Exodus · Chapter 14

[ edit] And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Spek to þe ſones of Yrael; turned ſette þei tentis forn aȝens Phyayroþ, þat is bitwix Magdalum and þe ſee, aȝenſt Beelſephon; in his ſiȝt ȝe ſhulen ſett tentis vpon þe ſee. And Pharao is to ſey vpon þe ſones of Yrael, Þei ben artid togidere in a loond, deſert haþ encloſid hem. And Y ſhal harden his herte, and he ſhal purſue ȝow, and Y ſhal be glorified in Pharao, and in alle his ooſtis; and þe Egipciens ſhulen wyte for Y am a Lord; and þei diden ſo.

And it is told to þe kyng of Egipciens, þat þe puple hadde flowun; and ful myche chaungid is þe herte of Pharao, and of his ſeruauntis vpon þe puple, and þei ſeiden, What wole we doon, þat we leeuen Yrael, leſt it ſerue not to vs? Þanne he ioynede þe chare, and al his puple he tok wiþ hym; and he tok ſix hundryd choſun charys, and al þat of chares was in Egipte, and þe leders of his ooſt. And þe Lord hardide þe herte of Pharao, þe kyng of Egipte, and he purſuede þe ſones of Yrael; and þei weren goon out in a hiȝe hoond.

And whanne þe Egipciens purſueden þe ſteppes of þe goers before, þei fonden hem in þe tentis vpon þe ſee; alle þe ridynge, and þe chares of Pharao, and al þe ooſt weren in Phyayroþ, aȝens Beelſephon. And whanne Pharao was nyȝ, þe ſones of Yrael, heuynge vp her eyen, ſeyen þe Egipciens after hem, and þei dradden greetli; and þei crieden to þe Lord, and ſeiden to Moyſes, Perauenture þere weren not ſepulcris in Egipte, þerfor þow tok vs, þat we dieden in wildernes? what woldiſt þow do þis, þat þow woldiſt lede vs out of Egipte?

Was not þis þe word þat we ſpaken to þee in Egipte, ſeyinge, Goo awey fro vs, þat we ſeruen to þe Egypcyens? it is forſoþe myche betere to ſerue to hem, þan to dye in wildernes. And Moyſes ſeide to þe puple, Wole ȝe not drede, ſtondeþ, and ſeeþ þe greet wondres of God, þat he is to doon to day; forſoþe þe Egipciens þat ȝe now ſeen, ȝe ſhulen ſeen no more vnto wiþ outen ende; þe Lord ſhal fiȝt for ȝow, and ȝe ſhulen hoold ȝoure pees. And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, What cryeſt þow to me? Spek to þe ſones of Yrael, þat þei goon forþ; þow forſoþe arere þin ȝerde, and ſtrecche out þin hoond vpon þe ſee, and dyuyde it, þat þe ſones of Yrael goon þurȝ þe drye, in þe myddil ſee.

Y forſoþe ſhal harden þe hertes of þe Egipciens, þat þei purſue ȝow, and Y ſhal be glorified in Pharao, and in al his ooſt, and in þe chares, and in þe riders; and þe Egipciens ſhulen wyte þat Y am Lord God, whanne Y ſhal be glorified in Pharao, and in chares, and in his ryders. And þe aungel of þe Lord, þat ȝede before þe caſtels of Yrael, takynge hym ſelf ȝede after hem, and wiþ hym togidere þe pilere of þe clowde, þe forþermore leeuynge bihynde þe bak, ſtode bitwix þe tentis of Egipciens and þe tentis of Yrael; and þere was a derk clowde, and liȝtynge þe nyȝt, ſo þat to hem ſelf togidere al þe tyme of þe nyȝt þei myȝten not cum nyȝ.

And whanne Moyſes hadde ſtrauȝt out his hoond vpon þe ſee, þe Lord tok it awey, blowynge an hidous wynde, and brennynge al nyȝt, and he turnede it into drowȝt; and þe watir was dyuydid. And þe children of Irael wenten yn þurȝ þe myddel of þe drye ſee; forſoþe þe water was as a wal at þe riȝt ſyde of hem and þe lefte. And þe Egipciens purſuynge, ȝeden yn after hem, al þe horſyng of Pharao, his chares, and his ryders, bi þe myddil of þe ſee. And now was comun þe morwetide, and loo! þe Lord biholdynge vpon þe tentes of þe Egypciens, by þe pilere of fyer, and of þe clowde, ſlewe þe ooſt of hem; and he turnede vpſedown þe wheles of þe chares, and þei weren born into þe depþe.

Þanne ſeiden þe Egipciens, Flee we Yrael; forſoþe þe Lord fyȝtiþ for hem aȝens us. And þe Lord ſeiþ to Moyſes, Strecche out þin hoond vpon þe reed ſee, þat þe watris turnen aȝen to Egipciens, vpon þe chares, and þe horſmen of hem. And whanne Moyſes hadde ſtrauȝt out þe hoond aȝens þe ſee, fyrſt þe morwetide it was turned aȝen to þe raþer place; and þe Egipciens fleynge, watres aȝen comen, and þe Lord wrapte hem wiþ ynne in þe myddel floodes. And þe watris weren turned aȝen, and þei couerden þe chares, and þe horſmen of al þe ooſt of Pharao, þe whiche folwynge weren goon into þe ſee; ne oon forſoþe ouerlafte not of hem.

Forſoþe þe ſones of Yrael fulliche ȝeden þurȝ þe myddil of þe drye ſee, and þe watris weren to hem as for a wal, fro þe ryȝt half and fro þe left half. And þe Lord delyuerede Iſrael in þat day fro þe hoond of þe Egipciens, and þei ſeen þe Egipciens deed vpon þe brenk of þe ſee, and þe greet hoond þat þe Lord hauntide aȝens hem; and þe puple dredde þe Lord, and leueden to þe Lord, and to Moyſes his ſeruaunt.