1 Disse Jeová a Moisés:

2 Fala aos filhos de Israel que retrocedam e se acampem em frente de Pi-Hairote, entre Migdol e o mar, diante de Baal-Zefom; defronte dele assentareis o campo junto ao mar.

3 Faraó dirá dos filhos de Israel: Eles estão embaraçados na terra, o deserto os encerrou.

4 Endurecerei o coração de Faraó, e ele os perseguirá; glorificar-me-ei em Faraó e em todo o seu exército; e os egípcios saberão que eu sou Jeová. Eles assim o fizeram.

5 Foi dito ao rei dos egípcios que o povo havia fugido; mudou-se o coração de Faraó e dos seus servos para com o povo, e disseram: Que é isto que fizemos, permitindo que Israel nos deixasse de servir?

6 Faraó mandou aprontar o seu carro, e tomou consigo o seu povo;

7 também tomou seiscentos carros escolhidos e todos os carros do Egito com capitães sobre todos eles.

8 Jeová endureceu o coração de Faraó, rei do Egito, e este perseguiu os filhos de Israel; pois os filhos de Israel saíram afoitamente.

9 Perseguiam-nos os egípcios, a saber, todos os cavalos e carros de Faraó, e os seus cavaleiros e o seu exército, e alcançaram-nos acampados junto ao mar, perto de Pi-Hairote, defronte de Baal-Zefom.

10 Quando Faraó se chegou perto, levantaram os olhos os filhos de Israel, e eis que os egípcios marchavam atrás deles; os filhos de Israel tiveram muito medo, e clamaram a Jeová.

11 Disseram a Moisés: Foi porque não havia sepulcros no Egito que nos tiraste para morrermos no deserto? por que motivo nos trataste assim, fazendo-nos sair do Egito?

12 Não é isto mesmo o que te dissemos no Egito: Deixa-nos, para que sirvamos aos egípcios? Pois melhor nos fora servir aos egípcios, do que morrermos no deserto.

13 Respondeu Moisés ao povo: Não temais, estai quietos e vede o livramento que Jeová vos há de dar hoje; porque os egípcios que vedes hoje, nunca jamais os tornareis a ver.

14 Jeová pelejará por vós, e vós vos calareis.

15 Disse Jeová a Moisés: Por que clamas a mim? fala aos filhos de Israel que marchem.

16 E tu, levanta a tua vara, estende a mão sobre o mar e divide-o, para que os filhos de Israel caminhem pelo meio do mar em seco.

17 Eis que eu hei de endurecer os corações dos egípcios, e entrarão atrás deles; glorificar-me-ei em Faraó e em todo o seu exército, nos seus carros e nos seus cavaleiros.

18 Os egípcios saberão que eu sou Jeová, quando me tiver glorificado em Faraó, nos seus carros e nos seus cavaleiros.

19 Então o anjo de Deus, que ia adiante do campo de Israel, se retirou e ia atrás deles; a coluna de nuvem retirou-se de diante deles, e pôs-se atrás deles,

20 e veio entre o campo do Egito e o campo de Israel. Havia a nuvem e as trevas, contudo brilhava de noite. Toda a noite não se aproximou um do outro.

21 Então Moisés estendeu a mão sobre o mar. Jeová fez retirar-se o mar por um forte vento oriental toda a noite, e fez do mar terra seca, e as águas foram divididas.

22 Os filhos de Israel entraram no meio do mar em seco; e as águas foram-lhes como um muro à direita e à esquerda.

23 Os egípcios perseguiram e entraram atrás deles no meio do mar, todos os cavalos de Faraó, os seus carros e os seus cavaleiros.

24 Na vigília da manhã olhou Jeová para o exército dos egípcios por entre a coluna de fogo e de nuvem e alvorotou o exército dos egípcios.

25 Tirou-lhes as rodas dos carros, e fe-los andar dificultosamente; de modo que os egípcios disseram: Fujamos de diante de Israel, porque Jeová está pelejando por eles contra os egípcios.

26 Disse Jeová a Moisés: Estende a mão sobre o mar, para que se voltem as águas sobre os egípcios, sobre os seus carros e sobre os seus cavaleiros.

27 Moisés estendeu a mão sobre o mar, e o mar, ao romper da manhã, voltou à sua força; os egípcios fugiram de encontro a ele, e Jeová derribou os egípcios no meio do mar.

28 As águas voltaram a cobrir os carros e os cavaleiros, sim todo o exército de Faraó, que atrás deles entrou no mar; deles não ficou nem sequer um.

29 Porém os filhos de Israel caminhavam a pé enxuto no meio do mar; e as águas foram-lhes como um muro à direita e à esquerda.

30 Assim Jeová salvou a Israel naquele dia da mão dos egípcios; e Israel viu os egípcios mortos na praia do mar.

31 Viu Israel o grande poder que Jeová exercitou contra os egípcios, e o povo temeu a Jeová; creram em Jeová e em seu servo Moisés.

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host: and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. 8 And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with a high hand. 9 And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah. 11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

15 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. 16 And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them: 20 and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.

21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians. 25 And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

26 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses.