摩西頌讚耶和華

15 那時,摩西和以色列人便歌頌耶和華說:

「我要歌頌耶和華,
因祂大獲全勝,
祂把戰馬騎兵都捲入海中。
耶和華是我的力量,我的詩歌,
也成了我的拯救;
祂是我的上帝,我要讚美祂;
祂是我父親的上帝,我要尊崇祂。
耶和華是戰士,
祂名叫耶和華。
祂把法老的戰車和全軍都拋進海中,
法老的優秀將領都葬身於紅海,
大水淹沒他們,
他們如同石塊沉入深海。
耶和華啊,你大能的右手顯出榮耀;
耶和華啊,你的右手擊碎仇敵。
你大顯威嚴,擊倒那些起來對抗你的人;
你大發雷霆,他們便像枯草遇火,
一燒而盡。
你的鼻孔一呼氣,海水便堆聚起來,
洪濤便堆起水牆,海底深處也都凝固。
敵人說,『追啊,追上他們,
瓜分他們的財物,盡情地擄掠他們,
拔出刀來把他們斬盡殺絕。』
10 你叫風一吹,海水就淹沒他們,
他們好像鉛塊一樣沉沒在怒海中。
11 耶和華啊,萬神之中,誰能像你?
誰能像你——威嚴神聖,
可頌可畏,廣行神蹟?
12 你伸出右手,大地便吞滅他們。
13 你以不變的愛引領你所救贖的子民,
以大能帶他們進入你的聖所。
14 各邦各族聽見這些事就發抖,
非利士人也痛苦不堪,
15 以東的族長惶恐,
摩押的英雄顫慄,
迦南的居民都膽戰心驚。
16 驚駭恐懼籠罩著他們。
耶和華啊,
你臂膀的大能嚇得他們僵立如石,
直到你的子民都安然走過,
直到你買贖的子民都安然走過。
17 耶和華啊,
你要帶領自己的子民到你的山上安居——
到你為自己所造的住處,
主啊,到你親手建的聖所。

18 「耶和華必做王,直到永永遠遠。」

19 法老的戰車和騎兵追到海中,耶和華使海水回流淹沒他們,以色列人卻在海中踏著乾地走到對岸。 20 亞倫的姐姐米利暗是個先知,她手拿小鼓,帶領婦女擊鼓跳舞, 21 唱道:「要歌頌耶和華,因祂大獲全勝,把馬和騎兵都拋進海中。」

苦水

22 摩西帶領以色列人離開紅海,來到書珥曠野,走了三天仍然找不到水喝。 23 到了瑪拉,那裡的水卻是苦的,不能喝。因此那地方叫瑪拉[a] 24 百姓就埋怨摩西說:「我們喝什麼呢?」 25 摩西向耶和華呼求,耶和華就指示他把一棵樹丟在水中,使水變得甘甜。耶和華又在瑪拉給百姓定下一些律例和法令,並在那裡試驗他們, 26 說:「你們若留心聽你們上帝耶和華的話,做我視為正的事,遵守我所定下的律例,我就不把降在埃及的疾病加在你們身上,因為我耶和華是醫治你們的上帝。」

27 到了以琳,那裡有十二股水泉和七十棵棕樹,他們就在水邊安營。

Footnotes

  1. 15·23 瑪拉」意思是「苦」。

The Song of Moses

15 Then Moses and the people of Israel (A)sang this song to the Lord, saying,

(B)“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
    the horse and his rider[a] he has thrown into the sea.
(C)The Lord is my strength and my (D)song,
    and he has become (E)my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
    (F)my father's God, and (G)I will exalt him.
The Lord is (H)a man of war;
    (I)the Lord is his name.

(J)“Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
    and his chosen (K)officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
The (L)floods covered them;
    they (M)went down into the depths like a stone.
(N)Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,
    your right hand, O Lord, (O)shatters the enemy.
In the (P)greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
    you send out your fury; it (Q)consumes them like stubble.
At the (R)blast of your nostrils the waters piled up;
    the (S)floods stood up in a heap;
    the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
The enemy said, (T)‘I will pursue, I will overtake,
    I (U)will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
    I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’
10 You (V)blew with your wind; the (W)sea covered them;
    they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11 (X)“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
    Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
    awesome in (Y)glorious deeds, (Z)doing wonders?
12 You stretched out (AA)your right hand;
    the earth swallowed them.

13 “You have (AB)led in your steadfast love the people whom (AC)you have redeemed;
    you have (AD)guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
14 (AE)The peoples have heard; they tremble;
    pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Now are the chiefs of Edom (AF)dismayed;
    trembling seizes the leaders of (AG)Moab;
    (AH)all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16 Terror and (AI)dread fall upon them;
    because of the greatness of your arm, they are still (AJ)as a stone,
till your people, O Lord, pass by,
    till the people pass by whom (AK)you have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and (AL)plant them on your own mountain,
    the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode,
    (AM)the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
18 (AN)The Lord will reign forever and ever.”

19 For when (AO)the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, (AP)the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then (AQ)Miriam (AR)the prophetess, the (AS)sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and (AT)all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them:

(AU)“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Bitter Water Made Sweet

22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of (AV)Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to (AW)Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.[b] 24 And the people (AX)grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he (AY)cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log,[c] and he (AZ)threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord[d] made for them a statute and a rule, and there he (BA)tested them, 26 saying, (BB)“If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the (BC)diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, (BD)your healer.”

27 Then (BE)they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:1 Or its chariot; also verse 21
  2. Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitterness
  3. Exodus 15:25 Or tree
  4. Exodus 15:25 Hebrew he

15 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.

Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.

19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

25 And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.