Atemmufo 5
1 Da no, Debora ne Abinoam babarima Barak too saa dwom yi:
THEN sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
2 “Israel mpanyimfo sɔre dii anim, na nnipa no de anigye dii wɔn akyi. Nhyira nka Awurade!
Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
3 “Mo ahemfo, muntie! Monyɛ aso, mo abirɛmpɔn! Na mɛto dwom ama Awurade. Mɛma me nne so ama Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn.
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
4 “Awurade, bere a wufii Seir, na wobɔɔ nsra faa Edom mfuw so no, asase wosowee na ɔsoro omununkum tuee nsu.
Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
5 Awurade ba no maa mmepɔw wosowee. Sinai Bepɔw mpo wosowee wɔ Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn anim.
The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
6 “Anat ba Samgar ne Yael bere so, nnipa amfa atempɔn so, na akwantufo faa anammɔnkwan kɔntɔnkye so.
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
7 Nnipa kakra na wɔkaa Israel nkuraa kosii sɛ Debora sɔree sɛ ɛna maa Israel.
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 Bere a Israel som anyame foforo no, ɔko sɔree kuropɔn no apon ano. Nanso wɔanhu nkatabo anaa peaw wɔ akofo mpem aduanan a wɔwɔ Israel mu!
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 Mewɔ Israel ntuanofo afa ne wɔn a wɔde anigye dii wɔn akyi. Hyira Awurade!
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
10 “Mo a motete afurum a wɔte apɔw so, tete nsaa a ɛyɛ fɛ so, muntie! Ne mo a ɛsɛ sɛ monantew fam nso, muntie!
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
11 Muntie nkuraa nnwontofo a wɔaboa wɔn ho ano wɔ anomee. Wɔkeka Awurade trenee nkonimdi, ne ne nkuraasefo nkonimdi wɔ Israel ho asɛm. “Afei Awurade nkurɔfo bɔɔ nsra kɔɔ kuropɔn no apon ano.
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
12 ‘Sɔre! Debora, sɔre! Sɔre, sɔre na to dwom! Sɔre, Barak! Di wo nneduafo anim kɔ, Abinoam ba!’
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
13 “Nkaefo no bɔɔ nsra fi Tabor kɔɔ ahoɔdenfo so. Awurade nkurɔfo bɔɔ nsra kɔɔ akofo ahoɔdenfo so.
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.
14 Wofi Efraim bae, asase a na kan no na ɛyɛ Amalekfo dea, na Benyamin nso dii wʼakyi. Asahene no bɔɔ nsra fii Makir; ɔsahene pemakurafo fi Sebulon bae.
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
15 Na Isakar mu atitiriw ka Debora ne Barak ho. Wodii Barak akyi, bɔ wuraa obon no mu. Nanso Ruben abusuakuw mu de, wɔansi wɔn adwene pi.
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
16 Adɛn nti na wotenaa fie wɔ nguanhwɛfo mu, tie nguanhwɛfo a wɔde hwirema frɛ wɔn nguan? Ruben abusuakuw mu, wɔansi wɔn adwene pi.
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead kaa Yordan apuei hɔ. Na Dan de, adɛn nti na ɔtenaa fie? Aser tenaa mpoano a wanka ne ho, ɔkaa nʼahyɛn gyinabea ahorow hɔ.
Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
18 Nanso Sebulon too ne nkwa apemafo sɛnea Naftali yɛɛ wɔ akono no.
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
19 “Kanaan ahemfo koo wɔ Taanak a ɛbɛn Megido asu ho, nanso wɔannya dwetɛ asade biara ankɔ.
The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20 Nsoromma fi soro koe. Nsoromma nam wɔn akwan so ko tiaa Sisera.
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
21 Asubɔnten Kison twee wɔn kɔe, tete asu, Kison. Me kra, fa akokoduru bɔ nsra kɔ wʼanim!
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
22 Afei, apɔnkɔ no tɔte pempem fam, wɔde mmirikatɛntɛ, Sisera apɔnkɔ ahoɔdenfo no mmirikatɛntɛ.
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
23 ‘Nnome nka Merosfo,’ Awurade bɔfo na ose. Ma nnome a ano yɛ den nka wɔn efisɛ wɔammɛboa Awurade, wɔammɛboa Awurade anko antia akofo ahoɔdenfo no.
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
24 “Nhyira nka Yael, Heber a ofi Keni yere. Ne nhyira nsen mmea a wɔtete ntamadan mu nyinaa.
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25 Sisera srɛɛ nsu, na Yael maa no nufusu. Kuruwa a ɛfata ahemfo no mu na ɔde nufusu ani srade brɛɛ no.
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
26 Afei, ɔde ne nsa benkum yii ntamadan pɛe, na ɔde ne nsa nifa faa odwumfo asae. Ɔde bɔɔ Sisera, pɛtɛw ne ti. Ɔde pɛe no wɔɔ ne moma so, bɔɔ so kɔɔ ne tirim.
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
27 Ɔmemee, ɔhwee ase; owui wɔ ne nan ase.
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28 “Sisera nena hwɛɛ mfɛnsere mu; ɔtɛw mfɛnsere mu hwɛɛ no kwan, ɔkae se, ‘Adɛn nti na ne teaseɛnam akyɛ ba yi? Adɛn nti na yɛnte teaseɛnam nhankare nnyigyei yi?’
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
29 Ne mmea anyansafo no rema mmuae no, otii mu kaa saa nsɛm yi kyerɛɛ ne ho se:
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
30 ‘Wɔrekyɛ asade a wonyae no, ɔbarima biara rennya ɔbea baako anaa baanu. Sisera rennya ntade a ɛyɛ fɛ na me nso merennya ntade a ekura ahosu ahorow na wɔanwen mu fɛfɛ?’
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
31 “Awurade, ma wʼatamfo nyinaa nwu sɛ Sisera! Nanso ma wɔn a wɔdɔ wo no nkɔso sɛ owigyinae.” Afei, asomdwoe baa asase no so mfirihyia aduanan.
So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
