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Bài ca của Mô-se

15 Rồi Mô-se và toàn dân Ít-ra-en hát bài ca sau đây cho CHÚA:

“Tôi sẽ hát cho CHÚA,
    vì Ngài đáng tôn kính.
    Ngài đã xô ngựa và người lái quân xa xuống biển.
CHÚA ban cho tôi sức lực và khiến tôi ca hát;
    Ngài đã cứu tôi.
    Ngài là Thượng Đế tôi,
Nên tôi sẽ ca tụng Ngài.
    Ngài là Thượng Đế của tổ tiên tôi,
Tôi sẽ tôn kính Ngài.
CHÚA là chiến sĩ;
    Danh Ngài là CHÚA.
Ngài đã xô quân xa và binh sĩ của Ai-cập xuống biển sâu.
Những sĩ quan tài giỏi nhất của vua
    đều bị chết đuối ở Hồng hải.
Nước sâu vùi lấp chúng,
    chúng chìm xuống đáy biển như viên đá.

Lạy CHÚA, tay phải Ngài mạnh mẽ lạ lùng.
Lạy CHÚA, tay phải Ngài
    đánh tan kẻ thù ra từng mảnh.
Trong trận đại thắng,
    Ngài tiêu diệt những kẻ chống nghịch Ngài.
Cơn giận Ngài tiêu diệt chúng,
    Như lửa hừng thiêu đốt rơm rạ.
Chỉ cần một luồng hơi thở của Ngài,
    Nước dồn lại thành đống.
Nước chảy cuồn cuộn,
    dựng đứng lên như tấm vách;
Nước sâu trở thành cứng như đá giữa biển.

Kẻ thù chúng con khoe khoang bảo rằng,
    ‘Ta sẽ rượt theo và bắt kịp chúng.
Ta sẽ cướp các tài sản chúng;
    Ta sẽ tha hồ chiếm đoạt.
Ta sẽ rút gươm ra,
    Tay ta sẽ tiêu diệt chúng.’
10 Nhưng Ngài thổi bay chúng bằng hơi thở mình,
    Lấy biển vùi lấp chúng.
    Chúng chìm xuống như chì rơi trong biển sâu.

11 Lạy CHÚA, có thần nào giống Ngài không?
Thật không có thần nào như Ngài.
    Ngài thật thánh khiết lạ lùng,
    Ngài đáng ca tụng và đáng kính sợ,
    Ngài làm nhiều phép lạ.
12 Ngài giơ tay phải ra,
    thì đất nuốt các kẻ thù chúng con.
13 Ngài giữ lời hứa yêu thương,
    Dắt dân tộc Ngài đã giải cứu.
    Dùng sức mạnh dìu họ đến đất thánh [a] Ngài.

14 Các quốc gia khác nghe chuyện nầy liền hoảng sợ;
Cơn kinh hoàng chụp lấy người Phi-li-tin.
15 Các tộc trưởng của Ê-đôm sẽ kinh hoảng;
Những kẻ thế lực của Mô-áp sẽ run sợ;
Dân Ca-na-an sẽ mất hết can đảm.
16 Sự kinh hãi và cuống cuồng sẽ rơi trên chúng.
    Khi thấy quyền năng Ngài,
Chúng sẽ đứng yên như tảng đá.
Lạy CHÚA, chúng sẽ đứng yên cho đến khi dân Ngài đã đi qua hết.
    Chúng sẽ đứng yên cho đến khi dân,
    mà Ngài đã chọn riêng cho mình, đi qua.
17 Ngài sẽ dẫn dân Ngài và đặt họ trên núi của Ngài,
    Lạy CHÚA, đó là nơi Ngài chuẩn bị để cư ngụ,
    Lạy CHÚA, đó là đền thờ tay Ngài xây nên.

18 CHÚA là vua cho đến đời đời!”

19 Tất cả ngựa, tài xế quân xa, và quân xa của vua Ai-cập đều chạy vào biển, rồi CHÚA lấp chúng lại bằng nước biển. Nhưng dân Ít-ra-en đi qua biển như trên đất khô.

20 Bấy giờ Mi-ri-am, chị của A-rôn, một nữ tiên tri, cầm trống cơm trong tay. Các người đàn bà đi theo sau nàng, cầm trống cơm và nhảy múa. 21 Mi-ri-am lặp lại các lời ca sau đây:

“Hãy hát cho CHÚA,
    vì Ngài đáng được tôn kính;
Ngài đã xô ngựa và lính lái quân xa vào biển sâu.”

Nước đắng hoá ngọt

22 Từ Hồng hải Mô-se dẫn dân chúng đi vào sa mạc Su-rơ. Họ đi ròng rã ba ngày trong sa mạc nhưng không tìm được nước. 23 Sau cùng họ đến Ma-ra, nơi có nước nhưng uống không được vì nước quá đắng. Vì thế mà nơi đó gọi là Ma-ra [b].

24 Dân chúng oán trách Mô-se. Họ hỏi, “Chúng ta lấy gì mà uống đây?”

25 Nên Mô-se kêu xin cùng CHÚA, Ngài liền chỉ cho ông một khúc cây. Khi Mô-se ném khúc cây xuống nước, nước liền hóa ngọt, có thể uống được.

Nơi đó CHÚA ban cho dân chúng một qui tắc và luật lệ để họ sống theo, cũng là nơi Ngài thử lòng trung thành của họ đối với Ngài. 26 Ngài bảo, “Ngươi phải vâng lời CHÚA là Thượng Đế ngươi và làm theo điều Ngài dặn bảo. Nếu ngươi vâng theo huấn lệnh và giữ các qui luật Ngài thì ta sẽ không gây cho ngươi những bệnh tật mà ta đã gây ra cho người Ai-cập. Ta là CHÚA, Đấng chữa lành ngươi.”

27 Rồi dân chúng đi đến Ê-lim, nơi có mười hai suối nước và bảy mươi cây chà là. Dân chúng dựng trại tại đó gần mé nước.

Footnotes

  1. Xuất Hành 15:13 đất thánh Vùng đất mà Thượng Đế dành riêng cho dân Ít-ra-en.
  2. Xuất Hành 15:23 Ma-ra Có nghĩa là “đắng.”

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!
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.
The Lord is a man of (H)war;
The Lord is His (I)name.
(J)Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
(K)His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
The depths have covered them;
(L)They sank to the bottom like a stone.

“Your (M)right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
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.
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.
(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

  1. Exodus 15:8 became firm
  2. Exodus 15:11 mighty ones
  3. Exodus 15:14 Anguish
  4. Exodus 15:23 Lit. Bitter
  5. Exodus 15:25 regulation

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.

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.