Targum Onkelos Exodus · chapter 15

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1. 1

   בְּכֵן שַׁבַּח משֶׁה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת תִּשְׁבַּחְתָּא הָדָא קֳדָם יְיָ וַאֲמָרוּ לְמֵימָר נְשַׁבַּח וְנוֹדֶה קָדָם יְיָ אֲרֵי אִתְגָאֵי עַל גֵוְתָנַיָא וְגֵאוּתָא דִילֵהּ הִיא סוּסְיָא וְרָכְבֵהּ רְמָא בְיַמָא:

   Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

2. 2

   תָּקְפִּי וְתִשְׁבַּחְתִּי דְחִילָא יְיָ וַאֲמַר בְּמֵימְרֵהּ וַהֲוָה לִי לְפָרָק דֵין אֱלָהַי וְאֶבְנֵי לֵהּ מַקְדְשָׁא אֱלָהָא דַאֲבָהָתַי וְאֶפְלַח קֳדָמוֹהִי:

   The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

3. 3

   יְיָ מָרֵי נִצְחָן קְרָבַיָא יְיָ שְׁמֵהּ:

   The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

4. 4

   רְתִכֵּי פַּרְעֹה וּמַשִׁרְיָתֵהּ שְׁדִי בְיַמָא וּשְׁפַר גִבָּרוֹהִי אִטְבָּעוּ בְּיַמָא דְסוּף:

   Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

5. 5

   תְּהוֹמַיָא חֲפוֹ עֲלֵיהוֹן נְחָתוּ לְעוּמְקַיָא כְּאַבְנָא:

   The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

6. 6

   יַמִינָךְ יְיָ אַדִיר בְּחֵילָא יַמִינָךְ יְיָ תְּבָּרַת סָנְאָה:

   Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

7. 7

   וּבִסְגֵי תָקְפָּךְ תְּבַרְתָּנוּן לִדְקָמוּ עַל עַמָךְ שַׁלַחְתָּ רוּגְזָךְ שֵׁיצִנוּן כְּנוּרָא לְקַשָׁא:

   You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

8. 8

   וּבְמֵימַר פּוּמָךְ חַכִּימוּ מַיָא קָמוּ כְשׁוּר אֲזָלַיָא קָפוּ תְהוֹמִין בְּלִבָּא דְיַמָא:

   At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

9. 9

   דַהֲוָה אֲמַר סָנְאָה אֶרְדוֹף אַדְבֵּק אֲפַלֵג בִּזְתָא תִּשְׂבַּע מִנְהוֹן נַפְשִׁי אֶשְׁלוֹף חַרְבִּי תְּשֵׁיצִינוּן יְדִי:

   The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

10. 10

    אֲמַרְתָּ בְּמֵימְרָךְ חֲפָא עֲלֵיהוֹן יַמָא אִשְׁתְּקָעוּ כַּאֲבָרָא בְּמַיִן תַּקִיפִין:

    But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11. 11

    לֵית בַּר מִנָךְ דְאַתְּ הוּא אֱלָהָא יְיָ לֵית בַּר מִנָךְ אֱלָהָא אַתְּ אַדִיר בְּקוּדְשָׁא דָחֵל תֻּשְׁבְּחָן עָבֵד פָּרִישָׁן:

    Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You — majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

12. 12

    אֲרֵמְתָּ יַמִינָךְ בְּלַעְתְּנוּן אַרְעָא:

    You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

13. 13

    דַבַּרְהִי בְטַבְוָתָךְ עַמָא דְנַן דִפְרָקְתָּ סוֹבַרְהִי בְתָקְפָּךְ לְדִירָא דְקֻדְשָׁךְ:

    With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

14. 14

    שְׁמָעוּ עַמְמַיָא וְזָעוּ דַחֲלָא אַחֲדָתְנוּן דַהֲווֹ יָתְבִין בִּפְלָשֶׁת:

    The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

15. 15

    בְּכֵן אִתְבְּהִילוּ רַבְרְבֵי אֱדוֹם תַּקִיפֵי מוֹאָב אֲחַדָתְנוּן רְתֵיתָא אִתְבָּרוּ כֹּל דַהֲווֹ יָתְבִין בִּכְנָעַן:

    Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

16. 16

    תַּפִּיל עֲלֵיהוֹן אֵימְתָא וְדַחַלְתָּא בִּסְגֵי תָקְפָּךְ יִשְׁתְּקוּן כְּאַבְנָא עַד דְיֵעִבַּר עַמָךְ יְיָ יָת אַרְנוֹנָא עַד דְיֵעִבַּר עַמָא דְנַן דִי פְרַקְתָּא יָת יַרְדְנָא:

    and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

17. 17

    תָּעֵלִנוּן וְתַשְׁרִינוּן בְּטוּרָא דְאַחְסַנְתָּךְ אֲתַר מְתַקֵן לְבֵית שְׁכִנְתָּךְ אַתְקֵנְתָּא יְיָ מַקְדְשָׁא יְיָ אַתְקְנוֹהִי יְדָיךְ:

    You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance — the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

18. 18

    יְיָ מַלְכוּתֵהּ קָאֵם לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָא:

    The LORD will reign forever and ever!”

19. 19

    אֲרֵי עַלוּ סוּסָוַת פַּרְעֹה בִּרְתִכּוֹהִי וּבְפָרָשׁוֹהִי בְּיַמָא וַאֲתֵיב יְיָ עֲלֵיהוֹן יָת מֵי יַמָא וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַלִיכוּ בְיַבֶּשְׁתָּא בְּגוֹ יַמָא:

    For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

20. 20

    וּנְסֵיבַת מִרְיָם נְבִיאֲתָא אֲחָתֵהּ דְאַהֲרֹן יָת תֻּפָּא בִּידַהּ וּנְפָקוּ כָל נְשַׁיָא בַּתְרָהָא בְּתֻפִּין וּבְחִנְגִין:

    Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

21. 21

    וּמְעַנְיָא לְהוֹן מִרְיָם שַׁבָּחוּ וְאוֹדוּ קֳדָם יְיָ אֲרֵי אִתְגָאֵי עַל גֵוְתָנַיָא וְגֵאוּתָא דִילֵהּ הִיא סוּסְיָא וְרָכְבֵהּ רְמָא בְיַמָא:

    And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

22. 22

    וְאַטֵּל משֶׁה יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַמָא דְסוּף וּנְפָקוּ לְמַדְבְּרָא דְחַגְרָא וַאֲזָלוּ תְלָתָא יוֹמִין בְּמַדְבְּרָא וְלָא אַשְׁכָּחוּ מַיָא:

    Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

23. 23

    וַאֲתוֹ לְמָרָה וְלָא יְכִילוּ לְמִשְׁתֵּי מַיָא מִמָרָה אֲרֵי מְרִירִין אִנוּן עַל כֵּן קְרָא שְׁמַהּ מָרָה:

    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

24. 24

    וְאִתְרָעָמוּ עַמָא עַל משֶׁה לְמֵימַר מָה נִשְׁתֵּי:

    So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

25. 25

    וְצַלִי קֳדָם יְיָ וְאַלְפֵהּ יְיָ אָעָא וּרְמָא לְמַיָא וּבַסִימוּ מַיָא תַּמָן גְזַר לֵהּ קְיָם וְדִין וְתַמָן נַסְיֵהּ:

    And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

26. 26

    וַאֲמַר אִם קַבָּלָא תְקַבֵּל לְמֵימְרָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וּדְכָשַׁר קֳדָמוֹהִי תַעְבֵּד וְתַצֵית לִפִקוּדוֹהִי וְתִטַר כָּל קְיָמוֹהִי כָּל מַרְעִין דִי שַׁוֵיתִי בְמִצְרַיִם לָא אֲשַׁוִנוּן עֲלָךְ אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ אַסָךְ:

    saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

27. 27

    וַאֲתוֹ לְאֵילִם וְתַמָן תְּרֵי עֲסַר מַבּוּעִין דְמַיִן וְשִׁבְעִין דִקְלִין וּשְׁרוֹ תַמָן עַל מַיָא:

    Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.