1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to Jehovah, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.2 My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation: This is my *God, and I will glorify him; My father's God, and I will extol him.3 Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah, his name.4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.5 The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone.6 Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.7 And by the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown thine adversaries: Thou sentest forth thy burning wrath, it consumed them as stubble.8 And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up; The streams stood as a mound; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.10 Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters.11 Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness, Fearful {in} praises, doing wonders?12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.13 Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness.14 The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.15 Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.16 Fear and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place that thou, Jehovah, hast made thy dwelling, The Sanctuary, Lord, that thy hands have prepared.18 Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever!19 For the horse of Pharaoh, with his chariots and with his horsemen, came into the sea, and Jehovah brought again the waters of the sea upon them; and the children of Israel went on dry {ground} through the midst of the sea.20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances.21 And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.22 And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.23 And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah.24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?25 And he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah shewed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance; and there he tested them.26 And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.27 And they came to Elim; and twelve springs of water were there, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

1 Toe het Moses en die kinders van Israel hierdie lied tot eer van die HERE gesing; en dit is wat hulle gesê het: Ek wil sing tot eer van die HERE, want Hy is hoog verhewe. Die perd en sy ruiter het Hy in die see gewerp.2 Die HERE is my krag en my psalm, en Hy het my tot heil geword. Hy is my God, Hom sal ek roem; die God van my vader, Hom sal ek verhef.3 Die HERE is 'n krygsman; HERE is sy naam.4 Hy het Farao se strydwaens en sy leërmag in die see gewerp. En sy beste vegsmanne het in die Skelfsee gesink.5 Die watervloede het hulle oordek. Hulle het in die kolke gesink soos 'n klip.6 o HERE, u regterhand is verheerlik deur krag. U regterhand, o HERE, verpletter die vyand.7 En in u grote hoogheid werp U diegene neer wat teen U opstaan. U stuur u toorngloed uit: dit verteer hulle soos 'n stoppel.8 En deur die geblaas van u neus het die waters hulle opgestapel, die strome het bly staan soos 'n wal, die watervloede het styf geword in die hart van die see.9 Die vyand het gesê: Ek sal agtervolg, inhaal, buit verdeel, my begeerte sal versadig word van hulle; ek sal my swaard trek, my hand sal hulle uitroei.10 U het met u asem geblaas: die see het hulle oordek; soos lood het hulle gesink in die geweldige waters.11 o HERE, wie is soos U onder die gode? Wie is soos U, verheerlik in heiligheid, gedug in roemryke dade, een wat wonders doen?12 U het u regterhand uitgestrek, die aarde het hulle verslind.13 U het deur u guns die volk gelei wat U verlos het; U het hulle deur u krag na u heilige woning gevoer.14 Die volke het dit gehoor, hulle het gesidder; weë het die inwoners van Filist,a aangegryp.15 Toe is die stamhoofde van Edom verskrik, bewing het die magtiges van Moab aangegryp. Al die inwoners van Kana„n het gebewe.16 Verskrikking en vrees het op hulle geval; deur die grootheid van u arm was hulle stom soos 'n klip, terwyl u volk deurtrek, HERE, terwyl die volk deurtrek wat U verwerf het.17 U bring hulle in en plant hulle op die bergland van u erfenis, die plek, o HERE, wat U as vaste woonplek vir U berei het, die heiligdom wat u hande gestig het, o Here!18 Die HERE sal regeer vir ewig en altoos.19 Want Farao se perd, met sy strydwaens en sy ruiters, het in die see ingegaan, en die HERE het die waters van die see oor hulle laat terugkom. Maar die kinders van Israel het binne-in die see op droë grond getrek.20 En Mirjam, die profetes, die suster van A„ron, het 'n tamboeryn in haar hand geneem; en al die vroue het uitgegaan agter haar aan, met tamboeryne en in koordanse.21 En Mirjam het hulle al singende geantwoord: Sing tot eer van die HERE, want Hy is hoog verhewe. Hy het die perd met sy ruiter in die see gewerp.22 Daarop het Moses die Israeliete laat wegtrek van die Skelfsee af, en hulle het uitgetrek na die woestyn Sur. Hulle het toe drie dae lank in die woestyn getrek en geen water gekry nie.23 En hulle het in Mara gekom, maar kon die water van Mara nie drink nie, want dit was bitter. Daarom heet die plek Mara.24 Toe murmureer die volk teen Moses en sê: Wat moet ons drink?25 En hy het die HERE aangeroep, en die HERE het hom 'n stuk hout gewys; dit het hy in die water gegooi, en die water het soet geword. Daar het Hy vir hulle 'n insetting en verordening vasgestel en hulle daar beproef26 en gesê: As jy getrou na die stem van die HERE jou God luister en doen wat reg is in sy oë, en luister na sy gebooie en al sy insettinge hou, dan sal Ek geeneen van die siektes op jou lê wat Ek op Egipteland gelê het nie; want Ek is die HERE wat jou gesond maak.27 Daarop het hulle by Elim gekom, waar twaalf waterfonteine en sewentig palmbome was. En hulle het daar by die water laer opgeslaan.