Judges 4

Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead.

Dɛn na yɛbɛka afa yɛn agya Abraham ho? Osuahu bɛn na onyae?

So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim.

Sɛ ɔnam nneɛma a ɔyɛe so nyaa Onyankopɔn anim anuonyam a, anka ɔwɔ biribi a ɔde bɛhoahoa ne ho. Nanso ɔrentumi nhoahoa ne ho Onyankopɔn anim.

Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.

Kyerɛwsɛm no kyerɛ yɛn sɛ, “Abraham gyee Onyankopɔn dii; na ɛno so na ɛnam maa Onyankopɔn gyee no sɛ ɔtreneeni no.”

Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading^[a] Israel at that time.

Onipa a ɔyɛ adwuma no fata n’akatua; ɛnsɛ sɛ wobu n’akatua no sɛ akyɛde na mmom ɛyɛ biribi a wayɛ ho adwuma anya.

She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.

Nanso onipa a ɔwɔ gyidi na ɔnyɛ nnwuma, na ogye Onyankopɔn di, bu wɔn a wodi fɔ bem no, ne gyidi na Onyankopɔn gyina so hwɛ ho ma ɔfata n’anim.

She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor.

Sɛ Dawid kaa onipa bi a Onyankopɔn agye no sɛ ɔtreneeni a nnwuma nka ho a, na ɔkyerɛ sɛ,

I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’”

“Nhyira nka wɔn a wɔde wɔn bɔne akyɛ wɔn, na wɔn na wɔakata wɔn bɔne so.

Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

Nhyira nka onipa a Awurade nkae ne bɔne!”

“Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.

Saa anigye a Dawid ka ho asɛm no wɔ hɔ ma twetiatwafo nko anaa? Dabi. Ɛwɔ hɔ ma wɔn nso a wontwaa twetia no. Efisɛ, yɛakan afi Kyerɛwsɛm no mu se, “Abraham gyee Onyankopɔn dii, na esiane ne gyidi nti, Onyankopɔn gyee no sɛ ɔtreneeni.”

There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

Bere bɛn na saa asɛm yi sii? Esii ansa na wɔretwa Abraham twetia anaa Abraham twetiatwa no akyi na esii? Esii ansa, na ɛnyɛ twetiatwa no akyi na esii.

Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law,^[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

Akyiri yi na wotwaa no twetia na ne twetiatwa no yɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛkyerɛ sɛ, na Onyankopɔn agye no sɛ ɔtreneeni ansa na wɔretwa no twetia. Enti Abraham yɛ Honhom mu agya ma wɔn a wogye Onyankopɔn di nyinaa na wagye wɔn sɛ atreneefo a nso wontwaa wɔn twetia.

When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,

Afei, ɔsan yɛ twetiatwafo no agya a ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔatwitwa twetia kɛkɛ na mmom, wɔn nyinaa tenaa gyidi mu wɔ wɔn abrabɔ mu sɛ wɔn agya Abraham ansa na wɔretwa no twetia no.

Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.

Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ Abraham ne n’asefo bɔ sɛ ɔde wiase nyinaa bɛma wɔn. Ɛnyɛ sɛ odi a Abraham di Mmara no so nti na ɔhyɛɛ no saa bɔ no, na mmom esiane ne gyidi nti, Onyankopɔn gyee no sɛ ɔtreneeni.

Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him.

Na sɛ nea Onyankopɔn hyɛ ho bɔ no, ɔde ma wɔn a wodi Mmara no so a, ɛnne na onipa gyidi nka hwee na Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ no yɛ ohunu.

At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.

Mmara no de Onyankopɔn abufuw ba; na sɛ Mmara nni hɔ a, mmarato nni hɔ.

Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.

Wɔnam gyidi so na ɛhyɛɛ saa bɔ no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛhyɛ Mmara no mu den sɛ Onyankopɔn akyɛde a ɔde maa Abraham asefo a ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔn a wodi Mmara no so nko, na mmom wɔn a wɔwɔ gyidi sɛ Abraham no, efisɛ, Abraham yɛ yɛn nyinaa honhom mu agya;

Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.

sɛnea Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Mayɛ wo aman bebree so agya no.” Enti na bɔhyɛ no teɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn a na Abraham gye no di a, na onyan awufo ba nkwa mu, na ɔhyɛ ma nea enni hɔ ba no ani so.

Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

Abraham gye dii na onyaa anidaso bere a na anidaso nni hɔ enti ɔbɛyɛɛ “aman bebree so agya”, sɛnea Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “W’asefo bɛdɔɔso no” no.

“I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.

Na ɔreyɛ adi mfe ɔha a ɔdwene ne nipadua a ɛreyɛ awu anaa Sara a na ontumi nwo mma no ho no a, na enhinhim ne gyidi koraa.

“Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”

Wampa ne gyidi na wannye Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ no ho akyinnye. Ne gyidi maa no tumi na ɔkamfoo Onyankopɔn.

But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.

Na ogye di yiye sɛ Onyankopɔn betumi adi ɛbɔ a wahyɛ no no so.

Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.

Ɛno nti na Abraham nam gyidi so maa “Onyankopɔn gyee no sɛ ɔtreneeni no.”

On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

Wɔankyerɛw nsɛm, “Wogyee no sɛ ɔtreneeni” no amma ɔno nkutoo.

And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

Wɔkyerɛw maa yɛn nso a ɛsɛ sɛ wogye yɛn sɛ atreneefo a yɛwɔ gyidi wɔ nea onyanee yɛn Awurade Yesu fii awufo mu no mu nso.

Esiane yɛn bɔne nti, wɔde no maa yɛn sɛ ommewu na wonyanee no baa nkwa mu sɛ ommesiesie yɛne Onyankopɔn ntam.