Kutoka 15
1 Kisha Musa na watu wa Israeli wakaimba hii nyimbo kwa Yahweh. Waliimba, “Nitaimba kwa Yahweh, kwa kuwa ameshinda kwa utukufu; farasi na dereva wake amewatupa kwenye bahari.
Then Moses sings—and the sons of Israel—this song to YHWH, and they speak, saying, “I sing to YHWH, For triumphing He has triumphed; The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.
2 Yahweh ni uweza wangu na nyimbo yangu, na amekuwa wokovu wangu. Huyu ni Mungu wangu, na nitamsifu, Mungu wa baba yangu, nitamtukuza.
My strength and song is YAH, And He is become my salvation: This [is] my God, and I glorify Him; God of my father, and I exalt Him.
3 Yahweh ni shujaa; Yahweh ni jina lake.
YHWH [is] a man of battle; YHWH [is] His Name.
4 Ametupa magari ya farasi ya Farao na jeshi lake kwenye bahari. Maafisa wa Farao hodari walizama kwenye Bahari ya Shamu.
Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He has cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea!
5 Kina kiliwafunika; walienda kwenye kina kama jiwe.
The depths cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone.
6 Mkono wako wakulia, Yahweh, una nguvu ya utukufu; mkono wako, Yahweh, umewavunja adui.
Your right hand, O YHWH, Has become honorable in power; Your right hand, O YHWH, Crushes an enemy.
7 Kwa utukufu mkubwa umewapindua walio inuka dhidi yako. Umetuma gadhabu; imewateketeza kama karatasi.
And in the abundance of Your excellence You throw down Your withstanders, You send forth Your wrath—It consumes them as stubble.
8 Kwa pumzi ya pua yako maji yalijaa; maji yanayo tembea yalisimama wima na kujaa juu; maji yalikuwa manene ndani ya kilindi cha bahari.
And by the wind of Your anger Waters have been heaped together; Flowings have stood as a heap; Depths have been congealed In the heart of a sea.
9 Adui alisema, 'Nitakimbiza, nitapita, nitagawa nitakacho chukuwa; tamanio langu litatimizwa kwao; nitavuta upanga wangu; mkono wangu utawaharibu wao.'
The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; My soul is filled with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroys them—
10 Lakini ulipuliza kwa upepo wako, na bahari ikawafunika wao; walizama kama chuma nzito kwenye maji mengi.
You have blown with Your wind The sea has covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters.
11 Ni nani kama wewe, Yahweh, miongoni mwa miungu? Nani kama wewe, mtakatifu wa utukufu, katika sifa umetukuzwa, anaye fanya miujiza?
Who [is] like You among the gods, O YHWH? Who [is] like You—honorable in holiness—Fearful in praises—doing wonders?
12 Ulinyoosha mkono wako wa kulia, na dunia ikawameza.
You have stretched out Your right hand—Earth swallows them!
13 Katika uaminifu wa agano lako umewaongoza watu ulio waokoa. Katika uweza wako umewaongoza katika sehemu takatifu unayo ishi.
You have led forth in Your kindness The people whom You have redeemed. You have led on in Your strength To Your holy habitation.
14 Watu watasikia, na watatetemeka; hofu itawakumba wakazi wa Filistia.
Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain has seized inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Kisha wazee wa Edomu wataogopa; wanajeshi wa Moabu watetemeka; wakazi wote wa Kanani watayayuka.
Then chiefs of Edom have been troubled; Mighty ones of Moab—Trembling seizes them! All inhabitants of Canaan have melted!
16 Mshituko na hofu vitawaangukia. Kwasababu ya nguvu ya mkono wako, watakuwa kimya kama jiwe hadi watu wako watakapo pita, Yahweh - hadi watu ulio waokoa watakapo pita.
Terror and dread fall on them; By the greatness of Your arm They are still as a stone, Until Your people pass over, O YHWH; Until the people pass over Whom You have purchased.
17 Utawaleta na kuwapanda kwenye mlima wa urithi wako, sehemu, Yahweh, ulio jenga ya kuishi, sehemu takatifu, Bwana wetu, mikono yako iliyo jenga.
You bring them in, and plant them In a mountain of Your inheritance, A fixed place for Your dwelling You have made, O YHWH; A sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established;
18 Yahweh ata tawala milele na milele.”
YHWH reigns—[for] all time and forever!”
19 Kwa kuwa farasi wa Farao walienda na magari ya farasi na wapanda farasi kwenye bahari. Yahweh alileta maji ya bahari juu yao. Lakini Waisraeli walienda juu ya nchi kavu katikati ya bahari.
For the horse of Pharaoh has gone in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and YHWH turns back the waters of the sea on them, and the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea.
20 Miriamu nabii wa kike, dada wa Aruni, akanyanyua tari, na wanawake wote wakatoka na matari, wakicheza nae.
And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, takes the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;
21 Miriamu akawaimbia: “Muimbieni Yahweh, kwa kuwa ameshinda kwa utukufu. Farasi na mpanda farasi amewatupa baharini.
and Miriam answers to them: “Sing to YHWH, For triumphing He has triumphed; The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”
22 Kisha Musa akaongoza Israeli mbele kupita Bahari ya Shamu. Walienda nyikani ya Shuri. Walisafiri kwa siku tatu nyikani pasipo kuona maji yeyote.
And Moses causes Israel to journey from the Red Sea, and they go out to the wilderness of Shur, and they go three days in the wilderness, and have not found water,
23 Kisha wakaja Mara, lakini hawakunywa maji ya huko kwasababu yalikuwa machungu. Hivyo wakaita hiyo sehemu Mara.
and they come to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they [are] bitter; therefore [one] has called its name Marah.
24 Hivyo watu wakamlalamikia Musa na kusema, “Nini tunaweza kunywa?”
And the people murmur against Moses, saying, “What do we drink?”
25 Musa akamlilia Yahweh, na kumonyesha mti. Musa akautupa kwenye maji, na maji yakawa matamu kunywa. Ndio pale Yahweh alipowapa sheria kali, na ndio pale alipo wajaribu.
And he cries to YHWH, and YHWH shows him a tree, and he casts [it] into the waters, and the waters become sweet. He has made a statute for them there, and an ordinance, and He has tried them there,
26 Alisema, “Kama utasikiliza sauti ya Yahweh Mungu wako kwa umakini, na kufanya yalio sahihi machoni pake, na kama utatega sikio kwa amri zake na kutii sheria zake zote - sitawaekea ninyi magonjwa yale niliyo waekea Wamisri, kwa kuwa mimi ni Yahweh ninaye kuponya.”
and He says, “If you really listen to the voice of your God YHWH, and do that which is right in His eyes, and have listened to His commands, and kept all His statutes, none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on you, for I, YHWH, am healing you.”
27 Kisha watu wakaja Elimu, palipo kuwa na chemichemi kumi na mbili za maji na miti sabini ya mtende. Walieka kambi hapo pembeni ya maji.
And they come to Elim, and there [are] twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.
