Exodus 15

15 ¹Den Moses and di Israel people sing dis song to our Papa: I go sing to our Papa, because e don win kampe for glory; di horse and di person wey dey ride am, na inside di sea e throway dem. ²Our Papa na my strength and my song, and e don become my salvation; dis one na my Papa, and I go praise am, di God of my papa, and I go lift am up high. ³Our Papa na warrior; our Papa na im name. ⁴Pharaoh im chariots and im army, na inside di sea e throway dem, and di soldier officers wey e pick drown for di Red Sea. ^a a v4 For Hebrew: Yam Suf, "Sea of Reeds." ⁵Di deep water cover dem; dem go down enter di bottom-bottom like stone. ⁶Your right hand, our Papa, get power wey pass all; your right hand, our Papa, break di enemy scatter. ⁷For di bigness of your majesty, you throw down dem wey rise against you; you send out your anger wey dey burn; e chop dem finish like dry grass. ⁸As breeze comot for your nose, di water pile up; di water wey dey flow stand up gidigba like heap; di deep water hard for di middle of di sea. ⁹Di enemy talk sey, “I go chase dem, I go catch dem, I go share di loot; my belle go full with dem. I go draw my sword; my hand go finish dem.” ¹⁰You blow with your wind; di sea cover dem; dem sink like lead inside di mighty water. ¹¹Who be like you among di gods, our Papa? Who be like you, wey holy pass all, wey dey make person fear for glorious works, wey dey do wonda? ¹²You stretch out your right hand; di ground swallow dem. ¹³For your love wey no dey change, you don lead di people wey you don redeem; you don guide dem with your strength go your holy dwelling place. ¹⁴Di nations don hear; dem dey shake; fear don catch di Philistia people. ¹⁵Now di chiefs of Edom don confuse; shaking don catch di leaders of Moab; all di people wey dey live for Canaan don melt comot. ¹⁶Fear and shaking fall on dem; because of di bigness of your arm, dem quiet like stone, until your people cross pass, our Papa, until di people wey you don buy cross pass. ¹⁷You go bring dem in and plant dem for di mountain wey be your inheritance, di place, our Papa, wey you don make for your dwelling, di sanctuary, Oga Papa, wey your hands don establish. ¹⁸Our Papa go reign forever and ever.

¹⁹When Pharaoh im horses, chariots, and horse-riders enter di sea, our Papa bring di sea water come back cover dem—but Israel waka pass through di sea for dry ground. ²⁰Miriam di prophet, Aaron im sister, carry tambourine for her hand, and all di women follow her with tambourine, dey dance. ²¹Miriam sing to dem: “Sing to our Papa—e don win kampe for glory; horse and di person wey ride am, na inside di sea e throway dem.”

Enter di Wilderness

²²Moses lead Israel from di Red Sea enter di wilderness of Shur; three days dem waka for dat wilderness and dem no find water. ²³Dem come reach Marah but dem no fit drink di water—e bitter. Na so dem name di place Marah. ²⁴And di people grumble against Moses, dey talk sey, “Wetin we go drink?” ²⁵E cry to our Papa, wey show am one piece of wood; e throw am inside di water, and e turn sweet. Na for dia our Papa set law and rule for dem, and e test dem for dia.

²⁶E talk sey, “If you truly listen to di voice of your Papa, do wetin correct for im eyes, hear im commands, and keep all im laws, I no go put any of di diseases wey I put for Egypt on you, because na me be your Papa wey dey heal you.” ^b b v26 For di bitter water of Marah, our Papa show imself as di One wey dey heal — dey turn bitter thing to sweet and dey bind imself to im people as dia healer.

²⁷Dem come reach Elim, where twelve spring of water and seventy palm tree dey stand, and dem camp for dia by di water side.