1 و َكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى فَقالَ:

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 « قُلْ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أنْ يَعُودوا وَيُخَيِّمُوا أمامَ فَمِ الحِيرُوثِ، بَينَ مَجدَلَ وَالبَحرِ، أمامَ بَعلَ صَفُونَ. خَيِّمُوا أمامَهُ بِجانِبِ البَحرِ.

“Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.

3 ف َيَقُولُ فِرعَوْنُ: ‹إنَّهُمْ تائِهُونَ فِي الأرْضِ، وَقَدْ حُبِسُوا فِي الصَّحراءِ.›

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’

4 و َسَأُقَسِّي قَلْبَ فِرعَوْنَ فَيَتْبَعَهُمْ. وَسَأتَمَجَّدُ منْ خِلالِ فِرعَوْنَ وَقُوّاتِهِ، لِيَعرِفَ المِصرِيُّونَ أنِّي أنا الإلَهُ الحَقيقيُّ.» فَفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ ذَلِكَ. مُطارَدَةُ فِرعَوْنَ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيل

Then I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

5 و َحِينَ عَلِمَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ قَدْ هَرَبُوا، تَغَيَّرَ رَأيُهُ هُوَ وَخُدّامُهُ بِشَأْنِهِمْ، وَقالُوا: «ما الَّذِي عَمِلْناهُ بِإطلاقِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ خِدمَتِنا؟»

Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

6 ف َجَهَّزَ فِرعَوْنُ عَرَبَتَهُ وَأخَذَ جَيشَهُ مَعَهُ.

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

7 أ خَذَ فِرعَوْنُ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ مِنْ أفْضَلِ جُنُودِهِ، مَعَ جَمِيعِ عَرَباتِ الحَرْبِ. كُلُّ عَرَبَةٍ يَقودُها جُنْدِيٌ واحِدٌ.

Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.

8 خ َرَجَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَأيدِيهُمْ مَرفُوعَةٌ بِانتِصارٍ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ قَسَّى قَلبَ فِرعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصرَ، فَلَحِقَ بِهِمْ.

And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness.

9 ل َحِقَ المِصرِيُّونَ بِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَوَصَلُوا إلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ مُخَيِّمُونَ بِجانِبِ البَحرِ. وَصَلَتْ جَمِيعُ خُيُولِ فِرعَوْنَ وَعَرَباتِهِ وَرُكّابِها، كُلُّ جَيشِهِ، إلَى حَيثُ كانَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ عِندَ فَمِ الحِيرُوثِ أمامَ بَعلِ صَفُونَ.

So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

10 و َحِينَ اقتَرَبَ فِرعَوْنُ، رَفَعَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ عُيُونَهُمْ وَرَأَوْا المِصرِيِّينَ وَراءَهُمْ، فَخافَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَصَرَخُوا إلَى اللهِ.

And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.

11 و َقالَ الشَّعبُ لِمُوسَى: «هَلْ أحضَرْتَنا إلَى هُنا لِنَمُوتَ فِي الصَّحراءِ، لِأنَّهُ لَمْ تَكُنْ هُناكَ قُبُورٌ فِي مِصرَ؟ لِماذا صَنَعتَ هَذا بِنا وَأخرَجْتَنا مِنْ مِصرَ؟

Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?

12 أ لَيسَ هَذا ما قُلْناهُ لَكَ فِي مِصرَ: ‹دَعْنا وَشَأنَنا فَنَخْدِمَ المِصرِيِّينَ.› نُفَضِّلُ أنْ نَخدِمَ فِي مِصرَ عَلَى أنْ نَمُوتَ فِي الصَّحْراءِ!»

Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”

13 ف َقالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعبِ: «لا تَخافُوا. قِفُوا وَانظُرُوا خَلاصَ اللهِ الَّذِي سَيَصْنَعُهُ لَكُمُ اليَومَ. قَدْ رَأيتُمُ المِصرِيِّينَ اليَومَ، لَكِنْ لَنْ تَرُوهُمْ ثانِيَةً.

And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.

14 س َيُحارِبُ اللهُ عَنكُمْ، وَأنتُمْ صامِتُونَ.»

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

15 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «لِماذا تَصرُخُ إلَيَّ؟ أخبِرْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ أنْ يَستَمِرُّوا فِي الارتِحالِ.

And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.

16 ا رفَعْ عَصاكَ الآنَ وَمُدَّ يَدَكَ عَلَى البَحرِ وَشُقَّهُ، لِيَتَمَكَّنَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ السَّيرِ عَبْرَ البَحرِ إلَى أرْضٍ يابِسَةٍ.

But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

17 س َأُقَسِّي قُلُوبَ المِصرِيِّينَ لِيَتبَعُوهُمْ. سَأتَمَجَّدُ بِفِرعَونَ وَبِكُلِّ جَيشِهِ وَبِعَرَباتِهِ وَبِفُرسانِهِ.

And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.

18 و َسَيَعرِفُ المِصرِيُّونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ حِينَ أتَمَجَّدُ بِفِرعَونَ وَمَركِباتِهِ وَفُرسانِهِ.»

Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

19 و َانتَقَلَ مَلاكُ اللهِ الَّذِي كانَ يَسِيرُ أمامَهُمُ وَسارَ خَلفَهُمْ. فانتَقَلَ عَمُودُ السَّحابِ مِنْ أمامِهِمْ وَوَقَفَ خَلفَهُمْ.

And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.

20 ف َوَقَفَ بَينَ مُخَيَّمِ المِصرِيِّينَ وَمُخَيَّمِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَكانَ هُناكَ سَحابٌ وَظُلمَةٌ. وَقَدْ أضاءَ السَّحابُ اللَّيلَ. وَلَمْ يَقتَرِبْ أيٌّ مِنَ الفَرِيقَيْنِ إلَى الآخَرِ طِيلَةَ اللَّيلِ.

So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.

21 و َمَدَّ مُوسَى يَدَهُ عَلَى البَحرِ، فَأزاحَ اللهُ البَحرَ إلَى الخَلفِ بِرِيحٍ شَرقِيَّةٍ قَوِيَّةٍ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ، وَحَوَّلَ البَحرَ إلَى أرْضٍ يابِسَةٍ، إذْ شَقَّ المِياهَ نِصْفينِ.

Then 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 into dry land, and the waters were divided.

22 ف َسارَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ فِي وَسَطِ البَحرِ عَلَى أرْضٍ يابِسَةٍ. وَصارَتِ المِياهُ جِداراً لَهُمْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِمْ وَعَنْ يَسارِهِمْ.

So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

23 ف َتَبِعَهُمُ المِصرِيِّونَ، وَتَبِعَتْهُمْ جَمِيعُ خُيُولِ فِرعَوْنَ وَعَرَباتِهِ وَفُرسانِهِ فِي وَسَطِ البَحرِ.

And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

24 و َقُربَ الصُّبحِ، نَظَرَ اللهُ مِنْ خِلالِ النّارِ وَالسَّحابِ إلَى مُخَيَّمِ المِصرِيِّينَ، فَأفْزَعَهُمْ.

Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians.

25 و َعَطَّلَ عَجَلاتِ عَرَباتِ فِرعَوْنَ، فَساقُوها بِصُعُوبَةٍ. فَقالَ المِصرِيُّونَ: «لِنَهرُبْ مِنْ أمامِ إسْرائِيلَ، لِأنَّ اللهَ يُحارِبُ مِصرَ عَنهُمْ.»

And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

26 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ عَلَى البَحرِ لِتَعُودَ المِياهُ عَلَى المِصرِيِّينَ وَعَرَباتِهِمْ وَفُرسانِهِمْ.»

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”

27 ف َمَدَّ مُوسَى يَدَهُ عَلَى البَحرِ، فَعادَتِ المِياهُ كَما كانَتْ، بَينَما المِصرِيُّونَ يَهْرُبُونَ، فَغَطَّتْهُمُ المِياهُ. فأغْرَقَ اللهُ المِصرِيِّينَ فِي البَحرِ.

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

28 و َرَجِعَتِ المِيَاهُ وَأغرَقَتْ عَرَباتِ وَفُرسانَ جَيشِ فِرعَوْنَ الَّذِي تَبِعَهُمْ فِي البَحرِ. وَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنهُمْ أحَدٌ.

Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.

29 و َأمّا بَنو إسْرائِيلَ فَسارُوا عَلَى أرْضٍ جافَّةٍ فِي وَسَطِ البَحرِ، وَكانَتِ المِياهُ جِداراً لَهُمْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِمْ وَعَنْ يَسارِهِمْ.

But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

30 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ خَلَّصَ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ يَدِ المِصرِيِّينَ. وَرَأى بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ المِصرِيِّينَ مَوتَى عَلَى شاطِئِ البَحرِ.

So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

31 ر َأى بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ العَمَلَ العَظِيمَ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ اللهُ ضِدَّ المِصرِيِّينَ، وَخافَ الشَّعبُ اللهَ ، وَوَضَعُوا ثِقَتَهُمْ بِهِ وَبِمُوسَى خادِمِهِ.

Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses.