Kutoka 15
1 Ndipo Mose na Waisraeli wakamwimbia Bwana wimbo huu: “Nitamwimbia Bwana, kwa kuwa ametukuzwa sana. Farasi na mpanda farasi amewatosa baharini.
Then, sang Moses, and the sons of Israel, this song unto Yahweh, and they spake, saying, —I will sing to Yahweh, for he is exalted, exalted, —The horse and his rider, hath he cast 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.
My might and melody, is Yah, And he became mine, by salvation, —This, is my GOD, and I will glorify him, The God of my father and I will set him on high.
3 Bwana ni shujaa wa vita; Bwana ndilo jina lake.
Yahweh is a warlike one, —Yahweh, 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.
The chariots of Pharaoh and his train, hath he cast into the sea, —Yea, the choice of his warriors, were sunk in the Sedgy Sea.
5 Maji yenye kina yamewafunika, wamezama mpaka vilindini kama jiwe.
Roaring deeps, covered them, —They went down in the raging depths like a stone.
6 “Mkono wako wa kuume, Ee Bwana ulitukuka kwa uweza. Mkono wako wa kuume, Ee Bwana, ukamponda adui.
Thy right hand, O Yahweh is splendid in power, —Thy right hand, O Yahweh dasheth in pieces a foe;
7 Katika ukuu wa utukufu wako, ukawaangusha chini wale waliokupinga. Uliachia hasira yako kali, ikawateketeza kama kapi.
And in the greatness of thine exaltation, dost thou tear down thine opposers, —Thou dost send forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as straw;
8 Kwa pumzi ya pua zako maji yalijilundika. Mawimbi ya maji yakasimama imara kama ukuta, vilindi vikagandamana ndani ya moyo wa bahari.
And with the blast of thy nostrils, heaped up are the waters, Upreared like a mound, are the flowing waves, —Roaring deeps are congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 “Adui alijivuna, ‘Nitawafuatia, nitawapata. Nitagawanya nyara; nitajishibisha kwa wao. Nitafuta upanga wangu na mkono wangu utawaangamiza.’
Said the foe—I will pursue—overtake divide spoil, —Take her fill of them—shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out—shall my hand.
10 Lakini ulipuliza kwa pumzi yako, bahari ikawafunika. Wakazama kama risasi kwenye maji makuu.
Thou didst blow with thy wind they were covered by the sea, —They rolled like lead, into the waters so wide.
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 unto thee, among the mighty O Yahweh? Who is, like unto thee, Majestic in holiness, —To be revered in praises, Doing a marvellous thing?
12 Uliunyoosha mkono wako wa kuume na nchi ikawameza.
Thou didst stretch forth thy right hand, earth swallowed them up.
13 “Katika upendo wako usiokoma utawaongoza watu uliowakomboa. Katika nguvu zako utawaongoza mpaka makao yako matakatifu.
Thou hast led forth in thy lovingkindness, the people which thou hast redeemed, —Thou hast guided them in thy might into the home of thy holiness.
14 Mataifa watasikia na kutetemeka, uchungu utawakamata watu wa Ufilisti.
Peoples have heard they tremble, —A pang, hath seized the dwellers of Philistia:
15 Wakuu wa Edomu wataogopa, viongozi wa Moabu watatetemeka kwa hofu, watu wa Kanaani watayeyuka,
Then, were amazed the chiefs of Edom, The mighty ones of Moab, there seizeth them, a trembling, —Melted away, have all the dwellers of Canaan:
16 vitisho na hofu vitawaangukia. Kwa nguvu ya mkono wako watatulia kama jiwe, mpaka watu wako waishe kupita, Ee Bwana, mpaka watu uliowanunua wapite.
There falleth upon them a terror and dread, With the greatness of thine arm, are they struck dumb as a stone, —Till thy people pass over O Yahweh, Till the people pass over, which thou hast made thine own: —
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.
Thou bringest them in and plantest them, In the mountain of thine inheritance, Thy dwelling-place to abide in which thou hast made, O Yahweh, —A hallowed place O My Lord which thy hands have established.
18 Bwana atatawala milele na milele.”
Yahweh, shall reign unto times age-abiding and beyond.
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 chariots and his horsemen, entered into the sea, Then did Yahweh bring back upon them the waters of the sea, —But the sons of Israel, had gone their way on the dry ground through the midst of the sea.
20 Kisha Miriamu yule nabii mke, ndugu yake Aroni, akachukua matari mkononi mwake na wanawake wote wakamfuata na matari yao wakicheza.
Then took Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron the timbrel in her hand, —and all the women came forth after her with timbrels and dances,
21 Miriamu akawaimbia: “Mwimbieni Bwana, kwa maana ametukuka sana. Farasi na mpanda farasi amewatosa baharini.”
And Miriam responded to the men, Sing to Yahweh for he is exalted—exalted, The horse and his rider, hath he cast 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.
And Moses caused Israel to break up from the Red Sea, and they went out into the desert of Shur, —and journeyed three days in the desert and found no water;
23 Walipofika Mara, hawakuweza kunywa maji yake kwa sababu yalikuwa machungu. (Ndiyo sababu mahali hapo panaitwa Mara)
and, when they came in towards Marah they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter, —for this cause, was the name thereof called Marah.
24 Kwa hiyo watu wakamnungʼunikia Mose, wakisema, “Tunywe nini?”
So the people murmured against Moses—saying, What are we to 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 he made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh pointed out a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet, —There, he appointed him a statute and regulation And, there, he put him to the proof.
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 thou, wilt indeed hearken, to the voice of Yahweh thy God, And the thing that is right in his eyes, thou wilt do, And so give ear to his commandments, And keep all his statutes, None of the sicknesses which I laid on the Egyptians, will I lay upon thee, For, I, am Yahweh, thy physician.
27 Kisha wakafika Elimu, mahali palipokuwa na chemchemi kumi na mbili, na miti sabini ya mitende, wakapiga kambi huko karibu na maji.
Then came they in to Elim, and there, were twelve fountains of water and seventy palm-trees, —so they encamped there, by the waters.
