Exodus 14

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

1 耶和华晓谕摩西说：

2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.

2 「你吩咐以色列人转回，安营在比·哈希录前，密夺和海的中间，对着巴力· 洗分，靠近海边安营。

3 For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’

3 法老必说：『以色列人在地中绕迷了，旷野把他们困住了。』

4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.

4 我要使法老的心刚硬，他要追赶他们，我便在法老和他全军身上得荣耀；埃及人就知道我是耶和华。」于是以色列人这样行了。

5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

5 有人告诉埃及王说：「百姓逃跑。」法老和他的臣仆就向百姓变心，说：「我们容以色列人去，不再服事我们，这做的是什么事呢？」

6 So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.

6 法老就预备他的车辆，带领军兵同去，

7 He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

7 并带着六百辆特选的车和埃及所有的车，每辆都有车兵长。

8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.

8 耶和华使埃及王法老的心刚硬，他就追赶以色列人，因为以色列人是昂然无惧地出埃及。

9 The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.

9 埃及人追赶他们，法老一切的马匹、车辆、马兵，与军兵就在海边上，靠近比·哈希录，对着巴力·洗分，在他们安营的地方追上了。

10 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

10 法老临近的时候，以色列人举目看见埃及人赶来，就甚惧怕，向耶和华哀求。

11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

11 他们对摩西说：「难道在埃及没有坟地，你把我们带来死在旷野吗？你为什么这样待我们，将我们从埃及领出来呢？

12 Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

12 我们在埃及岂没有对你说过，不要搅扰我们，容我们服事埃及人吗？因为服事埃及人比死在旷野还好。」

13 But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

13 摩西对百姓说：「不要惧怕，只管站住！看耶和华今天向你们所要施行的救恩。因为，你们今天所看见的埃及人必永远不再看见了。

14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

14 耶和华必为你们争战；你们只管静默，不要作声。」

15 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

15 耶和华对摩西说：「你为什么向我哀求呢？你吩咐以色列人往前走。

16 And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

16 你举手向海伸杖，把水分开。以色列人要下海中走干地。

17 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.

17 我要使埃及人的心刚硬，他们就跟着下去。我要在法老和他的全军、车辆、马兵上得荣耀。

18 The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

18 我在法老和他的车辆、马兵上得荣耀的时候，埃及人就知道我是耶和华了。」

19 And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

19 在以色列营前行走 神的使者，转到他们后边去；云柱也从他们前边转到他们后边立住。

20 so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

20 在埃及营和以色列营中间有云柱，一边黑暗，一边发光，终夜两下不得相近。

21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

21 摩西向海伸杖，耶和华便用大东风，使海水一夜退去，水便分开，海就成了干地。

22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

22 以色列人下海中走干地，水在他们的左右作了墙垣。

23 And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.

23 埃及人追赶他们，法老一切的马匹、车辆，和马兵都跟着下到海中。

24 At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

24 到了晨更的时候，耶和华从云火柱中向埃及的军兵观看，使埃及的军兵混乱了；

25 He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”

25 又使他们的车轮脱落，难以行走，以致埃及人说：「我们从以色列人面前逃跑吧！因耶和华为他们攻击我们了。」

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

26 耶和华对摩西说：「你向海伸杖，叫水仍合在埃及人并他们的车辆、马兵身上。」

27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.

27 摩西就向海伸杖，到了天一亮，海水仍旧复原。埃及人避水逃跑的时候，耶和华把他们推翻在海中，

28 The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

28 水就回流，淹没了车辆和马兵。那些跟着以色列人下海法老的全军，连一个也没有剩下。

29 But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

29 以色列人却在海中走干地；水在他们的左右作了墙垣。

30 That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

30 当日，耶和华这样拯救以色列人脱离埃及人的手，以色列人看见埃及人的死尸都在海边了。

31 When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

31 以色列人看见耶和华向埃及人所行的大事，就敬畏耶和华，又信服他和他的仆人摩西。