出埃及記 14
1 從厄堂到紅海1. 上主訓示梅瑟說：「
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 你吩咐以色列子民轉回，在米革多耳及海之間的丕哈希洛特前，面對巴耳責豐安營，即在巴耳責豐之前，靠近海邊安營。
“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 如此，法朗必然以為以色列子民在國境內迷了路，曠野困住了他們。
Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’
4 我要使法郎心硬，在後面追趕他們，這樣我將在法郎和他全軍身上，大顯神能，使埃及人知道我是上主。」以色列子民就照樣作了。法郎追趕以列
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 the LORD.” They did so.
5 有人報告埃及王說：那百姓逃走了。法郎和他的臣僕對那百姓變了心，說：「我們放走以色列人，不再給我們服役，這是作的什麼事﹖」
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 法郎遂命人準備他的車，親自率領兵士，
He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;
7 還帶了六百輛精良戰車和埃及所有的戰車，每輛車上都有戰士駕駛。
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.
8 上主使埃及王法郎心硬，在後面追趕以色列子民；當以色列子民大膽前行的時候，
The LORD 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.
9 埃及人在後面追趕他們，法郎所有的車馬、騎士和步兵就在靠近丕哈希洛特，巴耳責豐對面，以色列子民安營的地方趕上了。
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 當法郎來近的時候，以色列子民舉目，看見埃及人趕來，都十分恐怖，向上主哀號，
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 the LORD.
11 也向梅瑟說：「你帶我們死在曠野裏，難道埃及沒有墳墓嗎﹖你為什麼這樣待我們，將我們從埃及出來﹖
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 我們在埃及不是對你說過這話：不要擾亂我們，我們甘願服侍埃及人，服侍埃及人總比死在曠野裏還好啊! 」
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 梅瑟向百姓說：「你們不要害怕，站著別動，觀看上主今天給你們施的救恩，因為你們所見的埃及人，永遠再見不到了。
Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.
14 上主必替你們作戰，你們應安靜等待。」過紅海
The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
15 上主向梅瑟說：「你為什麼向我哀號，吩咐以色列子民起營前行。
The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
16 你舉起棍杖，把你的手伸到海上，分開海水，叫以色列子民在海中乾地上走過。
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 你看，我要使埃及人的心硬，在後面趕以色列子民；這樣我好叫法郎和他全軍，戰車和騎兵身上，大顯神能。
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 我向法郎，向他的戰車和騎兵大顯神能的時候，埃及人將會知道我是上主。」
The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
19 在以色列大隊前面走的天主使者，就轉到他們的後面走，雲柱也從他們前面轉到他們後面停下，
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 即來到埃及軍營和以色列軍營中間；那一夜雲柱一面發黑，一面發光，這樣整夜軍隊彼此不能接近。
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 梅瑟向海伸手，上主就用極強的東風，一夜之間把海颳退，使海底成為乾地。水分開以後，
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD 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 以色列子民便在海中乾地上走過，水在他們左右好像牆壁。埃及人沉沒海中
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 隨後埃及人也趕來，法郎所有的馬、戰車和騎兵，都跟著他們來到海中。
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 到了晨時末更，上主在火柱和雲柱上，窺探埃及軍隊，使埃及的軍隊混亂。
In the morning watch, the LORD looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.
25 又使他們的車輪脫落，難以行走，以致埃及人說：「我們由以色列逃走罷! 因為上主替他們作戰，攻擊埃及人。」
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 the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians!”
26 上主對梅瑟說：「向海伸出你的手，使水回流到埃及人、他們的戰車和騎兵身上。」
The LORD 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 到了天亮，梅瑟向海伸手，海水流回原處；埃及人迎著水逃跑的時候，上主將他們投入海中。
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. The LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
28 回流的水淹末了法郎的戰車、騎兵和跟著以色列子民來到海中的法郎軍隊，一個人也沒有留下。
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 但是以色列子民在海中乾地上走過去，水在他們左右好像牆壁。
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 這樣上主在那一天從埃及人手中整救了以色列人。以色列人看見了埃及人的屍首浮在海邊上。
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
31 以色列人見上主向埃及人顯示的大能，百姓都敬畏上主，信了上主和他的僕人梅瑟。
Israel saw the great work which the LORD did to the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.
