UDebora
1Abantwana bakwaIsrayeli babuye benza okubi emehlweni kaJehova, esefile uEhudi.
2UJehova wathengisa ngabo esandleni sikaJabini inkosi yaseKhanani owabusa eHasori, onduna yempi yakhe yayinguSisera owahlala eHarosheti labezizwe.
3Abantwana bakwaIsrayeli bakhala kuJehova, ngokuba wayenezinqola ezingamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye zensimbi; wacindezela kakhulu abantwana bakwaIsrayeli iminyaka engamashumi amabili.
4UDebora umprofethikazi, umkaLapidoti, wahlulela uIsrayeli ngalesosikhathi.
5Wayehlala phansi kwesundu likaDebora phakathi kweRama neBethele ezintabeni zakwaEfrayimi; abantwana bakwaIsrayeli bakhuphukela kuye ukuba bahlulelwe.
6Wathuma wabiza uBaraki indodana ka-Abinohama waseKedeshi-Nafetali, wathi kuye: UJehova uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli akayalanga yini ngokuthi: Hamba usondele entabeni yaseThabori, uye nabantu abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi babantwana bakwaNafetali nabantwana bakwaZebuloni, na?
7Ngiyakusondeza kuwe emfudlaneni iKishoni uSisera induna yempi kaJabini, nezinqola zakhe, nesixuku sakhe, ngimnikele esandleni sakho.
8UBaraki wathi kuye: Uma uhamba nami, ngiyakuhamba; kepha uma ungahambi nami, angiyikuhamba.
9Wathi kuye: Impela ngiyakuhamba nawe, kodwa indlela oyakuhamba ngayo ayiyikuba-ngeyodumo lwakho, ngokuba uJehova uyakumthengisa uSisera esandleni sowesifazane. Wayesesuka uDebora, wahamba noBaraki, baya eKedeshi.
10UBaraki wabiza oZebuloni noNafetali ukuba beze eKedeshi; kwakhuphuka abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi ezinyathelweni zakhe; naye uDebora wakhuphuka naye.
11Kepha uHebere umKheni wayezahlukanisile namaKheni, abantwana bakwaHobabi umukhwe kaMose, wamisa itende lakhe kwaze kwaba-seokini* laseSahananimi eliseduze neKedeshi.
UBaraki uyanqoba uSisera
12Bamtshela uSisera ukuthi uBaraki indodana ka-Abinohama ukhuphukele entabeni yaseThabori.
13USisera wayesebutha zonke izinqola zakhe, izinqola ezingamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye zensimbi, nabantu bonke ababenaye, kusukela eHarosheti labezizwe kuze kube-semfudlaneni iKishoni.
14UDebora wathi kuBaraki: Vuka, ngokuba yilolusuku uJehova anikele ngalo uSisera esandleni sakho; uJehova akaphumanga phambi kwakho na? UBaraki wehla entabeni yaseThabori nabantu abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi emva kwakhe.
15UJehova wamngquzula uSisera nazo zonke izinqola zakhe nempi yakhe yonke ngosiko lwenkemba phambi kukaBaraki; uSisera wehlika enqoleni yakhe, wabaleka ngezinyawo.
16Kepha uBaraki waxosha izinqola nempi kwaze kwaba-seHarosheti labezizwe; yonke impi kaSisera yawa ngosiko lwenkemba, akwasala-muntu.
17Kepha uSisera wabaleka ngezinyawo, wafika etendeni likaJayeli umkaHebere umKheni, ngokuba kwakukhona ukuthula phakathi kukaJabini inkosi yaseHasori nendlu kaHebere umKheni.
18UJayeli waphuma ukumhlangabeza uSisera, wathi kuye: Phambuka, nkosi yami; phambukela kimi, ungesabi. Waphambukela kuye etendeni, wamembesa ingubo.
19Wayesethi kuye: Ake ungiphuzise ingcosana yamanzi, ngokuba ngomile. Wavumbulula igabha lobisi, wamphuzisa, wamembesa.
20Wathi kuye: Yima emnyango wetende; kuyakuthi nxa kufika umuntu abuze kuwe athi: Kukhona-muntu lapha na? uthi: Qha.
21UJayeli umkaHebere wayesethatha isikhonkwane setende, waphatha isando ngesandla, wanyonyobela kuye, wambethela esikhaleni sendlebe ngesikhonkwane, sagqobhoza, saphumela emhlabathini, ngokuba wayelele ubuthongo obukhulu ediniwe; wafa kanjalo.
22Bheka, uBaraki esamxosha uSisera, uJayeli waphuma ukumhlangabeza, wathi kuye: Woza, ngikubonise omfunayo. Waya kuye; bheka, uSisera wayelele efile, isikhonkwane sisesikhaleni sendlebe yakhe.
23Ngalolosuku uNkulunkulu wamnqoba uJabini inkosi yaseKhanani phambi kwabantwana bakwaIsrayeli.
24Isandla sabantwana bakwaIsrayeli saqhubeka saba-namandla njalo phezu kukaJabini inkosi yaseKhanani, baze bamqeda uJabini inkosi yaseKhanani.
