1 و َكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى فَقالَ:

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they turn back and encamp before Pi-Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-Zephon; over-against it ye do encamp by the sea,

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

and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;

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

and I have strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath pursued after them, and I am honoured on Pharaoh, and on all his force, and the Egyptians have known that I Jehovah;' and they do 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؟»

And it is declared to the king of Egypt that the people hath fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants is turned against the people, and they say, `What this we have done? that we have sent Israel away from our service.'

6 ف َجَهَّزَ فِرعَوْنُ عَرَبَتَهُ وَأخَذَ جَيشَهُ مَعَهُ.

And he harnesseth his chariot, and his people he hath taken with him,

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

and he taketh six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;

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

and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursueth after the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel are going out with a high hand,

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.

and the Egyptians pursue after them, and all the chariot horses of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his force, overtake them, encamping by the sea, by Pi-Hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon.

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

And Pharaoh hath drawn near, and the sons of Israel lift up their eyes, and lo, the Egyptians are journeying after them, and they fear exceedingly, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.

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؟

And they say unto Moses, `Because there are no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in a wilderness? what is this thou hast done to us -- to bring us out from 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 not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a 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 saith unto the people, `Fear not, station yourselves, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He doth for you to-day; for, as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye add no more to see them -- to the age;

14 س َيُحارِبُ اللهُ عَنكُمْ، وَأنتُمْ صامِتُونَ.»

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

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

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `What? thou criest unto Me -- speak unto the sons of Israel, and they journey;

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

and thou, lift up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand towards the sea, and cleave it, and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea on dry land.

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

`And I -- lo, I am strengthening the heart of the Egyptians, and they go in after them, and I am honoured on Pharaoh, and on all his force, on his chariots, and on his horsemen;

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

and the Egyptians have known that I Jehovah, in My being honoured on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.'

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

And the messenger of God, who is going before the camp of Israel, journeyeth and goeth at their rear; and the pillar of the cloud journeyeth from their front, and standeth at their rear,

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.

and cometh in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and the cloud and the darkness are, and he enlighteneth the night, and the one hath not drawn near unto the other all the 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.

And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and Jehovah causeth the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and maketh the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved,

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

and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea, on dry land, and the waters to them a wall, on their right and on their left.

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

And the Egyptians pursue, and go in after them (all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen) unto the midst of the sea,

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

and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians,

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

and turneth aside the wheels of their chariots, and they lead them with difficulty, and the Egyptians say, `Let us flee from the face of Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians.'

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

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand toward the sea, and the waters turn back on 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 stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and the sea turneth back, at the turning of the morning, to its perennial flow, and the Egyptians are fleeing at its coming, and Jehovah shaketh off 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.

and the waters turn back, and cover the chariots and the horsemen, even all the force of Pharaoh, who are coming in after them into the sea -- there hath not been left of them even one.

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

And the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters to them a wall, on their right and on their left;

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

and Jehovah saveth Israel in that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel seeth the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore,

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

and Israel seeth the great hand with which Jehovah hath wrought against the Egyptians, and the people fear Jehovah, and remain stedfast in Jehovah, and in Moses His servant.