Exodus, 15

1. It was then that Moses and the Israelites sang this song in Yahweh's honour: I shall sing to Yahweh, for he has covered himself in glory, horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.

1. Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

2. Yah is my strength and my song, to him I owe my deliverance. He is my God and I shall praise him, my father's God and I shall extol him.

2. The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

3. Yahweh is a warrior; Yahweh is his name.

3. The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name.

4. Pharaoh's chariots and army he has hurled into the sea the pick of his officers have been drowned in the Sea of Reeds.

4. "Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea; and his picked officers are sunk in the Red Sea.

5. The ocean has closed over them; they have sunk to the bottom like a stone.

5. The floods cover them; they went down into the depths like a stone.

6. Your right hand, Yahweh, wins glory by its strength, your right hand, Yahweh, shatters your foes,

6. Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, thy right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.

7. and by your great majesty you fell your assailants; you unleash your fury, it consumes them like chaff.

7. In the greatness of thy majesty thou overthrowest thy adversaries; thou sendest forth thy fury, it consumes them like stubble.

8. A blast from your nostrils and the waters piled high; the waves stood firm as a dyke; the bed of the sea became firm ground.

8. At the blast of thy nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.

9. The enemy said, 'I shall give chase and overtake, 'I shall share out the spoil and glut myself on them, 'I shall draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

9. The enemy said, `I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'

10. You blew with your breath, the sea closed over them; they sank like lead in the terrible waters.

10. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

11. Yahweh, who is like you, majestic in sanctity, who like you among the holy ones, fearsome of deed, worker of wonders?

11. "Who is like thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, majestic in holiness, terrible in glorious deeds, doing wonders?

12. You stretched your right hand out, the earth swallowed them!

12. Thou didst stretch out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

13. In your faithful love you led out the people you had redeemed, in your strength you have guided them to your holy dwelling.

13. "Thou hast led in thy steadfast love the people whom thou hast redeemed, thou hast guided them by thy strength to thy holy abode.

14. Hearing of this, the peoples tremble; pangs seize on the people of Philistia;

14. The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have seized on the inhabitants of Philistia.

15. the chieftains of Edom are dismayed, Moab's princes -- panic has seized them, all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

15. Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; the leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

16. On them fall terror and dread; through the power of your arm they are still as stone while your people are passing, Yahweh, while the people you have purchased are passing.

16. Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of thy arm, they are as still as a stone, till thy people, O LORD, pass by, till the people pass by whom thou hast purchased.

17. You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain which is your heritage, the place which you, Yahweh, have made your dwelling, the sanctuary, Yahweh, prepared by your own hands.

17. Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them on thy own mountain, the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thy abode, the sanctuary, LORD, which thy hands have established.

18. Yahweh will be king for ever and ever.

18. The LORD will reign for ever and ever."

19. For when Pharaoh's cavalry, with his chariots and horsemen, had gone into the sea, Yahweh brought the waters of the sea back over them, though the Israelites went on dry ground right through the sea.

19. For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea.

20. The prophetess Miriam, Aaron's sister, took up a tambourine, and all the women followed her with tambourines, dancing,

20. Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing.

21. while Miriam took up from them the refrain: Sing to Yahweh, for he has covered himself in glory, horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.

21. And Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."

22. Moses led Israel away from the Sea of Reeds, and they entered the desert of Shur. They then travelled through the desert for three days without finding water.

22. Then Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur; they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

23. When they reached Marah, they could not drink the Marah water because it was bitter; this is why the place was named Marah.

23. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.

24. The people complained to Moses saying, 'What are we to drink?'

24. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

25. Moses appealed to Yahweh for help, and Yahweh showed him a piece of wood. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became sweet. There he laid down a statute and law for them and there he put them to the test. Then he said,

25. And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he proved them,

26. 'If you listen carefully to the voice of Yahweh your God and do what he regards as right, if you pay attention to his commandments and keep all his laws, I shall never inflict on you any of the diseases that I inflicted on the Egyptians, for I am Yahweh your Healer.'

26. saying, "If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD, your healer."

27. So they came to Elim where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; and there they pitched camp beside the water.

27. Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the water.