Exodus 15

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Exodus 15

1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he is very greatly glorified: horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.Τότε ᾖσε Μωυσῆς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν ᾠδὴν ταύτην τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ εἶπαν, λέγοντες, ᾄσωμεν τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐνδόξως γὰρ δεδόξασται· ἵππον καὶ ἀναβάτην ἔῤῥιψεν εἰς θάλασσαν.

2He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: this is my God and I will glorify him; my father's God, and I will exalt him.Βοηθὸς καὶ σκεπαστὴς ἐγένετό μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν· οὗτός μου Θεὸς, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτόν· Θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ ὑψώσω αὐτόν.

3The Lord bringing wars to nothing, the Lord is his name.Κύριος συντρίβων πολέμους, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ.

4He has cast the chariots of Pharao and his host into the sea, the chosen mounted captains: they were swallowed up in the Red Sea.Ἅρματα Φαραὼ, καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ, ἔῤῥιψεν εἰς θάλασσαν, ἐπιλέκτους ἀναβάτας τριστάτας· κατεπόθησαν ἐν ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ·

5He covered them with the sea: they sank to the depth like a stone.Πόντῳ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτούς· κατέδυσαν εἰς βυθὸν ὡσεὶ λίθος.

6Your right hand, O God, has been glorified in strength; your right hand, O God, has broken the enemies.Ἡ δεξιά σου, Κύριε, δεδόξασται ἐν ἰσχύϊ· ἡ δεξιά σου χεὶρ, Κύριε, ἔθραυσεν ἐχθρούς.

7And in the abundance of your glory you have broken the adversaries to pieces: you sent forth your wrath, it devoured them as stubble.Καὶ τῷ πλήθει τῆς δόξης σου συνέτριψας τοὺς ὑπεναντίους· ἀπέστειλας τὴν ὀργήν σου κατέφαγεν αὐτοὺς ὡς καλάμην.

8And by the breath of your anger the water parted asunder; the waters were congealed as a wall, the waves were congealed in the midst of the sea.Καὶ διὰ πνεύματος τοῦ θυμοῦ σου διέστη τὸ ὕδωρ· ἐπάγη ὡσεὶ τεῖχος τὰ ὕδατα· ἐπάγη τὰ κύματα ἐν μέσῳ τῆς θαλάσσης.

9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion.Εἶπεν ὁ ἐχθρὸς, διώξας καταλήψομαι, μεριῶ σκῦλα· ἐμπλήσω ψυχήν μου, ἀνελῶ τῇ μαχαίρῃ μου, κυριεύσει ἡ χείρ μου.

10You sent forth your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty water.Ἀπέστειλας τὸ πνεῦμά σου· ἐκάλυψεν αὐτοὺς θάλασσα· ἔδυσαν ὡσεὶ μόλιβος ἐν ὕδατι σφοδρῷ.

11Who is like to you among the gods, O Lord? who is like to you? glorified in holiness, marvelous in glories, doing wonders.Τίς ὅμοιός σοι ἐν θεοῖς, Κύριε; τίς ὅμοιός σοι; δεδοξασμένος ἐν ἁγίοις, θαυμαστὸς ἐν δόξαις, ποιῶν τέρατα.

12You stretched forth your right hand, the earth swallowed them up.Ἐξέτεινας τὴν δεξιάν σου· κατέπιεν αὐτοὺς γῆ.

13You have guided in your righteousness this your people whom you have redeemed, by your strength you have called them into your holy resting-place.Ὡδήγησας τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου τὸν λαόν σου τοῦτον, ὃν ἐλυτρώσω· παρεκάλεσας τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου εἰς κατάλυμα ἅγιόν σου.

14The nations heard and were angry, pangs have seized on the dwellers among the Phylistines.Ἤκουσαν ἔθνη, καὶ ὠργίσθησαν· ὠδῖνες ἔλαβον κατοικοῦντας Φυλιστιείμ.

15Then the princes of Edom, and the chiefs of the Moabites hasted; trembling took hold upon them, all the inhabitants of Chanaan melted away.Τότε ἔσπευσαν ἡγεμόνες Ἐδὼμ, καὶ ἄρχοντες Μωαβιτῶν· ἔλαβεν αὐτοὺς τρόμος· ἐτάκησαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες Χαναάν.

16Let trembling and fear fall upon them; by the greatness of your arm, let them become as stone; till your people pass over, O Lord, till this your people pass over, whom you have purchased.Ἐπιπέσοι ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τρόμος καὶ φόβος· μεγέθει βραχίονός σου ἀπολιθωθήτωσαν, ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ λαός σου, Κύριε· ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ λαός σου οὗτος, ὃν ἐκτήσω.

17Bring them in and plant them in the mountain of their inheritance, in your prepared habitation, which you, O Lord, have prepared; the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have made ready.Εἰσαγαγὼν καταφύτευσον αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος κληρονομίας σου, εἰς ἕτοιμον κατοικητήριόν σου, ὃ κατηρτίσω, Κύριε, ἁγίασμα, Κύριε, ὃ ἡτοίμασαν αἱ χεῖρές σου.

18The Lord * reigns for ever and ever and ever.Κύριος βασιλεύων τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ἐπʼ αἰῶνα, καὶ ἔτι.

19For the horse of Pharao went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked through dry land in the midst of the sea.Ὅτι εἰσῆλθεν ἵππος Φαραὼ σὺν ἅρμασιν καὶ ἀναβάταις εἰς θάλασσαν, καὶ ἐπήγαγεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς Κύριος τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς θαλάσσης· οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπορεύθησαν διὰ ξηρᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῆς θαλάσσης.

20And Mariam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, having taken a timbrel in her hand—then there went forth all the women after her with timbrels and dances.Λαβοῦσα δὲ Μαριὰμ ἡ προφῆτις ἡ ἀδελφὴ Ἀαρὼν τὸ τύμπανον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐξήλθοσαν πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκες ὀπίσω αὐτῆς μετὰ τυμπάνων καὶ χορῶν.

21And Mariam led them, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been very greatly glorified: the horse and rider has he cast into the sea.Ἐξῆρχε δὲ αὐτῶν Μαριὰμ, λέγουσα, ᾄσωμεν τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐνδόξως γὰρ δεδόξασται· ἵππον καὶ ἀναβάτην ἔῤῥιψεν εἰς θάλασσαν.

22So Moses brought up the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the wilderness of Sur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink.Ἐξῆρε δὲ Μωυσῆς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἐρυθρᾶς, καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Σούρ· καὶ ἐπορεύοντο τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ οὐχ ηὕρισκον ὕδωρ, ὥστε πιεῖν.

23and they came to Merrha, and could not drink of Merrha, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness.Ἦλθον δὲ εἰς Μεῤῥᾶ, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο πιεῖν ἐκ Μεῤῥᾶς· πικρὸν γὰρ ἦν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου, Πικρία.

24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?Καὶ διεγόγγυζεν ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ Μωυσῇ, λέγοντες, τί πιόμεθα;

25And Moses cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, and he cast it into the water, and the water was sweetened: there he established to him ordinances and judgments, and there he proved him,Ἐβόησε δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον· καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ Κύριος ξύλον, καὶ ἐνέβαλεν αὐτὸ εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐγλυκάνθη τὸ ὕδωρ· ἐκεῖ ἔθετο αὐτῷ δικαιώματα καὶ κρίσεις· καὶ ἐκεῖ αὐτὸν ἐπείρασε,

26and said, If you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord your God, and do things pleasing before him, and will listen to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon you, for I am the Lord your God that heals you.καὶ εἶπεν, ἐὰν ἀκοῇ ἀκούσῃς τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ποιήσῃς, καὶ ἐνωτίσῃ ταῖς ἐντολαῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ φυλάξῃς πάντα τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ, πᾶσαν νόσον, ἣν ἐπήγαγον τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, οὐκ ἐπάξω ἐπὶ σέ· ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ὁ ἰώμενός σε.

27And they came to Aelim, and there were there twelve fountains of water, and seventy stems of palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.Καὶ ἤλθοσαν εἰς Αἰλείμ· καὶ ἦσαν ἐκεῖ δώδεκα πηγαὶ ὑδάτων, καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα στελέχη φοινίκων· παρενέβαλον δὲ ἐκεῖ παρὰ τὰ ὕδατα.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 18*Gr. reigning.