1 D isse o Senhor a Moisés:

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “ Diga aos israelitas que mudem o rumo e acampem perto de Pi-Hairote, entre Migdol e o mar. Acampem à beira-mar, defronte de Baal-Zefom.

“Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.

3 O faraó pensará que os israelitas estão vagando confusos, cercados pelo deserto.

For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’

4 E ntão endurecerei o coração do faraó, e ele os perseguirá. Todavia, eu serei glorificado por meio do faraó e de todo o seu exército; e os egípcios saberão que eu sou o Senhor ”. E assim fizeram os israelitas.

Thus I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

5 C ontaram ao rei do Egito que o povo havia fugido. Então o faraó e os seus conselheiros mudaram de idéia e disseram: “O que foi que fizemos? Deixamos os israelitas saírem e perdemos os nossos escravos!”

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

6 E ntão o faraó mandou aprontar a sua carruagem e levou consigo o seu exército.

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

7 L evou todos os carros de guerra do Egito, inclusive seiscentos dos melhores desses carros, cada um com um oficial no comando.

and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.

8 O Senhor endureceu o coração do faraó, rei do Egito, e este perseguiu os israelitas, que marchavam triunfantemente.

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out boldly.

9 O s egípcios, com todos os cavalos e carros de guerra do faraó, os cavaleiros e a infantaria, saíram em perseguição aos israelitas e os alcançaram quando estavam acampados à beira-mar, perto de Pi-Hairote, defronte de Baal-Zefom. A Travessia do Mar

Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

10 A o aproximar-se o faraó, os israelitas olharam e avistaram os egípcios que marchavam na direção deles. E, aterrorizados, clamaram ao Senhor.

As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.

11 D isseram a Moisés: “Foi por falta de túmulos no Egito que você nos trouxe para morrermos no deserto? O que você fez conosco, tirando-nos de lá?

Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt?

12 J á lhe tínhamos dito no Egito: Deixe-nos em paz! Seremos escravos dos egípcios! Antes ser escravos dos egípcios do que morrer no deserto!”

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

13 M oisés respondeu ao povo: “Não tenham medo. Fiquem firmes e vejam o livramento que o Senhor lhes trará hoje, porque vocês nunca mais verão os egípcios que hoje vêem.

But Moses said to the people, “ Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.

14 O Senhor lutará por vocês; tão-somente acalmem-se”.

The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent.”

15 D isse então o Senhor a Moisés: “Por que você está clamando a mim? Diga aos israelitas que sigam avante.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.

16 E rga a sua vara e estenda a mão sobre o mar, e as águas se dividirão para que os israelitas atravessem o mar em terra seca.

As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry land.

17 E u, porém, endurecerei o coração dos egípcios e eles os perseguirão. E serei glorificado com a derrota do faraó e de todo o seu exército, com seus carros de guerra e seus cavaleiros.

As for Me, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.

18 O s egípcios saberão que eu sou o Senhor quando eu for glorificado com a derrota do faraó, com seus carros de guerra e seus cavaleiros”.

Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.”

19 A seguir o anjo de Deus que ia à frente dos exércitos de Israel retirou-se, colocando-se atrás deles. A coluna de nuvem também saiu da frente deles e se pôs atrás,

The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

20 e ntre os egípcios e os israelitas. A nuvem trouxe trevas para um e luz para o outro, de modo que os egípcios não puderam aproximar-se dos israelitas durante toda a noite.

So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.

21 E ntão Moisés estendeu a mão sobre o mar, e o Senhor afastou o mar e o tornou em terra seca, com um forte vento oriental que soprou toda aquela noite. As águas se dividiram,

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided.

22 e os israelitas atravessaram pelo meio do mar em terra seca, tendo uma parede de água à direita e outra à esquerda.

The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

23 O s egípcios os perseguiram, e todos os cavalos, carros de guerra e cavaleiros do faraó foram atrás deles até o meio do mar.

Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea.

24 N o fim da madrugada, do alto da coluna de fogo e de nuvem, o Senhor viu o exército dos egípcios e o pôs em confusão.

At the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion.

25 F ez que as rodas dos seus carros começassem a soltar-se, de forma que tinham dificuldade em conduzi-los. E os egípcios gritaram: “Vamos fugir dos israelitas! O Senhor está lutando por eles contra o Egito”.

He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

26 M as o Senhor disse a Moisés: “Estenda a mão sobre o mar para que as águas voltem sobre os egípcios, sobre os seus carros de guerra e sobre os seus cavaleiros”.

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

27 M oisés estendeu a mão sobre o mar, e ao raiar do dia o mar voltou ao seu lugar. Quando os egípcios estavam fugindo, foram de encontro às águas, e o Senhor os lançou ao mar.

So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

28 A s águas voltaram e encobriram os seus carros de guerra e os seus cavaleiros, todo o exército do faraó que havia perseguido os israelitas mar adentro. Ninguém sobreviveu.

The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.

29 M as os israelitas atravessaram o mar pisando em terra seca, tendo uma parede de água à direita e outra à esquerda.

But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

30 N aquele dia o Senhor salvou Israel das mãos dos egípcios, e os israelitas viram os egípcios mortos na praia.

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

31 I srael viu o grande poder do Senhor contra os egípcios, temeu o Senhor e pôs nele a sua confiança, como também em Moisés, seu servo.

When Israel saw the great power which the Lord had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses.