Exodus 14

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

1 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

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 «كَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَرْجِعُوا وَيَنْزِلُوا أَمَامَ فَمِ ٱلْحِيرُوثِ بَيْنَ مَجْدَلَ وَٱلْبَحْرِ، أَمَامَ بَعْلَ صَفُونَ. مُقَابِلَهُ تَنْزِلُونَ عِنْدَ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

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

3 فَيَقُولُ فِرْعَوْنُ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: هُمْ مُرْتَبِكُونَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. قَدِ ٱسْتَغْلَقَ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلْقَفْرُ.

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 وَأُشَدِّدُ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ حَتَّى يَسْعَى وَرَاءَهُمْ، فَأَتَمَجَّدُ بِفِرْعَوْنَ وَبِجَمِيعِ جَيْشِهِ، وَيَعْرِفُ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ». فَفَعَلُوا هَكَذَا.

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 فَلَمَّا أُخْبِرَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ قَدْ هَرَبَ، تَغَيَّرَ قَلْبُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَبِيدِهِ عَلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ. فَقَالُوا: «مَاذَا فَعَلْنَا حَتَّى أَطْلَقْنَا إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ خِدْمَتِنَا؟»

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

6 فَشَدَّ مَرْكَبَتَهُ وَأَخَذَ قَوْمَهُ مَعَهُ.

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

7 وَأَخَذَ سِتَّ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ مُنْتَخَبَةٍ وَسَائِرَ مَرْكَبَاتِ مِصْرَ وَجُنُودًا مَرْكَبِيَّةً عَلَى جَمِيعِهَا.

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

8 وَشَدَّدَ ٱلرَّبُّ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ حَتَّى سَعَى وَرَاءَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ خَارِجُونَ بِيَدٍ رَفِيعَةٍ.

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 فَسَعَى ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَرَاءَهُمْ وَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ. جَمِيعُ خَيْلِ مَرْكَبَاتِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَفُرْسَانِهِ وَجَيْشِهِ، وَهُمْ نَازِلُونَ عِنْدَ ٱلْبَحْرِ عِنْدَ فَمِ ٱلْحِيرُوثِ، أَمَامَ 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 فَلَمَّا ٱقْتَرَبَ فِرْعَوْنُ رَفَعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عُيُونَهُمْ، وَإِذَا ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ رَاحِلُونَ وَرَاءَهُمْ. فَفَزِعُوِا جِدًّا، وَصَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.

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 وَقَالُوا لِمُوسَى: «هَلْ لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ قُبُورٌ فِي مِصْرَ أَخَذْتَنَا لِنَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ؟ مَاذَا صَنَعْتَ 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 أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمْنَاكَ بِهِ فِي مِصْرَ قَائِلِينَ: كُفَّ عَنَّا فَنَخْدِمَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ؟ لِأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لَنَا أَنْ نَخْدِمَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ مِنْ أَنْ نَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ».

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: «لَا تَخَافُوا. قِفُوا وَٱنْظُرُوا خَلَاصَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي يَصْنَعُهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ. فَإِنَّهُ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ ٱلْيَوْمَ، لَا تَعُودُونَ تَرَوْنَهُمْ أَيْضًا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

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

14 ٱلرَّبُّ يُقَاتِلُ عَنْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَصْمُتُونَ».

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

15 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «مَا لَكَ تَصْرُخُ إِلَيَّ؟ 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 وَٱرْفَعْ أَنْتَ عَصَاكَ وَمُدَّ يَدَكَ عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ وَشُقَّهُ، فَيَدْخُلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَحْرِ عَلَى ٱلْيَابِسَةِ.

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 وَهَا أَنَا أُشَدِّدُ قُلُوبَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ حَتَّى يَدْخُلُوا وَرَاءَهُمْ، فَأَتَمَجَّدُ بِفِرْعَوْنَ وَكُلِّ جَيْشِهِ، بِمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانِهِ.

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

18 فَيَعْرِفُ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ حِينَ أَتَمَجَّدُ بِفِرْعَوْنَ 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 فَٱنْتَقَلَ مَلَاكُ ٱللهِ ٱلسَّائِرُ أَمَامَ عَسْكَرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَسَارَ وَرَاءَهُمْ، وَٱنْتَقَلَ عَمُودُ ٱلسَّحَابِ 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 ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَعَسْكَرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَصَارَ ٱلسَّحَابُ وَٱلظَّلَامُ وَأَضَاءَ ٱللَّيْلَ. فَلَمْ يَقْتَرِبْ هَذَا إِلَى ذَاكَ كُلَّ ٱللَّيْلِ.

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 وَمَدَّ مُوسَى يَدَهُ عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ، فَأَجْرَى ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْبَحْرَ بِرِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ كُلَّ ٱللَّيْلِ، وَجَعَلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ يَابِسَةً وَٱنْشَقَّ ٱلْمَاءُ.

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

22 فَدَخَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَحْرِ عَلَى ٱلْيَابِسَةِ، وَٱلْمَاءُ سُورٌ لَهُمْ 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 وَتَبِعَهُمُ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَدَخَلُوا وَرَاءَهُمْ. جَمِيعُ خَيْلِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانِهِ إِلَى وَسَطِ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

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 وَكَانَ فِي هَزِيعِ ٱلصُّبْحِ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى عَسْكَرِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ فِي عَمُودِ ٱلنَّارِ وَٱلسَّحَابِ، وَأَزْعَجَ عَسْكَرَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ،

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 وَخَلَعَ بَكَرَ مَرْكَبَاتِهِمْ حَتَّى سَاقُوهَا بِثَقْلَةٍ. فَقَالَ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ: «نَهْرُبُ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يُقَاتِلُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ عَنْهُمْ».

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 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِيَرْجِعَ ٱلْمَاءُ عَلَى ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ، عَلَى 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 فَمَدَّ مُوسَى يَدَهُ عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَرَجَعَ ٱلْبَحْرُ عِنْدَ إِقْبَالِ ٱلصُّبْحِ إِلَى حَالِهِ ٱلدَّائِمَةِ، وَٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ هَارِبُونَ إِلَى لِقَائِهِ. فَدَفَعَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

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 فَرَجَعَ ٱلْمَاءُ وَغَطَّى مَرْكَبَاتِ وَفُرْسَانَ جَمِيعِ جَيْشِ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلَّذِي دَخَلَ وَرَاءَهُمْ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ. لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ وَلَا 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 وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَمَشَوْا عَلَى ٱلْيَابِسَةِ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَٱلْمَاءُ سُورٌ لَهُمْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِمْ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِمْ.

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

30 فَخَلَّصَ ٱلرَّبُّ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَنَظَرَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ أَمْوَاتًا عَلَى شَاطِئِ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

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 وَرَأَى إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلْفِعْلَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ بِٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ، فَخَافَ ٱلشَّعْبُ ٱلرَّبَّ وَآمَنُوا بِٱلرَّبِّ وَبِعَبْدِهِ مُوسَى.