Kutoka 14
1 Yahweh akasema na Musa na kumwambia,
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 “Waambie Waisraeli wageuke na kueka kambi mbele ya Pi Hahirothi, katikati ya Migdoli na bahari, mbele ya Baali Zefoni. Wapaswa kueka kambi pembenni ya Pi Hahirothi.
Give orders to the children of Israel to go back and put up their tents before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon, opposite to which you are to put up your tents by the sea.
3 Farao atasema kuhusu Waisraeli, 'Wanaangaika kwenye nchi. Nyikani imewafunika.'
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.
4 Nitaufanya moyo wa Farao mgumu, na yeye ata wakimbiza. Nitapata utukufu kwasababu ya Farao na jeshi lake lote. Wamisri watajua mimi ni Yahweh.” Kisha Waisraeli wakaeka kambi kama walivyo elekezwa.
And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and he will come after them and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians may see that I am the Lord. And they did so.
5 Mfalme wa Misri alipo ambiwa Waisraeli wametoroka, nia ya Farao na watumishi wake ikageuka dhidi ya watu. Wakasema, “Tumefanya nini kwa kuwaacha Waisraeli waende huru na wasitutumikie?”
And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?
6 Kisha Farao akachukuwa magari yake ya farasi na jeshi lake.
So he had his war-carriage made ready and took his people with him:
7 Alichukuwa magari ya farasi mia sita imara na magari yote ya farasi ya Misri, pamoja na maafisa wa hayo magari.
And he took six hundred carriages, all the carriages of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
8 Yahweh akafanya mgumu moyo wa Farao, mfalme wa Misri, na mfalme akawafukuzia Waisraeli. Sasa Waisraeli waliondoka kwa shangwe.
And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.
9 Lakini Wamisri wali wafukuzia, pamoja na farasi na magari ya farasi, wapanda farasi, na jeshi lake. Walikuta Waisraeli wameeka kambi pembezoni mwa bahari kati ya Pi Hahirothi na Baali Zefoni.
But the Egyptians went after them, all the horses and carriages of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them in their tents by the sea, by Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10 Farao alipo karibia, Waisraeli walitaza juu na kushangaa. Wamisri walikuwa wakija kwao, na waliogopa. Waisraeli walimlilia Yahweh.
And when Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians coming after them, and were full of fear; and their cry went up to God.
11 Walimwambia Musa, “Ni kwasababu hakukuwa na makaburi Misri, hadi umetuleta tufe huku nyikani? Kwanini umetutendea hivi, kwa kututoa Misri?
And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?
12 Hili si ndilo tulilo kwambia Misri? Tulikwambia, 'Utuache, ili tuwafanyie Wamisri kazi.' Ingekuwa bora kwetu sisi kuwafanyia kazi kuliko kufa nyikani.”
Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.
13 Musa akawaambia watu, “Msiogope. Simameni imara na muone wokovu Yahweh atakao uleta kwenu leo. Kwa maana hamtawaona tena Wamisri mnao waona leo.
But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.
14 Yahweh ata wapigania, na ninyi mtasima imara.”
The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.
15 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Kwanini wewe, Musa, unaendelea kuniita mimi? Waambie Waisraeli waendelee mbele.
And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.
16 Nyanyua gongo lako juu, nyoosha mkono wako kuelekea baharini na uigawanye sehemu mbili, ili watu wa Israeli wapite baharini kwenye nchi kavu.
And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.
17 Jitahadharishe kuwa nitafanya mioyo ya Wamisri kuwa migumu ili wawafuate. Nitapata utukufu kwasababu ya Farao na jeshi lake lote, magari yake ya farasi, na wapanda farasi.
And I will make the heart of the Egyptians hard, and they will go in after them: and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and over his army, his war-carriages, and his horsemen.
18 Kisha Wamisri watajua kuwa mimi ni Yahweh nitakapo pata utukufu kwasababu ya Farao, magari yake ya farasi, na wapanda farasi wake.”
And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when I get honour over Pharaoh and his war-carriages and his horsemen.
19 Malaika wa Mungu, aliyeenda mbele ya Waisraeli, aliama na kwenda nyuma yao. Nguzo ya wingu ili sogea mbele yao na kwenda kusimama nyumba yao.
Then the angel of God, who had been before the tents of Israel, took his place at their back; and the pillar of cloud, moving from before them, came to rest at their back:
20 Wingu lilikuja katikati ya kambi ya Misri na kambi ya Israeli. Lilikuwa wingu jeusi kwa Wamisri, lakini liliangaza usiku kwa ajili ya Waisraeli, hivyo upande mmoja haukuweza kuja karibu ya mwingine usiku wote.
And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.
21 Musa akanyoosha mkono wake kuelekea bahari. Yahweh akasogeza bahari nyuma kwa upepo mkali wa mashariki usiku huo wote na kufanya bahari nchi kavu. Kwa namna hii maji yaligawanyika.
And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.
22 Waisraeli walienda katikati ya bahari kwa nchi kavu. Maji yaliunda ukuta mkono wao wa kulia na mkono wao wa kushoto.
And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.
23 Wamisri waka wafukuzia. Wali wafuata hadi katikati ya bahari - farasi wote wa Farao, magari ya farasi, na wapanda farasi.
Then the Egyptians went after them into the middle of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses and his war-carriages and his horsemen.
24 Lakini masaa ya mapema ya asubui, Yahweh alitazama chini jeshi la Wamisri kupitia nguzo ya moto na wingu. Alisababisha hofu miongoni mwa Wamisri.
And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;
25 Magari yao ya farasi yalikuwa yana kwama matairi, na wapanda farasi waliendesha kwa ugumu. Hivyo Wamisri walisema, “Acha tuwakimbie Waisraeli, kwa kuwa Yahweh anawapigania dhidi yetu.”
And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.
26 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nyoosha mkono kuelekea bahari ili maji yawarudie Wamisri, magari yao ya farasi, na wapanda farasi wao.”
And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the sea, and the waters will come back again on the Egyptians, and on their war-carriages and on their horsemen.
27 Hivyo Musa akanyoosha mkono wake kuelekea bahari, na ikarudi kwenye hali yake ya kawaida palipo pambazuka. Wamisri walikimbilia ndani ya bahari, na Yahweh akawaingiza Wamisri katikati ndani yake.
And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
28 Maji yakarudi na kufunika magari ya farasi ya Farao, wapanda farasi, na jeshi lake lote lililo fuata magari ya farasi kwenye bahari. Hakuna aliyepona.
And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen.
29 Walakini, Waisraeli walitembea kwenye nchi kavu katikati ya bahari. Maji yalikuwa ukuta kwao mkono wa kulia na mkono wa kushoto.
But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.
30 Hivyo Yahweh akaokoa Israeli hiyo siku kutoka mkono wa Wamisri, na Israeli ikaona maiti za Wamisri ufukweni.
So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.
31 Israeli ilipoona nguvu kubwa Yahweh aliyo itumia dhidi ya Wamisri, watu walimsifu Yahweh, na kumwamini Yahweh na mtumishi wake Musa.
And Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done against the Egyptians, and the fear of the Lord came on the people and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
