Mısır’dan Çıkış 14

¹Ve Rab Musa'ya diyerek konuştu:

²"İsrail oğullarına söyle, geri dönsünler ve konak yerinin önünde, Migdol ile deniz arasında, Baal-Sefon'un karşısında ordu kursunlar; onların önünde, denizin kıyısında ordu kuracaksın.

³Ve Firavun kendi halkına, 'İsrail'in bu oğulları ülkede şaşkın şaşkın dolaşıyorlar, çünkü çöl onları kapattı' diyecek.

⁴Ben ise Firavun'un yüreğini katılaştıracağım ve o onların arkasından peşlerine düşecek; böylece Firavun ve onun bütün ordusu aracılığıyla yüceltileceğim ve bütün Mısırlılar benim Rab olduğumu bilecekler." Ve bu şekilde yaptılar.

⁵Mısırlıların kralına halkın kaçtığı bildirilince, Firavun'un ve onun hizmetkarlarının yüreği halka karşı değişti ve "Bize hizmet etmemeleri için İsrail oğullarını salıvermekle bunu niçin yaptık?" dediler.

⁶Böylece Firavun arabalarını koştu ve bütün kendi halkını kendisiyle birlikte beraberinde götürdü.

⁷Ve seçme altı yüz araba, Mısırlıların bütün atlılarını ve hepsinin üzerindeki üçlü savaşçıları yanına aldı.

⁸Ve Rab Mısır kralı Firavun'un ve onun hizmetkarlarının yüreğini katılaştırdı, o da İsrail oğullarının arkasından peşlerine düştü; İsrail oğulları ise yüksek bir el altında çıkıyorlardı.

⁹Ve Mısırlılar onların arkasından peşlerine düştüler ve onları denizin kıyısında ordu kurmuş halde buldular; Firavun'un bütün atlıları, arabaları, binicileri ve ordusu konak yerinin önünde, Baal-Sefon'un karşısındaydı.

¹⁰Ve Firavun yaklaşıyordu; İsrail oğulları gözleriyle yukarı bakıp gördüler ki, Mısırlılar arkalarında ordu kurmuşlardı ve çok korktular; ve İsrail oğulları Rab'be doğru feryat ettiler.

¹¹Ve Musa'ya dediler: "Mısır ülkesinde mezarlar bulunmadığı için mi bizi çölde öldürmek için çıkardın? Bizi Mısır'dan çıkararak bize bunu neden yaptın?

¹²Mısır'dayken sana, 'Bizi bırak, öyle ki Mısırlılara hizmet edelim' diyerek konuştuğumuz söz bu değil miydi? Çünkü Mısırlılara hizmet etmek, bu çölde ölmekten bizim için daha iyiydi."

¹³Musa ise halka dedi: "Cesur olun, durun ve bugün sizin için gerçekleştireceği Rab'den gelen kurtuluşu görün; çünkü bugün Mısırlıları ne şekilde gördüyseniz, onları sonsuz zamana dek bir daha asla görmeyeceksiniz.

¹⁴Rab sizin için savaşacak ve siz sessiz kalacaksınız."

¹⁵Ve Rab Musa'ya dedi: "Bana neden feryat ediyorsun? İsrail oğullarına söyle, yola çıksınlar.

¹⁶Ve sen değneğini kaldır, elini denizin üzerine uzat ve onu yar; İsrail oğulları kuru toprak üzerinde denizin ortasından geçsinler.

¹⁷Ve işte ben, Firavun'un ve bütün Mısırlıların yüreğini katılaştıracağım ve onların arkasından girecekler; böylece Firavun, onun bütün ordusu, arabaları ve atlıları aracılığıyla yüceltileceğim.

¹⁸Ve ben Firavun, onun arabaları ve atlıları aracılığıyla yüceltildiğimde, bütün Mısırlılar benim Rab olduğumu bilecekler."

¹⁹Ve İsrail ordugahının önünden giden Tanrı'nın meleği yerinden ayrıldı ve arkalarından gitti; bulut sütunu da onların önünden yerinden ayrıldı ve arkalarında durdu.

²⁰Ve Mısırlıların ordugahı ile İsrail'in ordugahı arasına girdi ve durdu; karanlık ve kasvet oldu, gece geçti ve bütün gece boyunca birbirleriyle temas etmediler.

²¹Ve Musa elini denizin üzerine uzattı; Rab bütün gece boyunca şiddetli bir güney rüzgarıyla denizi geri çekti, denizi kuruttu ve su yarıldı.

²²Ve İsrail oğulları kuru toprak üzerinde denizin ortasından geçtiler; su onlar için sağlarında bir duvar ve sollarında bir duvar olmuştu.

²³Ve Mısırlılar peşlerine düştüler; Firavun'un bütün atları, arabaları ve binicileri arkalarından denizin ortasına girdiler.

²⁴Ve sabah nöbetinde oldu ki, Rab ateş ve bulut sütununda Mısırlıların ordugahına baktı ve Mısırlıların ordugahını kargaşaya boğdu.

²⁵Ve arabalarının akslarını kilitledi ve onları güçlükle ilerletti. Ve Mısırlılar, "İsrail'in önünden kaçalım, çünkü Rab onlar için Mısırlılara karşı savaşıyor" dediler.

²⁶Ve Rab Musa'ya dedi: "Elini denizin üzerine uzat, su geri dönsün ve Mısırlıların, arabalarının ve binicilerinin üzerine kaplansın."

²⁷Ve Musa elini denizin üzerine uzattı; şafağa doğru deniz yatağına geri döndü. Mısırlılar ise suya doğru kaçıyorlardı ve Rab Mısırlıları denizin ortasına silkip attı.

²⁸Ve geri dönen su arabaları, binicileri ve onların arkasından denize giren Firavun'un bütün ordusunu kapladı; onlardan bir tek kişi bile kurtulmadı.

²⁹İsrail oğulları ise denizin ortasından kuru toprak üzerinde yürüdüler; su onlar için sağlarında bir duvar ve sollarında bir duvar olmuştu.

³⁰Ve Rab o gün İsrail'i Mısırlıların elinden kurtardı; ve İsrail, Mısırlıları denizin kıyısında ölmüş olarak gördü.

³¹Ve İsrail, Rab'bin Mısırlılara karşı gösterdiği o büyük eli gördü; halk Rab'den korktu, Tanrı'ya ve O'nun hizmetkarı Musa'ya güvendi.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων·

²λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἀποστρέψαντες στρατοπεδευσάτωσαν ἀπέναντι τῆς ἐπαύλεως, ἀνὰ μέσον Μαγδώλου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης, ἐξεναντίας Βεελσεπφῶν, ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν στρατοπεδεύσεις ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης.

³καὶ ἐρεῖ Φαραὼ τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ· οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ πλανῶνται οὗτοι ἐν τῇ γῇ· συγκέκλεικε γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἡ ἔρημος.

⁴ἐγὼ δὲ σκληρυνῶ τὴν καρδίαν Φαραώ, καὶ καταδιώξεται ὀπίσω αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐνδοξασθήσομαι ἐν Φαραὼ καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τῇ στρατιᾷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος. καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως.

⁵καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὅτι πέφευγεν ὁ λαός· καὶ μετεστράφη ἡ καρδία Φαραὼ καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν, καὶ εἶπαν· τί τοῦτο ἐποιήσαμεν τοῦ ἐξαποστεῖλαι τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ισραήλ, τοῦ μὴ δουλεύειν ἡμῖν;

⁶ἔζευξεν οὖν Φαραὼ τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ συναπήγαγε μεθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ

⁷καὶ λαβὼν ἑξακόσια ἅρματα ἐκλεκτὰ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἵππον τῶν Αἰγυπτίων καὶ τριστάτας ἐπὶ πάντων.

⁸καὶ ἐσκλήρυνε Κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατεδίωξεν ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ· οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐξεπορεύοντο ἐν χειρὶ ὑψηλῇ.

⁹καὶ κατεδίωξαν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ εὕροσαν αὐτοὺς παρεμβεβληκότας παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἵππος καὶ τὰ ἅρματα Φαραὼ καὶ οἱ ἱππεῖς καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ αὐτοῦ ἀπέναντι τῆς ἐπαύλεως ἐξεναντίας Βεελσεπφῶν.

¹⁰καὶ Φαραὼ προσῆγε· καὶ ἀναβλέψαντες οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁρῶσι, καὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ἐστρατοπέδευσαν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα· ἀνεβόησαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς Κύριον,

¹¹καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Μωυσῆν· παρὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχειν μνήματα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐξήγαγες ἡμᾶς θανατῶσαι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ; τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας ἡμῖν ἐξαγαγὼν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου;

¹²οὐ τοῦτο ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐλαλήσαμεν πρὸς σὲ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, λέγοντες· πάρες ἡμᾶς, ὅπως δουλεύσωμεν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις; κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἡμᾶς δουλεύειν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις ἢ ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ.

¹³εἶπε δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὸν λαόν· θαρσεῖτε, στῆτε καὶ ὁρᾶτε τὴν σωτηρίαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, ἣν ποιήσει ἡμῖν σήμερον· ὃν τρόπον γὰρ ἑωράκατε τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους σήμερον, οὐ προσθήσεσθε ἔτι ἰδεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον·

¹⁴Κύριος πολεμήσει περὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ ὑμεῖς σιγήσετε.

¹⁵Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· τί βοᾷς πρός με; λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἀναζευξάτωσαν·

¹⁶καὶ σὺ ἔπαρον τῇ ράβδῳ σου καὶ ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ ρῆξον αὐτήν, καὶ εἰσελθάτωσαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης κατὰ τὸ ξηρόν.

¹⁷καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ σκληρυνῶ τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ καὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων πάντων, καὶ εἰσελεύσονται ὀπίσω αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐνδοξασθήσομαιἐν Φαραὼ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ στρατιᾷ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἅρμασι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἵπποις αὐτοῦ.

¹⁸καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος, ἐνδοξαζομένου μου ἐν Φαραὼ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἅρμασι καὶ ἵπποις αὐτοῦ.

¹⁹ἐξῇρε δὲ ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ προπορευόμενος τῆς παρεμβολῆς τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν· ἐξῇρε δὲ καὶ ὁ στῦλος τῆς νεφέλης ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν καὶ ἔστη ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν.

²⁰καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἔστη· καὶ ἐγένετο σκότος καὶ γνόφος, καὶ διῆλθεν ἡ νύξ, καὶ οὐ συνέμιξαν ἀλλήλοις ὅλην τὴν νύκτα·

²¹ἐξέτεινε δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ὑπήγαγε Κύριος τὴν θάλασσαν ἐν ἀνέμῳ νότῳ βιαίῳ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα καὶ ἐποίησε τὴν θάλασσαν ξηράν, καὶ ἐσχίσθη τὸ ὕδωρ.

²²καὶ εἰσῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης κατὰ τὸ ξηρόν, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτῆς τεῖχος ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ τεῖχος ἐξ εὐωνύμων·

²³καὶ κατεδίωξαν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ εἰσῆλθον ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, πᾶς ἵππος Φαραὼ καὶ τὰ ἅρματα καὶ οἱ ἀναβάται, εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης.

²⁴ἐγενήθη δὲ ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ τῇ ἑωθινῇ καὶ ἐπέβλεψε Κύριος ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐν στύλῳ πυρὸς καὶ νεφέλης καὶ συνετάραξε τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων

²⁵καὶ συνέδησε τοὺς ἄξονας τῶν ἁρμάτων αὐτῶν καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς μετὰ βίας. καὶ εἶπαν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι· φύγωμεν ἀπὸ προσώπου ᾿Ισραήλ, ὁ γὰρ Κύριος πολεμεῖ περὶ αὐτῶν τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους.

²⁶εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἀποκαταστήτω τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ ἐπικαλυψάτω τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους, ἐπί τε τὰ ἅρματα καὶ τοὺς ἀναβάτας.

²⁷ἐξέτεινε δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἀποκατέστη τὸ ὕδωρ πρὸς ἡμέραν ἐπὶ χώρας· οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι ἔφυγον ὑπὸ τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐξετίναξε Κύριος τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης.

²⁸καὶ ἐπαναστραφὲν τὸ ὕδωρ ἐκάλυψε τὰ ἅρματα καὶ τοὺς ἀναβάτας καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν Φαραώ, τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ οὐ κατελήφθη ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐδὲ εἷς.

²⁹οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπορεύθησαν διὰ ξηρᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ αὐτῆς τεῖχος ἐκ δεξιῶν, καὶ τεῖχος ἐξ εὐωνύμων.

³⁰καὶ ἐρρύσατο Κύριος τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων· καὶ εἶδεν ᾿Ισραὴλ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους τεθνηκότας παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης.

³¹εἶδε δὲ ᾿Ισραὴλ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν μεγάλην, ἃ ἐποίησε Κύριος τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις· ἐφοβήθη δὲ ὁ λαὸς τὸν Κύριον καὶ ἐπίστευσαν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Μωυσῇ τῷ θεράποντι αὐτοῦ.

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Magdol and the sea, opposite Beel-sepphon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea.

³And Pharao will say to his people, As for these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has shut them in.

⁴And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

⁵And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharao was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said, What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they should not serve us?

⁶So Pharao yoked his chariots, and led off all his people with himself:

⁷having also taken six hundred chosen chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all.

⁸And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and of his servants, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went forth with a high hand.

⁹And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharao, and the horsemen, and his host [were] before the village, over against Beel-sepphon.

¹⁰And Pharao approached, and the children of Israel having looked up, beheld, and the Egyptians encamped behind them: and they were very greatly terrified, and the children of Israel cried to the Lord;

¹¹and said to Moses, Because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, hast thou brought us forth to slay [us] in the wilderness? What is this that thou hast done to us, having brought us out of Egypt?

¹²Is not this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

¹³And Moses said to the people, Be of good courage: stand and see the salvation which is from the Lord, which he will work for us this day; for as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

¹⁴The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

¹⁵and the Lord said to Moses, Why criest thou to me? speak to the children of Israel, and let them proceed.

¹⁶And do thou lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land.

¹⁷And lo! I will harden the heart of Pharao and of all the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will be glorified upon Pharao, and on all his host, and on his chariots and his horses.

¹⁸And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I am glorified upon Pharao and upon his chariots and his horses.

¹⁹And the angel of God that went before the camp of the children of Israel removed and went behind, and the pillar of the cloud also removed from before them and stood behind them.

²⁰And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during the whole night.

²¹And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind all the night, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided.

²²And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left.

²³And the Egyptians pursued them and went in after them, and every horse of Pharao, and his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.

²⁴And it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord looked forth on the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and troubled the camp of the Egyptians,

²⁵and bound the axle-trees of their chariots, and caused them to go with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.

²⁶And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thine hand over the sea, and let the water be turned back to its place, and let it cover the Egyptians [coming] both upon the chariots and the riders.

²⁷And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its place toward day; and the Egyptians fled from the water, and the Lord shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

²⁸and the water returned and covered the chariots and the riders, and all the forces of Pharao, who entered after them into the sea: and there was not left of them even one.

²⁹But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and a wall on the left.

³⁰So the Lord delivered Israel in that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead by the shore of the sea.

³¹And Israel saw the mighty hand, the [things] which the Lord did to the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and they believed God and Moses his servant.