Exodus 15
New King James Version
The Song of Moses(A)
15 Then (B)Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying:
“I will (C)sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
2 The Lord is my strength and (D)song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and (E)I will praise Him;
My (F)father’s God, and I (G)will exalt Him.
3 The Lord is a man of (H)war;
The Lord is His (I)name.
4 (J)Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
(K)His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths have covered them;
(L)They sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 “Your (M)right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
7 And in the greatness of Your (N)excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth (O)Your wrath;
It (P)consumed them (Q)like stubble.
8 And (R)with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
(S)The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths [a]congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 (T)The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will (U)divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
10 You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 “Who(V) is like You, O Lord, among the [b]gods?
Who is like You, (W)glorious in holiness,
Fearful in (X)praises, (Y)doing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
13 You in Your mercy have (Z)led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To (AA)Your holy habitation.
14 “The (AB)people will hear and be afraid;
(AC)Sorrow[c] will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 (AD)Then (AE)the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
(AF)The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
(AG)All the inhabitants of Canaan will (AH)melt away.
16 (AI)Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be (AJ)as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
(AK)Whom You have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and (AL)plant them
In the (AM)mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The (AN)sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
18 “The(AO) Lord shall reign forever and ever.”
19 For the (AP)horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and (AQ)the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
The Song of Miriam(AR)
20 Then Miriam (AS)the prophetess, (AT)the sister of Aaron, (AU)took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her (AV)with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam (AW)answered them:
(AX)“Sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”
Bitter Waters Made Sweet
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of (AY)Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no (AZ)water. 23 Now when they came to (BA)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called [d]Marah. 24 And the people (BB)complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. (BC)When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.
There He (BD)made a statute and an [e]ordinance for them, and there (BE)He tested them, 26 and said, (BF)“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the (BG)diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord (BH)who heals you.”
27 (BI)Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.
Footnotes
- Exodus 15:8 became firm
- Exodus 15:11 mighty ones
- Exodus 15:14 Anguish
- Exodus 15:23 Lit. Bitter
- Exodus 15:25 regulation
Esodo 15
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Canto di vittoria
15 Allora Mosè e gli Israeliti cantarono questo canto al Signore e dissero:
«Voglio cantare in onore del Signore:
perché ha mirabilmente trionfato,
ha gettato in mare
cavallo e cavaliere.
2 Mia forza e mio canto è il Signore,
egli mi ha salvato.
E' il mio Dio e lo voglio lodare,
è il Dio di mio padre
e lo voglio esaltare!
3 Il Signore è prode in guerra,
si chiama Signore.
4 I carri del faraone e il suo esercito
ha gettato nel mare
e i suoi combattenti scelti
furono sommersi nel Mare Rosso.
5 Gli abissi li ricoprirono,
sprofondarono come pietra.
6 La tua destra, Signore,
terribile per la potenza,
la tua destra, Signore,
annienta il nemico;
7 con sublime grandezza
abbatti i tuoi avversari,
scateni il tuo furore
che li divora come paglia.
8 Al soffio della tua ira
si accumularono le acque,
si alzarono le onde
come un argine,
si rappresero gli abissi
in fondo al mare.
9 Il nemico aveva detto:
Inseguirò, raggiungerò,
spartirò il bottino,
se ne sazierà la mia brama;
sfodererò la spada,
li conquisterà la mia mano!
10 Soffiasti con il tuo alito:
il mare li coprì,
sprofondarono come piombo
in acque profonde.
11 Chi è come te fra gli dei, Signore?
Chi è come te,
maestoso in santità,
tremendo nelle imprese,
operatore di prodigi?
12 Stendesti la destra:
la terra li inghiottì.
13 Guidasti con il tuo favore
questo popolo che hai riscattato,
lo conducesti con forza
alla tua santa dimora.
14 Hanno udito i popoli e tremano;
dolore incolse gli abitanti della Filistea.
15 Gia si spaventano i capi di Edom,
i potenti di Moab li prende il timore;
tremano tutti gli abitanti di Canaan.
16 Piombano sopra di loro
la paura e il terrore;
per la potenza del tuo braccio
restano immobili come pietra,
finché sia passato il tuo popolo, Signore,
finché sia passato questo tuo popolo
che ti sei acquistato.
17 Lo fai entrare e lo pianti
sul monte della tua eredità,
luogo che per tua sede,
Signore, hai preparato,
santuario che le tue mani,
Signore, hanno fondato.
18 Il Signore regna
in eterno e per sempre!».
19 Quando infatti i cavalli del faraone, i suoi carri e i suoi cavalieri furono entrati nel mare, il Signore fece tornare sopra di essi le acque del mare, mentre gli Israeliti avevano camminato sull'asciutto in mezzo al mare. 20 Allora Maria, la profetessa, sorella di Aronne, prese in mano un timpano: dietro a lei uscirono le donne con i timpani, formando cori di danze. 21 Maria fece loro cantare il ritornello:
«Cantate al Signore
perché ha mirabilmente trionfato:
ha gettato in mare
cavallo e cavaliere!».
II. IL CAMMINO NEL DESERTO
Mara
22 Mosè fece levare l'accampamento di Israele dal Mare Rosso ed essi avanzarono verso il deserto di Sur. Camminarono tre giorni nel deserto e non trovarono acqua. 23 Arrivarono a Mara, ma non potevano bere le acque di Mara, perché erano amare. Per questo erano state chiamate Mara. 24 Allora il popolo mormorò contro Mosè: «Che berremo?». 25 Egli invocò il Signore, il quale gli indicò un legno. Lo gettò nell'acqua e l'acqua divenne dolce. In quel luogo il Signore impose al popolo una legge e un diritto; in quel luogo lo mise alla prova. 26 Disse: «Se tu ascolterai la voce del Signore tuo Dio e farai ciò che è retto ai suoi occhi, se tu presterai orecchio ai suoi ordini e osserverai tutte le sue leggi, io non t'infliggerò nessuna delle infermità che ho inflitte agli Egiziani, perché io sono il Signore, colui che ti guarisce!». 27 Poi arrivarono a Elim, dove sono dodici sorgenti di acqua e settanta palme. Qui si accamparono presso l'acqua.
Exodus 15
English Standard Version
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.
2 (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.
3 The Lord is (H)a man of war;
(I)the Lord is his name.
4 (J)“Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
and his chosen (K)officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
5 The (L)floods covered them;
they (M)went down into the depths like a stone.
6 (N)Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,
your right hand, O Lord, (O)shatters the enemy.
7 In the (P)greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
you send out your fury; it (Q)consumes them like stubble.
8 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.
9 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
- Exodus 15:1 Or its chariot; also verse 21
- Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitterness
- Exodus 15:25 Or tree
- Exodus 15:25 Hebrew he
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