Verse 1: Base behlabelela uMose nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli leli gama, bekhuluma bethi: “Ngizakuhlabelela kuJehova, ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu; ihhashi nenkweli yalo ukuphonse elwandle.
Verse 2: UJehova ungamandla ami nehubo lami; waba yinsindiso kimi; unguNkulunkulu wami: ngizakumdumisa, noNkulunkulu kababa: ngizakumphakamisa.
Verse 3: UJehova uyindoda yempi; nguJehova igama lakhe.
Verse 4: Izinqola zikaFaro nempi yakhe ukuphonse elwandle; izinduna zakhe ezikhethiweyo zaminza eLwandle Olubomvu.
Verse 5: Izintwa ziyabasibekela; bashona ezinzulwini njengetshe.
Verse 6: “Isandla sakho sokunene, Nkosi, sidumisekile ngamandla aso; esokunene sakho, Nkosi, siyaphahlaza isitha.
Verse 7: Ngobukhulu bobukhosi bakho uyachitha abakuvukelayo; uyathuma intukuthelo yakho, ibaqede njengamabibi.
Verse 8: Ngokufutha kwamakhala akho amanzi anqwabeleka; izifufula zema njengenqwaba, amadlambi ashuqa phakathi kolwandle.
Verse 9: “Isitha sathi: ‘Ngiyakubaxosha, ngibafice, ngahlukanise impango, inhliziyo yami idele ngabo; ngiyakuhosha inkemba yami, isandla sami sibachithe.’
Verse 10: Waphephetha ngomoya wakho, ulwandle lwabasibekela; baminzisa okomthofu emanzini anamandla.
Verse 11: “Ngubani onjengawe Jehova phakathi kwawonkulunkulu; ngubani onjengawe okhazimula ngobungcwele, owesabeka ngezibongo, owenza izimangaliso, na?
Verse 12: Welula isandla sakho sokunene, umhlaba wabagwinya.
Verse 13: “Ngomusa wakho wabahola abantu obahlengileyo; ngamandla akho wabayisa endlini yakho engcwele.
Verse 14: Izizwe zizwile; ziyakuthuthumela; abakhe eFilistiya behlelwe luvalo.
Verse 15: Khona aphaphatheka amakhosi akwa-Edomi; izikhulu zakwaMowabi zabanjwa yitwetwe; bonke abakhe eKhanani baphelile amandla.
Verse 16: Bayehlelwa luvalo nokwesaba; ngokobukhulu bengalo yakho bathulisa okwetshe, baze bawele abantu bakho, Jehova, baze bawele abantu bakho obathengileyo.
Verse 17: Uzakubangenisa, ubatshale entabeni yefa lakho, indawo ozenzele yona, Jehova, ukuba uhlale kuyo, indlu engcwele, Nkosi, eziyimisile izandla zakho.
Verse 18: UJehova uyakubusa kuze kube phakade.”
Verse 19: Ngokuba amahhashi kaFaro angena elwandle kanye nezinqola zakhe nabamahhashi bakhe, uJehova wabuyisela amanzi olwandle phezu kwabo; kepha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bahamba emhlabathini owomileyo ngaphakathi kolwandle.
Verse 20: UMiriyamu umprofethikazi, udadewabo ka-Aroni, waphatha isigubhu ngesandla sakhe; bonke abesifazane baphuma emva kwakhe bephethe izigubhu, besina.
Verse 21: UMiriyamu wabaphendula ngokuthi: “Hlabelelani kuJehova, ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu; ihhashi nenkweli yalo ukuphonse elwandle.”
Verse 22: UMose wayesebahola abakwa-Israyeli besuka eLwandle Olubomvu, baya ehlane laseShuri; bahamba ehlane izinsuku ezintathu bengafumani manzi.
Verse 23: Sebefika eMara babengenakuphuza amanzi aseMara, lokhu ayebaba; ngalokho igama lalo lathiwa iMara.
Verse 24: Abantu bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: “Siyakuphuzani na?”
Verse 25: Wayesekhala kuJehova; uJehova wambonisa umuthi; wawuphonsa emanzini, amanzi aba mtoti. Wabamisela khona isimiso nomthetho; wabavivinya lapho,
Verse 26: wathi: “Uma ulalela nokulalela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukwenze okulungile emehlweni akhe, ulalele imiyalo yakhe, ugcine izimiso zakhe zonke, angiyikubeka phezu kwakho nasinye salezo zifo engizibeke phezu kwabaseGibithe, ngokuba nginguJehova okuphilisayo.”
Verse 27: Bafika e-Elimi, lapho kwakukhona imithombo eyishumi nambili yamanzi namasundu angamashumi ayisikhombisa; bamisa khona ngasemanzini.