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.

Cántico triunfal de Moisés

15 Entonces Moisés y los hijos de Israel cantaron este cántico(A) al Señor, y dijeron[a]:

Canto al Señor porque ha triunfado gloriosamente[b](B);
al caballo y a su jinete ha arrojado al mar(C).
Mi fortaleza y mi canción es el Señor[c],
y ha sido para mí salvación(D);
este es mi Dios(E), y le glorificaré,
el Dios de mi padre(F), y le ensalzaré(G).
El Señor es fuerte guerrero(H);
el Señor[d] es su nombre(I).
Los carros de Faraón y su ejército arrojó al mar(J),
y los mejores de sus oficiales se ahogaron[e] en el mar Rojo[f].
Los abismos los cubren;
descendieron a las profundidades como una piedra(K).
Tu diestra, oh Señor, es majestuosa en poder(L);
tu diestra, oh Señor, destroza al enemigo(M).
En la grandeza de tu excelencia[g] derribas a los que se levantan contra ti(N);
envías tu furor, y los consumes como paja(O).
Al soplo de tu aliento[h] se amontonaron las aguas(P),
se juntaron las corrientes como en un montón(Q);
se cuajaron los abismos en el corazón del mar.
El enemigo dijo: «Perseguiré, alcanzaré(R), repartiré el despojo(S);
se cumplirá mi deseo contra[i] ellos;
sacaré mi espada, los destruirá mi mano».
10 Soplaste con tu viento, los cubrió el mar(T);
se hundieron como plomo en las aguas poderosas[j](U).
11 ¿Quién como tú entre los dioses, oh Señor(V)?
¿Quién como tú, majestuoso en santidad(W),
temible en las alabanzas(X), haciendo maravillas(Y)?
12 Extendiste tu diestra(Z),
los tragó la tierra.
13 En tu misericordia has guiado al pueblo(AA) que has redimido(AB);
con tu poder los has guiado a tu santa morada(AC).
14 Lo han oído los pueblos y tiemblan(AD);
el pavor se ha apoderado de los habitantes de Filistea.
15 Entonces se turbaron los príncipes de Edom(AE);
los valientes[k] de Moab se sobrecogieron de temblor(AF);
se acobardaron[l] todos los habitantes de Canaán(AG).
16 Terror y espanto cae sobre ellos(AH);
por la grandeza de tu brazo quedan inmóviles, como piedra(AI),
hasta que tu pueblo pasa, oh Señor,
hasta que pasa el pueblo que tú has comprado(AJ).
17 Tú los traerás(AK) y los plantarás(AL) en el monte de tu heredad(AM),
el lugar que has hecho para tu morada, oh Señor(AN),
el santuario, oh Señor, que tus manos han establecido(AO).
18 El Señor reinará para siempre jamás(AP).

19 Porque los caballos de Faraón con sus carros y sus jinetes entraron en el mar, y el Señor hizo volver sobre ellos las aguas del mar(AQ); pero los hijos de Israel anduvieron por en medio del mar(AR) sobre tierra seca. 20 Y Miriam la profetisa, hermana de Aarón(AS), tomó en su mano el pandero(AT), y todas las mujeres salieron tras ella con panderos y danzas(AU). 21 Y Miriam les respondía:

Cantad al Señor porque ha triunfado gloriosamente[m];
al caballo y su jinete ha arrojado al mar(AV).

Las aguas de Mara

22 Moisés hizo partir a Israel(AW) del mar Rojo[n], y salieron hacia el desierto(AX) de Shur(AY); anduvieron tres días en el desierto y no encontraron agua. 23 Cuando llegaron a Mara(AZ) no pudieron beber las aguas de Mara porque eran amargas[o]; por tanto al lugar le pusieron el nombre de Mara[p]. 24 Y murmuró el pueblo contra Moisés(BA), diciendo: ¿Qué beberemos? 25 Entonces él clamó al Señor(BB), y el Señor le mostró un árbol(BC); y él lo echó en las aguas, y las aguas se volvieron dulces. Y Dios les dio[q] allí un estatuto y una ordenanza(BD), y allí los puso a prueba(BE). 26 Y dijo: Si escuchas atentamente la voz del Señor tu Dios(BF), y haces lo que es recto ante sus ojos, y escuchas sus mandamientos, y guardas todos sus estatutos(BG), no te enviaré ninguna de las enfermedades que envié sobre los egipcios(BH); porque yo, el Señor, soy tu sanador(BI).

27 Llegaron a Elim, donde había doce fuentes de agua y setenta palmeras[r], y acamparon allí junto a las aguas(BJ).

Footnotes

  1. Éxodo 15:1 Lit., y dijeron, diciendo
  2. Éxodo 15:1 O, es exaltado en gran manera
  3. Éxodo 15:2 Heb., Yah
  4. Éxodo 15:3 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor
  5. Éxodo 15:4 Lit., hundieron
  6. Éxodo 15:4 Lit., mar de Cañas
  7. Éxodo 15:7 O, exaltación
  8. Éxodo 15:8 Lit., tus narices
  9. Éxodo 15:9 Lit., se saciará mi alma de
  10. Éxodo 15:10 O, majestuosas
  11. Éxodo 15:15 O, jefes
  12. Éxodo 15:15 Lit., se derritieron
  13. Éxodo 15:21 O, es exaltado en gran manera
  14. Éxodo 15:22 Lit., mar de Cañas
  15. Éxodo 15:23 Heb., marim
  16. Éxodo 15:23 I.e., amargura
  17. Éxodo 15:25 Lit., hizo para ellos
  18. Éxodo 15:27 O, palmeras datileras

Song of Moses and Miriam

15 Then Moses and Bnei-Yisrael sang this song to Adonai:[a]

I will sing to Adonai, for He is highly exalted!
The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.
Adonai is my strength and song,
and He has become my salvation.[b]
This is my God, and I will glorify Him,
    my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Adonai is a warrior—Adonai is His Name!
Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
    He has hurled into the sea,
    and his chosen captains have sunk
        into the Sea of Reeds.
The deeps cover them.
    They sank to the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Adonai, is glorious in power.
    Your right hand, Adonai, dashes the enemy to pieces.
In the greatness of Your excellency
    You overthrow those who resist You.
    You send forth Your wrath—
    it consumes them as stubble.
With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up.
    The floods stood upright as a heap.
    The deeps became firm ground in the heart of the sea.
The enemy said, “I will pursue,
    I will overtake, I will divide the spoil.
    My lust shall gorge on them!
    I will draw my sword—my hand will destroy them.”
10 You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them.
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like You, Adonai, among the gods?
Who is like You,
    glorious in holiness,
    awesome in praises,
    doing wonders?[c]
12 You stretched out Your right hand,
the earth swallowed them.
13 You in Your lovingkindness
led the people You have redeemed.
You guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation.
14 When the peoples hear, they will tremble—
    anguish will seize
    the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Then the chiefs of Edom are terrified.
Trembling grips Moab’s mighty men.
All of Canaan’s inhabitants will melt away.
16 Terror and dread will fall on them.
By the greatness of Your arm they become still as a stone,
till Your people cross over, Adonai,
till the people whom You purchased cross over.
17 You bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,
    the place, Adonai, that You have made
        for Yourself to dwell in—
    the Sanctuary, Adonai,
        which Your hands have prepared.
18 Adonai will reign forever and ever!

19 For Pharaoh’s horses with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, but Adonai brought the waters of the sea back over them. Yet Bnei-Yisrael walked in the midst of the sea on dry ground. 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing, 21 as Miriam sang to them:

Sing to Adonai, for He is highly exalted!
The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

22 Then Moses led Israel onward from the Sea of Reeds. They went out into the wilderness of Shur. But they travelled three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink from the waters because they were bitter. On account of this it was called Marah. 24 So the people complained to Moses saying, “What are we going to drink?”

25 So he cried out to Adonai, and Adonai showed him a tree. When he threw it into the waters, they were made sweet.

There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them. 26 He said, “If you diligently listen to the voice of Adonai your God, do what is right in His eyes, pay attention to His mitzvot, and keep all His decrees, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians. For I am Adonai who heals you.”

27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. So they camped there by the waters.

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.