Judges 5

¹ On the day wey Israelites defeat Sisera, Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sing this song:

² Praise God! The Israelites dey ready for battle; the people dey help with joy.

³ Kings, make una listen! I go sing, I go make music to the LORD, God of Israel.

⁴ LORD, for past you come from Sier. You march from Edom land, the earth shake, and rain fall from the sky. Yes, water fall from cloud.

⁵ The mountains dey shake before the LORD of Sinai, before the LORD, God of Israel.

⁶ For time of Shamgar son of Anath, and time of Jael, the main road dey empty. Na short-cut wagon and people wey dey travel dey follow.

⁷ No soldier dey for Israel until you come, Deborah, until you come be mama for Israel.

⁸ War con dey for the land when the Israelites choose new gods. Out of the 40,000 men wey dey for Israel, shey anyone carry shield or spear?

⁹ My heart dey with the commander of Israel, dem be people wey wan help for war with joy. Make una praise God!

¹⁰ Make una talk am, una wey dey ride on top white donkeys, una wey dey siddon on top saddle, and una wey dey waka for anywhere wey una go.

¹¹ Make una listen! The noise of the crowds wey round the wells dey talk about the victories of God, the victories of the people of Israel! The people of God con begin dey march from their cities.

¹² Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up! Make una sing a song! Wake up, Barak son of Abinoam, go capture your enemy!

¹³ Now, una wey survive, make una go to the leaders. People of God, make una come with me and the soldiers.

¹⁴ Dem come from Ephraim to the valley, for back of Benjamin tribe and hin people. The commander come from Machir, the officers come from Zebulun.

¹⁵ The leaders of Issachar dey with Deborah; yes, Issachar and Barak come too, and dem follow him to the valley. But tribe of Reuben don divide, dem no fit decide if dem go come.

¹⁶ Why una stay for back with the sheep? To hear as the shepherd dey call the flocks? Yes, Reuben tribe don divide; dem no fit decide whether make dem come.

¹⁷ Gad tribe stay for east of Jordan, the tribe of Dan remain by the ships. Asher tribe stay by the coast; dem remain along the seaside.

¹⁸ But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali dey risk their lives for battlefield.

¹⁹ For Taanach, for Megiddo stream, the kings con fight; the kings of Canaan fight, but dem no take any silver commot.

²⁰ The stars dey fight from the sky; as dem dey move for sky, dem fight against Sisera.

²¹ Flood for Kishon don sweep them away - the River Kishon wey dey rush. I go march and march on, with strength!

²² Horse dey punch the ground with their legs.

²³ Angel of God talk say, “Make una curse Meroz, and people wey dey live for there. Dem no come help God. Dem no come fight for him as soldiers.”

²⁴ Na Jael be the woman wey get luck pass among women, wey be the wife of Heber the Kenite - the one wey get luck pass among women wey dey live for tents.

²⁵ Sisera ask for water, but na milk she give him; she bring cream for him inside fine bowl.

²⁶ She take peg for one hand, she take hammer for other hand; she hit Sisera and break him head; she chook him for head.

²⁷ He fall for him knees, he fall down for her leg. Na for her leg he knee down and fall; he con fall to ground and die.

²⁸ Sisera mama dey look out through window; she dey look for back of curtain. She ask say, “Why Sisera chariot dey come late?” “Why I no dey hear him wagon?”

²⁹ Her servant girls wey wise pass answer her, and she tell herself over and over,

³⁰ “Dem dey only find something to capture and share, a woman or two for every soldier, rich cloth for Sisera, jewelry for neck of the queen.”

³¹ O LORD, make all your enemy die like that, but your friends go dey shine like sun wey dey rise! And peace dey for the land for forty years.