¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

²Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea: before Baal-Zephon, opposite to it, shall ye encamp by the sea.

²Udza vana vaIsiraeri, kuti vadzoke, vavake misasa yavo pamberi paPihahiroti, pakati peMigodhori negungwa, pamberi peBhaarizefoni; muvake misasa yenyu pagungwa pakatarisana napo.

³And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.

³Zvino Farao achati pamusoro pavana vaIsiraeri, Varasa nzira panyika, renje ravadzivirira.

⁴And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he may pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh, and in all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.

⁴Ndichaomesa moyo waFarao kuti avateverere; ini ndichakudzwa pamusoro paFarao napahondo yake yose; vaEgipita vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha. Vakaita saizvozvo.

⁵And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his bondmen was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from our service?

⁵Zvino mambo weEgipita akaudzwa kuti vanhu vatiza; moyo waFarao nowavaranda vake ukashandukira vanhu, vakati, Taita seiko zvatatendera vaIsiraeri vakanga vachitibatira kuti vaende?

⁶And he yoked his chariot, and took his people with him.

⁶Zvino akagadzira ngoro yake, akaenda navanhu vake;

⁷And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

⁷akatora ngoro dzakatsaurwa dzina mazana matanhatu, nengoro dzose dzeEgipita, dzina vatariri vadzo dzose.

⁸And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel had gone out with a high hand.

⁸Jehovha akaomesa moyo waFarao, mambo weEgipita, akateverera vana vaIsiraeri, nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vakanga vabuda noruoko rune simba.

⁹And the Egyptians pursued after them, -- all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them where they had encamped by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, opposite to Baal-Zephon.

⁹VaEgipita vakavateverera namabhiza ose nengoro dzaFarao, navatasvi vake vamabhiza, nehondo yake, vakavabata vachiri pamisasa pagungwa, paPihahiroti pamberi peBhaarizefoni.

¹⁰And Pharaoh approached; and the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and the children of Israel were much afraid, and cried out to Jehovah.

¹⁰Zvino Farao akati asvika pedo, vana valsiraeri vakasimudza meso avo, vakaona vaEgipita vachivateverera, vakatya kwazvo; vana vaIsiraeri vakachema kuna Jehovha.

¹¹And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou done this to us, that thou hast led us out of Egypt?

¹¹Vakati kuna Mozisi, Makanga muchiti hamuna mahwiro paEgipita, mukatibvisako kuti tifire murenje here? Makatiitireiko zvamatibudisa paEgipita?

¹²Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

¹²Ko harizi shoko iro ratakakuudzai paEgipita here, tichiti, Tiregei, tibatire hedu vaEgipita? Nekuti zviri nani kuti tibatire vaEgipita, pakuti tifire murenje.

¹³And Moses said to the people, Fear 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.

¹³Zvino Mozisi akati kuvanhu, Musatya henyu, mirai, mugoona sununguro yaJehovha, yaachakuitirai nhasi, nekuti vaEgipita vamaona nhasi, hamungazovaonizve nokusingaperi.

¹⁴Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still.

¹⁴Jehovha achakurwirai, imwi munofanira kunyarara henyu.

¹⁵And Jehovah said to Moses, Why dost thou cry unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.

¹⁵Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Unodanidzireiko kwandiri? Udza vana valsiraeri kuti vapfuurire mberi.

¹⁶And thou, lift thy staff, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea.

¹⁶Iwe simudza tsvimbo yako, utambanudzire ruoko rwako pamusoro pegungwa, uritsemure napakati, kuti vana vaIsiraeri vafambe pakaoma mukati megungwa.

¹⁷And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots and in his horsemen.

¹⁷Tarira, ndichaomesa moyo yavaEgipita, kuti vapindewo vachivateverera, ini ndizokudzwa pamusoro paFarao napamusoro pehondo yake yose, napamusoro pengoro dzake, napamusoro pavatasvi vake vamabhiza.

¹⁸And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have glorified myself in Pharaoh, in his chariots and in his horsemen.

¹⁸Ipapo vaEgipita vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, kana ndakudzwa pamusoro paFarao, napamusoro pengoro dzake, napamusoro pavatasvi vake vamabhiza.

¹⁹And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them.

¹⁹Zvino mutumwa waMwari, akanga akatungamirira hondo yavaIsiraeri, akabvapo, akaenda shure kwavo; shongwe yegore ikabva mberi kwavo, ikandomira shure kwavo.

²⁰And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and was a cloud and darkness, and lit up the night; and the one did not come near the other all the night.

²⁰Ikapinda pakati pemisasa yavaEgipita nemisasa yavaIsiraeri; gore nerima, zvikavapo asi rakavhenekera usiku; havana kuswederana usiku hwose.

²¹And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided.

²¹Zvino Mozisi akatambanudzira ruoko rwake pamusoro pegungwa, Jehovha akadzinga gungwa nemhepo ine simba, yakabva mabvazuva usiku hwose, akashandura gungwa, rikaita ivhu rakaoma, mvura ikatsemuka.

²²And the children of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry [ground]; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

²²Zvino vana valsiraeri vakapinda nomukati megungwa pakaoma, mvura ikavaitira madziro kurudyi rwavo nokuruboshwe rwavo.

²³And the Egyptians pursued and came after them -- all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.

²³vakavateverera, vakapinda shure kwavo mukati megungwa namabhiza aFarao ose, nengoro dzake navatasvi vake vamabhiza.

²⁴And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked upon the camp of the Egyptians, in the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and embarrassed the camp of the Egyptians.

²⁴Mangwanani Jehovha akatarira hondo yavaEgipita, ari mushongwe yomoto neyegore, akavhundusa hondo yavaEgipita.

²⁵And he took off their chariot wheels, and caused them to drive with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee before Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians!

²⁵Akanyudza makumbo engoro dzavo, dzikatambudzika pakufamba; vaEgipita vakazoti, Ngatitize pamberi pavaIsiraeri, nekuti Jehovha anovarwira ivo, asi anorwa navaEgipita.

²⁶And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may return upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and upon their horsemen.

²⁶Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Tambanudzira ruoko rwako pamusoro pegungwa, kuti mvura idzokere pamusoro pavaEgipita, napamusoro pengoro dzavo, napamusoro pavatasvi vavo vamabhiza.

²⁷And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

²⁷Mozisi akatambanudzira ruoko rwake pamusoro pegungwa, gungwa rikadzokera kwakare koedza; vaEgipita vakatizira mukati maro; Jehovha akaparadza vaEgipita mukati megungwa;

²⁸And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the host of Pharaoh that had come into the sea after them; there remained not even one of them.

²⁸mvura ikadzoka, ikafukidza ngoro, navatasvi vamabhiza, nehondo yose yaFarao yakanga yapinda mugungwa ichivateverera; hakuna kusara kunyange nomumwe wavo.

²⁹And the children of Israel walked on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

²⁹Asi vana vaIsiraeri vakafamba pakaoma mukati megungwa; mvura ikavaitira madziro kurudyi rwavo nokuruboshwe rwavo.

³⁰Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore.

³⁰Jehovha akarwira vaIsiraeri saizvozvo nomusi iwoyo pamaoko avaEgipita; vaIsiraeri vakaona vaEgipita vakanga vafa pamahombekombe egungwa.

³¹And Israel saw the great power [with] which Jehovah had wrought against the Egyptians; and the people feared Jehovah, and believed in Jehovah, and in Moses his bondman.

³¹Ipapo vana vaIsiraeri vakaona basa guru rakanga raitirwa vaEgipita naJehovha, vanhu vakatya Jehovha, vakatenda Jehovha naMozisi muranda wake.