1Hnub ntawd Denpaulas thiab Npalaj uas yog Anpinau-as tus tub thiaj hu zaj nkauj no: 2Ua tus TSWV tsaug lauj! Cov Yixalayees ua siab tawv qhawv sib tua; cov pejxeem txaus siab hlo mus ntaus rog. 3Tej vajntxwv, nej cia li ua tib zoo mloog! Tej nomtswv, nej cia li tig pobntseg mloog! Kuv yuav hu nkauj thiab ntaus nkauj nogncas qhuas cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv uas yog tus TSWV. 4Tus TSWV, thaum koj tawm saum roob Xe-iles los, thaum koj tawm tom tiaj nrag Edoos los, lub ntiajteb ua zog koog, thiab nag laub lug saum nruab ntug los. Tseeb tiag, dej yeej nchuav laub lug saum cov huab los. 5Tej ncov roob ua zog koog tabmeeg tus TSWV saum roob Xinais, tabmeeg tus TSWV uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv.
6Anaj tus tub Sankas tiam thiab Ya-ees tiam, tsis muaj tsheb nees khiav thoob tebchaws lawm, tej neeg taug kev me lawm xwb. 7Denpaulas, cov Yixalayees tej nroog muab tso tseg nphob xuav cia; tej nroog ntawd nyob khoob lug mus txog hnub uas koj los kav, koj zoo ib yam li cov Yixalayees leej niam ntag. 8Thaum cov Yixalayees mus teev luag tej vajtswv, ces txawm muaj kev tsov kev rog tuaj ntaus lawv lub tebchaws. Nej plaub caug txhiab leej Yixalayees no puas muaj ib tug nqa daim thaiv hniav ntaj lossis nqa hmuv? 9Kuv lub siab yeej nyob rawv nrog cov Yixalayees tej thawj tubrog, nrog cov neeg uas txaus siab mus ntaus rog. Ua tus TSWV tsaug lauj! 10Nej cov uas caij tej neesluav dawb uas caij rawv saum lub eeb, thiab nej cov uas mus kotaw nej nco ntsoov qhia zaj no rau sawvdaws. 11Ua tib zoo mloog! Tej suab uas cov neeg coob coob qw nrov ntshoo nrooj ncig tej qhovtshij sib qhia txog qhov uas tus TSWV thiab cov Yixalayees muaj yeej.
Ces tus TSWV haivneeg tawm hauv lawv tej nroog tuaj. 12Ntaus thawj los mas, Denpaulas, cia li ntaus thawj los mas! Hu nkauj los mas! Ntaus thawj ntxhias los mas! Anpinau-as tus tub Npalaj, cia li sawv mus tuaj tom hauvntej, coj cov neeg uas koj ntes tau khiav mus los mas! 13Ces txhua tus neeg uas ncaj ncees tuaj cuag lawv tej thawjcoj; tus TSWV haivneeg uas tuaj cuag nws, npaj nroos mus sib tua xwb. 14Lawv nqis pem xeev Efalayees tuaj rau hauv hav, raws xeem Npeenyamees thiab cov pejxeem qab. Cov thawj tubrog tuaj pem Makhiles tuaj, cov nomtswv tuaj pem xeev Xenpuloos tuaj. 15Xeem Ixakhas tej thawjcoj nrog Denpaulas tuaj; yog lawm, xeem Ixakhas thiab Npalaj lawv sawvdaws tuaj huv tibsi, thiab lawv puavleej raws nws qab mus rau nram lub hav lawm. Tiamsis xeem Lunpees hais tsis sib haum; lawv thiaj tsis tuaj. 16Vim li cas lawv thiaj nrog pab yaj nyob tuaj tom qab? Yuav nkaum nkoos mloog cov tswv yaj lub suab cuab cov yaj xwb los? Yog lawm, xeem Lunpees hais tsis sib haum, lawv thiaj tsis tuaj. 17Xeem Khas nyob tim tus dej Yauladees sab hnubtuaj, thiab xeem Das nyob hauv tej nkoj. Xeem Aseles nyob raws ntug hiavtxwv; lawv nyob ntawm ntug xwb. 18Tiamsis xeem Xenpuloos thiab xeem Nathalis txaus siab muab lawv txojsia mus ntaus rog. 19Tej vajntxwv sau nthwv tuaj sib tua, rau hauv lub nroog Tanas ntawm tus dej Menkidaus; cov Kana-as tej vajntxwv tuaj sib tua, tiamsis lawv nqa tsis tau tej nyiaj mus li. 20Tej hnubqub tua saum nruab ntug tuaj; tej hnubqub ya saum nruab ntug tuaj tua Xixelas. 21Tus dej Kisoos huam los tshoob lawv mus povtseg lawm, tus dej Kisoos yog tus dej uas ntsawj ceev heev. Kuv yuav tawm mus, kuv lub siab cia li xyivfab hlo! 22Ces cov nees yuav dhia rag ntws los, muab lawv tej rau txauj av nplawg ntia.
23Tus TSWV tus timtswv hais tias, “Cia li foom tsis zoo rau lub nroog Melauzes, lo lus foom uas yog kev iab kev daw yuav raug cov neeg hauv lub nroog ntawd. Vim lawv tsis tawm mus ua tubrog pab tus TSWV tua cov yeebncuab.”
24Ya-ees yog tus uas muaj hmoo tshaj plaws tej pojniam, nws yog Henpeles uas yog neeg Kenais tus pojniam, nws muaj hmoo tshaj tej pojniam uas nyob hauv tej tsevntaub huv tibsi. 25Xixelas thov dej haus, tiamsis nws muab mis nyuj rau Xixelas haus; nws hliv mis nyuj rau hauv lub tais uas zoo nkauj heev rau Xixelas haus. 26Ya-ees ib sab tes nqa tus tswg tsevntaub, thiab ib sab tes nqa rab rauj; nws ntaus thiab tsoo Xixelas txha taubhau tawg kiag; nws npuj ntxhias Xixelas taubhau tshab plaws. 27Xixelas cia li zuav zog txhos caug ntua vau hlo rau ntawm Ya-ees kotaw tuag xyab luas cia.
28Xixelas niam tuaj tom qab daim ntxaij ntawm qhovrai saib ntsoov rau tim ncaujke. Nws thiaj nug hais tias, “Vim li cas twb lig heev lawm, tsis pom Xixelas lub tsheb nees los li ne? Vim li cas nws tus nees rov los qeeb ua luaj li?” 29Nws ib tsoom pojniam uas ntse heev teb nws, thiab nws pheej hais tujtaws hais tias, 30“Lawv tseem tsis tau pom tej uas mus huab tau los thiab muab sib faib, lawv muab tej hluas nkauj faib rau cov tubrog ib leeg ib tug lossis ob tug, lawv muab tej ntaub uas kim kim faib rau Xixelas, thiab muab tej ntaub uas txaij nraug zees los rau poj vajntxwv khiab cajdab.”
31Tus TSWV, thov kom cov yeebncuab tuag tas ib yam li ntawd ntag, tiamsis thov kom koj cov phoojywg ci ntsa iab ib yam li thaum lub hnub nyuam qhuav tawm tuaj!
Ces lub tebchaws txawm muaj kev thajyeeb tau zoo nyob kaj siab lug tau plaub caug xyoo.
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The Song of Deborah
1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: 2“When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the Lord! 3“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to⚓ the Lord; I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song. 4“When you, Lord, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water. 5The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel. 6“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths. 7Villagers in Israel would not fight; they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel. 8God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel. 9My heart is with Israel’s princes, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the Lord! 10“You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider 11the voice of the singers⚓ at the watering places. They recite the victories of the Lord, the victories of his villagers in Israel. “Then the people of the Lord went down to the city gates. 12‘Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, Barak! Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.’ 13“The remnant of the nobles came down; the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty. 14Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s⚓ staff. 15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, sent under his command into the valley. In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart. 16Why did you stay among the sheep pens⚓ to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart. 17Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the coast and stayed in his coves. 18The people of Zebulun risked their very lives; so did Naphtali on the terraced fields. 19“Kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo, they took no plunder of silver. 20From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. 21The river Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong! 22Then thundered the horses’ hooves— galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds. 23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord. ‘Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty.’ 24“Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women. 25He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk. 26Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple. 27At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead. 28“Through the window peered Sisera’s mother; behind the lattice she cried out, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’ 29The wisest of her ladies answer her; indeed, she keeps saying to herself, 30‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: a woman or two for each man, colorful garments as plunder for Sisera, colorful garments embroidered, highly embroidered garments for my neck— all this as plunder?’ 31“So may all your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years.