Êxodo 14

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.

Te Whakawhitinga o te Moana Whero

1 Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi, ka mea: 2 "Kōrero ki ngā tama a Īharaira, kia tahuri, kia noho ki te ritenga atu o Pihahirota, i waenganui o Mikitoro, o te moana, ki te ritenga o Paara-Hepona; hei te wāhi e hāngai tonu ana ki reira, hei te taha o te moana koutou noho ai. 3 Ā, e kīia ngā tama a Īharaira e Parao, ‘E pōhēhē ana rātou i te whenua, kua tūtakina mai rātou e te koraha.’ 4 Ā, māku e whakapakeke te ngākau o Parao, kia whai ai ia i a rātou; ā, ka whai korōria ahau i a Parao rātou ko tōna nuinga katoa; ā, ka mōhio ngā Īhipiana ko Ihowā ahau." Ā, pērā ana rātou.

5 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki te kīngi o Īhipa, kua whati te iwi; nā, ka puta kē te ngākau o Parao rātou ko āna tāngata, ki te iwi, ā, ka mea rātou, "He aha tēnei mahi a tātou, i tukua atu ai a Īharaira i ā tātou mahi?" 6 Nā, ka here ia i tana hāriata, i mauria anō hoki e ia tōna iwi; 7 ā, tākiritia ake e ia e ono rau hāriata, whiriwhiri rawa, me ngā hāriata katoa o Īhipa, rite katoa i te rangatira. 8 Nā, whakapakeke ana a Ihowā i te ngākau o Parao kīngi o Īhipa, ko te tino whāinga i muri i ngā tama a Īharaira. Tēnā ko ngā tama a Īharaira, kei runga tonu te ringaringa i haere atu ai rātou. 9 Nā, whai ana ngā Īhipiana i a rātou, ngā hōiho katoa, ngā hāriata a Parao, me āna hōia eke hōiho, me āna mano, ā, mau rawa rātou, i a rātou e noho ana i te tahatai, i Pihahirota, e titiro atu nei ki Paara-Hepona.

10 Ā, i te whakatatanga mai o Parao, nā, ka anga ake ngā kanohi o ngā tama a Īharaira, nā, ko ngā Īhipiana e whai ana i muri i a rātou; ā, tino wehi ana rātou. Nā, ka karanga ngā tama a Īharaira ki a Ihowā. 11 Ā, ka mea rātou ki a Mohi, "He onge koia nō te urupā o Īhipa i kāhaki mai ai koe i a mātou ki te koraha mate ai? He aha rā tēnei mahi āu ki a mātou, i ārahina mai ai mātou e koe i Īhipa? 12 Ehara koia tēnei i tā mātou kupu i kī rā ki a koe i Īhipa, i mea rā, ‘Waiho rā mātou kia whakamahia ana e ngā Īhipiana’? Pai kē kia whakamahia mātou e ngā Īhipiana i tō mātou mate ki te koraha."

13 Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki te iwi, "Kaua e wehi; tū mārie, ka titiro atu ki te whakaoranga a Ihowā e whakaputaina mai e ia ki a koutou i tēnei rā. Nā, ko ngā Īhipiana e kitea atu rā e koutou i tēnei rā, e kore e kitea anō e koutou ā muri ake nei. 14 Mā Ihowā tā koutou pakanga; ko koutou ia e kore e hamumu."

15 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "He aha koe i karanga ai ki ahau? Kī atu ki ngā tama a Īharaira kia mārō te haere. 16 Nā, hāpainga e koe tāu tokotoko, ka whakamārō atu ai i tōu ringa ki runga ake i te moana, kia wehea ai; nā, ka haere atu ngā tama a Īharaira mā waenga moana, i te wāhi maroke. 17 Ā, ko ahau, inā, māku e whakapakeke ngā ngākau o ngā Īhipiana, ā, ka whai rātou i muri i a rātou; ā, ka whai korōria ahau i a Parao, i āna mano, i ana hāriata, i āna hōia eke hōiho. 18 Ā, ka mōhio ngā Īhipiana ko Ihowā ahau, ina whai korōria ahau i a Parao, i ana hāriata, i āna hōia eke hōiho."

19 Nā, ka whakatika te anahera a te Atua, i haere rā i mua i te ope o Īharaira, ā, haere ana ki muri i a rātou; i neke atu anō te pou kapua i tō rātou aroaro, ā, tū ana i muri i a rātou. 20 I haere hoki ki waenganui o te nohoanga o ngā Īhipiana, o te nohoanga hoki o Īharaira. Ā, tērā te kapua me te pōuri, otiia e whakamārama ana ia i te pō, ā, kīhai tētahi i whakatata ki tētahi ā pau katoa te pō.

21 Nā, torona atu ana e Mohi tōna ringa ki runga i te moana; ā, panaia ana ki muri e Ihowā te moana ki tētahi hau nui, ki te marangai, ā, pau noa taua pō, nā, kua maroke te moana, kua tuwhera ngā wai. 22 Ā, haere ana ngā tama a Īharaira i waenga moana rā te wāhi maroke; hei taiepa anō ngā wai ki a rātou i te taha ki matau, ki mauī.

23 Nā, ka whai ngā Īhipiana, ā, haere ana i muri i a rātou, ngā hōiho katoa a Parao, ana hāriata, me āna hōia eke hōiho, ki waenga moana. 24 Ā, i tō te ata whakaaraara, nā, ka titiro a Ihowā ki te ope o ngā Īhipiana, i roto i te pou ahi, i te pou kapua, ka whakararu hoki i te ope o ngā Īhipiana, 25 ā, whakamareretia ana e ia ngā wīra o ngā hāriata, kia pūhoi ai te haere; ā, ka mea ngā Īhipiana, "Kia oma atu tātou i te aroaro o Īharaira; kei a rātou hoki a Ihowā e whawhai mai ana ki ngā Īhipiana."

Ka Toremi te Ope a Paroa

26 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "Whakamārōkia tōu ringa ki runga i te moana, kia hoki ai ngā wai ki runga ki ngā Īhipiana, ki ō rātou hāriata, ki ā rātou hōia eke hōiho." 27 Ā, ko te whakamārōkanga o te ringa o Mohi ki runga i te moana, nā, tākiri rawa ake te ata, kua hoki te moana ki tōna tūturutanga; tūtataki pū ki ngā Īhipiana e rere ana; ā, tāia iho ngā Īhipiana e Ihowā ki waenga moana. 28 Ā, hoki ana ngā wai, taupokina iho ngā hāriata, me ngā hōia eke hōiho, me te ope katoa o Parao, i haere i muri i a rātou ki te moana; kīhai rawa tētahi o rātou i toe.

29 Tēnā ko ngā tama a Īharaira, i haere rātou rā te wāhi maroke i waenganui o te moana; ko ngā wai hoki hei taiepa ki a rātou, ki te taha matau, ki te taha mauī. 30 Ā, whakaorangia ana e Ihowā a Īharaira i taua rā i ngā ringa o ngā Īhipiana; ā, ka kite a Īharaira i ngā Īhipiana i te tahatai, he tūpāpaku katoa. 31 Ā, i kite a Īharaira i te mahi nui i mahia e Ihowā ki ngā Īhipiana; ā, ka wehi te iwi a Ihowā, whakapono ana ki a Ihowā, ki tāna pononga hoki, ki a Mohi.