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Debooraah

Oo reer binu Israa'iil waxay haddana sameeyeen wax Rabbiga hortiisa ku xun, markii uu Eehuud dhintay dabadeed. Oo Rabbigu wuxuu iyagii ka iibiyey boqorkii reer Kancaan oo ahaa Yaabiin oo xukumi jiray Xaasoor; oo sirkaalkii ciidankiisu wuxuu ahaa Siiseraa kaas oo degganaa Xaroshed tii Quruumaha. Oo reer binu Israa'iilna waxay u qayshadeen Rabbiga, waayo, ninkaasu wuxuu lahaa sagaal boqol oo gaadhifardood oo bir ah, oo kaasu labaatan sannadood buu reer binu Israa'iil aad u cadaadinayay.

Oo waagaas waxaa reer binu Israa'iil xaakimad u ahayd Debooraah, naagtii Lafiidood, taasoo nebiyad ahayd. Oo waxay hoos fadhiyi jirtay geedkii timirta ahaa oo Debooraah, oo u dhexeeyey Raamaah iyo Beytel, oo ku yiil dalkii buuraha lahaa oo reer Efrayim; oo reer binu Israa'iilna iyaday ugu iman jireen inay u gar naqdo. Oo iyana cid bay u dirtay, oo Baaraaq ina Abiinocam ayay uga yeedhay Qedesh Naftaali, oo waxay ku tidhi, Miyaan Rabbiga Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil ahu kugu amrin, oo kugu odhan, Tag oo u dhowow Buur Taaboor, oo waxaad kaxaysataa toban kun oo nin oo ah reer Naftaali iyo reer Sebulun? Oo anna waxaan Webi Qiishoon kuugu soo dhowayn doonaa Siiseraa oo ah sirkaalka ciidanka Yaabiin, isaga iyo gaadhifardoodkiisa iyo dadkiisa badanba oo gacantaadaan gelin doonaa. Markaasaa Baaraaq wuxuu ku yidhi, Haddaad i raacdid, waan tegi doonaa, laakiinse haddaanad i raacin, tegi maayo. Kolkaasay ku tidhi, Hubaal waan ku raacayaa; habase yeeshee socdaalka aad tegaysaa ahaan maayo mid adiga sharaf kuu leh, waayo, Rabbigu wuxuu Siiseraa ka iibin doonaa naag gacanteed. Kolkaasay Debooraah kacday oo Baaraaq u raacday xagga Qedesh. 10 Markaasaa Baaraaq wuxuu Qedesh isugu yeedhay reer Sebulun iyo reer Naftaali; oo waxaa isaga raacay toban kun oo nin; oo Debooraahna isagay raacday. 11 Haddaba Xeber oo ahaa reer Qeyn ayaa hore isaga soocay reer Qeyn, kuwaas oo ahaa reer Xoobaab, Muuse seeddigiis, oo wuxuu meel iyaga ka fog teendhadiisii ka dhistay xagga geedkii ku yiil Sacananniim oo u dhow Qedesh. 12 Oo waxay Siiseraa u sheegeen, inuu Baaraaq ina Abiinocam koray Buur Taaboor. 13 Markaasaa Siiseraa wuxuu gaadhifardoodkiisii oo dhan, kuwaasoo ahaa sagaal boqol oo gaadhifardood oo bir ah, iyo kulli dadkii isaga la joogay oo dhan, ka soo wada urursaday Xaroshed tii Quruumaha, oo wuxuu ku soo urursaday Webi Qiishoon. 14 Oo Debooraahna waxay Baaraaq ku tidhi, Kac, waayo, maanta waa maalintii Rabbigu Siiseraa gacantaada soo geliyey. Rabbigu miyaanu ku hor socon? Sidaas daraaddeed Baaraaq wuxuu ka dhaadhacay Buur Taaboor, isagoo ay toban kun oo nin daba socdaan. 15 Oo Rabbigu wuxuu seef ku dhibay Siiseraa, iyo gaadhifardoodkiisii oo dhan, iyo ciidankiisii oo dhan Baaraaq hortiisa; oo Siiseraa intuu ka degay gaadhifaraskiisii ayuu cagihiisii ku cararay. 16 Laakiinse Baaraaq wuxuu eryooday gaadhifardoodkii iyo ciidankii ilaa Xaroshed tii Quruumaha; oo Siiseraa ciidankiisii oo dhan waxaa lagu laayay seef, oo xataa nin keliyuhu kama hadhin.

17 Laakiinse Siiseraa cagihiisuu ugu cararay teendhadii Yaaceel taasoo ahayd naagtii Xeber kii reer Qeyn, waayo, nabad baa ka dhexaysay boqorkii Xaasoor oo ahaa Yaabiin iyo reerkii Xeber kii reer Qeyn. 18 Oo Yaaceelna intay dibadda u soo baxday inay ka hor tagto Siiseraa, waxay isagii ku tidhi, Soo leexo, sayidkaygiiyow, ii soo leexo, oo ha cabsan. Oo isna intuu ku leexday ayuu galay teendhada, oo markaasay buste ku dedday. 19 Markaasuu wuxuu iyadii ku yidhi, Waan ku baryayaaye, i sii in yar oo biyo ah oo aan cabbo, waayo, waan harraadsanahay. Kolkaasay u soo furtay sibraar caano ah, oo intay dhansiisay ayay haddana dedday isagii. 20 Markaasuu wuxuu iyadii ku yidhi, Teendhada iriddeeda istaag, oo haddii dad kuu yimaado oo ay i kaa weyddiiyaan, oo ku yidhaahdaan, Halkan nin ma jooga? waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Maya. 21 Markaasaa naagtii Xeber oo ahayd Yaaceel ayaa qaadatay qori dhidib ah, oo gacantana waxay ku qabsatay dubbe, oo intay tartiib ugu dhowaatay ayay dhidibkii kaga dhufatay dhafoorka, oo intuu dhidibkii ka dusay ayuu dhulka muday, maxaa yeelay, isagu hurdo weyn buu ku jiray oo aad buu u daalay, oo sidaasuu u dhintay. 22 Oo bal eeg, Baaraaq intuu raacdaynayay Siiseraa, ayay Yaaceel u soo baxday inay isagii ka hor timaado, oo waxay ku tidhi, Bal kaalay oo waan ku tusi ninkaad doonaysid. Markaasuu u yimid, oo wuxuu arkay Siiseraa oo jiifa oo meyd ah, oo dhafoorkiisa dhidib ka taagan yahay. 23 Sidaasaa Ilaah maalintaas boqorkii reer Kancaan oo ahaa Yaabiin ugu hoosaysiiyey reer binu Israa'iil hortooda. 24 Oo gacantii reer binu Israa'iil aad iyo aad bay uga sii adkaanaysay boqorkii reer Kancaan oo Yaabiin ahaa, ilaa ay baabbi'iyeen boqorkii reer Kancaan oo Yaabiin ahaa.

Deborah

Again the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord,(B) now that Ehud(C) was dead. So the Lord sold them(D) into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.(E) Sisera,(F) the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron(G) and had cruelly oppressed(H) the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.

Now Deborah,(I) a prophet,(J) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. She held court(K) under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah(L) and Bethel(M) in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. She sent for Barak son of Abinoam(N) from Kedesh(O) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali(P) and Zebulun(Q) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.(R) I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s(S) army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River(T) and give him into your hands.(U)’”

Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

“Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.(V) 10 There Barak summoned(W) Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites,(X) the descendants of Hobab,(Y) Moses’ brother-in-law,[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree(Z) in Zaanannim(AA) near Kedesh.

12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,(AB) 13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River(AC) all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.(AD)

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands.(AE) Has not the Lord gone ahead(AF) of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed(AG) Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.

16 Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.(AH) 17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,(AI) the wife of Heber the Kenite,(AJ) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor(AK) and the family of Heber the Kenite.

18 Jael(AL) went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

19 “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk,(AM) gave him a drink, and covered him up.

20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”

21 But Jael,(AN) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,(AO) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.(AP)

22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael(AQ) went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.(AR)

23 On that day God subdued(AS) Jabin(AT) king of Canaan before the Israelites. 24 And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.(AU)

Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging
  2. Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law