Exodus 14

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

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 «قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَرْجِعُوا وَيَتَجَمَّعُوا مُقَابِلَ فَمِ الْحِيرُوثِ بَيْنَ مَجْدَلَ وَالْبَحْرِ أَمَامَ بَعْلَ صَفُونَ مُبَاشَرَةً تُخَيِّمَونَ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ،

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

3 فَيَظُنُّ فِرْعَوْنُ أَنَّكُمْ هَائِمُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ عَلَى غَيْرِ هُدىً، وَقَدِ اسْتَغْلَقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الصَّحْرَاءُ،

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 فَأُقَسِّي قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ حَتَّى يَسْعَى وَرَاءَكُمْ فَأَتَعَظَّمُ آنَئِذٍ (بِالقَضَاءِ) عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَلَى جَيْشِهِ، وَيَعْرِفُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ». وَهَكَذَا فَعَلَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ.

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 وَقِيلَ لِمَلِكِ مِصْرَ: «هُوَذا الشَّعْبُ قَدْ هَرَبَ». فَتَحَوَّلَ قَلْبُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقُلُوبُ حَاشِيَتِهِ ضِدَّهُمْ، وَقَالُوا: «مَاذَا دَهَانَا حَتَّى أَطْلَقْنَا إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ خِدْمَتِنَا؟»

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

6 فَأَعَدَّ مَرْكَبَتَهُ وَاصْطَحَبَ جَيْشَهُ مَعَهُ،

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

7 فَأَعَدَّ سِتَّ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ وَسَائِرَ مَرْكَبَاتِ مِصْرَ، وَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهَا قَادَةَ سِلاحِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ.

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

8 وَقَسَّى الرَّبُّ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، فَطَارَدَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ غَادَرُوا مِصْرَ بِقُدْرَةٍ ظَاهِرَةٍ.

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 وَسَعَى الْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَرَاءَهُمْ بِجَمِيعِ خَيْلِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانِهِ وَجُيُوشِهِ، فَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ وَهُمْ مُتَجَمِّعُونَ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ بالقُرْبِ مِنْ فَمِ الْحِيروثِ مُقَابِلَ بَعْلَ صَفُونَ.

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 وَلَمَّا اقْتَرَبَ فِرْعَوْنُ، نَظَرَ بَنُو إسْرَائِيلَ، وَإذَا بِالْمِصْرِيِّينَ يَنْدَفِعُونَ نَحْوَهُمْ، فَارْتَعَبُوا وَاسْتَغَاثُوا بِالرَّبِّ،

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 ثُمَّ قَالُوا لَمُوسَى: «هَلْ لِافْتِقَارِ مِصْرَ لِلْقُبُورِ أَخْرَجْتَنَا إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ لِنَمُوتَ فِيهَا؟ مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِنَا حَتَّى أَخْرَجْتَنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ؟

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 أَلَمْ نَقُلْ لَكَ فِي مِصْرَ: دَعْنَا وَشَأْنَنَا فَنَخْدُمَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، إذْ كَانَ خَيْراً لَنَا أَنْ نَخْدُمَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ مِنْ أَنْ نَمُوتَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ».

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 فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعْبِ: «لا تَخَافُوا. قِفُوا وَانْظُرُوا خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي يُجْرِيهِ لَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ، لأَنَّ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ رَأَيْتُمُوهُمُ الْيَوْمَ، لَنْ تَرَوْهُمْ فِيمَا بَعْدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

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

14 فَالرَّبُّ يُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَصْمُتُونَ».

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

15 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لمُوسَى: «مَا بَالُكَ تَسْتَغِيثُ بِي؟ قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَرْحَلُوا.

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 ارْفَعْ عَصَاكَ وَابْسُطْ يَدَكَ فَوْقَ الْبَحْرِ وَشُقَّهُ، فَيَجْتَازَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي وَسْطِ الْبَحْرِ عَلَى الْيَابِسَةِ.

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 فَهَا أَنَا أُغْلِظُ قُلُوبَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ فَيَسْعَوْنَ وَرَاءَكُمْ، فَأَتَعَظَّمُ (بِالقَضَاءِ) عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَلَى مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانِهِ،

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

18 فَيُدْرِكُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ أَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، عِنْدَمَا أَتَعَظَّمُ (بِالقَضَاءِ) عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانِهِ».

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 وَانْتَقَلَ مَلاكُ اللهِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَتَقَدَّمُ عَسْكَرَ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْمُؤَخَّرَةِ خَلْفَهُمْ، وَكَذَلِكَ انْتَقَلَ عَمُودُ السَّحَابِ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ وَوَقَفَ وَرَاءَهُمْ.

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 فَدَخَلَ بَيْنَ عَسْكَرِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَعَسْكَرِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، وَصَارَ عَمُودُ السَّحَابِ ظَلاماً قَاتِماً عَلَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَضِيَاءً عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلَمْ يَقْتَرِبْ أَحَدُهُمَا مِنَ الآخَرِ طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ.

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 وَبَسَطَ مُوسَى يَدَهُ فَوْقَ الْبَحْرِ، فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ طَوَالَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ رِيحاً شَرْقِيَّةً قَوِيَّةً رَدَّتِ الْبَحْرَ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ، وَحَوَّلَتْهُ إِلَى يَابِسَةٍ. وَهَكَذَا انْشَقَّ الْبَحْرُ،

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

22 فَاجْتَازَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي وَسْطِ الْبَحْرِ عَلَى أَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ، فَكَانَ الْمَاءُ بِمَثَابَةِ سُورَيْنِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِمْ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِمْ.

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

23 وَلَحِقَ بِهِمِ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَدَخَلُوا وَرَاءَهُمْ إِلَى وَسْطِ الْبَحْرِ، بِجَمِيعِ خَيْلِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانِهِ.

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 وَقَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الصَّبَاحِ أَشْرَفَ الرَّبُّ فِي عَمُودِ النَّارِ وَالسَّحَابِ عَلَى عَسْكَرِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَأَرْبَكَهُمْ.

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 فَجَعَلَ عَجَلاتِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِمْ تَتَخَلَّعُ. فَطَفِقُوا يَجُرُّونَهَا بِمَشَقَّةٍ حَتَّى قَالَ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ: «لِنَهْرُبْ مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُحَارِبُ عَنْهُمْ ضِدَّنَا».

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 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ابْسُطْ يَدَكَ فَوْقَ الْبَحْرِ لِيَرْتَدَّ الْمَاءُ عَلَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ مَعَ مَرْكَبَاتِهِمْ وَفُرْسَانِهِمْ».

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 فَبَسَطَ مُوسَى يَدَهُ فَوْقَ البَحْرِ عِنْدَ انْبِثَاقِ الصَّبَاحِ، فَارْتَدَّ الْبَحْرُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ عَلَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ الْهَارِبِينَ فِي اتِّجَاهِهِ، فَجَرَفَهُمُ الرَّبُّ نَحْوَ وَسْطِ الْبَحْرِ.

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 وَارْتَدَّتِ الْمِيَاهُ وَأَغْرَقَتِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَالْفُرْسَانَ وَكُلَّ جَيْشِ فِرْعَوْنَ الَّذِي لَحِقَ بِهِمْ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، فَلَمْ يَفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ نَاجٍ وَاحِدٌ.

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

29 أَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَدْ سَارُوا فَوْقَ أَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ وَسْطَ مِيَاهِ الْبَحْرِ. وَكَانَتِ الْمِيَاهُ كَسُورَيْنِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِمْ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِمْ.

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

30 وَهَكَذَا أَنْقَذَ الرَّبُّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَشَاهَدُوا جُثَثَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ مَطْرُوحَةً عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ.

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 وَعِنْدَمَا شَهِدَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الْقُوَّةَ الْعَظِيمَةَ الَّتِي عَامَلَ بِها الرَّبُّ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، خَافَ الشَّعْبُ الرَّبَّ وَآمَنُوا بِهِ وَبِمُوسَى عَبْدِهِ.