Exodus 14

The crossing of the Red Sea

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Ex 14:1Locūtus est autem Dominus ad Moysēn, dīcēns: Loquere fīliīs Isrāël: Reversī castrametentur ē regiōne Phihahiroth, quae est inter Magdalum et mare contrā Beelsephon: in cōnspectū ejus castra pōnētis super mare.But the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Speak to the sons of Israel: 'Having turned back, let them encamp opposite Pi-hahiroth, which is between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: in sight of it you will pitch camp by the sea.' Ex 14:3Dictūrusque est Pharaō super fīliīs Isrāël: Coarctātī sunt in terrā;And Pharaoh is going to say about the sons of Israel: 'They are hemmed in in the land; Ex 14:3Conclūsit eōs dēsertum.the desert has shut them in.' Ex 14:4Et indūrābō cor ejus, ac persequētur vōs: et glōrificābor in Pharaōne, et in omnī exercitū ejus;And I will harden his heart, and he will pursue you: and I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in all his army; Ex 14:4Scientque Aegyptiī quia ego sum Dominus.and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord." Ex 14:4Fēcēruntque ita.And they did so. Ex 14:5Et nūntiātum est rēgī Aegyptiōrum quod fūgisset populus: immūtātumque est cor Pharaōnis et servōrum ejus super populō, et dīxērunt: Quid voluimus facere ut dīmitterēmus Isrāël, nē servīret nōbīs?And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed about the people, and they said: "What did we want to do, that we let Israel go, so that it should not serve us?"

Ex 14:6Jūnxit ergō currum, et omnem populum suum assūmpsit sēcum.So he yoked his chariot, and took all his people with him. Ex 14:7Tulitque sexcentōs currūs ēlēctōs, et quidquid in Aegyptō curruum fuit: et ducēs tōtīus exercitūs.And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and whatever of chariots there was in Egypt: and the captains of the whole army. Ex 14:8Indūrāvitque Dominus cor Pharaōnis rēgis Aegyptī, et persecūtus est fīliōs Isrāël: at illī ēgressī sunt in manū excelsā.And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he pursued the sons of Israel: but they had gone out with a high hand. Ex 14:9Cumque persequerentur Aegyptiī vestīgia praecēdentium, reperērunt eōs in castrīs super mare: omnis equitātus et currus Pharaōnis, et ūniversus exercitus, erant in Phihahiroth contrā Beelsephon.And when the Egyptians were pursuing the tracks of those going before, they found them in camp by the sea: all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharaoh, and the whole army, were in Pi-hahiroth over against Baal-zephon. Ex 14:10Cumque appropinquāsset Pharaō, levantēs fīliī Isrāël oculōs, vīdērunt Aegyptiōs post sē, et timuērunt valdē: clāmāvēruntque ad Dominum, et dīxērunt ad Moysēn: Forsitan nōn erant sepulchra in Aegyptō, ideō tulistī nōs ut morerēmur in sōlitūdine: quid hoc facere voluistī, ut ēdūcerēs nōs ex Aegyptō?And when Pharaoh had drawn near, the sons of Israel, lifting their eyes, saw the Egyptians behind them, and were greatly afraid: and they cried out to the Lord, and said to Moses: "Perhaps there were no graves in Egypt, therefore you have taken us away to die in the wilderness: why did you want to do this, to lead us out of Egypt?

Ex 14:12Nōnne iste est sermō, quem loquēbāmur ad tē in Aegyptō, dīcentēs: Recēde ā nōbīs, ut serviāmus Aegyptiīs?Is not this the speech which we were speaking to you in Egypt, saying: 'Withdraw from us, so that we may serve the Egyptians'? Ex 14:12Multō enim melius erat servīre eīs, quam morī in sōlitūdine.For it was much better to serve them than to die in the wilderness." Ex 14:13Et ait Mōysēs ad populum: Nōlīte timēre: stāte, et vidēte magnālia Dominī quae factūrus est hodiē: Aegyptiōs enim, quōs nunc vidētis, nēquāquam ultrā vidēbitis ūsque in sempiternum.And Moses said to the people: "Do not be afraid: stand, and see the great works of the Lord which he is going to do today: for the Egyptians, whom you now see, you will by no means see any more for ever. Ex 14:14Dominus pugnābit prō vōbīs, et vōs tacēbitis.The Lord will fight for you, and you will be silent." Ex 14:15Dīxitque Dominus ad Moysēn: Quid clāmās ad mē?And the Lord said to Moses: "Why do you cry out to me? Ex 14:15Loquere fīliīs Isrāël ut proficīscantur.Speak to the sons of Israel that they set out.

Ex 14:16Tū autem ēlevā virgam tuam, et extende manum tuam super mare, et dīvide illud: ut gradiantur fīliī Isrāël in mediō marī per siccum.But you, lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: so that the sons of Israel may walk in the middle of the sea over dry ground. Ex 14:17Ego autem indūrābō cor Aegyptiōrum ut persequantur vōs: et glōrificābor in Pharaōne, et in omnī exercitū ejus, et in curribus et in equitibus illīus.But I will harden the heart of the Egyptians so that they pursue you: and I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in all his army, and in his chariots and in his horsemen. Ex 14:18Et scient Aegyptiī quia ego sum Dominus cum glōrificātus fuerō in Pharaōne, et in curribus atque in equitibus ejus.And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I have been glorified in Pharaoh, and in his chariots and in his horsemen." Ex 14:19Tollēnsque sē angelus Deī, quī praecēdēbat castra Isrāël, abiit post eōs: et cum eō pariter columna nūbis, priōra dīmittēns, post tergum stetit, inter castra Aegyptiōrum et castra Isrāël: et erat nūbēs tenebrōsa, et illūmināns noctem, ita ut ad sē invicem tōtō noctis tempore accēdere nōn valērent.And the angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, taking himself up, went away behind them: and together with him the pillar of cloud, leaving the front, stood behind their back, between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel: and the cloud was dark, and lighting up the night, so that they were not able to come near to one another for the whole time of the night.

Ex 14:21Cumque extendisset Mōysēs manum super mare, abstulit illud Dominus flante ventō vehementī et ūrente tōtā nocte, et vertit in siccum: dīvīsaque est aqua.And when Moses had stretched out his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away, a violent and burning wind blowing the whole night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided. Ex 14:22Et ingressī sunt fīliī Isrāël per medium siccī maris: erat enim aqua quasi mūrus ā dextrā eōrum et laevā.And the sons of Israel went in through the middle of the dried sea: for the water was like a wall on their right and left. Ex 14:23Persequentēsque Aegyptiī ingressī sunt post eōs, et omnis equitātus Pharaōnis, currūs ejus et equitēs per medium maris.And the Egyptians, pursuing, went in after them, and all the cavalry of Pharaoh, his chariots and horsemen, through the middle of the sea. Ex 14:24Jamque advēnerat vigilia mātūtīna, et ecce respiciēns Dominus super castra Aegyptiōrum per columnam ignis et nūbis, interfēcit exercitum eōrum, et subvertit rotās curruum, ferēbanturque in profundum.And already the morning watch had come, and look, the Lord, looking down upon the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, slew their army, and overturned the wheels of the chariots, and they were borne into the deep.

Ex 14:25Dīxērunt ergō Aegyptiī: Fugiāmus Israëlem: Dominus enim pugnat prō eīs contrā nōs.So the Egyptians said: "Let us flee from Israel: for the Lord fights for them against us." Ex 14:26Et ait Dominus ad Moysēn: Extende manum tuam super mare, ut revertantur aquae ad Aegyptiōs super currūs et equitēs eōrum.And the Lord said to Moses: "Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may return upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and horsemen." Ex 14:27Cumque extendisset Mōysēs manum contrā mare, reversum est prīmō dīlūculō ad priōrem locum: fugientibusque Aegyptiīs occurrērunt aquae, et involvit eōs Dominus in mediīs flūctibus.And when Moses had stretched out his hand towards the sea, it returned at first light to its former place: and the waters met the Egyptians as they fled, and the Lord wrapped them up in the middle of the waves. Ex 14:28Reversaeque sunt aquae, et operuērunt currūs et equitēs cūnctī exercitūs Pharaōnis, quī sequentēs ingressī fuerant mare: nec ūnus quidem superfuit ex eīs.And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and horsemen of the whole army of Pharaoh, who, following, had gone into the sea: not even one of them survived.

Ex 14:29Fīliī autem Isrāël perrēxērunt per medium siccī maris, et aquae eīs erant quasi prō mūrō ā dextrīs et ā sinistrīs: līberāvitque Dominus in diē illā Isrāël dē manū Aegyptiōrum.But the sons of Israel went on through the middle of the dried sea, and the waters were to them as a wall on the right and on the left: and the Lord freed Israel on that day from the hand of the Egyptians. Ex 14:31Et vīdērunt Aegyptiōs mortuōs super littus maris, et manum magnam quam exercuerat Dominus contrā eōs: timuitque populus Dominum, et crēdidērunt Dominō, et Mōysī servō ejus.And they saw the Egyptians dead upon the shore of the sea, and the great hand which the Lord had exercised against them: and the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord, and Moses his servant.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (190 words)

loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
revertor, -vertī, -versus, perf. act. -vertī	turn back, return
castrametor, -ārī, -ātus sum	pitch camp, encamp
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
regiō, -ōnis, f.	direction; country, region
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
inter, prep, with acc.	among, between
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
mare, maris, n.	sea
contrā, prep, with acc.	against, contrary to
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
cōnspectus, -ūs, m.	sight
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
castra, -ōrum, n. plur.	camp
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus	place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
que, enclitic conj.	and
coartō (coarctō), -āre, -āvī, -ātus	hem in, confine, press together
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
conclūdō, -ere, -clūsī, -clūsum	shut in, enclose
dēsertum, -ī n.	desert, wilderness
indūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	make hard, harden
cor, cordis n.	heart
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
persequor, -sequī, -secūtus	follow up, pursue
vōs	plur. of tū
glōrificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	glorify, give glory to
omnis, -e	all, every
exercitus, -ūs, m.	army
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	know
quia (conj.)	because
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
ita, adv.	in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
nūntiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	report, announce
rēx, rēgis, m.	king
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus	flee, run away
populus, -ī m.	people, nation
immūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	change, alter
servus, -ī, m.	slave, servant
quis, quid, interrog. pron.	who? which? what?
volō, velle, voluī	wish
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
dīmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	send different ways, send forth or away, despatch; let slip, lose
nē, adv.	not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
serviō, -ire, -īvī, -ītus	be subject to, serve
nōs	plur. of ego
iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus	join; yoke, harness
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
currus, -ūs, m.	chariot, car
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
assūmō, -ere, -sūmpsī, -sūmptus	take up, receive; take to oneself
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.	himself, herself, itself, themselves
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus	bear, bring
sescentī (sexcentī), -ae, -a	six hundred
ēligō, -ere, ēlēgī, ēlēctum	pick out, choose
quisquis, quidquid (quicquid)	whoever, whatever
dux, ducis, m. and f.	leader, commander
tōtus, -a, -um	all the, the whole or entire
at, conj.	but
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus	go out or forth, go ashore, disembark
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
excelsus, -a, -um	high, tall
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
vestīgium, -ī, n.	track, foot-print
praecēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum	go before; surpass
reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertus	find, discover
equitātus, -ūs m.	cavalry
ūniversus, -a, -um	all together, whole, entire, all
appropinquō, -propinquāre, -propinquāvī, -propinquātus	approach to, approach
levō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	lift; lighten, relieve
oculus, -ī, m.	eye
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
post, adv.	after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind
timeō, -ēre, -uī	fear
valdē, adv.	very, greatly
clāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	shout, cry out; proclaim
forsitan (adv.)	perhaps
nōn, adv.	not
sepulcrum, -ī n.	tomb, grave
ideō (adv.)	for that reason, therefore
morior, morī, mortuus	die
sōlitūdō, -inis f.	loneliness; a wilderness, desert
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
ēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus	lead out, draw
nōnne, adv., introducing a question to which an affirmative answer is expected	not?
iste, ista, istud, dem. pron.	that of yours, that
sermō, -ōnis, m.	conversation, talk, speech
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
recēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum	go back, withdraw, retire
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
multō, adv.	by much or far, much, far
enim, conj.	for
bonus, -a, -um	good
quam, adv.	how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible
āiō (defective)	say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
nōlō, nōlle, nōluī	not wish, be unwilling
stō, stāre, stetī, status	stand
magnālis, -e	great; (n. pl. as noun) magnālia: mighty deeds
hodiē (adv.)	today
nunc, adv.	now
nēquāquam (adv.)	by no means, not at all
ultrā (prep. + acc.)	beyond
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
sempiternus, -a, -um	everlasting, eternal
pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	fight
prō, prep. with abl.	before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
taceō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	be silent
proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum	set out, depart, march
ēlevō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	lift up, raise
virga, -ae f.	rod, stick, staff
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
extendō, -ere, -tendī, -tentum	stretch out, extend
dīvidō, -videre, -vīsī, -vīsus	divide, separate
gradior, gradī, gressus sum	step, walk, go
medius, -a, -um	mid, middle
per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of
siccus, -a, -um	dry; (n. as noun) dry land
eques, equitis m.	horseman; (pl.) cavalry
tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus	lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor
angelus, -ī m.	messenger; angel
deus, -ī, m.	god
abeō, -īre, -iī, -itūrus	go away, depart
cum, prep, with abl.	with
pariter (adv.)	equally, alike; at the same time
columna, -ae, f.	column, pillar
nūbēs, -is, f.	cloud
prior, prius	earlier, former; in front (priōrēs: those in front)
tergum, -ī, n.	back
tenebrōsus, -a, -um	dark, gloomy
illūminō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	light up, give light to
nox, noctis, f.	night
invicem (adv.)	in turn, mutually; ad invicem: to one another
tempus, temporis, n.	time, season
accēdō, -ere, accessī, accessum	come near, approach; be added
valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus	be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail
auferō, auferre, abstulī, ablātus	bear away, carry off
flō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	blow
ventus, -ī, m.	wind
vehemēns, -entis	violent, forceful, severe
ūrō, ūrere, ussī, ūstus	burn
vertō, vertere, vertī, versus	turn
aqua, -ae, f.	water
ingredior, -ī, ingressus sum	go into, enter
quasi, conj.	as if
mūrus, -ī, m.	wall
dextra, -ae, f.	right hand (manus understood)
laevus, -a, -um	left; ad laevam (manum): on the left
iam, adv.	now, already
adveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come to or toward, approach, arrive
vigilia, -ae, f.	watch
mātūtīnus, -a, -um	of the morning, early
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
respiciō, -ere, -spexī, -spectum	look back
ignis, -is, m.	fire
interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus	put out of the way, kill
subvertō, -ere, -vertī, -versus	overturn, upset
rota, -ae f.	wheel
profundus, -a, -um	deep
prīmus, -a, -um	first, foremost
dīlūculum, -ī n.	daybreak, dawn
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.	place, situation
occurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus	run against, meet
involvō, -ere, -volvī, -volūtus	roll up, wrap, envelop
flūctus, -ūs m.	wave
operiō, -īre, -uī, -ertus	cover
cūnctus, -a, -um	all, the whole
sequor, sequī, secūtus	follow
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
ūnus, -a, -um	one; only, alone
quidem, adv.	in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even
supersum, -esse, -fuī	be over or left, remain
pergō, -ere, perrēxī, perrēctum	go on, press on
sinistra, -ae, f.	left hand (manus understood)
līberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	set free, free, liberate, release
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
mortuus, -a, -um	dead
lītus, lītoris, n.	shore
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
exerceō, -ercēre, -ercuī, -ercitus	exercise
crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus	believe

Vulgate, Exodus 1–20. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.