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Bài Ca Của Môi-se Và Mi-ri-am

15 Môi-se và dân Y-sơ-ra-ên hát bài ca này để ca ngợi CHÚA:

“Tôi sẽ ca ngợi CHÚA
    Vì Ngài vô cùng cao cả.
Ngựa lẫn người cưỡi ngựa.
    Đều bị Chúa lùa xuống biển.
CHÚA là sức mạnh và là bài ca của tôi,
    Ngài là Đấng Cứu Rỗi tôi.
CHÚA là Đức Chúa Trời tôi, tôi ca ngợi Ngài,
    Là Đức Chúa Trời của tổ phụ tôi, Đấng tôi tôn cao.
CHÚA là lính chiến
    Danh Ngài là CHÚA.
Xe chiến mã và quân lính của Pha-ra-ôn,
    Đều bị Ngài lùa xuống biển,
Tướng lĩnh ưu tú nhất của Pha-ra-ôn,
    Đều chết chìm dưới Biển Đỏ.
Nước sâu che phủ họ.
    Như viên đá, họ chìm xuống đáy biển.
Lạy CHÚA, cánh tay phải Chúa đầy quyền uy,
    Tay phải CHÚA dẹp tan quân thù.
Với uy quyền vô cùng vĩ đại,
    Chúa ném kẻ chống đối xuống đất,
Với lửa giận phừng phừng,
    Chúa thiêu họ khác nào rơm rác.
Hơi thở từ môi Chúa dồn nước lên cao,
    Nước đang chảy dừng lại như bức tường,
Nước sâu dựng thành vách giữa lòng đại dương.
Địch quân công bố:
    ‘Ta đuổi theo, ta sẽ bắt kịp,
Ta sẽ chia nhau chiến lợi phẩm
    Tha hồ mà chiếm đoạt!
Ta vung gươm tiêu diệt quân thù.’
10 Nhưng Chúa thổi gió ra,
    Biển liền phủ lấp họ,
Họ chìm nghỉm như chì
    Tận đáy biển sâu.
11 Trong vòng các thần ai giống như CHÚA,
Ai giống Chúa,
    Uy nghiêm thánh khiết,
    Đấng vinh quang đáng kính sợ,
    Đấng làm bao phép lạ dấu kỳ?
12 Chúa đưa tay phải ra,
    Đất liền nuốt họ.
13 Với tình thương vô biên,
    Chúa dắt dẫn dân Chúa đã chuộc;
Với sức mạnh toàn năng,
    Chúa dắt đưa họ vào nơi ngự thánh.
14 Các nước sẽ nghe và run sợ,
    Cơn kinh hoàng bám chặt Phi-li-tin.
15 Các lãnh tụ Ê-đôm đều khiếp đảm,
    Cấp chỉ huy Mô-áp run cầm cập,
Dân Ca-na-an kinh hãi rụng rời;
16     Tất cả đều khủng khiếp hoang mang.
Lạy CHÚA! Tay quyền năng Chúa đưa ra,
    Làm chúng đứng sững như đá,
Cho đến khi dân Chúa đã đi qua,
    Cho đến khi dân Chúa chuộc đã qua khỏi.
17 Lạy CHÚA! Chúa đem dân Chúa về trồng
    Trên núi thánh là sản nghiệp Chúa chọn,
Là nơi Chúa đặt nơi cư ngụ,
    Là Nơi Thánh chính tay Ngài thiết lập.
18 CHÚA cầm quyển tể trị,
    Từ đời đời cho đến đời đời.”

19 Trong khi chiến mã, xe chiến mã và kỵ binh của Pha-ra-ôn đều chìm dưới đáy biển vì CHÚA đem nước biển trở lại phủ lấp họ; còn dân Y-sơ-ra-ên đi ngang qua biển như đi trên đất khô. 20 Nữ tiên tri Mi-ri-am, chị của A-rôn, và các phụ nữ đều cầm trống cơm nhảy múa. 21 Mi-ri-am cất tiếng đáp:

“Hãy hát lên ca ngợi CHÚA,
    Vì Ngài cao cả tuyệt vời.
CHÚA ném xuống biển sâu,
    Bao nhiêu chiến mã cùng đoàn kỵ binh.”

Nước Ở Ma-ra Và Ê-lim

22 Sau đó Môi-se dẫn dân Y-sơ-ra-ên từ Biển Đỏ đi đến sa mạc Su-rơ. Suốt ba ngày đi trong sa mạc họ không tìm được nước uống. 23 Khi đến Ma-ra, họ không thể uống nước ở đó được, vì nước đắng. (Đó là lý do tên của địa điểm đó là Ma-ra).[a] 24 Do đó dân chúng than phiền với Môi-se: “Chúng tôi lấy gì uống đây?”

25 Môi-se kêu cầu CHÚA và Chúa chỉ cho ông một khúc cây. Ông nắm lấy khúc cây, liệng xuống nước và nước hóa ngọt. Tại đó, CHÚA công bố đạo luật và sắc lệnh cho dân chúng và Ngài thử họ. 26 Chúa phán dạy: “Nếu các ngươi cẩn thận nghe theo tiếng của CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời các ngươi, và làm điều ngay lành trước mắt Ta, nếu các ngươi lưu tâm đến mạng lệnh và quy luật Ta, Ta sẽ không đem đến cho các ngươi các thứ bệnh tật Ta đã giáng trên người Ai-cập, vì Ta là CHÚA, Đấng chữa bệnh các ngươi.” 27 Khi đến Ê-lim là nơi có mười hai suối nước và bảy mươi cây chà là, họ đóng trại bên cạnh các suối nước này.

Footnotes

  1. 15:23 Ma-ra 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

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

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.