Mulombodi mupiamupia ne bakaji babidi ba dikima

Yoshua mumane kulombola bantu ba Yehowa munkatshi mua bidimu bia bungi, wakafua ne bidimu 110. Bidimu bia bungi patshivuaye ne muoyo, bena Isalele bavua batendelela Yehowa. Kadi pakafua Yoshua, bakatuadija kutendelela mpingu anu bu bena Kanâna. Bu muvua bena Isalele kabayi batungunuke ne kulonda Yehowa, wakalekela mukalenge wa bena Kanâna diende Yabina ubakoleshila nsombelu. Bena Isalele bakalomba Yehowa diambuluisha. Ke Yehowa kubapesha mulombodi mupiamupia, diende Balaka. Yeye ke uvua ne bua kuambuluisha bantu bua bapingane kudi Yehowa.

Debola, muprofete mukaji wakabikidisha Balaka. Uvua ne mukenji wa kudi Yehowa wa kumuambila wa ne: ‘Angata bantu balume binunu 10, uye nabu bua kutuilangana ne tshiluilu tshia Yabina ku kasulu ka Kishona. Neutshimune Sisela, mfumu wa tshiluilu tshia Yabina kuntu aku.’ Balaka wakambila Debola ne: ‘Nenye, kadi anu tuetu baye nebe.’ Debola wakamba ne: ‘Netuye nebe. Kadi umanye ne: ki nguewe washipa Sisela to. Yehowa mmuambe ne: muntu mukaji kampanda ke wamushipa.’

Debola wakabanda ne Balaka ne tshiluilu tshiende ku mukuna wa Tabô bua kudilongolola bua mvita. Diakamue pakumvua Sisela bualu abu, wakasangisha matempu ende a mvita ne biluilu biende muinshi mu tshibandabanda. Debola wakambila Balaka ne: ‘Lelu ndituku dikala Yehowa ne bua kukupesha ditshimuna.’ Balaka ne bantu bende binunu 10 bakatuadija kupueka mukuna bua kutuilangana ne tshiluilu tshia Sisela tshivua ne bukole.

Pashishe Yehowa wakenza bua kasulu ka Kishona kuwule ne mâyi. Matempu a mvita a Sisela akajama mu bitotshi. Sisela wakalekela ditempu diende ne kutuadijaye kunyema. Balaka ne basalayi bende bakatshimuna tshiluilu tshia Sisela, kadi Sisela wakapanduka! Wakanyema ne kuyaye kusokoma mu ntenta wa mukaji kampanda diende Yaele. Mukaji eu wakamupesha mabele a kunua, pashishe kumubuikidijaye mbulankete. Muluanganyi wa mvita uvua mutshioke eu wakalala tulu tukole. Pashishe Yaele wakasemena bitekete bitekete kudiye, yeye kumupopela mpopo wa ku ntenta ku mutu, yeye kufua.

Balaka wakalua bua kukeba Sisela. Yaele wakapatuka mu ntenta wende ne kuambaye ne: ‘Buela munemu, nenkuleje muntu uudi ukeba.’ Balaka wakabuela munda ne kumonaye Sisela mudiolole mufue. Balaka ne Debola bakimba misambu batumbisha Yehowa bua muvuaye muambuluishe bena Isalele bua kutshimuna bena lukuna babu. Bena Isalele bakasomba mu ditalala mu bidimu 40 biakalonda.