Baba Vanomutsa Dhebhora naBharaki
Makore makumi maviri pasi pengoro dzesimbi mazana mapfumbamwe dzaSisera anopera apo Dhebhora, achitonga ari pasi pomuchindwe wake, anodana Bharaki. Iye achaenda chete kana naiye akaenda, saka mbiri inoenda kumukadzi. Baba vedu vanoparadza ngoro, uye Jaeri anorova hoko yetende nomunhongonya waSisera ari kutiza.
4 1Shure kwokufa kwaEhudhi, vaIsraeri vakaitazve zvakaipa pamberi paBaba vedu. 2Saka Baba vedu vakavatengesa muruoko rwaJabhini mambo weKenani, aitonga muHazori. Mukuru wehondo yake ainzi Sisera, aigara muHaroseti-hagoyimu. 3Ipapo vaIsraeri vakachema kuna Baba vedu, nokuti Sisera akanga ane ngoro dzesimbi mazana mapfumbamwe uye akanga avadzvinyirira zvine utsinye kwemakore makumi maviri. 4Zvino Dhebhora, muprofita wechikadzi, mukadzi waRapidhoti, aitonga vaIsraeri panguva iyoyo. 5Aigara pasi pomuchindwe waDhebhora pakati peRama neBheteri munyika yezvikomo yaEfuremu, uye vaIsraeri vaikwira kwaari kuti vatongerwe. 6Akatuma shoko kuna Bharaki mwanakomana waAbhinoamu kubva kuKedheshi muNafutari, akati kwaari, “Ko, Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri, havana kukurayira here, vachiti: Enda, uende kuGomo reTabhori utore varume zviuru gumi vokuNafutari nevokuZebhuruni. 7Ndichakwevera Sisera, mukuru wehondo yaJabhini, kwauri paRwizi rweKishoni nengoro dzake nehondo yake, uye ndichamuisa mumaoko ako.”
8Bharaki akati kwaari, “Kana mukaenda neni, ndichaenda; asi kana musingaendi neni, handizoendi.”
9“Zvirokwazvo ndichaenda newe,” akadaro, “asi haungawani kukudzwa panzira yaunofamba, nokuti Baba vedu vachaisa Sisera muruoko rwomukadzi.” Saka Dhebhora akasimuka akaenda naBharaki kuKedheshi. 10Bharaki akadana Zebhuruni naNafutari kuKedheshi; varume zviuru gumi vakakwira vachimutevera, uye Dhebhora akaenda naye. 11Zvino Hebheri muKeni, mumwe wezvizvarwa zvaHobhabhi, tezvara waMozisi, akanga azvitsaura kubva kuvaKeni akadzika tende rake pedyo nomuouki weZaananimu, pedyo neKedheshi. 12Sisera paakaudzwa kuti Bharaki mwanakomana waAbhinoamu akanga akwira kuGomo reTabhori, 13Sisera akaunganidza ngoro dzake dzose—ngoro dzesimbi mazana mapfumbamwe—nehondo yake yose, kubva kuHaroseti-hagoyimu kusvika kuRwizi rweKishoni.
14Dhebhora akati kuna Bharaki, “Simuka! Nhasi Baba vedu vanoisa Sisera mumaoko ako. Ko, Baba vedu havana kutungamira mberi kwako here?” Saka Bharaki akaburuka muGomo reTabhori aine varume zviuru gumi vachimutevera. 15Baba vedu vakaparadza Sisera, nengoro dzake dzose nehondo yake yose, nomunondo pamberi paBharaki; Sisera akasiya ngoro yake akatiza netsoka. 16Bharaki akatevera ngoro nehondo kusvika kuHaroseti-hagoyimu, uye hondo yose yaSisera yakafa nomunondo; hakuna murume mumwe akapona.
17Zvichakadaro Sisera akatiza netsoka akaenda kutende raJaeri, mukadzi waHebheri muKeni, nokuti Jabhini mambo weHazori neimba yaHebheri vakanga vaine rugare. 18Jaeri akabuda kundochingamidza Sisera, achiti, “Pindai muno, ishe wangu, pindai kwandiri; musatya.” Saka akapinda mutende rake, iye akamufukidza nejira.
19Akati, “Ndapota ndipei mvura shoma; ndine nyota.” Akazarura homwe yomukaka, akamupa kuti anwe, akamufukidzazve.
20Akati kwaari, “Mirai pamukova wetende. Kana munhu akauya akabvunza, achiti, ‘Pane murume pano here?’ muti, ‘Kwete.’”
21Asi Jaeri, mukadzi waHebheri, akatora hoko yetende nenyundo, akanyahwaira achisvika kwaari, akarova hoko nomunhongonya yake ichipinda muvhu, iye avete hope huru aneta. Saka akafa. 22Panguva iyoyo Bharaki akasvika achitevera Sisera, Jaeri akabuda kundomuchingamidza, akati, “Uyai, ndikuratidzei murume wamuri kutsvaka.” Akapinda naye, onei Sisera avete afa, hoko yetende iri munhongonya yake. 23Pazuva iroro Baba vedu vakakunda Jabhini mambo weKenani pamberi pavaIsraeri. 24Ruoko rwavaIsraeri rwakaramba ruchisimba pamusoro paJabhini mambo weKenani, kusvikira vamuparadza.