1 Herra sanoi Moosekselle:

3 Farao luulee, että israelilaiset harhailevat pitkin maata ja aavikko on sulkenut heidän tiensä.

6 Ja farao valjastutti hevoset sotavaunujen eteen ja otti mukaan sotaväkensä

7 ja kaikki Egyptin sotavaunut miehistöineen, myös kuusisataa valiovaljakkoa.

8 Herra paadutti faraon, Egyptin kuninkaan, sydämen, niin että hän lähti ajamaan israelilaisia takaa juuri kun he olivat Herran johdolla kulkemassa pois Egyptistä.

9 Egyptiläiset, kaikki faraon hevoset, sotavaunut miehineen sekä hänen muu sotaväkensä, ajoivat heitä takaa ja saavuttivat heidät, kun he olivat leiriytyneinä Pi-Hirotin luona, Baal-Sefonin kohdalla.

10 Faraon lähestyessä israelilaiset huomasivat yhtäkkiä, että egyptiläiset olivat aivan heidän kintereillään. Israelilaiset pelästyivät kovin, huusivat apua Herralta

16 Kohota sauvasi, ojenna kätesi merta kohti ja halkaise sen vedet, niin israelilaiset voivat kulkea meren poikki kuivaa maata pitkin.

17 Minä kovetan egyptiläisten sydämet, niin että he lähtevät teidän peräänne. Ja se, mitä tapahtuu faraolle ja koko hänen sotajoukolleen, hänen sotavaunuilleen ja niiden ajajille, todistaa minun suuruuttani.

19 Jumalan enkeli, joka oli kulkenut israelilaisten joukon edellä, siirtyi nyt kulkemaan heidän perässään, ja pilvipatsas siirtyi pois heidän edeltään ja asettui heidän taakseen,

20 niin että se tuli egyptiläisten ja Israelin joukkojen väliin. Pilven mukana tuli pimeys, mutta israelilaisille pilvi valaisi yön. Kumpikaan puoli ei voinut koko yönä lähestyä toistaan.

21 Sitten Mooses kohotti kätensä merta kohti, ja Herra pani meren väistymään syrjään nostamalla ankaran itätuulen, joka puhalsi koko yön. Näin hän muutti meren kuivaksi maaksi. Vedet jakautuivat kahtia,

22 ja kun israelilaiset kulkivat meren poikki kuivaa maata pitkin, vedet olivat muurina kummallakin puolen.

23 Egyptiläiset lähtivät takaa-ajoon, ja faraon kaikki hevoset ja hänen sotavaununsa ajajineen seurasivat israelilaisten perässä keskelle merta.

24 Mutta aamuyöstä Herra katsoi tuli- ja pilvipatsaasta egyptiläisiin päin ja saattoi heidän joukkonsa sekasortoon.

27 Mooses ojensi kätensä merta kohti, ja aamunkoitteessa meri palasi entiselle paikalleen. Se tuli pakenevia egyptiläisiä vastaan, ja Herra pyyhkäisi heidät meren aaltojen sekaan.

28 Vedet palasivat ja peittivät vaunut ajajineen, faraon koko sotajoukon, joka oli seurannut israelilaisia mereen, eikä heistä jäänyt henkiin ainoatakaan.

29 Mutta israelilaiset kulkivat meren poikki kuivaa maata pitkin, ja vedet olivat muurina heidän kummallakin puolellaan.

30 Näin Herra pelasti sinä päivänä Israelin Egyptin käsistä, ja israelilaiset saivat nähdä egyptiläisten makaavan kuolleina meren rannalla.

31 Ja kun israelilaiset näkivät, miten Herran käsi oli lyönyt Egyptin, he pelkäsivät Herraa ja uskoivat häneen ja hänen palvelijaansa Moosekseen.

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea: before Baal-Zephon, opposite to it, shall ye encamp by the sea.

3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.

4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he may pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh, and in all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.

5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his bondmen was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from our service?

6 And he yoked his chariot, and took his people with him.

7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

8 And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel had gone out with a high hand.

9 And the Egyptians pursued after them, -all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them where they had encamped by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, opposite to Baal-Zephon.

10 And Pharaoh approached; and the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and the children of Israel were much afraid, and cried out to Jehovah.

11 And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou done this to us, that thou hast led us out of Egypt?

12 Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For {it had been} better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

13 And Moses said to the people, Fear not: stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

14 Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still.

15 And Jehovah said to Moses, Why dost thou cry unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.

16 And thou, lift thy staff, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go on dry {ground} through the midst of the sea.

17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots and in his horsemen.

18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have glorified myself in Pharaoh, in his chariots and in his horsemen.

19 And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them.

20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and was a cloud and darkness, and lit up the night; and the one did not come near the other all the night.

21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go {back} by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry {land}, and the waters were divided.

22 And the children of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry {ground}; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

23 And the Egyptians pursued and came after them-all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.

24 And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked upon the camp of the Egyptians, in the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and embarrassed the camp of the Egyptians.

25 And he took off their chariot wheels, and caused them to drive with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee before Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians!

26 And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may return upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and upon their horsemen.

27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the host of Pharaoh that had come into the sea after them; there remained not even one of them.

29 And the children of Israel walked on dry {ground} through the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

30 Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore.

31 And Israel saw the great power {with} which Jehovah had wrought against the Egyptians; and the people feared Jehovah, and believed in Jehovah, and in Moses his bondman.