Êxodo 14

Deus anuncia a ruína dos egípcios

1 Disse Jeová a Moisés: 2 Fala aos filhos de Israel que retrocedam e se acampem em frente de *Nm 33.7-8Pi-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 *Êx 4.21;14.17Endurecerei o coração de Faraó, e *Êx 14.17,23ele os perseguirá; glorificar-me-ei em Faraó e em todo o seu exército; e os *Êx 14.25egípcios 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 isso 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 *Êx 14.4Jeová endureceu o coração de Faraó, rei do Egito, e este perseguiu os filhos de Israel; pois os filhos de Israel saíram *Nm 33.3;At 13.17afoitamente. 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, *Êx 14.2perto 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 *Ne 9.9clamaram a Jeová. 11 *Êx 5.21;15.24;16.2Disseram 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: *Êx 20.20;Gn 15.1;46.3Não temais, estai quietos e vede o *Êx 14.30;15.2livramento que Jeová vos há de dar hoje; porque os egípcios que vedes hoje, nunca jamais os tornareis a ver. 14 *Êx 15.3;Dt 1.30;3.22Jeová pelejará por vós, e *Is 30.15vós vos calareis.

Os israelitas passam o mar

15 Disse Jeová a Moisés: Por que clamas a mim? Fala aos filhos de Israel que marchem. 16 E tu, levanta a *Êx 4.17,20;17.5-6;Nm 20.8-9,11;Is 10.26tua 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 *Êx 14.4que 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 *Êx 14.25Os egípcios saberão que eu sou Jeová, quando me tiver glorificado em Faraó, nos seus carros e nos seus cavaleiros. 19 *Êx 13.21-22Então, 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 *Êx 7.19;14.16Então, 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 *Sl 106.9;136.13-14terra seca, e *Sl 78.13;114.3,5;Is 63.12-13as águas foram divididas. 22 *Js 3.17;4.22;Ne 9.11Os filhos de Israel entraram no meio do mar em seco; e *Êx 14.29;15.8as águas foram-lhes como um muro à direita e à esquerda. 23 *Êx 14.4,17Os 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, *Êx 13.21olhou 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 fê-los andar dificultosamente; de modo que os egípcios disseram: Fujamos de diante de Israel, *Êx 14.4,18porque Jeová está pelejando por eles contra os egípcios.

Os egípcios perecem no mar

26 Disse Jeová a Moisés: *Êx 14.16Estende 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; *Sl 78.53;106.11deles não ficou nem sequer um. 29 Porém os filhos de Israel caminhavam *Êx 14.22;Sl 66.6;Is 11.15a pé enxuto no meio do mar; e as águas foram-lhes como um muro à direita e à esquerda. 30 *Êx 14.13;Sl 106.8,10,22;Is 63.8,11Assim 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; *Sl 106.12creram em Jeová e em seu servo Moisés.

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea. 3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’ 4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh." They did so.

5 The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?" 6 He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him; 7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them. 8 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.*14:8 or, defiantly. 9 The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

10 When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh. 11 They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us out of Egypt? 12 Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."

13 Moses said to the people, "Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today. 14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still."

15 Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward. 16 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground. 17 Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them. I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. 18 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen." 19 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them. 20 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by night. One didn’t come near the other all night.

21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the sea: all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 In the morning watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army. 25 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, "Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!"

26 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen." 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. 28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 31 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.