Eksodo 15

¹Ndipo Mose ndi Aisraeli anayimbira Yehova nyimbo iyi:

²Yehova ndiye mphamvu yanga ndi nyimbo yanga;

³Yehova ndi wankhondo;

⁴Magaleta a Farao ndi asilikali ake ankhondo

⁵Nyanja yakuya inawaphimba;

⁶Yehova, dzanja lanu lamanja

⁷Ndi ulemerero wanu waukulu,

⁸Ndi mpweya wotuluka mʼmphuno mwanu

⁹Mdaniyo anati,

¹⁰Koma Inu munawuzira mphepo yanu,

¹¹Ndithu Yehova, pakati pa milungu,

¹²Munatambasula dzanja lanu lamanja

¹³Ndi chikondi chanu chosasinthika mudzatsogolera

¹⁴Anthu amitundu ina anamva za mbiriyi ndipo ananjenjemera ndi mantha,

¹⁵Tsopano mafumu a ku Edomu agwidwa ndi mantha aakulu,

¹⁶Onse agwidwa ndi mantha woopsa.

¹⁷Inu mudzawalowetsa ndi kuwakhazikitsa

¹⁸“Yehova adzalamula

¹⁹Akavalo a Farao, magaleta ndi oyendetsa akavalo atalowa mʼnyanja, Yehova anawabwezera madziwo mʼnyanja ndi kuwamiza, koma Aisraeli anawoloka nyanjayo powuma.

²⁰Ndipo Miriamu mneneri wamkazi, mlongo wa Aaroni anatenga zoyimbira ndipo akazi onse anamutsatira pambuyo, akuyimba ndi zoyimbira ndi kuvina.

²¹Miriamu anawayimbira nyimbo iyi:

²²Ndipo Mose anatsogolera Israeli kuchoka ku nyanja yofiira ndi kupita ku chipululu cha Suri. Anayenda mʼchipululu masiku atatu wosapeza madzi.

²³Ndipo anafika ku Mara. Koma sanathe kumwa madzi akumeneko chifukwa anali owawa. (Ndi chifukwa chake malowo amatchedwa Mara).

²⁴Tsono anthu aja anadandaulira Mose ndi kumufunsa kuti, “Kodi tikumwa chiyani?”

²⁵Ndipo Mose anapemphera kwa Yehova, ndipo Yehova anamuonetsa kamtengo. Iye anakaponya mʼmadzimo ndipo madzi anakhala abwino.

²⁶Yehova anati, “Ngati inu mudzamvetsa bwino mawu anga, kuchita zolungama, kumvera malamulo anga ndi kusamalitsa zimene ndikukuwuzani ndiye kuti Ine sindidzayika pa inu matenda amene ndinayika pa anthu a ku Igupto popeza ndine Yehova amene ndimakuchiritsani.”

²⁷Kenaka anafika ku Elimu, kumene kunali akasupe khumi ndi awiri ndi mitengo ya migwalangwa makumi asanu ndi awiri, ndipo anamanga misasa yawo kumeneko pafupi ndi madzi.