Debora ndi Baraki Aimbira Atate
Debora ndi Baraki akuimba nyimbo ya nkhondoyo: Atate wathu akuyenda kuchokera ku Edomu mpaka mapiri akugwedezeka, misewu yopanda anthu, mafuko amene anabwera ndi mafuko amene anakhala ndi zombo zawo. Yaeli akudalitsidwa. Nyimboyo ikutha ndi amayi a Sisera, akadali pazenera akuwerenga zofunkha zimene sizidzafika.
5 1Tsiku limenelo Debora ndi Baraki mwana wa Abinoamu anaimba nyimbo iyi: 2“Pamene atsogoleri atsogolera mu Isiraeli, pamene anthu adzipereka mwaufulu—tamandani Atate wathu! 3Imvani, inu mafumu! Tcherani khutu, inu akalonga! Ine, inde ineyo, ndidzaimbira Atate wathu; ndidzaimba nyimbo kwa Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Isiraeli. 4Atate wathu, pamene munatuluka ku Seiri, pamene munayenda kuchoka m'dziko la Edomu, dziko linagwedezeka, miyamba inagwetsa mvula, mitambo inatsanulira madzi. 5Mapiri anagwedezeka pamaso pa Atate wathu, Mwini Sinai, pamaso pa Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Isiraeli. 6M'masiku a Samugara mwana wa Anati, m'masiku a Yaeli, misewu ikuluikulu inasiyidwa, ndipo apaulendo anayenda njira zokhotakhota. 7Moyo wa m'midzi mu Isiraeli unatha, unatha—mpaka pamene ine Debora ndinauka, ndinauka monga mayi mu Isiraeli. 8Iwo anasankha milungu yatsopano; pamenepo nkhondo inafika pa zipata. Palibe chishango kapena mkondo zinaoneka pakati pa anthu 40,000 mu Isiraeli. 9Mtima wanga uli kwa atsogoleri ankhondo a Isiraeli amene anadzipereka mwaufulu pakati pa anthu—tamandani Atate wathu! 10Inu amene mumakwera abulu oyera, inu amene mumakhala pa machira a chishalo, ndi inu amene mumayenda m'njira—nenani za izo! 11Koposa mawu a amene amagawana ziweto pa malo akumwa madzi, kumeneko amafotokoza ntchito zolungama za Atate wathu, ntchito zolungama za anthu ake a m'midzi mu Isiraeli. Pamenepo anthu a Atate wathu anatsikira ku zipata. 12Dzuka, dzuka, Debora! Dzuka, dzuka, yamba kuimba! Nyamuka, Baraki! Tsogolera ogwidwa ako, mwana wa Abinoamu. 13Pamenepo otsalira anatsikira kwa anthu olemekezeka; anthu a Atate wathu anatsika kudza kwa ine kudzalimbana ndi amphamvu. 14Kuchokera ku Efuraimu kunabwera amene mizu yawo inali mu Amaleki, akukutsatira iwe, Benjamini, pamodzi ndi abale ako; kuchokera ku Makiri atsogoleri ankhondo anatsika, ndipo kuchokera ku Zebuloni amene amanyamula ndodo ya mtsogoleri wankhondo. 15Akalonga a Isakara anali pamodzi ndi Debora; inde, Isakara anali wokhulupirika kwa Baraki, akuthamangira ku chigwa pambuyo pake. Pakati pa zigawo za Rubeni kunali kufufuza kwakukulu kwa mtima. 16Chifukwa chiyani munakhala pakati pa makola a nkhosa kuti mumve kuliza mluzu kwa ziweto? Pakati pa zigawo za Rubeni kunali kufufuza kwakukulu kwa mtima. 17Giliyadi anakhala tsidya la Yorodani. Ndipo Dani, chifukwa chiyani anazengereza pafupi ndi sitima zapamadzi? Aseri anakhala chete m'mphepete mwa nyanja, nakhazikika pafupi ndi madoko ake. 18Zebuloni anali anthu amene anayika miyoyo yawo pangozi; chimodzimodzinso Nafutali, pa zitunda za kumunda. 19Mafumu anabwera nalimbana; pamenepo mafumu a Kanaani anamenya nkhondo ku Taanaki, m'mbali mwa madzi a Megido, koma sanatenge siliva, sanafunkhe kanthu. 20Kuchokera kumwamba nyenyezi zinamenya nkhondo; kuchokera m'njira zawo zinalimbana ndi Sisera. 21Mtsinje wa Kisoni unawakokolola, mtsinje wakalekale, mtsinje wa Kisoni. Yenda mtsogolo, moyo wanga, mwamphamvu! 22Pamenepo ziboda za akavalo zinagunda ngati bingu— kuthamanga, kuthamanga kwa akavalo ake amphamvu.
23“Tembererani Merozi,” anatero mthenga wa Atate wathu, “tembererani kwambiri anthu ake, chifukwa sanabwere kudzathandiza iye, kudzathandiza Atate wathu kulimbana ndi amphamvu.” 24Wodalitsika koposa pa akazi akhale Yaeli, mkazi wa Heberi Mkeni, wodalitsika koposa pa akazi okhala m'tenti. 25Iye anapempha madzi, ndipo anamupatsa mkaka; m'mbale yoyenera anthu olemekezeka anamubweretsera chambiko. 26Dzanja lake linatenga chikhomo cha tenti, dzanja lake lamanja linatenga nyundo ya wantchito. Anamenya Sisera, anaphwanya mutu wake, anathyola ndi kulasa chakamba chake. 27Pa mapazi ake anawerama, anagwa, anagona chete; pa mapazi ake anawerama, anagwa. Pamene anawerama, pomwepo anagwa—atafa. 28Kudzera pawindo mayi wa Sisera anasuzumira; kuseri kwa zenera anafuwula, “Chifukwa chiyani galeta lake likuchedwa kubwera? Chifukwa chiyani phokoso la magaleta ake lachedwa?” 29Akazi ake anzeru kwambiri amuyankha iye—ndithudi, iyeyo amabwereza mawu kwa iye yekha. 30“Kodi sakupeza ndi kugawana zofunkha?—mtsikana mmodzi kapena awiri kwa munthu aliyense, zofunkha za nsalu zodaya kwa Sisera, zofunkha za nsalu zodaya zokongoletsedwa bwino, nsalu ziwiri zopetedwa za pakhosi pa wofunkhayo?” 31Momwemo adani anu onse awonongeke, Atate wathu! Koma amene amakukondani akhale ngati dzuwa lotuluka mwamphamvu zake. Pamenepo dziko linakhala pa mtendere zaka makumi anai.
