Kutoka 15
1 Ndipo Mose na Waisraeli wakamwimbia Bwana wimbo huu: “Nitamwimbia Bwana, kwa kuwa ametukuzwa sana. Farasi na mpanda farasi amewatosa baharini.
Then Moses and the children of Israel made this song to the Lord, and said, I will make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory: the horse and the horseman he has sent down into the sea.
2 Bwana ni nguvu zangu na wimbo wangu; amekuwa wokovu wangu. Yeye ni Mungu wangu, nami nitamsifu, Mungu wa baba yangu, nami nitamtukuza.
The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.
3 Bwana ni shujaa wa vita; Bwana ndilo jina lake.
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
4 Magari ya vita ya Farao na jeshi lake amewatosa baharini. Maafisa wa Farao walio bora sana wamezamishwa katika Bahari ya Shamu.
Pharaoh's war-carriages and his army he has sent down into the sea: the best of his captains have gone down into the Red Sea.
5 Maji yenye kina yamewafunika, wamezama mpaka vilindini kama jiwe.
They were covered by the deep waters: like a stone they went down under the waves.
6 “Mkono wako wa kuume, Ee Bwana ulitukuka kwa uweza. Mkono wako wa kuume, Ee Bwana, ukamponda adui.
Full of glory, O Lord, is the power of your right hand; by your right hand those who came against you are broken.
7 Katika ukuu wa utukufu wako, ukawaangusha chini wale waliokupinga. Uliachia hasira yako kali, ikawateketeza kama kapi.
When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.
8 Kwa pumzi ya pua zako maji yalijilundika. Mawimbi ya maji yakasimama imara kama ukuta, vilindi vikagandamana ndani ya moyo wa bahari.
By your breath the waves were massed together, the flowing waters were lifted up like a pillar; the deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.
9 “Adui alijivuna, ‘Nitawafuatia, nitawapata. Nitagawanya nyara; nitajishibisha kwa wao. Nitafuta upanga wangu na mkono wangu utawaangamiza.’
Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.
10 Lakini ulipuliza kwa pumzi yako, bahari ikawafunika. Wakazama kama risasi kwenye maji makuu.
You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.
11 “Ni nani miongoni mwa miungu aliye kama wewe, Ee Bwana? Ni nani kama Wewe: uliyetukuka katika utakatifu, utishaye katika utukufu, ukitenda maajabu?
Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?
12 Uliunyoosha mkono wako wa kuume na nchi ikawameza.
When your right hand was stretched out, the mouth of the earth was open for them.
13 “Katika upendo wako usiokoma utawaongoza watu uliowakomboa. Katika nguvu zako utawaongoza mpaka makao yako matakatifu.
In your mercy you went before the people whom you have made yours; guiding them in your strength to your holy place.
14 Mataifa watasikia na kutetemeka, uchungu utawakamata watu wa Ufilisti.
Hearing of you the peoples were shaking in fear: the people of Philistia were gripped with pain.
15 Wakuu wa Edomu wataogopa, viongozi wa Moabu watatetemeka kwa hofu, watu wa Kanaani watayeyuka,
The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water.
16 vitisho na hofu vitawaangukia. Kwa nguvu ya mkono wako watatulia kama jiwe, mpaka watu wako waishe kupita, Ee Bwana, mpaka watu uliowanunua wapite.
Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.
17 Utawaingiza na kuwapandikiza juu ya mlima wa urithi wako: hapo mahali, Ee Bwana, ulipopafanya kuwa makao yako, mahali patakatifu, Ee Bwana, ulipopajenga kwa mikono yako.
You will take them in, planting them in the mountain of your heritage, the place, O Lord, where you have made your house, the holy place, O Lord, the building of your hands.
18 Bwana atatawala milele na milele.”
The Lord is King for ever and ever.
19 Farasi wa Farao, magari yake ya vita na wapanda farasi wake walipoingia baharini, Bwana aliyarudisha maji ya bahari yakawafunika, lakini wana wa Israeli walipita baharini mahali pakavu.
For the horses of Pharaoh, with his war-carriages and his horsemen, went into the sea, and the Lord sent the waters of the sea back over them; but the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land.
20 Kisha Miriamu yule nabii mke, ndugu yake Aroni, akachukua matari mkononi mwake na wanawake wote wakamfuata na matari yao wakicheza.
And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.
21 Miriamu akawaimbia: “Mwimbieni Bwana, kwa maana ametukuka sana. Farasi na mpanda farasi amewatosa baharini.”
And Miriam, answering, said, Make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory; the horse and the horseman he has sent into the sea.
22 Kisha Mose akawaongoza Israeli kutoka Bahari ya Shamu na kuingia katika Jangwa la Shuri. Kwa siku tatu walisafiri jangwani bila kupata maji.
Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.
23 Walipofika Mara, hawakuweza kunywa maji yake kwa sababu yalikuwa machungu. (Ndiyo sababu mahali hapo panaitwa Mara)
And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.
24 Kwa hiyo watu wakamnungʼunikia Mose, wakisema, “Tunywe nini?”
And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?
25 Ndipo Mose akamlilia Bwana, naye Bwana akamwonyesha kipande cha mti. Akakitupa ndani ya maji, nayo maji yakawa matamu. Huko Bwana akawapa amri na sheria na huko akawajaribu.
And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;
26 Mungu akasema, “Kama mkisikiliza kwa bidii sauti ya Bwana Mungu wenu na kuyafanya yaliyo sawa machoni pake, kama mkiyatii maagizo yake na kuzishika amri zake zote, sitaleta juu yenu ugonjwa wowote niliowaletea Wamisri, kwa kuwa Mimi ndimi Bwana, niwaponyaye.”
And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.
27 Kisha wakafika Elimu, mahali palipokuwa na chemchemi kumi na mbili, na miti sabini ya mitende, wakapiga kambi huko karibu na maji.
And they came to Elim where there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees: and they put up their tents there by the waters.
