Abahluleli
4:1 Futhi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli benza okubi emehlweni kaJehova, lapho
U-Ehudi wayesefile.
4:2 Futhi uJehova wathengisa ngabo esandleni sikaJabini, inkosi yaseKhanani, ukuthi
wabusa eHasori; induna yebutho lakhe kwakunguSisera owahlala khona
IHarosheti labezizwe.
3 Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bakhala kuJehova, ngokuba wayenamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye
izinqola zensimbi; iminyaka engamashumi amabili wabacindezela kakhulu abantwana bakwa-Israyeli
Israyeli.
4:4 Futhi uDebora, umprofethikazi, umkaLapidoti, wahlulela u-Israyeli
ngaleso sikhathi.
4:5 Wahlala phansi kwesundu likaDebora phakathi kweRama neBethele
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli benyukela kuye ukuze bagwetshwe.
4:6 Wathumela wabiza uBharaki, indodana ka-Abinohama, eKedeshnaphtali.
wathi kuye: “UJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli akayalanga yini ngokuthi: ‘Hamba
usondele entabeni yaseThabori, uthathe amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi esandleni sakho
abantwana bakwaNafetali nabantwana bakwaZebuloni na?
4:7 Futhi ngizodonsela kuwe emfuleni iKishoni, uSisera, induna
impi kaJabini, nezinqola zakhe, nesixuku sakhe; futhi ngizokhulula
mnikele esandleni sakho.
" 4:8 UBharaki wathi kuye, "Uma uhamba nami, ngizohamba, kodwa uma."
awuyikuhamba nami, angiyikuhamba.
" 4:9 Wathi, "Ngizohamba nawe, kodwa indlela."
lokho okuthathayo akuyikuba ngokodumo lwakho; ngoba uJehova uyakuthengisa
USisera esandleni sowesifazane. Wasuka uDebora, wahamba noBaraki
eKedeshi.
4:10 UBharaki wabiza oZebhulon noNafetali eKedeshi; wenyuka nabayishumi
amadoda ayinkulungwane ngasezinyaweni zakhe; uDebora wakhuphuka naye.
4:11 Manje uHebhere, umKheni, owayevela kubantwana bakaHobabi, uyise e
umthetho kaMose, wayezihlukanisile namaKheni, wamisa itende lakhe
kuze kufike ethafeni laseZahanayimi elingaseKedeshi.
4:12 Bamtshela uSisera ukuthi uBaraki, indodana ka-Abinohama, ukhuphukele kuye
entabeni yaseThabori.
4:13 USisera wabutha zonke izinqola zakhe, ezingamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye
izinqola zensimbi, nabo bonke abantu ababe naye, besuka eHarosheti
kwabezizwe kuze kufike emfuleni iKishoni.
" 4:14 Futhi uDebora wathi kuBharaki, "Suka; ngoba lolu lusuku iNKOSI
unikele uSisera esandleni sakho; uJehova akaphumanga ngaphambili na?
wena? Wehla-ke uBaraki entabeni yaseThabori, kwalandela amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi
yena.
4:15 UJehova wamdubaduba uSisera, nezinqola zakhe zonke, nempi yakhe yonke;
ngosiko lwenkemba phambi kukaBaraki; waze wehla uSisera
inqola yakhe, wabaleka ngezinyawo zakhe.
4:16 Kodwa uBharaki waxosha izinqola, futhi ngemva kwebutho, kwaze kwaba seHarosheti
labezizwe; lonke ibutho likaSisera lawa onqenqemeni lukaJehova
inkemba; akwasala muntu.
4:17 Nokho, uSisera wabaleka ngezinyawo zakhe, waya etendeni likaJayeli, umka-Jayeli
uHebhere umKheni, ngokuba kwakukhona ukuthula phakathi kukaJabhini inkosi yaseHazori
nendlu kaHebhere umKheni.
4:18 UJayeli waphuma ukumhlangabeza uSisera, wathi kuye, Phambuka, nkosi yami;
phendukela kimi; ningesabi. Esephambukele kuye endlini
etendeni, wamembathisa ngengubo.
4:19 Wathi kuye: "Ake ungiphuzise ingcosana yamanzi; okwe
Ngomile. Wavula imvaba yobisi, wamphuzisa, futhi
wamboza.
4:20 Wathi futhi kuye: "Yima emnyango wetende.
nxa kufika umuntu ekubuza ethi: Ukhona na?
lapha? ukuze uthi: Hatshi.
4:21 UJayeli, umkaHebhere, wathatha isikhonkwane setende, wathatha isando etendeni.
isandla sakhe, waya kuye kancane, futhi wabethela isikhonkwane ezinhlafunweni zakhe.
wawubophela emhlabathini, ngokuba wayelele ubuthongo, ediniwe. Ngakho yena
wafa.
4:22 Bheka, uBaraki esamxosha uSisera, uJayeli waphuma ukumhlangabeza;
wathi kuye: Woza, ngizakutshengisa umuntu omdingayo. Futhi
lapho engena etendeni lakhe, bheka, uSisera wayelele efile, isikhonkwane siphakathi
amathempeli akhe.
4:23 Ngakho, ngalolo suku, uNkulunkulu wamnqoba uJabini, inkosi yaseKhanani, phambi kwabantwana
yakwa-Israyeli.
4:24 Futhi isandla sabantwana bakwa-Israyeli waphumelela, futhi wanqoba
uJabini inkosi yaseKhanani, baze bamchitha uJabini inkosi yaseKhanani.