שמות 15

1 אז ישיר משה ובני ישראל את השירה הזאת ליהוה ויאמרו לאמר אשירה ליהוה כי גאה גאה סוס ורכבו רמה בים

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 עזי וזמרת יה ויהי לי לישועה זה אלי ואנוהו אלהי אבי וארממנהו

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 יהוה איש מלחמה יהוה שמו

Yahweh is a warrior; Yahweh is his name.

4 מרכבת פרעה וחילו ירה בים ומבחר שלשיו טבעו בים סוף

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 תהמת יכסימו ירדו במצולת כמו אבן

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

6 ימינך יהוה נאדרי בכח ימינך יהוה תרעץ אויב

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

7 וברב גאונך תהרס קמיך תשלח חרנך--יאכלמו כקש

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

8 וברוח אפיך נערמו מים נצבו כמו נד נזלים קפאו תהמת בלב ים

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 אמר אויב ארדף אשיג אחלק שלל תמלאמו נפשי-- אריק חרבי תורישמו ידי

[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 נשפת ברוחך כסמו ים צללו כעופרת במים אדירים

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

11 מי כמכה באלם יהוה מי כמכה נאדר בקדש נורא תהלת עשה פלא

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 נטית ימינך--תבלעמו ארץ

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

13 נחית בחסדך עם זו גאלת נהלת בעזך אל נוה קדשך

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

14 שמעו עמים ירגזון חיל אחז ישבי פלשת

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

15 אז נבהלו אלופי אדום-- אילי מואב יאחזמו רעד נמגו כל ישבי כנען

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 תפל עליהם אימתה ופחד בגדל זרועך ידמו כאבן עד יעבר עמך יהוה עד יעבר עם זו קנית

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 תבאמו ותטעמו בהר נחלתך-- מכון לשבתך פעלת יהוה מקדש אדני כוננו ידיך

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 יהוה ימלך לעלם ועד

O Yahweh, you will rule forever!

19 כי בא סוס פרעה ברכבו ובפרשיו בים וישב יהוה עלהם את מי הים ובני ישראל הלכו ביבשה בתוך הים

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 ותקח מרים הנביאה אחות אהרן את התף--בידה ותצאן כל הנשים אחריה בתפים ובמחלת

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 ותען להם מרים שירו ליהוה כי גאה גאה סוס ורכבו רמה בים

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 ויסע משה את ישראל מים סוף ויצאו אל מדבר שור וילכו שלשת ימים במדבר ולא מצאו מים

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 ויבאו מרתה--ולא יכלו לשתת מים ממרה כי מרים הם על כן קרא שמה מרה

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 וילנו העם על משה לאמר מה נשתה

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

25 ויצעק אל יהוה ויורהו יהוה עץ וישלך אל המים וימתקו המים שם שם לו חק ומשפט ושם נסהו

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 ויאמר אם שמוע תשמע לקול יהוה אלהיך והישר בעיניו תעשה והאזנת למצותיו ושמרת כל חקיו--כל המחלה אשר שמתי במצרים לא אשים עליך כי אני יהוה רפאך

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 ויבאו אילמה--ושם שתים עשרה עינת מים ושבעים תמרים ויחנו שם על המים

[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.