The Song of Moses
1 Moses and the Israelites sang this song in praise of the Lord:
I sing praises to the Lord
for his great victory!
He has thrown the horses
and their riders
into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strength,
the reason for my song,
because he has saved me.
I praise and honor the Lord—
he is my God and the God
of my ancestors.
3 The Lord is his name,
and he is a warrior!
4 He threw the chariots and army
of Egypt's king
into the Red Sea,
and he drowned the best
of the king's officers.
5 They sank to the bottom
just like stones.
6 With the tremendous force
of your right arm, our Lord,
you crushed your enemies.
7 What a great victory was yours,
when you defeated everyone
who opposed you.
Your fiery anger wiped them out,
as though they were straw.
8 You were so furious
that the sea piled up
like a wall,
and the ocean depths
curdled like cheese.
9 Your enemies boasted
that they would
pursue and capture us,
divide up our possessions,
treat us as they wished,
then take out their swords
and kill us right there.
10 But when you got furious,
they sank like lead,
swallowed by ocean waves.
11 Our Lord, no other gods
compare with you—
Majestic and holy!
Fearsome and glorious!
Miracle worker!
12 When you signaled
with your right hand,
your enemies were swallowed
deep into the earth.
13 The people you rescued
were led by your powerful love
to your holy place.
14 Nations learned of this
and trembled—
Philistines shook with horror.
15 The leaders of Edom and of Moab
were terrified.
Everyone in Canaan fainted,
16 struck down by fear.
Our Lord, your powerful arm
kept them still as a rock
until the people you rescued
to be your very own
had marched by.
17 You will let your people settle
on your own mountain,
where you chose to live
and to be worshiped.
18 Our Lord, you will rule forever!
The Song of Miriam
19 The Lord covered the royal Egyptian cavalry and chariots with the sea, after the Israelites had walked safely through on dry ground. 20 Miriam the sister of Aaron was a prophet. So she took her tambourine and led the other women out to play their tambourines and to dance. 21 Then she sang to them:
“Sing praises to the Lord
for his great victory!
He has thrown the horses
and their riders into the sea.”
Bitter Water at Marah
22 After the Israelites left the Red Sea, Moses led them through the Shur Desert for three days, before finding water. 23 They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name. 24 The people complained and said, “Moses, what are we going to drink?”
25 Moses asked the Lord for help, and the Lord told him to throw a certain piece of wood into the water. Moses did so, and the water became fit to drink.
At Marah the Lord tested his people and also gave them some laws and teachings. 26 Then he said, “I am the Lord your God, and I cure your diseases. If you obey me by doing right and by following my laws and teachings, I won't punish you with the diseases I sent on the Egyptians.”
27 Later the Israelites came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and 70 palm trees. So they camped there.
Mozus dziesma
(2Moz 14:13–14Ps 78:12–14)1 Tad Mozus un Israēla dēli dziedāja Kungam šo dziesmu:
“Es dziedāšu Kungam,
jo viņš augstin augsts –
ir zirgus, ir jātniekus iemeta jūrā!
2 Mans spēks, mana dziesma ir Kungs!
Viņš ir mans glābiņš,
viņš ir mans Dievs, es slavēšu viņu!
Mana tēva Dievs – viņu cildināšu!
3 Kungs ir karotājs,
Kungs ir viņa vārds!
4 Faraona ratus un karapulkus
viņš iemeta jūrā!
Viņa labākie ratu braucēji
noslīka Niedru jūrā!
5 Dzīle tos apklājusi,
dzelmē kā akmens tie nogājuši!
6 Tava labā roka, Kungs,
dižojas spēkā!
Tava labā roka, Kungs,
sadragā naidnieku!
7 Tavas augstības varenībā
tu iznīdē dumpiniekus!
Tu savu kvēli sūti –
tā aprij viņus kā salmus!
8 Ar tavu nāšu dvesmu
tika savākti ūdeņi –
kā mūris, kā straumes tie stājās,
dzīles sastinga jūras sirdī!
9 Naidnieks teica:
es dzīšos, es pievārēšu,
dalīšu laupījumu,
ko kāroju, – dabūšu,
izraušu savu zobenu,
ar savu roku tos iznīdēšu!
10 Tu uzpūti savu dvašu –
viņus apklāja jūra,
kā svins tie nogrima
dziļajos ūdeņos!
11 Kas ir kā tu starp dieviem, Kungs?!
Kas ir kā tu, augsts svētumā,
bijājams slavā, kas dara brīnumus!
12 Tu izstiepi savu labo roku –
viņus aprija zeme!
13 Tu savā žēlastībā
vadīji tautu, ko izpirki,
ar savu spēku to vedināji
uz sava svētuma mājokļiem!
14 Dzirdēja tautas – nodrebēja,
sāpes sakampa Filistijas iemītniekus!
15 Tad satrūkās Edoma virsnieki pār tūkstošiem,
Moāba vadoņi – sagrāba viņus trīsas,
pašķīda visi Kanaāna iemītnieki!
16 Tiem uzkritušas briesmas un šaušalas
no tava lielā elkoņa!
Tie klusēs kā akmens, līdz paies garām tava tauta, Kungs,
līdz paies garām tauta, kuru tu izpirki!
17 Tu atvedi to un iedēstīji
sava mantojuma kalnā!
Savu mītni tu, Kungs, taisīji,
mana Kunga svētvietu tavas rokas iedibināja!
18 Kungs lai valda
mūžam un vēl!
19 Kad faraona zirgi, rati un jātnieki nonāca jūrā, Kungs lika, lai pār tiem nāk jūras ūdeņi, bet Israēla dēli izgāja caur jūru pa sausu zemi.”
Mirjāma
(4Moz 26:59)20 Tad praviete Mirjāma, Ārona māsa, ņēma rokā bungas, un visas sievietes devās tai pakaļ bungodamas un diedamas. 21 Un Mirjāma tām teica: “Dziediet Kungam, jo viņš augstin augsts, ir zirgus, ir jātniekus iemeta jūrā!”
Rūgtais ūdens top salds
22 Mozus vadīja Israēlu no Niedru jūras, un viņi izgāja Šūras tuksnesī. Trīs dienas viņi gāja pa tuksnesi un neatrada ūdeni. 23 Tad viņi nonāca Mārā, bet nevarēja dzert Māras ūdeni, jo tas bija rūgts – tādēļ to nosauca: Māra . 24 Un tauta kurnēja pret Mozu, sacīdama: “Ko lai mēs dzeram?!” 25 Un viņš brēca uz Kungu, un Kungs viņam parādīja kādu koku – viņš iemeta to ūdenī, un ūdens kļuva salds.
Tur viņš tiem deva likumus un tiesu, tur viņš tos pārbaudīja 26 un sacīja: “Ja klausīsiet Kunga, sava Dieva, balsij un darīsiet to, kas taisns viņa acīs, klausīsiet viņa pavēlēm un turēsiet viņa likumus, tad visas sērgas, ko es uzliku ēģiptiešiem, es jums neuzlikšu, jo es esmu Kungs, jūsu ārsts!”
27 Un viņi nonāca Ēlīmā – tur bija divpadsmit ūdens avoti un septiņdesmit palmas, tur viņi apmetās pie ūdens.
