Waamuzi 5
1 Ndipo Debora na Baraka mwana wa Abinoamu wakaimba wimbo huu:
At that time Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, made this song, saying:
2 “Wakuu katika Israeli wanapoongoza, wakati watu wanapojitoa kwa hiari yao wenyewe: mhimidini Bwana!
Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord.
3 “Sikieni hili, enyi wafalme! Sikilizeni, enyi watawala! Nitamwimbia Bwana, nitaimba; kwa wimbo nitamhimidi Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
4 “Ee Bwana, ulipotoka katika Seiri, ulipopita katika mashamba ya Edomu, nchi ilitetemeka, mbingu nazo zikamwaga, naam, mawingu yakamwaga maji.
Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.
5 Milima ilitetemeka mbele za Bwana, hata ule wa Sinai, mbele za Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 “Katika siku za Shamgari mwana wa Anathi, katika siku za Yaeli, barabara kuu hazikuwa na watu; wasafiri walipita njia za kando.
In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used, and travellers went by side roads.
7 Mashujaa walikoma katika Israeli, walikoma mpaka mimi, Debora, nilipoinuka, nilipoinuka kama mama katika Israeli.
Country towns were no more in Israel, were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.
8 Walipochagua miungu migeni, vita vilikuja katika malango ya mji, hapakuonekana ngao wala mkuki miongoni mwa mashujaa 40,000 katika Israeli.
They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 Moyo wangu u pamoja na wakuu wa Israeli, pamoja na wale wanaojitoa wenyewe kwa hiari yao miongoni mwa watu. Mhimidini Bwana!
Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.
10 “Nanyi mpandao punda weupe, mkiketi juu ya matandiko ya thamani, nanyi mtembeao barabarani, fikirini
Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.
11 juu ya sauti za waimbaji mahali pa kunyweshea maji. Wanasimulia matendo ya haki ya Bwana, matendo ya haki ya mashujaa wake katika Israeli. “Ndipo watu wa Bwana walipoteremka malangoni pa mji.
Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel.
12 ‘Amka, amka! Debora! Amka, amka, uimbe! Ee Baraka! Inuka, chukua mateka wako uliowateka, ee mwana wa Abinoamu.’
Awake! awake! Deborah: awake! awake! give a song: Up! Barak, and take prisoner those who took you prisoner, O son of Abinoam.
13 “Ndipo mabaki ya watu wakashuka dhidi ya wenye nguvu, watu wa Bwana, wakashuka dhidi ya mashujaa wenye nguvu.
Then the chiefs went down to the doors; the Lord's people went down among the strong ones.
14 Kutoka Efraimu wakaja watu, ambao chimbuko lao ni Amaleki; Benyamini akiwa miongoni mwa watu waliokufuata. Kutoka Makiri wakashuka viongozi, na kutoka Zabuloni wale washikao fimbo ya jemadari.
Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.
15 Wakuu wa Isakari walikuwa pamoja na Debora; naam, Isakari alikuwa pamoja na Baraka, wakija nyuma yake kwa mbio wakielekea bondeni. Katika jamaa za Reubeni, palikuwa na kujihoji kukubwa moyoni.
Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.
16 Kwa nini ulikaa katikati ya mazizi ya kondoo kusikiliza sauti ya filimbi zinazoita makundi? Kwa jamaa za Reubeni, palikuwa na kujihoji kukubwa moyoni.
Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?
17 Gileadi alikaa ngʼambo ya Yordani. Naye Dani, kwa nini alikaa kwenye merikebu siku nyingi? Asheri alikaa kwa utulivu ufuoni mwa bahari, akikaa kwenye ghuba zake ndogo.
Gilead was living over Jordan; and Dan was waiting in his ships; Asher kept in his place by the sea's edge, living by his inlets.
18 Watu wa Zabuloni walihatarisha maisha yao, vilevile nao watu wa Naftali.
It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.
19 “Wafalme walikuja na kufanya vita; wafalme wa Kanaani walipigana huko Taanaki karibu na maji ya Megido, lakini hawakuchukua fedha wala nyara.
The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.
20 Kutoka mbinguni nyota zilipigana, nyota kutoka njia zake zilipigana na Sisera.
The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.
21 Mto wa Kishoni uliwasomba, ule mto wa zamani, mto wa Kishoni. Songa mbele, ee nafsi yangu, kwa ujasiri!
The river Kishon took them violently away, stopping their flight, the river Kishon. Give praise, O my soul, to the strength of the Lord!
22 Ndipo kwato za farasi zikafanya mshindo: farasi wake wenye nguvu huenda mbio kwa kurukaruka.
Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.
23 Malaika wa Bwana akasema, ‘Merozi alaaniwe. Walaaniwe watu wake kwa uchungu, kwa kuwa hawakuja kumsaidia Bwana, kumsaidia Bwana dhidi ya hao wenye nguvu.’
A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.
24 “Yaeli abarikiwe kuliko wanawake wote, mkewe Heberi, Mkeni, abarikiwe kuliko wanawake wote waishio kwenye mahema.
Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!
25 Aliomba maji, naye akampa maziwa; kwenye bakuli la heshima akamletea maziwa mgando.
His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.
26 Akanyoosha mkono wake akashika kigingi cha hema, mkono wake wa kuume ukashika nyundo ya fundi. Akampiga Sisera kwa nyundo, akamponda kichwa chake, akamvunjavunja na kumtoboa paji lake la uso.
She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow.
27 Aliinama miguuni pa Yaeli, akaanguka; akalala hapo. Pale alipoinama miguuni pake, alianguka; pale alipoinamia, ndipo alipoanguka, akiwa amekufa.
Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.
28 “Kupitia dirishani mamaye Sisera alichungulia; nyuma ya dirisha alilia, akasema, ‘Mbona gari lake linachelewa kufika? Mbona vishindo vya magari yake vimechelewa?’
Looking out from the window she gave a cry, the mother of Sisera was crying out through the window, Why is his carriage so long in coming? When will the noise of his wheels be sounding?
29 Wanawake wenye busara kuliko wengine wote wakamjibu; naam, husema moyoni mwake,
Her wise women gave answer to her, yes, she made answer again to herself,
30 ‘Je, hawapati na kugawanya nyara: msichana mmoja au wawili kwa kila mtu, mavazi ya rangi mbalimbali kwa Sisera kuwa nyara, mavazi ya rangi mbalimbali yaliyotariziwa, mavazi yaliyotariziwa vizuri kwa ajili ya shingo yangu: yote haya yakiwa nyara?’
Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; and to Sisera robes of coloured needlework, worked in fair colours on this side and on that, for the neck of the queen?
31 “Adui zako wote na waangamie, Ee Bwana! Bali wote wakupendao na wawe kama jua lichomozavyo kwa nguvu zake.” Hivyo nchi ikawa na amani kwa miaka arobaini.
So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.
