1ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን አለው፤ 2“እስራኤላውያን ተመልሰው በሚግዶልና በባሕሩ መካከል ባለው በፊሀሒሮት አጠገብ እንዲሰፍሩ ንገራቸው፤ በበኣልዛፎንም አንጻር በባሕሩ አጠገብ ይስፈሩ። 3‘ፈርዖን እስራኤላውያን ግራ ተጋብተው በምድረ በዳ በመቅበዝበዝ ይንከራተታሉ’ ብሎ ያስባል። 4እኔም የፈርዖንን ልብ ስለማደነድነው ያሳድዳቸዋል፤ ነገር ግን በፈርዖንና በሰራዊቱ ሁሉ ለራሴ ክብርን አገኛለሁ፤ ግብፃውያንም እኔ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) መሆኔን ያውቃሉ።” እስራኤላውያንም ይህንኑ አደረጉ።
5የግብፅ ንጉሥ ሕዝቡ መሄዳቸው በተነገረው ጊዜ፣ ፈርዖንና ሹማምቱ ስለ እነርሱ የነበራቸውን ሐሳብ በመለወጥ፣ “ምን ማድረጋችን ነው? እስራኤላውያን እንዲሄዱ ለቀቅናቸው፤ አገልግሎታቸውንም ዐጣን” አሉ። 6ስለዚህ ሠረገላው እንዲዘጋጅለት አደረገ፤ ሰራዊቱንም ይዞ ተንቀሳቀሰ። 7ስድስት መቶ ምርጥ ሠረገላዎችን ከሌሎች የግብፅ ሠረገላዎች ጋር ከነጦር አዛዦቻቸው አሰልፎ ተነሣ። 8እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) የንጉሡን የፈርዖንን ልብ ስለ አደነደነው በልበ ሙሉነት ከግብፅ የሚወጡትን እስራኤላውያን አሳደዳቸው። 9ግብፃውያን፣ ይኸውም የፈርዖን ፈረሶችና ሠረገላዎች፣14፥9 በዚህ ስፍራና በ17፡18፡23 እንዲሁም በ28 ሠረገለኞች ፈረሰኞችና እግረኞች ሁሉ እስራኤላውያንን አሳደዷቸው፤ በበአልዛፎን አንጻር በባሕሩ አጠገብ በፊሀሒሮት ሰፍረው ሳሉ ደረሱባቸው።
10ፈርዖን በቀረበ ጊዜ እስራኤላውያን ቀና ብለው ተመለከቱ፤ እነሆ፣ ግብፃውያን ይከታተሏቸው ነበር፤ እነርሱም በታላቅ ፍርሀት ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ጮኹ። 11እነርሱም ሙሴን እንዲህ አሉት፤ “በምድረ በዳ እንድንሞት ያመጣኸን በግብፅ መቃብር ቦታ ጠፍቶ ነውን? ከግብፅ አውጥተህ ምን አደረግህልን? 12በግብፅ ሳለን፣ ‘ተወን እባክህ፤ ግብፃውያንን እናገልግል’ አላልንህም ነበርን? በምድረ በዳ ከምንሞት ግብፃውያንን ብናገለግል ይሻል ነበር!”
13ሙሴም ለሕዝቡ መለሰላቸው፤ “አትሸበሩ፣ ጸንታችሁ ቁሙ፤ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ዛሬ የሚያደርግላችሁን መታደግ ታያላችሁ፤ ዛሬ የምታዩአቸውን ግብፃውያንን ዳግም አታዩአቸውም። 14እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ስለ እናንተ ይዋጋል፤ እናንተ ያለባችሁ መታገሥ ብቻ ነው።”
15ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን እንዲህ አለው፤ “ለምን ትጮኹብኛላችሁ? ይልቅስ እስራኤላውያንን ወደ ፊት እንዲጓዙ ንገራቸው፤ 16ውሃውን ለመክፈል በትርህን አንሣና እጅህን በባሕሩ ላይ ዘርጋ፤ እስራኤላውያን በባሕሩ ውስጥ በየብስ ይሻገራሉ። 17ተከትለዋቸው እንዲገቡም የግብፃውያንን ልብ አጸናለሁ፤ በፈርዖንና በሰራዊቱ ሁሉ፣ በሠረገሎቹና በፈረሰኞቹ ለራሴ ክብርን አገኛለሁ። 18በፈርዖንና በሰራዊቱ ሁሉ በከበርሁ ጊዜ፣ ግብፃውያን እኔ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እንደ ሆንሁ ያውቃሉ።”
19ከዚያም ከእስራኤል ሰራዊት ፊት ፊት ሆኖ ሲሄድ የነበረው የእግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) መልአክ ተመለሰና ወደ ኋላቸው መጣ፤ የደመናውም ዐምድ እንዲሁ ከፊት ተነሥቶ ከኋላቸው ቆመ፤ 20በግብፅና በእስራኤል ሰራዊት መካከል በመሆን፣ ሌሊቱን ሙሉ ደመናው በአንድ በኩል ጨለማን ሲያመጣ፣ በሌላው በኩል ብርሃን አመጣ፤ ስለዚህ ሌሊቱን በሙሉ አንዱ ወደ ሌላው ሊጠጋ አልቻለም።
21ሙሴ እጁን በባሕሩ ላይ ዘረጋ፤ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሌሊቱን በሙሉ ብርቱ የምሥራቅ ነፋስ አስነሥቶ ባሕሩን ወደ ኋላ በማሸሽ ደረቅ ምድር አደረገው፤ ውሃውም ተከፈለ። 22እስራኤላውያን ውሃው በግራና በቀኝ እንደ ግድግዳ ሆኖ በየብስ በባሕሩ ውስጥ ዐለፉ።
23ግብፃውያንም አሳደዷቸው፤ የፈርዖን ፈረሶች፣ ሰረገሎችና ፈረሰኞች በሙሉ ተከትለዋቸው ወደ ባሕሩ ገቡ። 24ሲነጋጋም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በእሳትና በደመና ዐምድ ሆኖ የግብፃውያንን ሰራዊት ቍልቍል ተመለከተ፤ በግብፃውያን ሰራዊት ላይም ሽብር ላከባቸው። 25መንዳት እንዳይችሉም የሠረገላዎቹን መሽከርከሪያዎች አቈላለፈባቸው፤14፥25 ወይም፤ የሠረገላዎቻቸው መሽከርከሪያዎች ዘለው ወጡ ግብፃውያኑም፣ “ከእስራኤላውያን እንሽሽ! እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ግብፅን እየተዋጋላቸው ነው” አሉ።
26ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን፣ “ውሃው ግብፃውያንን ሠረገሎቻቸውንና ፈረሰኞቻቸውን ተመልሶ እንዲሸፍናቸው እጅህን በባሕሩ ላይ ዘርጋ” አለው። 27ሙሴም እጁን በባሕሩ ላይ ዘረጋ፤ ንጋት ላይም ባሕሩ ወደ ቀድሞ ቦታው ተመለሰ። ግብፃውያን ከውሃው ሸሹ፤14፥27 ወይም፣ ወደ ውሃው ሸሹ እግዚአብሔርም (ያህዌ) ግብፃውያንን በባሕሩ ውስጥ ጣላቸው። 28ውሃውም ተመልሶ እስራኤላውያንን ተከትለው ወደ ባሕሩ የገቡትን ሠረገሎች፣ ፈረሰኞች፣ መላውን የግብፅ ሰራዊት ሁሉ ሸፈነ። አንድም እንኳ አልተረፈም።
29እስራኤላውያን ግን ውሃው ግራና ቀኝ እንደ ግድግዳ ሆኖ፣ በደረቅ ምድር ባሕሩን ተሻገሩ። 30በዚያች ዕለት እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እስራኤልን ከግብፃውያን እጅ አዳናቸው፤ እስራኤልም የግብፃውያን ሬሳ በባሕሩ ዳርቻ ወድቆ ተመለከቱ። 31እስራኤላውያን እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በግብፃውያን ላይ ያደረገውን ታላቅ ኀይል ባዩ ጊዜ፣ እግዚአብሔርን (ያህዌ) ፈሩ፤ በእግዚአብሔርና (ያህዌ) በባሪያው በሙሴም አመኑ።
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
5¶ And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 7And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. 9But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10¶ And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13¶ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.14.13 for the…: or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to day 14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19¶ And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23¶ And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.14.25 that they…: or, and made them to go heavily
26¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.14.27 overthrew: Heb. shook off 28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. 29But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 31And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.14.31 work: Heb. hand
