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 (A)(B) (C) Moses and the Israelites sang this song in praise of the Lord:

I sing praises to the Lord
    for his great victory!
He has thrown the horses
and their riders
    into the sea.
(D) The Lord is my strength,
the reason for my song,
    because he has saved me.
I praise and honor the Lord
he is my God and the God
    of my ancestors.
The Lord is his name,
    and he is a warrior!
He threw the chariots and army
of Egypt's king[a]
    into the Red Sea,[b]
and he drowned the best
    of the king's officers.
They sank to the bottom
    just like stones.

With the tremendous force
of your right arm, our Lord,
    you crushed your enemies.
What a great victory was yours,
when you defeated everyone
    who opposed you.
Your fiery anger wiped them out,
    as though they were straw.
You were so furious
that the sea piled up
    like a wall,
and the ocean depths
    curdled like cheese.

Your enemies boasted
    that they would
pursue and capture us,
divide up our possessions,
treat us as they wished,
then take out their swords
    and kill us right there.
10 But when you got furious,
they sank like lead,
    swallowed by ocean waves.

11 Our Lord, no other gods
compare with you—
    Majestic and holy!
    Fearsome and glorious!
    Miracle worker!
12 When you signaled
    with your right hand,
your enemies were swallowed
    deep into the earth.

13 The people you rescued
were led by your powerful love
    to your holy place.
14 Nations learned of this
    and trembled—
Philistines shook with horror.
15 The leaders of Edom and of Moab
    were terrified.
Everyone in Canaan fainted,
16     struck down by fear.
Our Lord, your powerful arm
    kept them still as a rock
until the people you rescued
to be your very own
    had marched by.

17 You will let your people settle
    on your own mountain,
where you chose to live
    and to be worshiped.
18 Our Lord, you will rule forever!

The Song of Miriam

19 The Lord covered the royal Egyptian cavalry and chariots with the sea, after the Israelites had walked safely through on dry ground. 20 Miriam the sister of Aaron was a prophet. So she took her tambourine and led the other women out to play their tambourines and to dance. 21 Then she sang to them:

“Sing praises to the Lord
    for his great victory!
He has thrown the horses
and their riders into the sea.”

Bitter Water at Marah

22 After the Israelites left the Red Sea,[c] Moses led them through the Shur Desert for three days, before finding water. 23 They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.[d] 24 The people complained and said, “Moses, what are we going to drink?”

25 (E) Moses asked the Lord for help, and the Lord told him to throw a certain piece of wood into the water. Moses did so, and the water became fit to drink.

At Marah the Lord tested his people and also gave them some laws and teachings. 26 Then he said, “I am the Lord your God, and I cure your diseases. If you obey me by doing right and by following my laws and teachings, I won't punish you with the diseases I sent on the Egyptians.”

27 Later the Israelites came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and 70 palm trees. So they camped there.

Footnotes

  1. 15.4 Egypt's king: See the note at 1.11.
  2. 15.4 Red Sea: See the note at 13.18.
  3. 15.22 Red Sea: See the note at 13.18.
  4. 15.23 Marah … name: In Hebrew “Marah” means “bitter.”