Waamuzi 4
1 Baada ya Ehudi kufa, watu wa Israeli walifanya tena yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana.
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
2 Bwana akawatia mkononi mwa Yabini, mfalme wa Kanaani, aliyewala huko Hasori. Kamanda wa jeshi lake aitwaye Sisera, naye aliishi Harosheti ya Mataifa.
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 Wana wa Israeli wakamwomba Bwana awasaidie, kwa sababu Sisera alikuwa na magari ya chuma mia tisa na akawashinda wana wa Israeli kwa nguvu kwa miaka ishirini.
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4 Basi Debora, nabii wa kike (mke wa Lapidothi), alikuwa mwamuzi anayeongoza katika Israeli wakati huo.
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 Naye aliketi chini ya mtende wa Debora kati ya Rama na Betheli katika nchi ya mlima wa Efraimu, na watu wa Israeli walimwendea ili kutatua migogoro yao.
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 Akamtuma Baraka mwana wa Abinoamu kutoka Kedeshi huko Naftali. Akamwambia, Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, anakuamuru, Nenda katika mlima wa Tabori, uende pamoja nawe watu elfu kumi kutoka Naftali na Zabuloni.
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 Nitamfukuza Sisera, jemadari wa jeshi la Yabini, akutane nawe karibu na mto Kishoni, pamoja na magari yake na jeshi lake, na nitakupa ushindi juu yake. '
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
8 Baraka akamwambia, 'Ikiwa utakwenda nami, nitakwenda, lakini ikiwa huendi pamoja nami, sitaenda.'
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.
9 Alisema, 'Nitakwenda nawe. Hata hivyo, njia unayoienda haitakupa heshima wewe, kwa kuwa Bwana atamuuza Sisera mkononi mwa mwanamke. Ndipo Debora akainuka, akaenda pamoja na Baraka Kedeshi.
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 Baraki akawaita wana wa Zebuloni na Naftali kusanyika Kedeshi. Watu elfu kumi walimfuata, na Debora akaenda pamoja naye.
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 Heberi (Mkeni) alijitenganisha na Wakeni - walikuwa wazao wa Hobabu (mkwe wa Musa) - na akaweka hema yake mwaloni uliopo huko Saanaimu karibu na Kedesh.
Now Heber the Kenite had severed 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.
12 Walipomwambia Sisera kwamba Baraka, mwana wa Abinoamu, alikuwa amekwenda mlima wa Tabori,
And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 Sisera akawaita magari yake yote, magari ya farasi mia tisa, na askari wote waliokuwa pamoja naye, kutoka Haroshethi ya Mataifa mpaka Mto Kishoni.
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon.
14 Debora akamwambia Baraka, Nenda! Kwa maana hii ndiyo siku ambayo Bwana amekupa ushindi juu ya Sisera. Je! si Bwana anayekuongoza? Basi Baraka akashuka kutoka mlima wa Tabori na watu kumi elfu wakamfuata.
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 Bwana alifanya jeshi la Sisera kuchanganyikiwa, magari yake yote, na jeshi lake lote. Watu wa Baraka waliwashinda na Sisera akaanguka kutoka kwenye gari lake na kukimbia kwa miguu.
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera lighted down from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 Lakini Baraka akayafuata magari na jeshi mpaka Haroshethi ya Mataifa, na jeshi lote la Sisera likauawa kwa upanga, wala hakuna mtu aliyeokoka.
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
17 Lakini Sisera akakimbia kwa miguu mpaka hema ya Yaeli, mkewe Heberi Mkeni; kwa sababu kulikuwa na amani kati ya Yabini mfalme wa Hazori, na nyumba ya Heberi Mkeni.
Howbeit 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.
18 Jaeli akatoka kumlaki Sisera, akamwambia, karibu, bwana wangu; karibu kwangu, wala usiogope. Basi akakaribia kwake, akaingia hemani kwake, naye akamvika bushuti.
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
19 Akamwambia, Tafadhali nipe maji kidogo ninywe, kwa maana nina kiu. Alifungua mfuko wa ngozi ya maziwa akampa anywe, kisha akamfunika tena.
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 Akamwambia, “Simama mlangoni pa hema. Ikiwa mtu atakuja na kukuuliza, 'Je, kuna mtu hapa?', Sema 'Hapana'.”
And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21 Kisha Jaeli (mke wa Heberi) akachukua kigingi cha hema na nyundo mkononi mwake akamwendea kwa siri, kwa sababu alikuwa amelala usingizi mzito, naye akakitia kigingi cha hema upande wa kichwa chake akamchoma na kikapenya kushuka chini. Hivyo akafa.
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
22 Baraka alipokuwa akimfuata Sisera, Jaeli alitoka kukutana naye akamwambia, “Njoo, nitakuonyesha mtu unayemtafuta.” Basi akaingia pamoja naye, tazama Sisera amekufa, na kigingi cha hema kando ya kichwa chake.
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.
23 Basi siku hiyo Mungu alimshinda Jabin, mfalme wa Kanaani, mbele ya watu wa Israeli.
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 Uwezo wa watu wa Israeli ulikua na nguvu zaidi dhidi ya Jabin mfalme wa Kanaani, hata walipomwangamiza.
And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
