Liber Exodus, 14

1. locutus est autem Dominus ad Mosen dicens

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2. loquere filiis Israël reversi castrametentur e regione Phiahiroth quæ est inter Magdolum et mare contra Beelsephon in conspectu ejus castra ponetis super mare

2. Speak to the children of Israel: Let them turn and encamp over against Phihahiroth which is between Magdal and the sea over against Beelsephon: you shall encamp before it upon the sea.

3. dicturusque est Pharao super filiis Israël coartati sunt in terra conclusit eos desertum

3. And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.

4. et indurabo cor ejus ac persequetur vos et glorificabor in Pharao et in omni exercitu ejus scientque Ægyptii quia ego sum Dominus feceruntque ita

4. And I shall harden his heart, and he will pursue you: and I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in all his army: and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

5. et nuntiatum est regi Ægyptiorum quod fugisset populus inmutatumque est cor Pharaonis et servorum ejus super populo et dixerunt quid voluimus facere ut dimitteremus Israël ne serviret nobis

5. And it was told the king of the Egyptians that the people was fled: and the heart of Pharao and of his servants was changed with regard to the people, and they said: What meant we to do, that we let Israel go from serving us?

6. junxit ergo currum et omnem populum suum adsumpsit secum

6. So he made ready his chariot, and took all his people with him.

7. tulitque sescentos currus electos quicquid in Ægypto curruum fuit et duces totius exercitus

7. And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots that were in Egypt: and the captains of the whole army.

8. induravitque Dominus cor Pharaonis regis Ægypti et persecutus est filios Israël at illi egressi erant in manu excelsa

8. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel: but they were gone forth in a mighty hand.

9. cumque persequerentur Ægyptii vestigia præcedentium reppererunt eos in castris super mare omnis equitatus et currus Pharaonis et universus exercitus erant in Ahiroth contra Beelsephon

9. And when the Egyptians followed the steps of them who were gone before, they found them encamped at the sea side: all Pharao's horse and chariots, and the whole army were in Phihahiroth before Beelsephon.

10. cumque adpropinquasset Pharao levantes filii Israël oculos viderunt Ægyptios post se et timuerunt valde clamaveruntque ad Dominum

10. And when Pharao drew near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians behind them: and they feared exceedingly, and cried to the Lord.

11. et dixerunt ad Mosen forsitan non erant sepulchra in Ægypto ideo tulisti nos ut moreremur in solitudine quid hoc facere voluisti ut educeres nos ex Ægypto

11. And they said to Moses: Perhaps there were no graves in Egypt, therefore thou hast brought us to die in the wilderness: why wouldst thou do this, to lead us out of Egypt?

12. nonne iste est sermo quem loquebamur ad te in Ægypto dicentes recede a nobis ut serviamus Ægyptiis multo enim melius est servire eis quam mori in solitudine

12. Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying: Depart from us that we may serve the Egyptians? for it was much better to serve them, than to die in the wilderness.

13. et ait Moses ad populum nolite timere state et videte magnalia Domini quæ facturus est hodie Ægyptios enim quos nunc videtis nequaquam ultra videbitis usque in sempiternum

13. And Moses said to the people: Fear not: stand and see the great wonders of the Lord, which he will do this day: for the Egyptians, whom you see now, you shall see no more for ever.

14. Dominus pugnabit pro vobis et vos tacebitis

14. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

15. dixitque Dominus ad Mosen quid clamas ad me loquere filiis Israël ut proficiscantur

15. And the Lord said to Moses: Why criest thou to me? Speak to the children of Israel to go forward.

16. tu autem eleva virgam tuam et extende manum super mare et divide illud ut gradiantur filii Israël in medio mari per siccum

16. But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it: that the children of Israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry ground.

17. ego autem indurabo cor Ægyptiorum ut persequantur vos et glorificabor in Pharaone et in omni exercitu ejus in curribus et in equitibus illius

17. And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians to pursue you: and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen.

18. et scient Ægyptii quia ego sum Dominus cum glorificatus fuero in Pharaone et in curribus atque in equitibus ejus

18. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in his chariots and in his horsemen.

19. tollensque se angelus Dei qui præcedebat castra Israël abiit post eos et cum eo pariter columna nubis priora dimittens post tergum

19. And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removing, went behind them: and together with him the pillar of the cloud, leaving the forepart,

20. stetit inter castra Ægyptiorum et castra Israël et erat nubes tenebrosa et inluminans noctem ut ad se invicem toto noctis tempore accedere non valerent

20. Stood behind, between the Egyptians' camp and the camp of Israel: and it was a dark cloud, and enlightening the night, so that they could not come at one another all the night.

21. cumque extendisset Moses manum super mare abstulit illud Dominus flante vento vehementi et urente tota nocte et vertit in siccum divisaque est aqua

21. And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.

22. et ingressi sunt filii Israël per medium maris sicci erat enim aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et leva

22. And the children of Israel went in through the midst of the sea dried up: for the water was as a wall on their right hand and on their left.

23. persequentesque Ægyptii ingressi sunt post eos omnis equitatus Pharaonis currus ejus et equites per medium maris

23. And the Egyptians pursuing went in after them, and all Pharao's horses, his chariots and horsemen through the midst of the sea,

24. jamque advenerat vigilia matutina et ecce respiciens Dominus super castra Ægyptiorum per columnam ignis et nubis interfecit exercitum eorum

24. And now the morning watch was come, and behold the Lord looking upon the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their host.

25. et subvertit rotas curruum ferebanturque in profundum dixerunt ergo Ægyptii fugiamus Israhelem Dominus enim pugnat pro eis contra nos

25. And overthrew the wheels of the chariots, and they were carried into the deep. And the Egyptians said: Let us flee from Israel: for the Lord fighteth for them against us.

26. et ait Dominus ad Mosen extende manum tuam super mare ut revertantur aquæ ad Ægyptios super currus et equites eorum

26. And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth they hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and horsemen.

27. cumque extendisset Moses manum contra mare reversum est primo diluculo ad priorem locum fugientibusque Ægyptiis occurrerunt aquæ et involvit eos Dominus in mediis fluctibus

27. And when Moses had stretched forth his hand towards the sea, it returned at the first break of day to the former place: and as the Egyptians were fleeing away, the waters came upon them, and the Lord shut them up in the middle of the waves.

28. reversæque sunt aquæ et operuerunt currus et equites cuncti exercitus Pharaonis qui sequentes ingressi fuerant mare ne unus quidem superfuit ex eis

28. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the army of Pharao, who had come into the sea after them, neither did there so much as one of them remain.

29. filii autem Israël perrexerunt per medium sicci maris et aquæ eis erant quasi pro muro a dextris et a sinistris

29. But the children of Israel marched through the midst of the sea upon dry land, and the waters were to them as a wall on the right hand and on the left:

30. liberavitque Dominus in die illo Israël de manu Ægyptiorum

30. And the Lord delivered Israel on that day out of the hands of the Egyptians.

31. et viderunt Ægyptios mortuos super litus maris et manum magnam quam exercuerat Dominus contra eos timuitque populus Dominum et crediderunt Domino et Mosi servo ejus

31. And they saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore, and the mighty hand that the Lord had used against them: and the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord, and Moses his servant.