Song of Deborah
1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Ndipo Debora, na Baraka mwana wa Abinoamu, wakaimba siku ile, wakisema;
2 Praise ye the LORD
For the avenging of Israel,
When the people willingly offered themselves.
Kwa sababu wakuu walitangulia katika Israeli, Kwa sababu watu walijitoa nafsi zao kwa hiari yao, Mhimidini Bwana.
3 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.
Sikieni, enyi wafalme; tegeni masikio, enyi wakuu; Mimi, naam mimi, nitamwimbia Bwana; Nitamhimidi Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
4 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.
Bwana, ulipotoka katika Seiri, Ulipokwenda vitani kutoka mashamba ya Edomu, Nchi ilitetema, mbingu nazo zikadondoza maji, Naam, mawingu yakadondoza maji.
5 The mountains melted from before the LORD,
Even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
Milima ikayeyuka mbele za uso wa Bwana, Naam hata Sinai ule mbele za uso wa Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied,
And the travellers walked through byways.
Katika siku za Shamgari, mwana wa Anathi, Siku za Yaeli, njia kuu zilikuwa hazina watu; Nao wenye kusafiri walipita kwa njia za kando.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel,
Until that I Deborah arose,
That I arose a mother in Israel.
Maliwali walikoma katika Israeli, walikoma, Hata mimi Debora nilipoinuka, Nilipoinuka mimi, mama katika Israeli.
8 They chose new gods;
Then was war in the gates:
Was there a shield or spear seen
Among forty thousand in Israel?
Walichagua miungu mipya, Ndipo kulikuwa na vita malangoni; Je! Ilionekana ngao au mkuki Katika watu elfu arobaini wa Israeli?
9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel,
That offered themselves willingly among the people.
Bless ye the LORD.
Moyo wangu unawaelekea maliwali wa Israeli, Waliojitoa nafsi zao kwa hiari yao miongoni mwa watu; Mhimidini Bwana.
10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses,
Ye that sit in judgment,
And walk by the way.
Itangazeni habari, ninyi mpandao punda weupe, Ninyi mketio juu ya mazulia ya thamani, Na ninyi mnaopita njiani kwa miguu.
11 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.
Mbali na kelele za hao wapigao mishale, katika mahali pa kuteka maji, Hapo watatangaza matendo ya haki ya Bwana; Naam, matendo ya haki ya kutawala kwake katika Israeli. Ndipo watu wa Bwana waliposhuka malangoni.
12 Awake, awake, Deborah:
Awake, awake, utter a song:
Arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Amka, amka, Debora; Amka, amka, imba wimbo. Inuka, Baraka, wachukue mateka wao Waliokuchukua mateka, Ee mwana wa Abinoamu.
13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people:
The LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
Ndipo walitelemka mabaki ya waungwana na ya watu; Bwana alishuka kwa ajili yangu apigane na mashujaa.
14 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.
Kutoka Efraimu walitelemka wao ambao shina lao ni katika Amaleki, Nyuma yako, Benyamini, kati ya watu wako. Kutoka Makiri walishuka maliwali, Na kutoka Zabuloni wao washikao fimbo ya mwandishi.
15 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.
Na wakuu wa Isakari walikuwa pamoja na Debora. Kama alivyokuwa Isakari, ndivyo alivyokuwa Baraka. Waliingia bondeni kwa kasi miguuni pake. Kwenye vijito vya Reubeni Palikuwa na makusudi makuu mioyoni.
16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds,
To hear the bleatings of the flocks?
For the divisions of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.
Mbona ulikaa katika mazizi ya kondoo, Kusikiliza filimbi zipigwazo ili kuita makundi? Kwenye vijito vya Reubeni Palikuwa na makusudi makuu mioyoni.
17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan:
And why did Dan remain in ships?
Asher continued on the sea shore,
And abode in his breaches.
Gileadi alikaa ng'ambo ya Yordani, Na Dani, mbona alikaa katika merikebu? Asheri alikaa kimya penye bandari ya bahari, Alikaa katika hori zake.
18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death
In the high places of the field.
Zabuloni ndio watu waliohatirisha roho zao hata kufa; Nao Naftali mahali palipoinuka kondeni.
19 The kings came and fought,
Then fought the kings of Canaan
In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no gain of money.
Wafalme walikuja wakafanya vita, Ndipo wafalme wa Kanaani walifanya vita. Katika Taanaki, karibu na maji ya Megido; Hawakupata faida yo yote ya fedha.
20 They fought from heaven;
The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Walipigana kutoka mbinguni, Nyota katika miendo yao zilipigana na Sisera.
21 The river of Kishon swept them away,
That ancient river, the river Kishon.
O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
Mto ule wa Kishoni uliwachukua, Ule mto wa zamani, mto wa Kishoni. Ee roho yangu, endelea mbele kwa nguvu.
22 Then were the horsehoofs broken
By the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Ndipo kwato za farasi zilikanyaga-kanyaga Kwa sababu ya kupara-para, Kupara-para kwao wenye nguvu.
23 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.
Ulaanini Merozi, alisema malaika wa Bwana, Walaanini kwa uchungu wenyeji wake; Kwa maana hawakuja kumsaidia Bwana, Kumsaidia Bwana juu ya hao wenye nguvu.
24 Blessed above women shall Jael
The wife of Heber the Kenite be,
Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Atabarikiwa Yaeli kuliko wanawake wote; Mkewe Heberi, Mkeni, Atabarikiwa kuliko wanawake wote hemani.
25 He asked water, and she gave him milk;
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
Aliomba maji, naye akampa maziwa. Akamletea siagi katika sahani ya heshima.
26 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.
Akanyosha mkono wake akashika kigingi, Nao mkono wake wa kuume ukashika nyundo ya fundi; Akampiga Sisera kwa hiyo nyundo, akamtoboa kichwa chake. Naam, alimpiga akamtoboa kipaji chake.
27 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.
Miguuni pake aliinama, akaanguka, akalala. Miguuni pake aliinama, akaanguka. Hapo alipoinama, ndipo alipoanguka amekufa.
28 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?
Alichungulia dirishani, akalia, Mama yake Sisera alilia dirishani; Mbona gari lake linakawia kufika? Mbona gurudumu za gari lake zinakawia?
29 Her wise ladies answered her,
Yea, she returned answer to herself,
Mabibi yake wenye akili wakamjibu, Naam, alijipa nafsi yake jawabu.
30 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?
Je! Hawakupata mateka na kuyagawanya, Kijakazi, vijakazi wawili, kwa kila mtu? Kwa Sisera nyara ya mavazi ya rangi mbali mbali, Nyara za mavazi ya rangi mbali mbali ya darizi; Ya rangi mbali mbali ya darizi, pande zote mbili, Juu ya shingo za hao mateka.
31 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.
Na waangamie vivyo hivyo adui zako wote, Ee Bwana.
