¹ Alors Moïse, et les enfants d'Israël chantèrent ce cantique à l'Eternel, et dirent : je chanterai à l'Eternel, car il s'est hautement élevé; il a jeté dans la mer le cheval et celui qui le monte.

² L'Eternel est ma force et [ma] louange, et il a été mon Sauveur, mon [Dieu] Fort. Je lui dresserai un Tabernacle; c'est le Dieu de mon père, je l'exalterai.

³ L'Eternel est un vaillant guerrier, son nom est L'Eternel.

⁴ Il a jeté dans la mer les chariots de Pharaon, et son armée; l'élite de ses Capitaines a été submergée dans la mer rouge.

⁵ Les gouffres les ont couverts, ils sont descendus au fond [des eaux] comme une pierre.

⁶ Ta dextre, ô Eternel! s'est montrée magnifique en force; ta dextre, ô Eternel! a froissé l'ennemi.

⁷ Tu as ruiné par la grandeur de ta Majesté ceux qui s'élevaient contre toi; tu as lâché ta colère, et elle les a consumés comme du chaume.

⁸ Par le souffle de tes narines les eaux ont été amoncelées; les eaux courantes se sont arrêtées comme un monceau; les gouffres ont été gelés au milieu de la mer.

⁹ L'ennemi disait : je poursuivrai, j'atteindrai, je partagerai le butin, mon âme sera assouvie d'eux, je dégainerai mon épée, ma main les détruira.

¹⁰ Tu as soufflé de ton vent, la mer les a couverts; ils ont été enfoncés comme du plomb dans les eaux magnifiques.

¹¹ Qui est comme toi entre les Forts, ô Eternel! Qui est comme toi, magnifique en sainteté, digne d'être révéré et célébré, faisant des choses merveilleuses?

¹² Tu as étendu ta dextre, la terre les a engloutis.

¹³ Tu as conduit par ta miséricorde ce peuple que tu as racheté; tu l'as conduit par ta force à la demeure de ta sainteté.

¹⁴ Les peuples l'ont entendu, et ils en ont tremblé; la douleur a saisi les habitants de la Palestine.

¹⁵ Alors les Princes d'Edom seront troublés, et le tremblement saisira les forts de Moab, tous les habitants de Chanaan se fondront.

¹⁶ La frayeur et l'épouvante tomberont sur eux; ils seront rendus stupides comme une pierre, par la grandeur de ton bras, jusqu'à ce que ton peuple, ô Eternel! soit passé; jusqu'à ce que ce peuple que tu as acquis, soit passé.

¹⁷ Tu les introduiras et les planteras sur la montagne de ton héritage, au lieu [que] tu as préparé pour ta demeure ô Eternel! au Sanctuaire, ô Seigneur! que tes mains ont établi.

¹⁸ L'Eternel régnera à jamais et à perpétuité.

¹⁹ Car le cheval de Pharaon est entré dans la mer avec son chariot et ses gens de cheval, et l'Eternel a fait retourner sur eux les eaux de la mer, mais les enfants d'Israël ont marché à sec au milieu de la mer.

²⁰ Et Marie la Prophétesse, sœur d'Aaron, prit un tambour en sa main, et toutes les femmes sortirent après elle, avec des tambours et des flûtes.

²¹ Et Marie leur répondait : chantez à l'Eternel, car il s'est hautement élevé; il a jeté dans la mer le cheval et celui qui le montait.

²² Après cela Moïse fit partir les Israélites de la mer rouge, et ils tirèrent vers le désert de Sur, et ayant marché trois jours par le désert, ils ne trouvaient point d'eau.

²³ De là ils vinrent à Mara, mais ils ne pouvaient point boire des eaux de Mara, parce qu'elles étaient amères; c'est pourquoi ce lieu fut appelé Mara.

²⁴ Et le peuple murmura contre Moïse, en disant : que boirons-nous?

²⁵ Et [Moïse] cria à l'Eternel; et l'Eternel lui enseigna un certain bois, qu'il jeta dans les eaux; et les eaux devinrent douces. Il lui proposa là une ordonnance et une loi, et il l'éprouva là;

²⁶ Et lui dit : Si tu écoutes attentivement la voix de l'Eternel ton Dieu; si tu fais ce qui [est] droit devant lui; si tu prêtes l'oreille à ses commandements; si tu gardes toutes ses ordonnances; je ne ferai venir sur toi aucune des infirmités que j'ai fait venir sur l'Egypte; car je suis l'Eternel qui te guérit.

²⁷ Puis ils vinrent à Elim, où il y avait douze fontaines d'eau, et soixante et dix palmes; et ils se campèrent là auprès des eaux.

⁷ Nos pères n'ont point été attentifs à tes merveilles en Egypte; ils ne se sont point souvenus de la multitude de tes faveurs; mais ils ont été rebelles auprès de la mer, vers la mer Rouge.

¹ On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

² Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

³ He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

⁴ As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

⁶ When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

⁷ Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

⁸ Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

¹⁰ The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

¹¹ He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

¹⁴ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

¹⁵ for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

¹⁶ "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁷ For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.

¹⁸ "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

²⁴ He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

²⁵ but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

²⁷ The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

²⁸ "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

²⁹ "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

³¹ He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

³² which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

³³ He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

³⁵ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."

³⁶ Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."

³⁷ He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

³⁸ the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

³⁹ The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

⁴⁰ As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴⁴ "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

⁴⁵ "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

⁴⁶ who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷ "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

⁴⁸ which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

⁴⁹ So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

⁵¹ Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

⁵² He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

⁵³ It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

⁵⁴ Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

⁵⁵ Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶ Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

⁵⁷ They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

⁵⁸ He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.