摩西颂赞耶和华

15 那时,摩西和以色列人便歌颂耶和华说:

“我要歌颂耶和华,
因祂大获全胜,
祂把战马骑兵都卷入海中。
耶和华是我的力量,我的诗歌,
也成了我的拯救;
祂是我的上帝,我要赞美祂;
祂是我父亲的上帝,我要尊崇祂。
耶和华是战士,
祂名叫耶和华。
祂把法老的战车和全军都抛进海中,
法老的优秀将领都葬身于红海,
大水淹没他们,
他们如同石块沉入深海。
耶和华啊,你大能的右手显出荣耀;
耶和华啊,你的右手击碎仇敌。
你大显威严,击倒那些起来对抗你的人;
你大发雷霆,他们便像枯草遇火,
一烧而尽。
你的鼻孔一呼气,海水便堆聚起来,
洪涛便堆起水墙,海底深处也都凝固。
敌人说,‘追啊,追上他们,
瓜分他们的财物,尽情地掳掠他们,
拔出刀来把他们斩尽杀绝。’
10 你叫风一吹,海水就淹没他们,
他们好像铅块一样沉没在怒海中。
11 耶和华啊,万神之中,谁能像你?
谁能像你——威严神圣,
可颂可畏,广行神迹?
12 你伸出右手,大地便吞灭他们。
13 你以不变的爱引领你所救赎的子民,
以大能带他们进入你的圣所。
14 各邦各族听见这些事就发抖,
非利士人也痛苦不堪,
15 以东的族长惶恐,
摩押的英雄颤栗,
迦南的居民都胆战心惊。
16 惊骇恐惧笼罩着他们。
耶和华啊,
你臂膀的大能吓得他们僵立如石,
直到你的子民都安然走过,
直到你买赎的子民都安然走过。
17 耶和华啊,
你要带领自己的子民到你的山上安居——
到你为自己所造的住处,
主啊,到你亲手建的圣所。

18 “耶和华必做王,直到永永远远。”

19 法老的战车和骑兵追到海中,耶和华使海水回流淹没他们,以色列人却在海中踏着干地走到对岸。 20 亚伦的姐姐米利暗是个先知,她手拿小鼓,带领妇女击鼓跳舞, 21 唱道:“要歌颂耶和华,因祂大获全胜,把马和骑兵都抛进海中。”

苦水

22 摩西带领以色列人离开红海,来到书珥旷野,走了三天仍然找不到水喝。 23 到了玛拉,那里的水却是苦的,不能喝。因此那地方叫玛拉[a] 24 百姓就埋怨摩西说:“我们喝什么呢?” 25 摩西向耶和华呼求,耶和华就指示他把一棵树丢在水中,使水变得甘甜。耶和华又在玛拉给百姓订下一些律例和法令,并在那里试验他们, 26 说:“你们若留心听你们上帝耶和华的话,做我视为正的事,遵守我所订下的律例,我就不把降在埃及的疾病加在你们身上,因为我耶和华是医治你们的上帝。”

27 到了以琳,那里有十二股水泉和七十棵棕树,他们就在水边安营。

Footnotes

  1. 15:23 玛拉”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

Le cantique de délivrance

15 Alors Moïse et les Israélites entonnèrent ce cantique[a] en l’honneur de l’Eternel :

Je veux chanter pour l’Eternel,
il a fait éclater sa gloire,
il a culbuté dans la mer ╵le cheval et son cavalier.
L’Eternel est ma force, ╵il est le sujet de mes chants[b],
il m’a sauvé,
il est mon Dieu, je le louerai
et je l’exalterai, ╵lui, le Dieu de mon père[c].
L’Eternel est un grand guerrier,
l’Eternel est son nom.
Les chars du pharaon ╵et toute son armée,
il les a jetés à la mer,
l’élite de ses combattants
a été engloutie ╵dans la mer des Roseaux,
et les flots les ont recouverts.
Ils ont coulé comme une pierre ╵dans les profondeurs de l’abîme.
Ton bras droit, Eternel,
a fait éclater sa puissance,
ton bras droit, Eternel,
écrase l’ennemi.
Dans ta gloire éclatante,
tu renverses tes adversaires,
tu déchaînes contre eux ╵le feu de ta colère
et ils sont consumés ╵comme des brins de paille.
Sous l’action de ton souffle[d],
les eaux se sont amoncelées,
les flots se sont dressés ╵comme un rempart,
et ils se sont figés ╵au milieu de la mer.
L’ennemi se disait :
Je les pourchasserai ╵et je les atteindrai,
je m’emparerai d’un butin,
je m’en rassasierai,
je tirerai l’épée,
je me saisirai d’eux.
10 Tu as soufflé,
et la mer les a recouverts !
Ils se sont enfoncés ╵comme des blocs de plomb
dans les puissantes eaux.
11 Qui, parmi tous les dieux, ╵ô Eternel, ╵qui est semblable à toi ?
Et qui est, comme toi, ╵paré de sainteté,
et redoutable, ╵et digne de louanges,
opérant des prodiges ?
12 Tu étends ton bras droit,
et la terre engloutit ╵nos poursuivants.
13 Dans ton amour, ╵tu as conduit ce peuple
que tu as libéré
et tu l’as dirigé ╵par ta grande puissance
vers ta demeure sainte[e].
14 Les peuples l’ont appris ╵et ils en ont tremblé.
La terreur a saisi
les gens de Philistie.
15 Déjà les chefs d’Edom
en sont épouvantés,
les princes de Moab
se mettent à trembler,
tous les Cananéens ╵en perdent le courage[f].
16 L’angoisse et la panique
s’abattent sur eux tous.
Ton action extraordinaire
les a tous pétrifiés,
jusqu’à ce qu’ait passé ╵ton peuple, ô Eternel !
Jusqu’à ce qu’ait passé ╵ce peuple que tu t’es acquis.
17 Tu les amèneras ╵et tu les planteras
sur la montagne ╵qui t’appartient,
au lieu que tu destines ╵à être ta demeure, ╵ô Eternel,
jusqu’à ton sanctuaire, ╵ô Eternel
que tes mains ont fondé.
18 L’Eternel régnera ╵à perpétuité !

19 En effet, les chevaux du pharaon, ses chars et ceux qui les montaient s’étaient engagés dans la mer, et l’Eternel avait fait refluer l’eau sur eux tandis que les Israélites avaient traversé la mer à pied sec.

20 Miryam, la prophétesse, sœur d’Aaron, prit le tambourin, et toutes les femmes la suivirent en dansant et en jouant des tambourins.

21 Miryam entonna, en réponse aux Israélites :

Chantez pour l’Eternel :
il a fait éclater sa gloire,
il a culbuté dans la mer
le cheval et son cavalier.

De la mer des Roseaux au mont Sinaï

A Mara : le peuple se désaltère

22 Sur ordre de Moïse, Israël quitta la mer des Roseaux et prit la direction du désert de Shour[g]. Ils marchèrent pendant trois jours dans le désert sans trouver de point d’eau. 23 Ils arrivèrent à Mara[h] où il y avait de l’eau, mais ils ne purent pas en boire parce qu’elle était amère – d’où le nom de Mara (Amertume). 24 Alors le peuple se plaignit de Moïse en disant : Qu’allons-nous boire ?

25 Moïse implora l’Eternel, qui lui indiqua un bois d’une certaine espèce qu’il jeta dans l’eau, et l’eau devint potable.

C’est à cet endroit que l’Eternel donna au peuple des préceptes et un code de droit ; là aussi il le mit à l’épreuve. 26 Il leur dit : Si vous écoutez attentivement l’Eternel votre Dieu, et si vous faites ce qui est droit à ses yeux, si vous êtes attentifs à ses commandements et si vous obéissez à toutes ses lois, je ne vous infligerai aucune des maladies dont j’ai frappé les Egyptiens ; car je suis l’Eternel qui vous apporte la guérison.

27 Ensuite, les Israélites arrivèrent à Elim[i] où il y avait douze sources d’eau et soixante-dix palmiers. Ils campèrent là près de l’eau.

Footnotes

  1. 15.1 Voir Ap 15.3.
  2. 15.2 il est le sujet de mes chants: autre traduction : ma protection.
  3. 15.2 Cité au Ps 118.14 ; Es 12.2.
  4. 15.8 L’auteur joue sans doute ici avec les différents sens du mot hébreu : souffle, vent (voir 14.21), Esprit.
  5. 15.13 Peut-être une désignation de la Terre promise (voir v. 17) ou du sanctuaire qui y sera dressé à l’endroit que l’Eternel choisira (Dt 12.14, 18, 26 ; 14.25 ; 16.7, 15-16 ; 17.8, 10 ; 18.6 ; 31.11) pour y faire résider son Nom (Dt 12.5, 11, 21 ; 14.23-24 ; 16.2, 6, 11 ; 26.2).
  6. 15.15 La Philistie (v. 14), Edom, Moab, Canaan sont énumérés dans l’ordre qu’Israël devra suivre pour se rendre du Sinaï à la Terre promise.
  7. 15.22 A l’est de l’Egypte (Gn 25.18 ; 1 S 15.7) dans la partie nord-ouest de la presqu’île du Sinaï ; appelé désert d’Etham dans Nb 33.8.
  8. 15.23 A environ 80 kilomètres au sud de la pointe nord du golfe de Suez, sur sa rive orientale.
  9. 15.27 Au sud de Mara.

The Song of Moses and Miriam

15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song(A) to the Lord:

“I will sing(B) to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver(C)
    he has hurled into the sea.(D)

“The Lord is my strength(E) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(F)
He is my God,(G) and I will praise him,
    my father’s God, and I will exalt(H) him.
The Lord is a warrior;(I)
    the Lord is his name.(J)
Pharaoh’s chariots and his army(K)
    he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
    are drowned in the Red Sea.[b]
The deep waters(L) have covered them;
    they sank to the depths like a stone.(M)
Your right hand,(N) Lord,
    was majestic in power.
Your right hand,(O) Lord,
    shattered(P) the enemy.

“In the greatness of your majesty(Q)
    you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;(R)
    it consumed(S) them like stubble.
By the blast of your nostrils(T)
    the waters piled up.(U)
The surging waters stood up like a wall;(V)
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.(W)
The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(X) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(Y)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(Z)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(AA)
11 Who among the gods
    is like you,(AB) Lord?
Who is like you—
    majestic in holiness,(AC)
awesome in glory,(AD)
    working wonders?(AE)

12 “You stretch out(AF) your right hand,
    and the earth swallows your enemies.(AG)
13 In your unfailing love you will lead(AH)
    the people you have redeemed.(AI)
In your strength you will guide them
    to your holy dwelling.(AJ)
14 The nations will hear and tremble;(AK)
    anguish(AL) will grip the people of Philistia.(AM)
15 The chiefs(AN) of Edom(AO) will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,(AP)
the people[c] of Canaan will melt(AQ) away;
16     terror(AR) and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone(AS)
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought[d](AT) pass by.(AU)
17 You will bring(AV) them in and plant(AW) them
    on the mountain(AX) of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,(AY)
    the sanctuary,(AZ) Lord, your hands established.

18 “The Lord reigns
    for ever and ever.”(BA)

19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[e] went into the sea,(BB) the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.(BC) 20 Then Miriam(BD) the prophet,(BE) Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels(BF) and dancing.(BG) 21 Miriam sang(BH) to them:

“Sing to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver(BI)
    he has hurled into the sea.”(BJ)

The Waters of Marah and Elim

22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert(BK) of Shur.(BL) For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.(BM) 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.[f](BN)) 24 So the people grumbled(BO) against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”(BP)

25 Then Moses cried out(BQ) to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw(BR) it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.

There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.(BS) 26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep(BT) all his decrees,(BU) I will not bring on you any of the diseases(BV) I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals(BW) you.”

27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped(BX) there near the water.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:2 Or song
  2. Exodus 15:4 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 22
  3. Exodus 15:15 Or rulers
  4. Exodus 15:16 Or created
  5. Exodus 15:19 Or charioteers
  6. Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitter.