Masalimo 114

1 Pamene Israeli anatuluka mu Igupto, nyumba ya Yakobo kuchoka ku mtundu wa anthu a chiyankhulo chachilendo,

When Israel left Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language,

2 Yuda anasanduka malo opatulika a Mulungu, Israeli anasanduka ufumu wake.

Judah became his holy place, Israel his kingdom.

3 Nyanja inaona ndi kuthawa, mtsinje wa Yorodani unabwerera mʼmbuyo;

The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.

4 mapiri analumphalumpha ngati nkhosa zazimuna, timapiri ngati ana ankhosa.

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills skipped like lambs.

5 Nʼchifukwa chiyani iwe unathawa? iwe mtsinje wa Yorodani unabwereranji mʼmbuyo?

Why did you flee, sea? Jordan, why did you turn back?

6 inu mapiri, munalumphalumphiranji ngati nkhosa zazimuna, inu timapiri, ngati ana ankhosa?

Mountains, why did you skip like rams? You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?

7 Njenjemera pamaso pa Ambuye iwe dziko lapansi, pamaso pa Mulungu wa Yakobo,

Tremble, earth, before the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.

8 amene anasandutsa thanthwe kukhala chitsime, thanthwe lolimba kukhala akasupe a madzi.

He turned the rock into a pool of water, the hard rock into a spring of water.