출애굽기(Exodus) 14장

 

 

출애굽기(Exodus) 14장

 

1. Then the LORD said to Moses,

 

2. "Tell the Israelites to turn back and

encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between

Migdol and the sea. They are to

encamp by the sea, directly opposite

Baal Zephon.

 

3. Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are

wandering around the land in confusion,

hemmed in by the desert.'

 

4. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and

he will pursue them. But I will gain glory

for myself through Pharaoh and all his

army, and the Egyptians will know that I

am the LORD." So the Israelites did this.

 

5. When the king of Egypt was told that

the people had fled, Pharaoh and his

officials changed their minds about

them and said, "What have we done?

We have let the Israelites go and have

lost  their services!"

 

6. So he had his chariot made ready and

took his army with him.

 

7. He took six hundred of the best

chariots, along with all the other

chariots of Egypt, with officers over

all of them.

 

8. The LORD hardened the heart of

Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he

pursued the Israelites, who were

marching out boldly.

 

9. The Egyptians- -all Pharaoh's horses

and chariots, horsemen and troops

- -pursued the Israelites and overtook

them as they camped by the sea near

Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.

 

10. As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites

looked up, and there were the Egyptians,

marching after them. They were terrified

and cried out to the LORD.

 

11. They said to Moses, "Was it because

there were no graves in Egypt that you

brought us to the desert to die? What

have you done to us by bringing us out

of Egypt?

 

12. Didn't we say to you in Egypt, 'Leave

us alone; let us serve the Egyptians'? It

would have been better for us to serve

the Egyptians than to die in the desert!"

 

13. Moses answered the people, "Do not

be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the

deliverance the LORD will bring you

today. The Egyptians you see today you

will never see again.

 

14. The LORD will fight for you; you need

only to be still."

 

15. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why

are you crying out to me? Tell the

Israelites to move on.

 

 

16. Raise your staff and stretch out your

hand over the sea to divide the water

so that the Israelites can go through

the sea on dry ground.

 

17. I will harden the hearts of the

Egyptians so that they will go in

after them. And I will gain glory

through Pharaoh and all his army,

through his chariots and his

horsemen.

 

18. The Egyptians will know that I am the

LORD when I gain glory through Pharaoh,

his chariots and his horsemen."

 

19. Then the angel of God, who had been

traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew

and went behind them. The pillar of cloud

also moved from in front and stood

behind them,

 

20. coming between the armies of Egypt

and Israel. Throughout the night the

cloud brought darkness to the one side

and light to the other side; so neither

went near the other all night long.

 

21. Then Moses stretched out his hand

over the sea, and all that night the LORD

drove the sea back with a strong east

wind and turned it into dry land. The

waters were divided,

 

22. and the Israelites went through the sea

on dry ground, with a wall of water on

their right and on their left.

 

23. The Egyptians pursued them, and all

Pharaoh's horses and chariots and

horsemen followed them into the sea.

 

24. During the last watch of the night the

LORD looked down from the pillar of fire

and cloud at the Egyptian army and

threw it into confusion.

 

25. He made the wheels of their chariots

come off so that they had difficulty

driving. And the Egyptians said, "Let's

get away from the Israelites! The LORD

is fighting for them against Egypt."

 

26. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch

out your hand over the sea so that the

waters may flow back over the Egyptians

and their chariots and horsemen."

 

27. Moses stretched out his hand over the

sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to

its place. The Egyptians were fleeing

toward it, and the LORD swept them into

the sea.

 

28. The water flowed back and covered the

chariots and horsemen- -the entire army

of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites

into the sea. Not one of them survived.

 

29. But the Israelites went through the sea

on dry ground, with a wall of water on

their right and on their left.

 

30. That day the LORD saved Israel from

the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel

saw the Egyptians lying dead on the

shore.

 

31. And when the Israelites saw the great

power the LORD displayed against the

Egyptians, the people feared the LORD

and put their trust in him and in Moses

his servant.