UDebora loBaraki banqoba uSisera

4Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebebuya besenza okubi emehlweni eNkosia esefile uEhudi. 2 INkosi yasibathengisab esandleni sikaJabini inkosi yeKhananic owayebusa eHazorid. Lenduna yebutho lakhe yayinguSisera, owayehlala eHaroshethie labezizwe. 3 Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebekhala eNkosinif, ngoba wayelezinqola zensimbig ezingamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye, wabacindezela ngamandla abantwana bakoIsrayelih iminyaka engamatshumi amabili.

4 UDebora umfazi owayengumprofethikazi umkaLapidothi yena wahlulela uIsrayeli ngalesosikhathi. 5 Wayehlala ngaphansi kwesihlahla selala sikaDebora phakathi kweRamai leBhetheli entabeni yakoEfrayimij. Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesenyukela kuye ukwahlulelwa. 6 Wasethuma wabiza uBaraki indodana kaAbinowama eKedeshik koNafithali, wathi kuye: INkosi uNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli kayilayanga yini isithi: Hamba usondele entabeni yeThabhoril, uzithathele amadoda azinkulungwane ezilitshumi ebantwaneni bakoNafithali lebantwaneni bakoZebuluni? 7 Njalo ngizadonsela kuwe esifuleni iKishoni uSiseram induna yebutho likaJabini lenqola zakhe lexuku lakhe, ngimnikele esandleni sakhon. 8 UBaraki wasesithi kuye: Uba uhamba lamio, ngizahamba; kodwa uba ungahambi lami, kangiyikuhamba. 9 Wasesithi: Ngizahamba lokuhamba lawe, kodwa udumo kaluyikuba ngolwakho ngendlela ohamba ngayo, ngoba iNkosi izathengisa uSisera esandleni sowesifazanap. Wasesukuma uDebora, wahamba loBaraki waya eKedeshi.

10 UBaraki wasebizela oZebuluni loNafithaliq eKedeshi. Kwasekusenyuka amadoda azinkulungwane ezilitshumi amlandelar, loDebora wenyuka laye. 11 UHeberi umKenis wazehlukanisa-ke lamaKeni, abantwana bakaHobabi uyisezala kaMozisit, wamisa ithente lakhe kwaze kwaba sesihlahleni se-okhi* eZahananimiu eseduze leKedeshi. 12 Basebebikela uSisera ukuthi uBaraki indodana kaAbinowama usenyukele entabeni yeThabhoriv. 13 USisera wasebiza zonke izinqolaw zakhe, inqola ezingamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye zensimbi, labo bonke abantu ababelaye, kusukela eHaroshethi labezizwe kuze kufike esifuleni iKishoni. 14 UDebora wasesithi kuBaraki: Vuka! Ngoba yilo lolusuku iNkosi enikele ngalo uSisera esandleni sakhox. Kayihambanga yini iNkosi phambi kwakhoy? Ngakho uBaraki wehla entabeni iThabhoriz lamadoda azinkulungwane ezilitshumi ngemva kwakhe. 15 INkosi yasimsanganisa uSiseraa lazo zonke izinqola lebutho lonke ngobukhali benkemba phambi kukaBaraki, kwaze kwathi uSisera wehla enqoleni wabaleka ngenyawo zakhe. 16 UBaraki wasexotshana lezinqola lebutho, waze wafika eHaroshethi labezizwe; ibutho lonke likaSisera laselisiwa ngobukhali benkemba; kakusalanga loyedwa.

17 Kodwa uSisera wabaleka ngenyawo zakhe waya ethenteni likaJayeli umkaHeberi umKeni, ngoba kwakulokuthula phakathi kukaJabini inkosi yeHazori lendlu kaHeberi umKeni. 18 UJayeli wasephuma ukuhlangabeza uSisera, wathi kuye: Phambuka, nkosi yami, phambukela kimi, ungesabi. Wasephambukela kuye ethenteni, wamembesa ngengubo. 19 Wasesithi kuye: Akunginathise amanzi amalutshwana ngoba ngomile. Wasesibukula igula lochagob, wamnathisa, wamembesa. 20 Wasesithi kuye: Mana emnyango wethente; kuzakuthi-ke, uba kufika umuntu kuwe ekubuza esithi: Kulomuntu lapha yini? Uzakuthi: Kakulamuntu. 21 Kodwa uJayeli umkaHeberi wathatha isikhonkwane sethentec, wafaka isando esandleni sakhe, wamnyenyela, wabethela isikhonkwane enhlafunweni yakhe sangena emhlabathini, ngoba yena wayelele ubuthongo obukhulu, ediniwe, wasesifa. 22 Khangela-ke, uBaraki waxotsha uSisera; uJayeli wasephuma ukumhlangabeza wathi kuye: Woza, ngizakutshengisa umuntu omdingayo. Wasengena ethenteni lakhe, khangela-ke, uSisera wayelele efile, lesikhonkwane sasisenhlafunweni yakhe. 23 Ngakho ngalolosuku uNkulunkulu wamehlisela phansi uJabini inkosi yeKhanani phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayelid. 24 Isandla sabantwana bakoIsrayeli saqhubeka-ke saba nzima phezu kukaJabini inkosi yeKhanani, baze bamchitha uJabini inkosi yeKhanani.