Êxodo 14
1 E falou o SENHOR a Moisés, dizendo:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 Fala aos filhos de Israel que deem a volta, e assentem seu acampamento diante de Pi-Hairote, entre Migdol e o mar até Baal-Zefom: diante dele assentareis o campo, junto ao mar.
“Tell the Israeli people to turn around and go back and set up their tents in front of Pi-Hahiroth [town]. That town is between Migdol and the sea, across from Baal-Zephon [town]. Set up your tents there, close to the sea.
3 Porque Faraó dirá dos filhos de Israel: Estão andando confusos na terra, o deserto os encurralou.
When the king [knows you have done that], he will think, ‘The Israeli people are confused. They are wandering around, and the desert blocks their path.’
4 E eu endurecerei o coração de Faraó para que os siga; e serei glorificado em Faraó e em todo o seu exército; e saberão os egípcios que eu sou o SENHOR. E eles o fizeram assim.
But I will make the king stubborn [again], and he will [take his army and] pursue you. Then my people will praise/thank me for winning a victory over the king and his army. And the Egyptians will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” So [Moses/I told my people that, and] they did what he/I told them to do.
5 E foi dado aviso ao rei do Egito como o povo se fugia: e o coração de Faraó e de seus servos se voltou contra o povo, e disseram: Como fizemos isto de haver deixado ir a Israel, para que não nos sirva?
When someone told the king that the Israeli people had left [during the night], he and his officials changed their minds and said, “(What have we done?/What we have done was stupid!) [RHQ] The Israeli people will no longer be our slaves!”
6 E preparou seu carro, e tomou consigo seu povo;
So the king got his chariot and his army ready.
7 e tomou seiscentos carros escolhidos, e todos os carros do Egito, e os capitães sobre eles.
Then he selected 600 of the best chariots, and in each chariot he placed a driver, a soldier, and a commander, and they left. Other chariots, with a driver and a soldier in each of them, also went along.
8 E endureceu o SENHOR o coração de Faraó rei do Egito, e seguiu aos filhos de Israel; mas os filhos de Israel haviam saído com mão poderosa.
Because Yahweh made the king of Egypt so stubborn that he and his army went to pursue the Israelis, who were leaving triumphantly,
9 Seguindo-os, pois, os egípcios, com toda a cavalaria e carros de Faraó, seus cavaleiros, e todo seu exército, alcançaram-nos assentando o acampamento junto ao mar, ao lado de Pi-Hairote, diante de Baal-Zefom.
the Egyptian army, with all the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen, pursued the Israelis. They caught up with them as they were camped near the sea, close to Pi-Hahiroth, in front of Baal-Zephon [town].
10 E quando Faraó se aproximou, os filhos de Israel levantaram seus olhos, e eis que os egípcios vinham atrás deles; por isso temeram muito, e os filhos de Israel clamaram ao SENHOR.
When the king’s army got near, the Israeli people were surprised to see that the Egyptians were marching toward them. They were terrified; so they cried out to Yahweh [to help them].
11 E disseram a Moisés: Não havia sepulcros no Egito, que nos tiraste para morrermos no deserto? Por que o fizeste assim conosco, que nos tiraste do Egito?
Then they said to Moses/me, “Is it because there were no places in Egypt [where we could] be buried that you have brought us here to die in this desert [RHQ]? Look what you have done to us by bringing us out of Egypt [RHQ]!
12 Não é isto o que te falamos no Egito, dizendo: Deixa-nos servir aos egípcios? Pois melhor nos teria sido servir aos egípcios, que morrermos no deserto.
That is what we told you when we were in Egypt! We said, ‘Leave us alone, and let us work for the Egyptians [RHQ]!’ It would have been better for us to be slaves for the Egyptians than to die here in the desert!”
13 E Moisés disse ao povo: Não temais; ficai quietos, e vede a salvação do SENHOR, que ele fará hoje convosco; porque os egípcios que hoje vistes, nunca mais para sempre os vereis.
Moses/I replied to the people, “Do not be afraid! Be brave, and see how Yahweh will rescue you! He will save you today, and the result will be that the Egyptians that you are looking at today—you will never see them again!
14 O SENHOR lutará por vós, e vós ficai quietos.
Yahweh will fight for you! Just keep quiet. There is nothing else that you will have to do.”
15 Então o SENHOR disse a Moisés: “Por que clamas a mim? Diz aos filhos de Israel que marchem.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Tell the people to stop crying out for me [to help them], and tell them to go forward. Lift up your stick and stretch it out toward the sea. The water will divide, so that all you Israeli people can go in the middle of the sea, walking on dry ground.
16 Quanto a ti, ergue a tua vara, estende a tua mão sobre o mar, e divide-o. Que os filhos de Israel entre por meio do mar em seco.
17 E eu, eis que endurecerei o coração dos egípcios, para que os sigam. E eu me glorificarei em Faraó, e em todo o seu exército, e em suas carruagens, e em sua cavalaria;
I will make the Egyptians stubborn, so that they will try to follow you. And then as a result of [what I will do to the] king and his army and his chariots and his horsemen, [my people] will praise/thank me.
18 E os egípcios saberão que eu sou o SENHOR, quando eu me glorificar em Faraó, em seus carros, e em seus cavaleiros.”
And when I have won a glorious [victory] over the king and his chariots and his horsemen, the [other] Egyptians will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
19 E o anjo de Deus que ia diante do acampamento de Israel, se separou, e ia detrás deles; e também a coluna de nuvem que ia diante deles, separou-se, e pôs-se atrás deles;
Then the angel of God, who had been in front of the Israeli people, moved and went behind them. The tall bright cloud that had been in front of them also moved behind them,
20 e ia entre o acampamento dos egípcios e o acampamento de Israel; e era nuvem e trevas para aqueles, e iluminava a Israel de noite; e em toda aquela noite não se aproximaram uns dos outros.
until it was between the Egyptian army and the Israeli people. The cloud caused the Egyptian army to be in the dark but it gave light for the Israelis. As a result, neither group could come near the other group during the whole night.
21 E estendeu Moisés sua mão sobre o mar, e fez o SENHOR que o mar se retirasse por forte vento oriental toda aquela noite; e tornou o mar em seco, e as águas restaram divididas.
[That evening], Moses/I stretched out his/my hand toward the sea. Then Yahweh sent a strong wind from the east. It blew all night and pushed the water apart, and it caused the ground between the water to dry up.
22 Então os filhos de Israel entraram por meio do mar em seco, tendo as águas como muro à sua direita e à sua esquerda;
Then we Israeli people went on the dry land in the middle of the sea. The water was like a wall on each side of us, on the right side and on the left side.
23 E seguindo-os os egípcios, entraram atrás deles até o meio do mar, toda a cavalaria de Faraó, seus carros, e seus cavaleiros.
Then the Egyptian army pursued them, and went after them into the middle of the sea, with their horses and their chariots and the chariot-drivers.
24 E aconteceu à vigília da manhã, que o SENHOR olhou ao campo dos egípcios desde a coluna de fogo e nuvem, e perturbou o acampamento dos egípcios.
Just before dawn, Yahweh looked down from the fiery cloud, and then he caused the Egyptian army to panic.
25 E tirou-lhes as rodas de seus carros, e transtornou-os gravemente. Então os egípcios disseram: Fujamos de diante de Israel, porque o SENHOR luta por eles contra os egípcios.
He caused the wheels of the chariots to get stuck [in the mud], so that they could hardly move. So the Egyptians said, “Yahweh is fighting for the Israelis and against us; let’s get out of here!”
26 E o SENHOR disse a Moisés: Estende tua mão sobre o mar, para que as águas voltem sobre os egípcios, sobre seus carros, e sobre sua cavalaria.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Stretch out your arm toward the sea again. Then the water will come back on the Egyptians and on their chariots and their horsemen.”
27 E Moisés estendeu sua mão sobre o mar, e o mar se voltou em sua força quando amanhecia; e os egípcios iam até ela: e o SENHOR derrubou aos egípcios em meio do mar.
So Moses/I stretched out his/my arm, and as the sun was rising, the water returned to its normal level. The Egyptians tried to escape, but Yahweh hurled them back into the sea.
28 E voltaram as águas, e cobriram os carros e a cavalaria, e todo o exército de Faraó que havia entrado atrás eles no mar; não restou deles nenhum.
The water returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and the whole Egyptian army that had tried to follow us Israelis into the sea. Every one of the Egyptians drowned.
29 E os filhos de Israel foram por meio do mar em seco, tendo as águas por muro à sua direita e à sua esquerda.
But we Israeli people had already crossed through the sea by walking on dry ground, with the water being [like two] walls, one on the right side and one on the left side.
30 Assim salvou o SENHOR aquele dia a Israel da mão dos egípcios; e Israel viu aos egípcios mortos à beira do mar.
That is the way Yahweh saved the Israeli people from the Egyptian army on that day. The Israeli people saw the Egyptians lying dead, [with their bodies washed up] on the shore.
31 E viu Israel aquele grande feito que o SENHOR executou contra os egípcios: e o povo temeu ao SENHOR, e creram no SENHOR e em Moisés seu servo.
The Israelis saw what Yahweh did to the Egyptians by his great power [MTY], and they were in awe of Yahweh. They trusted in Yahweh and they also trusted Moses/me.
