1 Disse Jeová a Moisés:2 Fala aos filhos de Israel que retrocedam e se acampem em frente de Pi-Hairote, entre Migdol e o mar, diante de Baal-Zefom; defronte dele assentareis o campo junto ao mar.3 Faraó dirá dos filhos de Israel: Eles estão embaraçados na terra, o deserto os encerrou.4 Endurecerei o coração de Faraó, e ele os perseguirá; glorificar-me-ei em Faraó e em todo o seu exército; e os egípcios saberão que eu sou Jeová. Eles assim o fizeram.5 Foi dito ao rei dos egípcios que o povo havia fugido; mudou-se o coração de Faraó e dos seus servos para com o povo, e disseram: Que é isto que fizemos, permitindo que Israel nos deixasse de servir?6 Faraó mandou aprontar o seu carro, e tomou consigo o seu povo;7 também tomou seiscentos carros escolhidos e todos os carros do Egito com capitães sobre todos eles.8 Jeová endureceu o coração de Faraó, rei do Egito, e este perseguiu os filhos de Israel; pois os filhos de Israel saíram afoitamente.9 Perseguiam-nos os egípcios, a saber, todos os cavalos e carros de Faraó, e os seus cavaleiros e o seu exército, e alcançaram-nos acampados junto ao mar, perto de Pi-Hairote, defronte de Baal-Zefom.10 Quando Faraó se chegou perto, levantaram os olhos os filhos de Israel, e eis que os egípcios marchavam atrás deles; os filhos de Israel tiveram muito medo, e clamaram a Jeová.11 Disseram a Moisés: Foi porque não havia sepulcros no Egito que nos tiraste para morrermos no deserto? por que motivo nos trataste assim, fazendo-nos sair do Egito?12 Não é isto mesmo o que te dissemos no Egito: Deixa-nos, para que sirvamos aos egípcios? Pois melhor nos fora servir aos egípcios, do que morrermos no deserto.13 Respondeu Moisés ao povo: Não temais, estai quietos e vede o livramento que Jeová vos há de dar hoje; porque os egípcios que vedes hoje, nunca jamais os tornareis a ver.14 Jeová pelejará por vós, e vós vos calareis.15 Disse Jeová a Moisés: Por que clamas a mim? fala aos filhos de Israel que marchem.16 E tu, levanta a tua vara, estende a mão sobre o mar e divide-o, para que os filhos de Israel caminhem pelo meio do mar em seco.17 Eis que eu hei de endurecer os corações dos egípcios, e entrarão atrás deles; glorificar-me-ei em Faraó e em todo o seu exército, nos seus carros e nos seus cavaleiros.18 Os egípcios saberão que eu sou Jeová, quando me tiver glorificado em Faraó, nos seus carros e nos seus cavaleiros.19 Então o anjo de Deus, que ia adiante do campo de Israel, se retirou e ia atrás deles; a coluna de nuvem retirou-se de diante deles, e pôs-se atrás deles,20 e veio entre o campo do Egito e o campo de Israel. Havia a nuvem e as trevas, contudo brilhava de noite. Toda a noite não se aproximou um do outro.21 Então Moisés estendeu a mão sobre o mar. Jeová fez retirar-se o mar por um forte vento oriental toda a noite, e fez do mar terra seca, e as águas foram divididas.22 Os filhos de Israel entraram no meio do mar em seco; e as águas foram-lhes como um muro à direita e à esquerda.23 Os egípcios perseguiram e entraram atrás deles no meio do mar, todos os cavalos de Faraó, os seus carros e os seus cavaleiros.24 Na vigília da manhã olhou Jeová para o exército dos egípcios por entre a coluna de fogo e de nuvem e alvorotou o exército dos egípcios.25 Tirou-lhes as rodas dos carros, e fe-los andar dificultosamente; de modo que os egípcios disseram: Fujamos de diante de Israel, porque Jeová está pelejando por eles contra os egípcios.26 Disse Jeová a Moisés: Estende a mão sobre o mar, para que se voltem as águas sobre os egípcios, sobre os seus carros e sobre os seus cavaleiros.27 Moisés estendeu a mão sobre o mar, e o mar, ao romper da manhã, voltou à sua força; os egípcios fugiram de encontro a ele, e Jeová derribou os egípcios no meio do mar.28 As águas voltaram a cobrir os carros e os cavaleiros, sim todo o exército de Faraó, que atrás deles entrou no mar; deles não ficou nem sequer um.29 Porém os filhos de Israel caminhavam a pé enxuto no meio do mar; e as águas foram-lhes como um muro à direita e à esquerda.30 Assim Jeová salvou a Israel naquele dia da mão dos egípcios; e Israel viu os egípcios mortos na praia do mar.31 Viu Israel o grande poder que Jeová exercitou contra os egípcios, e o povo temeu a Jeová; creram em Jeová e em seu servo Moisés.

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:2 Speak to the children of Israel: Let them turn and encamp over against Phihahiroth which is between Magdal and the sea over against Beelsephon: you shall encamp before it upon the sea.3 And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.4 And I shall harden his heart, and he will pursue you: and I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in all his army: and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.5 And it was told the king of the Egyptians that the people was fled: and the heart of Pharao and of his servants was changed with regard to the people, and they said: What meant we to do, that we let Israel go from serving us?6 So he made ready his chariot, and took all his people with him.7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots that were in Egypt: and the captains of the whole army.8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel: but they were gone forth in a mighty hand.9 And when the Egyptians followed the steps of them who were gone before, they found them encamped at the sea side: all Pharao's horse and chariots, and the whole army were in Phihahiroth before Beelsephon.10 And when Pharao drew near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians behind them: and they feared exceedingly, and cried to the Lord.11 And they said to Moses: Perhaps there were no graves in Egypt, therefore thou hast brought us to die in the wilderness: why wouldst thou do this, to lead us out of Egypt?12 Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying: Depart from us that we may serve the Egyptians? for it was much better to serve them, than to die in the wilderness.13 And Moses said to the people: Fear not: stand and see the great wonders of the Lord, which he will do this day: for the Egyptians, whom you see now, you shall see no more for ever.14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.15 And the Lord said to Moses: Why criest thou to me? Speak to the children of Israel to go forward.16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it: that the children of Israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry ground.17 And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians to pursue you: and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen.18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in his chariots and in his horsemen.19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removing, went behind them: and together with him the pillar of the cloud, leaving the forepart,20 Stood behind, between the Egyptians' camp and the camp of Israel: and it was a dark cloud, and enlightening the night, so that they could not come at one another all the night.21 And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.22 And the children of Israel went in through the midst of the sea dried up: for the water was as a wall on their right hand and on their left.23 And the Egyptians pursuing went in after them, and all Pharao's horses, his chariots and horsemen through the midst of the sea,24 And now the morning watch was come, and behold the Lord looking upon the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their host.25 And overthrew the wheels of the chariots, and they were carried into the deep. And the Egyptians said: Let us flee from Israel: for the Lord fighteth for them against us.26 And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth they hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and horsemen.27 And when Moses had stretched forth his hand towards the sea, it returned at the first break of day to the former place: and as the Egyptians were fleeing away, the waters came upon them, and the Lord shut them up in the middle of the waves.28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the army of Pharao, who had come into the sea after them, neither did there so much as one of them remain.29 But the children of Israel marched through the midst of the sea upon dry land, and the waters were to them as a wall on the right hand and on the left:30 And the Lord delivered Israel on that day out of the hands of the Egyptians.31 And they saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore, and the mighty hand that the Lord had used against them: and the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord, and Moses his servant.