Judges 4
1 Lẹ́yìn ikú Ehudu, àwọn ènìyàn Israẹli sì tún ṣẹ̀, wọ́n ṣe ohun tí ó burú ní ojú Olúwa.
After Ehud died, the Israelis again started doing things Yahweh said were very evil.
2 Nítorí náà Olúwa jẹ́ kí Jabini, ọba àwọn Kenaani, ẹni tí ó jẹ ọba ní Hasori, ṣẹ́gun wọn. Orúkọ olórí ogun rẹ̀ ni Sisera ẹni tí ń gbé Haroseti-Hagoyimu.
So he allowed the army of Jabin, one of the kings of Canaan land, who ruled in Hazor [city], to conquer the Israelis. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-Haggoyim.
3 Nítorí tí ó ní ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rún kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun irin, ó sì ń pọ́n Israẹli lójú gidigidi fún ogún ọdún, Israẹli ké pe Olúwa fún ìrànlọ́wọ́.
Sisera’s [army] had 900 chariots. For 20 years he oppressed the Israelis. Then they pleaded to Yahweh to help them.
4 Debora, wòlíì obìnrin, aya Lapidoti ni olórí àti aṣíwájú àwọn ará Israẹli ní àsìkò náà.
At that time Deborah, who was the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophetess who had become the leader in Israel.
5 Òun a máa jókòó ṣe ìdájọ́ ní abẹ́ igi ọ̀pẹ tí a sọ orúkọ rẹ̀ ní ọ̀pẹ Debora láàrín Rama àti Beteli ní ilẹ̀ òkè Efraimu, àwọn ará Israẹli a sì máa wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ láti yanjú èdè-àìyedè tí wọ́n bá ní sí ara wọn, tàbí láti gbọ́ ohùn Olúwa láti ẹnu rẹ̀.
She would sit under her palm tree at a place between Ramah and Bethel, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and people would come to her and ask her to settle disputes between them.
6 Ní ọjọ́ kan, ó ránṣẹ́ pe Baraki ọmọ Abinoamu, ẹni tí ń gbé ní Kedeṣi ní ilẹ̀ Naftali, ó sì wí fún un pé, “Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli pa á ní àṣẹ fún un pé, ‘Kí ó kó ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá àwọn akọni ọkùnrin jọ láti ẹ̀yà Naftali àti ẹ̀yà Sebuluni bí ẹgbẹ́ ogun, kí o sì síwájú wọn lọ sí òkè Tabori.
One day she summoned Barak, the son of Abinoam, when he was in Kedesh, in the area where the descendants of Naphtali lived. She said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, is commanding you to do: ‘Take with you 1,000 men, some from the descendants of Naphtali and some from the descendants of Zebulun, and lead them to Tabor Mountain.
7 Èmi yóò sì fa Sisera olórí ogun Jabini, pẹ̀lú kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun rẹ àti àwọn ogun rẹ, sí odò Kiṣoni èmi yóò sì fi lé ọ lọ́wọ́ ìwọ yóò sì ṣẹ́gun wọn níbẹ̀.’”
Yahweh will lure Sisera, the commander of King Jabin’s army, to come with his chariots and his army, to the Kishon River, [a few miles away]. I will enable your men to defeat them there.’”
8 Baraki sì dá a lóhùn pé, “Èmi yóò lọ tí ìwọ ó bá bá mi lọ, ṣùgbọ́n tí ìwọ kì yóò bá bá mi lọ, èmi kì yóò lọ.”
Barak replied, “I will go only if you go with me.”
9 Debora dá a lóhùn pé, “ó dára, èmi yóò bá ọ lọ. Ṣùgbọ́n ọlá ìṣẹ́gun tí o ń lọ yìí kò ní jẹ́ tìrẹ, nítorí Olúwa yóò fi Sisera lé obìnrin lọ́wọ́,” báyìí Debora bá Baraki lọ sí Kedeṣi.
She replied, “Okay, I will go with you. But because that is what you have decided to do, Yahweh will enable a woman to defeat Sisera, and the result will be that (you will not be honored/people will not honor you) [for doing that].”
10 Nígbà tí Baraki pe ẹ̀yà Sebuluni àti ẹ̀yà Naftali sí Kedeṣi ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá akíkanjú ọkùnrin ogun tẹ̀lé e, Debora pẹ̀lú bá wọn lọ.
So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. There he summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men came to him, and then they went together with Deborah [to Tabor Mountain].
11 Ǹjẹ́ Heberi ọmọ Keni, ti ya ara rẹ́ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ọmọ Keni, àní àwọn ọmọ Hobabu, àna Mose, ó sì pa àgọ́ rẹ̀ títí dé ibi igi óákù Saananimu, tí ó wà ni agbègbè Kedeṣi.
At that time Heber, one of the descendants of the Ken people-group, had moved [with his wife Jael] from the area where that group lived, and set up his tent near the big oak tree at Zaanannim, near Kedesh. Heber was a descendant of Moses’ brother-in-law Hobab.
12 Nígbà tí a sọ fún Sisera pé Baraki ọmọ Abinoamu ti kó ogun jọ sí òkè Tabori,
Someone told Sisera that Barak had gone up on Tabor Mountain [with an army].
13 Sisera kó gbogbo kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun irin rẹ̀ tí ṣe ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rún àti gbogbo àwọn ọmọ-ogun tí ó wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, láti Haroseti tí àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè wá sí odò Kiṣoni.
So he gathered his troops with their 900 chariots, and they marched from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Debora sì wí fún Baraki pé, “Lọ! Lónìí ni Olúwa fi Sisera lé ọ lọ́wọ́, Olúwa ti lọ síwájú rẹ.” Baraki sì síwájú, àwọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ̀ ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá sì tẹ̀lé e lẹ́yìn, wọ́n sì kọjá sí òkè Tabori.
Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day that Yahweh will enable your [army] to defeat the army of Sisera. Yahweh is going ahead of you!” So Barak led his men as they descended from Tabor Mountain.
15 Olúwa sì mú ìdàrúdàpọ̀ wá sí àárín ogun Sisera, Olúwa sì fi ojú idà ṣẹ́gun Sisera àti àwọn oníkẹ̀kẹ́ ogun àti ọmọ-ogun orí ilẹ̀ ní iwájú Baraki. Sisera sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ lórí kẹ̀kẹ́-ẹṣin rẹ̀ ó sì fi ẹsẹ̀ sálọ.
As they advanced, Yahweh caused Sisera and all his chariots and his army to have great difficulty maneuvering/moving around. So Sisera jumped down from his chariot and ran away.
16 Baraki àti àwọn ogun rẹ̀ sì lé àwọn ọ̀tá náà, àwọn ọmọ-ogun orílẹ̀ àti àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun wọn títí dé Haroseti ti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, gbogbo ogun Sisera sì ti ojú idà ṣubú, kò sí ọ̀kan tí ó lè sálà tàbí tí ó wà láààyè.
But Barak and his men pursued the other chariots and the enemy soldiers as far as Harosheth-Haggoyim. They killed all of the men in Sisera’s army. Not one man survived.
17 Ṣùgbọ́n Sisera ti fi ẹsẹ̀ sálọ sí àgọ́ Jaeli aya Heberi ẹ̀yà Keni: nítorí ìbá dá ọ̀rẹ́ àlàáfíà wà láàrín Jabini ọba Hasori àti ìdílé Heberi ti ẹ̀yà Keni.
But Sisera ran to Jael’s tent. He did that because [his boss], King Jabin of Hazor [city], was a good friend of [Jael’s husband] Heber.
18 Jaeli sì jáde síta láti pàdé Sisera, ó sì wí fún un pé, “Wọlé sínú àgọ́ mi, Olúwa mi, wọlé wá má ṣe bẹ̀rù nítorí pé ààbò ń bẹ fún ọ.” Ó sì yà sínú àgọ́ rẹ̀, ó sì fi aṣọ bò ó.
Jael went out to greet Sisera. She said to him, “Sir, come into my tent! Do not be afraid!” So he went into the tent [and lay down], and she covered him with a blanket.
19 Sisera wí pé, “Òrùngbẹ ń gbẹ́ mí, jọ̀wọ́ fún mi ní omi mu.” Ó sì ṣí awọ wàrà kan, ó sì fún un mu ó sì tún daṣọ bò ó padà.
He said to her, “I’m thirsty; can you give me some water?” So she opened a leather container of milk, and gave him a drink. Then she covered him with the blanket again.
20 Sisera sọ fún Jaeli pé, “Kí ó dúró ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà àgọ́, àti pé bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá béèrè bóyá òun wà níbẹ̀ kí ó sọ pé, ‘Kò sí ẹnìkankan ní ibẹ̀.’”
He said to her, “Stand in the entrance of the tent. If someone comes and asks ‘Is anyone else here?’, say ‘No.’”
21 Ṣùgbọ́n Jaeli ìyàwó Heberi mú ìṣó àgọ́ tí ó mú àti òòlù ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀, ó sì yọ́ wọ inú ibi tí ó sùn, nígbà tí ó ti sùn fọnfọn, nígbà náà ni ó kan ìṣó náà mọ́ òkè ìpéǹpéjú rẹ̀, ó sì wọlé ṣinṣin, ó sì kú.
Sisera was very exhausted, so he soon was asleep. While he was sleeping, Jael crept quietly to him, holding a hammer and a tent peg. She pounded the peg into his skull, and all the way through his head into the ground, and he died.
22 Nígbà tí Baraki dé bí ó ti ń lépa Sisera, Jaeli láti pàdé rẹ̀, wá, èmi yóò fi ẹni tí ìwọ ń wá hàn ọ́, báyìí ni ó tẹ̀lé e wọ inú àgọ́ lọ, kíyèsi Sisera dùbúlẹ̀ síbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìṣó àgọ́ ní agbárí rẹ̀ tí a ti kàn mọ́lẹ̀ ṣinṣin tí ó sì ti kú.
When Barak passed by Jael’s tent to look for Sisera, she went out to greet him. She said, “Come in, and I will show you the man you are searching for!” So he followed her into the tent, and he saw Sisera lying there, dead, with the tent peg through his head.
23 Ní ọjọ́ náà ni Ọlọ́run ṣẹ́gun Jabini ọba àwọn ará Kenaani ní iwájú àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli.
On that day God enabled the Israelis to defeat [the army of] Jabin, the king of the people of Canaan.
24 Ọwọ́ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli sì le, ó sì ń lágbára síwájú àti síwájú sí i lára Jabini ọba Kenaani, títí wọ́n fi run òun àti àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀.
From that time, the Israeli people continued to become stronger, and [the army of] King Jabin continued to become weaker. Finally the Israelis were able to completely subdue the people ruled by the king of Canaan.
