Exodus 15

1 then to sing Moses and son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] song [the] this to/for LORD and to say to/for to say to sing to/for LORD for to rise up to rise up horse and to ride his to shoot in/on/with sea

Then Moses/I sang this song, and the Israeli people sang with him: “I will sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously; He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea!

2 strength my and song LORD and to be to/for me to/for salvation this God my and to beautify him God father my and to exalt him

Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about. He is the one who has saved me. He is (my God/God, the one I worship), and I will praise him. He is the one my father worshiped, and I will tell [others] how great he is.

3 LORD man battle LORD name his

Yahweh is a warrior; Yahweh is his name.

4 chariot Pharaoh and strength: soldiers his to shoot in/on/with sea and best officer his to sink in/on/with sea Red (Sea)

He has thrown the king’s chariots and his army into the sea; His best officers all drowned in the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez).

5 abyss to cover them to go down in/on/with depth like stone

The [water covered them like] a flood; they sank to the bottom like a stone.

6 right your LORD be glorious in/on/with strength right your LORD to shatter enemy

O Yahweh, your right arm has awesome power; with that power [MTY], O Yahweh, you have crushed/smashed the enemy into pieces.

7 and in/on/with abundance pride your to overthrow to arise: attack you to send: depart burning anger your to eat them like/as stubble

You have gloriously defeated your enemies. Because you were angry with them, you have [destroyed them] like a fire burns up straw [SIM].

8 and in/on/with spirit: breath face: nose your to pile up water to stand like heap to flow to congeal abyss in/on/with heart sea

You blew on the sea, and the water piled up high; the water stood up like two walls. In the deepest part of the sea [the water] became thick/solid, [as though] it was frozen.

9 to say enemy to pursue to overtake to divide spoil to fill them soul: appetite my to empty sword my to possess: take them hand: power my

[Our] enemies said, ‘We will pursue them and catch up to them. We will draw our swords and strike them. After we defeat them, we will divide up the spoils. We will take [from them] all we want.’

10 to blow in/on/with spirit: breath your to cover them sea to sink like/as lead in/on/with water great

But you blew on them with your breath, and then the sea covered them. They sank like lead/rocks in the big waves.

11 who? like you in/on/with god LORD who? like you be glorious in/on/with holiness to fear: revere praise to make: do wonder

Yahweh, among their gods, there is no god like you [RHQ]! You are glorious, completely different from all that you made. (There is no god like you!/What god is like you?) [RHQ] There is no one who can perform all kinds of miracles [DOU] like you do [RHQ]!

12 to stretch right your to swallow up them land: soil

When you stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed up [our enemies]

13 to lead in/on/with kindness your people this to redeem: redeem to guide in/on/with strength your to(wards) pasture holiness your

You faithfully loved the people you rescued; with your power you are leading them to the land that you have set apart.

14 to hear: hear people to tremble [emph?] agony to grasp to dwell Philistia

The people of [other] nations will hear [what you have done]; and they will tremble. The people in Philistia will be terrified.

15 then to dismay chief Edom leader Moab to grasp them trembling to melt all to dwell Canaan

The chiefs in Edom will be dismayed. The leaders in Moab will be so afraid, they will shake. All those who live in Canaan will faint.

16 to fall: fall upon them terror and dread in/on/with great: large arm your to silence: stationary like/as stone till to pass people your LORD till to pass people this to buy

They will be terrified and fearful because of your great strength [MTY]. But they will be as silent as stones until your people march past them, the people you freed from being slaves in Egypt,

17 to come (in): bring them and to plant them in/on/with mountain: mount inheritance your foundation to/for to dwell you to work LORD sanctuary Lord to establish: establish hand your

to go to [Canaan land]. You will enable them to live [MET] on your hill, at the place that you, O Yahweh, have chosen to be your home, in the (holy place/temple) that you yourself will build.

18 LORD to reign to/for forever: enduring and perpetuity

O Yahweh, you will rule forever!

19 for to come (in): come horse Pharaoh in/on/with chariot his and in/on/with horseman his in/on/with sea and to return: return LORD upon them [obj] water [the] sea and son: descendant/people Israel to go: walk in/on/with dry land in/on/with midst [the] sea

The Israeli people walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground. But when the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen tried to go through the sea, Yahweh caused the water to come back and cover them.”

20 and to take: take Miriam [the] prophetess sister Aaron [obj] [the] tambourine in/on/with hand her and to come out: come all [the] woman after her in/on/with tambourine and in/on/with dance

Then Miriam, who was Aaron’s older sister and a (prophetess/woman who spoke messages that came directly from God), picked up her tambourine,

21 and to sing to/for them Miriam to sing to/for LORD for to rise up to rise up horse and to ride his to shoot in/on/with sea

and she sang this song to Yahweh: “Sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously [over his enemies]. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”

22 and to set out Moses [obj] Israel from sea Red (Sea) and to come out: come to(wards) wilderness Shur and to go: went three day in/on/with wilderness and not to find water

Then Moses/I led the Israeli people away from the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez). They/we went to the desert at Shur. They/We walked for three days, but they/we could not find any water.

23 and to come (in): come Marah [to] and not be able to/for to drink water from Marah for bitter they(masc.) upon so to call: call by name her Marah

So they/we [went on and] came to a [place named] Marah. [There was] water [there, but] they/we could not drink it, because it was bitter. That is why they named the place Marah, [which is the Hebrew word that means ‘bitter’].

24 and to grumble [the] people upon Moses to/for to say what? to drink

The people complained to Moses/me, saying, “What are we going to drink?”

25 and to cry to(wards) LORD and to show him LORD tree: stick and to throw to(wards) [the] water and be sweet [the] water there to set: make to/for him statute: decree and justice: judgement and there to test him

So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. Then Yahweh showed him/me a tree. So he/I cut off [one of the branches] and threw it into the water, and the water became good to drink. There at Marah, Yahweh gave them various laws to direct their lives. He also tested them there, to determine if they would obey him,

26 and to say if to hear: hear to hear: hear to/for voice LORD God your and [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance his to make: do and to listen to/for commandment his and to keep: obey all statute: decree his all [the] sickness which to set: put in/on/with Egypt not to set: put upon you for I LORD to heal you

by saying, “I am Yahweh, your God. If you will carefully obey me when I speak [to you], and do those things that I know are right, and pay close attention to all the things that I command you, I will keep you from being afflicted by all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. Do not forget that I am the one who heals you.”

27 and to come (in): come Elim [to] and there two ten spring water and seventy palm and to camp there upon [the] water

[After they/we left Marah], they/we came to a [place named] Elim. There were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees there. So they/we camped there.