¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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

²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they turn back and encamp before Pi-Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-Zephon; over-against it ye do encamp by the sea,

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

³and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;

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

⁴and I have strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath pursued after them, and I am honoured on Pharaoh, and on all his force, and the Egyptians have known that I [am] Jehovah;` and they do so.

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

⁵And it is declared to the king of Egypt that the people hath fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants is turned against the people, and they say, `What [is] this we have done? that we have sent Israel away from our service.`

⁶Zvino akagadzira ngoro yake, akaenda navanhu vake;

⁶And he harnesseth his chariot, and his people he hath taken with him,

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

⁷and he taketh six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;

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

⁸and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursueth after the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel are going out with a high hand,

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

⁹and the Egyptians pursue after them, and all the chariot horses of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his force, overtake them, encamping by the sea, by Pi-Hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon.

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

¹⁰And Pharaoh hath drawn near, and the sons of Israel lift up their eyes, and lo, the Egyptians are journeying after them, and they fear exceedingly, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.

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

¹¹And they say unto Moses, `Because there are no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in a wilderness? what is this thou hast done to us — to bring us out from Egypt?

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

¹²Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?`

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

¹³And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, station yourselves, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He doth for you to-day; for, as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye add no more to see them — to the age;

¹⁴Jehovha achakurwirai, imwi munofanira kunyarara henyu.

¹⁴Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.`

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

¹⁵And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `What? thou criest unto Me — speak unto the sons of Israel, and they journey;

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

¹⁶and thou, lift up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand towards the sea, and cleave it, and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea on dry land.

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

¹⁷`And I — lo, I am strengthening the heart of the Egyptians, and they go in after them, and I am honoured on Pharaoh, and on all his force, on his chariots, and on his horsemen;

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

¹⁸and the Egyptians have known that I [am] Jehovah, in My being honoured on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.`

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

¹⁹And the messenger of God, who is going before the camp of Israel, journeyeth and goeth at their rear; and the pillar of the cloud journeyeth from their front, and standeth at their rear,

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

²⁰and cometh in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and the cloud and the darkness are, and he enlighteneth the night, and the one hath not drawn near unto the other all the night.

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

²¹And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and Jehovah causeth the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and maketh the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved,

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

²²and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea, on dry land, and the waters [are] to them a wall, on their right and on their left.

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

²³And the Egyptians pursue, and go in after them (all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen) unto the midst of the sea,

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

²⁴and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians,

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

²⁵and turneth aside the wheels of their chariots, and they lead them with difficulty, and the Egyptians say, `Let us flee from the face of Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians.`

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

²⁶And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand toward the sea, and the waters turn back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.`

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

²⁷And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and the sea turneth back, at the turning of the morning, to its perennial flow, and the Egyptians are fleeing at its coming, and Jehovah shaketh off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea,

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

²⁸and the waters turn back, and cover the chariots and the horsemen, even all the force of Pharaoh, who are coming in after them into the sea — there hath not been left of them even one.

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

²⁹And the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters [are] to them a wall, on their right and on their left;

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

³⁰and Jehovah saveth Israel in that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel seeth the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore,

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

³¹and Israel seeth the great hand with which Jehovah hath wrought against the Egyptians, and the people fear Jehovah, and remain stedfast in Jehovah, and in Moses His servant.