The Song of Moses and Miriam
1Here is the song that Moses and the people of Israel sang to the Lord. They said,
“I will sing to the Lord.
He is greatly honored.
He has thrown Pharaoh’s horses and chariot drivers
into the Red Sea.
2The Lord gives me strength and protects me.
He has saved me.
He is my God, I will praise him.
He is my father’s God, and I will honor him.
3The Lord goes into battle.
The Lord is his name.
4He has thrown Pharaoh’s chariots and army
into the Red Sea.
Pharaoh’s best officers
drowned in the sea.
5The deep waters covered them.
They sank to the bottom like a stone.
6“Lord, your right hand
was majestic and powerful.
Lord, your right hand
destroyed your enemies.
7Because of your great majesty,
you threw down those who opposed you.
Your burning anger blazed out.
It burned them up like straw.
8The powerful blast from your nose
piled up the waters.
The rushing waters stood firm like a wall.
The deep waters stood up in the middle of the sea.
9“Your enemies bragged,
‘We will chase Israel and will catch them.
We’ll divide up what we take from them.
We’ll eat them alive.
We’ll pull our swords out.
Our powerful hands will destroy them.’
10But you blew with your breath.
The Red Sea covered your enemies.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
11“Lord, who among the gods is like you?
Who is like you?
You are majestic and holy.
Your glory fills me with wonder.
You do amazing things.
12You reach out your right hand.
The earth swallows up your enemies.
13“Because your love is faithful,
you will lead the people you have set free.
Because you are so strong,
you will guide them to the holy place where you live.
14The nations will hear about it and tremble.
Pain and suffering will take hold of the Philistines.
15The chiefs of Edom will be terrified.
The leaders of Moab will tremble with fear.
The people of Canaan will melt away.
16Fear and terror will fall on them.
Your powerful arm
will make them as still as a stone.
Then your people will pass by, Lord.
Then the people you created will pass by.
17You will bring them in.
You will plant them on the mountain you gave them.
Lord, you have made that place your home.
Lord, your hands have made your holy place secure.
18“The Lord rules
for ever and ever.”
19Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen went into the Red Sea. The Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the people of Israel walked through the sea on dry ground. 20Aaron’s sister Miriam was a prophet. She took a tambourine in her hand. All the women followed her. They played tambourines and danced. 21Miriam sang to them,
“Sing to the Lord.
He is greatly honored.
He has thrown Pharaoh’s horses and chariot drivers
into the Red Sea.”
The Waters of Marah and Elim
22Then Moses led Israel away from the Red Sea. They went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert. They didn’t find any water there. 23When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink its water. It was bitter. That’s why the place is named Marah. 24The people told Moses they weren’t happy with him. They said, “What are we supposed to drink?”
25Then Moses cried out to the Lord. The Lord showed him a stick. Moses threw it into the water. The water became fit to drink.
There the Lord gave a ruling and instruction for the people. And there he tested them. 26He said, “I am the Lord your God. Listen carefully to me. Do what is right in my eyes. Pay attention to my commands. Obey all my rules. If you do, I will not send on you any of the sicknesses I sent on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you.”
27The people came to Elim. It had 12 springs and 70 palm trees. They camped there near the water.
Wimbo Wa Mose Na Miriamu
115:1 Hes 21:17; Amu 5:3; 2Sam 22:1; 1Nya 16:9; Ay 36:24; Za 59:16; 105:2; Ufu 15:3; Za 13:6; 21:13; 27:6; 61:8; 104:33; 106:12; Isa 12:5-6; 42:10; 44:23; Kum 11:4; Za 76:6; Yer 51:21; Kut 14:27; Yn 2:11Ndipo Mose na Waisraeli wakamwimbia Bwana wimbo huu:
“Nitamwimbia Bwana,
kwa kuwa ametukuzwa sana.
Farasi na mpanda farasi
amewatosa baharini.
215:2 Za 18:1; 59:17; Mwa 45:7; Kut 14:13; Za 18:2, 46; 25:5; 62:2; 118:14; Isa 12:2; 33:2; Yn 2:9; Hab 3:18; Mwa 28:21; Kum 10:21; 2Sam 22:47; Za 22:3; 34:3; 35:27; 99:5; 103:19; 107:32; 108:5; 118:28; 145:11; 148:14; Isa 24:15; Yer 17:14; Dan 4:37Bwana ni nguvu zangu na wimbo wangu;
amekuwa wokovu wangu.
Yeye ni Mungu wangu, nami nitamsifu,
Mungu wa baba yangu, nami nitamtukuza.
315:3 Kut 14:14; 3:15; Ufu 19:11Bwana ni shujaa wa vita;
Bwana ndilo jina lake.
415:4 Kut 14:6-7; Yer 51:21Magari ya vita ya Farao na jeshi lake
amewatosa baharini.
Maafisa wa Farao walio bora sana
wamezamishwa katika Bahari ya Shamu.
515:5 Kut 14:28; Neh 9:11Maji yenye kina yamewafunika,
wamezama mpaka vilindini kama jiwe.
615:6 Za 16:11; 17:7; 21:8; 63:8; 74:11; 77:10; 89:13; 118:15; 138:7; Kut 3:20; Ay 40:14; Hes 24:8; 1Sam 2:10; Za 2:9“Mkono wako wa kuume, Ee Bwana
ulitukuka kwa uweza.
Mkono wako wa kuume, Ee Bwana,
ukamponda adui.
715:7 Kum 33:26; Za 150:2; 2:5; 78:49-50; Yer 12:13; 25:38; Kut 24:17; Kum 4:24; 9:3; Za 18:8; 59:13; Ebr 12:29Katika ukuu wa utukufu wako,
ukawaangusha chini wale waliokupinga.
Uliachia hasira yako kali,
ikawateketeza kama kapi.
815:8 Kut 14:21; Za 18:15; Yos 3:13; Za 78:13; Isa 43:16; Kut 14:22; Za 46:2Kwa pumzi ya pua zako
maji yalijilundika.
Mawimbi ya maji yakasimama imara kama ukuta,
vilindi vikagandamana ndani ya moyo wa bahari.
915:9 Kut 14:5-9; Kum 28:45; Za 7:5; Mao 1:3; Amu 5:30; Isa 9:3; 53:12; Lk 11:22“Adui alijivuna,
‘Nitawafuatia, nitawapata.
Nitagawanya nyara;
nitajishibisha kwa wao.
Nitafuta upanga wangu
na mkono wangu utawaangamiza.’
1015:10 Neh 9:11; Za 32:6; Ay 4:9; 15:30; Isa 11:4; 30:33; 40:7; Za 29:3Lakini ulipuliza kwa pumzi yako,
bahari ikawafunika.
Wakazama kama risasi
kwenye maji makuu.
1115:11 Kut 8:10; Za 77:13; 99:3; 110:3; 4:2; 26:8; Isa 46:5; 35:2; 40:5; Law 19:2; 1Sam 2:2; 1Nya 16:29; Isa 6:3; Ufu 4:8; Kut 3:20“Ni nani miongoni mwa miungu aliye kama wewe, Ee Bwana?
Ni nani kama Wewe:
uliyetukuka katika utakatifu,
utishaye katika utukufu,
ukitenda maajabu?
1215:12 Kut 7:5; Hes 16:32; 26:10; Kum 11:6; Za 106:17Uliunyoosha mkono wako wa kuume
na nchi ikawameza.
1315:13 Neh 9:12; Za 77:20; Kut 6:6; Ay 33:28; Za 71:23; 106:10; Isa 1:27; 41:14; 43:14; 44:22-24; 51:10; 63:9; Tit 2:14; Za 68:16; 76:2; 78:54“Katika upendo wako usiokoma utawaongoza
watu uliowakomboa.
Katika nguvu zako utawaongoza
mpaka makao yako matakatifu.
1415:14 Kut 23:27; Kum 2:25; Yos 2:9; 9:24; 1Sam 4:7; Es 8:17; Za 48:6; 96:9; 99:1; 114:7; Eze 38:20; Isa 13:8; Za 83:7Mataifa watasikia na kutetemeka,
uchungu utawakamata watu wa Ufilisti.
1515:15 Mwa 36:15; Kum 2:4; Hes 22:3; Za 114:7; Yos 2:9, 24Wakuu wa Edomu wataogopa,
viongozi wa Moabu watatetemeka kwa hofu,
watu wa Kanaani watayeyuka,
1615:16 Mwa 35:5; 1Sam 25:37; Za 74:2; 2Pet 2:1-2; Kum 2:4; Yos 2:9vitisho na hofu vitawaangukia.
Kwa nguvu ya mkono wako
watatulia kama jiwe,
mpaka watu wako waishe kupita, Ee Bwana,
mpaka watu uliowanunua wapite.
1715:17 Kut 23:20; 32:34; 33:12; 2Sam 7:10; Za 44:2; 80:8; Isa 5:2; 60:21; Yer 2:21; 11:17; 24:6; Amo 9:15; Kum 33:19; Za 2:6; 3:4; 78:54-68; 133:3; Dan 9:16; Yoe 2:1; Oba 1:16; Sef 3:11; Za 132:13-14; 78:69; 114:2Utawaingiza na kuwapandikiza
juu ya mlima wa urithi wako:
hapo mahali, Ee Bwana, ulipopafanya kuwa makao yako,
mahali patakatifu, Ee Bwana, ulipopajenga kwa mikono yako.
1815:18 Mwa 21:33; Za 9:7; 29:10; 55:19; 66:7; 80:1; 102:12; 145:13; Mao 5:19Bwana atatawala
milele na milele.”
1915:19 Kut 14:28; 14:22Farasi wa Farao, magari yake ya vita na wapanda farasi wake walipoingia baharini, Bwana aliyarudisha maji ya bahari yakawafunika, lakini wana wa Israeli walipita baharini mahali pakavu. 2015:20 Kut 2:4; Hes 12:1; 20:1; 26:59; 1Nya 4:17; 6:3; Amu 4:4; 2Fal 22:14; 2Nya 34:22; Neh 6:14; Isa 8:3; Eze 13:17; Mwa 31:27; 1Sam 18:6; Za 81:2; Isa 30:32; Mwa 4:21; Amu 11:34; 21:21; 2Sam 6:8-16; Za 30:11; 149:3; Wim 6:13; Yer 31:4, 13Kisha Miriamu yule nabii mke, ndugu yake Aroni, akachukua matari mkononi mwake na wanawake wote wakamfuata na matari yao wakicheza. 2115:21 1Sam 18:17; Amo 2:15; Hag 2:22; Kut 14:27; 15:1Miriamu akawaimbia:
“Mwimbieni Bwana,
kwa maana ametukuka sana.
Farasi na mpanda farasi
amewatosa baharini.”
Maji Ya Mara Na Elimu
2215:22 Za 78:52; Mwa 16:7; Kut 17:1-3; Hes 20:2-5; 33:14; Za 107:5Kisha Mose akawaongoza Israeli kutoka Bahari ya Shamu na kuingia katika Jangwa la Shuri. Kwa siku tatu walisafiri jangwani bila kupata maji. 2315:23 Hes 33:8; Rut 1:20Walipofika Mara, hawakuweza kunywa maji yake kwa sababu yalikuwa machungu. (Ndiyo sababu mahali hapo panaitwa Mara15:23 Mara maana yake ni Chungu.) 2415:24 Kut 14:12; 16:2; Hes 14:2; Yos 9:18; Za 78:18, 42; 106:13, 25; Eze 16:43; Mt 6:31Kwa hiyo watu wakamnungʼunikia Mose, wakisema, “Tunywe nini?”
2515:25 Kut 14:10; 2Fal 2:21; 4:41; Amu 3:4; Ay 23:10; Za 81:7; Isa 48:10Ndipo Mose akamlilia Bwana, naye Bwana akamwonyesha kipande cha mti. Akakitupa ndani ya maji, nayo maji yakawa matamu.
Huko Bwana akawapa amri na sheria na huko akawajaribu. 2615:26 Kut 32:22; Kum 11:13; 15:5; Yer 11:6; Kut 19:5-6; 20:2-7; Kum 7:12, 15; 28:27, 58; 32:39; 1Sam 5:6; Za 30:2; 41:3-4; 103:3; Kut 23:25-26; 2Fal 20:5; Za 25:11; 107:20; Yer 30:17; Hos 11:3Mungu akasema, “Kama mkisikiliza kwa bidii sauti ya Bwana Mungu wenu na kuyafanya yaliyo sawa machoni pake, kama mkiyatii maagizo yake na kuzishika amri zake zote, sitaleta juu yenu ugonjwa wowote niliowaletea Wamisri, kwa kuwa Mimi ndimi Bwana, niwaponyaye.”
2715:27 Hes 33:9Kisha wakafika Elimu, mahali palipokuwa na chemchemi kumi na mbili, na miti sabini ya mitende, wakapiga kambi huko karibu na maji.
