Atemmufo 4
1 Ehud wu akyi no, Israelfo no yɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so bio.
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Yhwh, when Ehud was dead.
2 Enti Awurade de wɔn hyɛɛ Kanaanhene Yabin a na odi ade wɔ Hasor no nsa. Na ɔsahene a otua nʼakofo ano no din de Sisera a na ɔte Haroset-Hagoyim.
And Yhwh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 Na Sisera wɔ nnade nteaseɛnam ahankron, na ɔde atirimɔden hyɛɛ Israelfo no so mfirihyia aduonu. Afei Israelfo no su frɛɛ Awurade pɛɛ mmoa.
And the children of Israel cried unto Yhwh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4 Debora a na ɔyɛ Lapidot yere ne odiyifobea na ɔbɛyɛɛ Israelfo temmufo.
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 Na ɔtenaa Debora Abɛ Dua ase a ɛwɔ Rama ne Bet-El ntam wɔ Efraim bepɔw asase no so. Ɛhɔ na na Israelfo no kɔ ma odi wɔn nsɛm.
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth–el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 Da bi, ɔsoma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Abinoam babarima Barak a na ɔte Kedes wɔ Naftali asase so. Ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Sɛɛ na Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn hyɛ wo sɛ yɛ: Kɔboaboa akofo mpem du ano fi Naftali ne Sebulon mmusuakuw mu wɔ Tabor bepɔw so hɔ.
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh–naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Yhwh God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 Mɛdaadaa Yabin nsraadɔm sahene Sisera ne ne nteaseɛnam ne akofo akɔ Asubɔnten Kison ho. Ɛhɔ na mɛma woadi ne so nkonim.”
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 Barak ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Sɛ wo ne me bɛkɔ de a, mɛkɔ!”
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
9 Debora buaa no se, “Mate, me ne wo bɛkɔ, nanso worennya anuonyam biara wɔ dwumadi yi mu, efisɛ Awurade nkonimdi wɔ Sisera so no befi ɔbea nsam.” Enti Debora ne Barak kɔɔ Kedes.
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for Yhwh shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 Kedes hɔ, Barak frɛfrɛɛ Sebulon abusuakuw ne Naftali abusuakuw mu nnipa nyinaa, na akofo mpem du ne no kɔe. Debora nso kaa wɔn ho kɔe.
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 Na Kenini Heber atwe ne ho afi Kenifo a wɔyɛ Mose akonta Hobab asefo no ho, akosi ne ntamadan wɔ dua kɛse bi a esi Saananim a ɛbɛn Kedes no ho.
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
12 Bere a wɔka kyerɛɛ Sisera sɛ Abinoam ba Barak aforo kɔ Tabor bepɔw so no,
And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 ɔboaboaa ne nnade nteaseɛnam ahankron ano ne nʼakofo nyinaa, na wotu sen fii Haroset-Hagoyim kɔɔ Asubɔnten Kison ho.
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 of Kishon.
14 Afei, Debora ka kyerɛɛ Barak sɛ, “Yɛ ahoboa! Nnɛ ne da a Awurade de Sisera so nkonimdi bɛma wo, efisɛ, Awurade atu ɔsa adi wʼanim.” Enti Barak dii nʼakofo mpem du anim sian Tabor bepɔw no kɔkoe.
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Yhwh hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not Yhwh gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 Bere a Barak tow hyɛɛ wɔn so no, Awurade maa huboa bɔɔ Sisera, ne nteaseɛnamkafo ne nʼakofo no nyinaa. Ɛbaa saa no, Sisera huruw fii ne teaseɛnam mu sii fam guanee.
And Yhwh discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 Barak nteaseɛnam ne ɔtamfo no nsraadɔm no ara kosii Haroset-Hagoyim, kunkum Sisera akofo no nyinaa. Anka wɔn mu baako mpo.
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
17 Sisera guan kɔhyɛɛ Kenini Heber yere Yael ntamadan mu, efisɛ na Heber abusuafo ne Hasorhene Yabin wɔ ayɔnkofa.
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 Yael fii adi kohyiaa Sisera ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Owura, bra me ntamadan yi mu. Bra mu. Nsuro.” Enti ɔkɔɔ ntamadan no mu ma ɔde nnaso kataa ne so.
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
19 Sisera ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Mesrɛ wo, osukɔm de me nti ma me nsu.” Enti ɔmaa no nufusu sɛ ɔnnom, na ɔsan kataa ne so.
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 Sisera ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Gyina ntamadan no ano na sɛ obi bebisa wo se obi wɔ ha a, ka se dabi.”
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21 Nanso ɔbrɛ nti, Sisera faa mu dae. Yael, a ɔyɛ Heber yere, yɛɛ brɛoo kɔɔ ne so. Ɔde asae ne pɛe na ɛkɔe. Ɔde pɛe no sii ne moma so de hama no bɔɔ so, kosii sɛ ehwirew ne moma mu sii fam ma owui.
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
22 Bere a Barak baa sɛ ɔrebɛhwehwɛ Sisera no, Yael pue behyiaa no. Ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Bra na menkyerɛ wo ɔbarima a worehwehwɛ no no.” Enti, odii nʼakyi kɔɔ ntamadan no mu kohuu Sisera sɛ wawu da hɔ a pɛe si ne moma so.
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 when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
23 Da no na Israel huu sɛ Onyankopɔn adi Kanaanhene Yabin so nkonim.
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 Na ɛno akyi no, Israel nyaa ahoɔden tiaa ɔhene Yabin ara kosii sɛ akyiri no, wɔsɛee no.
And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
