka o milara nʼala, nʼebe ahụ ọ dara, ka o dinara. Nʼụkwụ ya ka o milara nʼala, nʼebe ọ dara, nʼebe ahụ o milara nʼala, nʼebe ahụ ọ dara nwụọ.
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 “Nne Sisera si na oghereikuku lepụ anya nʼazụ oghere ịnata ikuku, o tiri mkpu, ‘Gịnị mere ụgbọala igwe ya ji anọ ọdụ ịbịa? Gịnị ji na mkpọtụ ụkwụ ụgbọala ya adawabeghị?’
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 Ma otu nʼime ndị inyom na-ejere ya ozi, nke makarịsịrị ibe ya nʼihe. E, ya onwe ya kwukwara sị,
The wise among her ladies answered her, she also returned a reply to herself.
30 ‘Ọ bụ na ha adịghị achọta ma na-ekekwa ọtụtụ ihe a kwatara nʼagha: onye agha ọbụla ga-eketa otu nwaagbọghọ, maọbụ abụọ. Sisera ga-enweta uwe nwere ọtụtụ agwa dị iche iche, uwe nwere ọtụtụ agwa ndị a kpara nke ọma uwe ndị akpaziri nke ọma maka ịnya nʼolu m, ihe ndị a niile dịka ihe nkwata nʼagha?’
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 “Onyenwe anyị, biko, ka ndị iro gị niile si otu a laa nʼiyi. Ka ndị niile hụrụ gị nʼanya nwupụta ihe dịka anyanwụ mgbe o biliri nʼike.” E nwere izuike nʼala ahụ iri afọ anọ.
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.
