Fakamaau 5
1 Pea naʻe toki hiva ai ʻa Tepola mo Pelaki ko e foha ʻo ʻApinoami ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, ʻo pehē,
On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2 “Mou fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ʻi he langomakiʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻi he ʻatu fiemālie pe ʻakinautolu ʻe he kakai.
“When the leaders take the lead in Israel, when the people gladly volunteer for war— we praise Yahweh!
3 Mou fanongo, ʻae ngaahi tuʻi; fakafanongo, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki; ko au, ʻio, ko au, te u hiva kia Sihova; te u hiva fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.
Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you leaders! I, I will sing to Yahweh; I will sing praises to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
4 “ʻE Sihova ʻi hoʻo hāʻele atu mei Seia, ʻi hoʻo hāʻele mei he ngoue ʻo ʻItomi, naʻe tetetete ʻa māmani, pea naʻe tō ʻae ngaahi langi. Naʻe tō foki ʻae vai mei he ngaahi ʻao.
Yahweh, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from Edom, the earth shook, and the skies also trembled; also the clouds poured down water.
5 Naʻe vela ʻo vai ʻae ngaahi moʻunga mei he ʻao ʻo Sihova, naʻa mo Sainai [naʻe pehē ]mei he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.
The mountains quaked before the face of Yahweh; even Mount Sinai quaked before the face of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
6 “ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Samikaʻa ko e foha ʻo ʻAnati, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Saeli, naʻe lala ʻae ngaahi hala motuʻa, pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae kakai fononga ʻi he ngaahi hala piko.
In the days of Shamgar (son of Anath), in the days of Jael, the main roads were abandoned, and those who walked only used the winding paths.
7 Naʻe ngaongao ʻae ngaahi potu kakai, naʻa nau ʻosiʻosi ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻo aʻu ki heʻeku tuʻu hake au ko Tepola, pea u tuʻu hake ko e faʻē ʻi ʻIsileli.
There were few rural people in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose—arose as a mother in Israel!
8 Naʻa nau fili ʻae ngaahi ʻotua foʻou, pea naʻe toki hoko ʻa ʻetau ʻi he ngaahi matapā: he naʻe hā mai ha fakaū pe ha foʻi tao ʻe taha ʻi he toko fā mano ʻi ʻIsileli?
When they chose new gods, there was fighting at the city gates and yet there were no shields or spears seen among forty thousand in Israel.
9 ʻOku hanga atu hoku loto ki he kau pule ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe ʻatu fiemālie pe ʻakinautolu kia Sihova fakataha mo e kakai. Mou fakafetaʻi kia Sihova.
My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel, along with the people who gladly volunteered— we bless Yahweh for them!
10 “ʻAkimoutolu ʻoku heka ʻi he ngaahi ʻasi hina, mou tokanga, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he fakamaau, pea ko kimoutolu foki ʻoku fononga ʻi he hala;
Think about this—you who ride on white donkeys sitting on rugs for saddles, and you who walk along the road.
11 ʻI he tuku ʻae longoaʻa ʻoe kau tangata fana ʻi he ngaahi potu ʻoe fusi hake ʻoe ʻutu vai, tenau fakahā ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi ngāue māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi ngāue māʻoniʻoni ki hono ngaahi potu kakai ʻi ʻIsileli: pea ʻe toki ʻalu hifo ʻae kakai ʻa Sihova ki he ngaahi matapā.
Hear the voices of those who sing at the watering places. There they tell again of Yahweh's righteous deeds, and the righteous actions of his warriors in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the city gates.
12 Ke ke ʻā hake, ʻā hake, ʻe Tepola: ʻā hake, ʻā hake, fai ʻae hiva: tuʻu hake, ʻe Pelaki, pea tataki fakapōpula ʻa hoʻo pōpula, ʻa koe ko e foha ʻo ʻApinoami.
Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Get up, Barak, and capture your prisoners, you son of Abinoam.
13 Naʻa ne ngaohi ai ʻaia naʻe toe ke pule ia ki he houʻeiki ʻi he kakai: naʻe fakanofo au ʻe Sihova ke u pule ki he kau mālohi.
Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of Yahweh came down to me with the warriors.
14 Naʻe ai ʻae aka ʻokinautolu mei ʻIfalemi naʻe tuʻu hake ki ʻAmaleki; ko Penisimani naʻe muimui ʻiate koe, mei hoʻo kakai: naʻe ʻalu hifo mei Mekili ʻae kau pule, pea mei Sepuloni ʻakinautolu ʻoku ala ki he peni ʻae tangata tohi.
They came from Ephraim, whose root is in Amalek; the people of Benjamin followed you. From Machir commanders came down, and from Zebulun those who carry an officer's staff.
15 Pea naʻe ʻia Tepola ʻae houʻeiki ʻo ʻIsaka; ʻio, ʻa ʻIsaka mo Pelaki foki: naʻe fekau ia ʻi hono vaʻe ki he teleʻa. ʻI he ngaahi mavahevahe ʻa Lupeni naʻe ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi fifili lahi ʻoe loto.
My princes in Issachar were with Deborah; and Issachar was with Barak rushing after him into the valley under his command. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
16 Ko e hā naʻa ke nofo ai ʻi he ngaahi ā sipi, ke fanongo ki he tangi ʻae fanga sipi? ʻI he ngaahi mavahevahe ʻa Lupeni [naʻe ʻi ai ]ʻae ngaahi fifili lahi ʻoe loto.
Why did you sit between the fireplaces, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17 Naʻe nofo ʻa Kiliati ʻituʻa Sioatani, pea ko e hā naʻe nofo ai ʻa Tani ʻi he ngaahi vaka? Naʻe nofo pe ʻa ʻAseli ʻi he matātahi, pea nofo pe ia ʻi he ngaahi kolo.
Gilead stayed on the other side of the Jordan; and Dan, why did he wander about on ships? Asher remained on the coast and lived close to his harbors.
18 Ko e kakai ʻo Sepulone mo Nafitalai naʻe siʻaki ʻenau moʻui ki he mate, ʻi he ngaahi potu fonua māʻolunga.
Zebulun was a tribe who would risk their lives to the point of death, and Naphtali, also, on the field of battle.
19 “Naʻe haʻu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo tau, pea tau ai ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Kenani ʻi Tenaki ʻo ofi ki he vai ko Mekito; naʻe ʻikai tenau toʻo ha paʻanga totongi.
The kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. But they took away no silver as plunder.
20 Naʻa nau tau mei langi; ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻi honau ngaahi ʻaluʻanga naʻa nau tauʻi ʻa Sisela.
From heaven the stars fought, from their paths across the heavens they fought against Sisera.
21 Naʻe ʻauhia ʻakinautolu ke mole ʻi he vaitafe ko Kisone, ʻae vaitafe muʻa ko ia, ʻae vaitafe ko Kisone. ʻE hoku laumālie, kuo ke malakaki hifo ʻae mālohi.
The Kishon River swept them away, that old river, the Kishon River. March on my soul, be strong!
22 Naʻe toki maumau ʻae ngaahi ʻaofivaʻe ʻoe fanga hoosi ko e meʻa ʻi he lele vave, ko e lele vave ʻae ngaahi manu mālohi.
Then came the sound of horses' hooves— galloping, the galloping of his mighty ones.
23 ‘Mou fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻa Melosi,’ ʻoku pehē ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻa Sihova, ‘Mou fakamamahi ʻae kakai ʻo ia; koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te nau haʻu ke tokoni ʻa Sihova, ke tokoni ʻa Sihova ʻo tuʻu hake ki he mālohi.’
'Curse Meroz!' says the angel of Yahweh. 'Surely curse its inhabitants!— because they did not come to help Yahweh— to help Yahweh in the battle against the mighty warriors.'
24 “ʻE monūʻia lahi taha ʻi he kau fefine ʻa Saeli, ko e uaifi ʻo Hepa ko e Kena, ʻe monūʻia lahi taha pe ia ʻi he kau fefine ʻi he fale fehikitaki.
Jael is blessed more than all other women, Jael (the wife of Heber the Kenite), she is more blessed than all the women who live in tents.
25 Naʻe kole ʻe ia ʻae vai, pea ne ʻange ʻe ia ʻae huʻahuhu; naʻa ne ʻomi ʻae pota ʻi he ipu ngalingali ʻeiki.
The man asked for water, and she gave him milk; she brought him butter in a dish fit for princes.
26 Naʻe mafao ʻe ia hono nima ki he faʻo, mo hono nima toʻomataʻu ki he hamala ʻae tufunga; pea ne taaʻi ʻaki ʻa Sisela ʻae hamala, naʻa ne tā ʻaki ia hono ʻulu, ʻi heʻene tui ke ʻasi hono manifinifihanga.
She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; with the hammer she struck Sisera, she crushed his head. She smashed his skull into pieces when she pierced him through the side of his head.
27 Naʻe punou hifo ia ʻi hono vaʻe, naʻa ne tō hifo, pea tokoto hifo: naʻe punou hifo ia ʻi hono vaʻe, pea tō hifo: ʻi he potu naʻa ne punou hifo, naʻe tō ai ia ʻo mate.
He collapsed between her feet, he fell and he lay there. Between her feet he fell limp. The place he collapsed is where he was violently killed.
28 “Naʻe fakasiosio ʻe he faʻē ʻa Sisela ʻi he matapā sioʻata, pea kalanga ia mei he tupa, “Ko e hā ʻoku tuai pehē ai hono saliote ʻi heʻene haʻu? Ko e hā ʻoku tatali ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa teka ʻo ʻene saliote?’
Out of a window she looked— the mother of Sisera looked through the lattice and she called out in sadness, 'Why has it taken his chariot so long to come? Why have the hoofbeats of the horses that pull his chariots been delayed?'
29 Naʻe tali ia ʻe heʻene kau fefineʻeiki poto, ʻio, naʻe tali ʻe ia ia ʻa ʻene lea,
Her wisest princesses replied, and she gave herself the same answer:
30 ‘ʻIkai kuo nau lavaʻi? ʻIkai kuo nau vahevahe ʻae vete? Ko e taʻahine ʻe tokotaha pe toko ua ki he tangata taki taha kotoa pē; ko e koloa maʻa Sisela ko e meʻa lanu kehekehe, ʻae meʻa lanu kehekehe ʻoe ngāue tuitui, ʻae meʻa lanu kehekehe ʻoe ngāue tuitui fakapotu ua, ʻo ngali mo e kia [ʻokinautolu ]ʻoku maʻu ʻae vete?’
'Have they not found and divided up the plunder? —A womb, two wombs for every man; the plunder of dyed fabric for Sisera, the plunder of dyed fabric embroidered, two pieces of dyed fabric embroidered for the necks of those who plunder?'
31 “Ke ʻauha pehē pe ʻa ho ngaahi fili kotoa pē ʻe Sihova: ka ke tatau ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate ia mo e laʻā ʻi heʻene ʻalu hake ʻi hono mālohi.” Pea naʻe fiemālie ʻae fonua ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu.
So may all your enemies perish, Yahweh! But your friends be like the sun when it rises in its might.” Then the land had peace for forty years.
