Tingtoeng 114

1 Egypt lamloh Israel, kholong ol cal pilnam lamloh Jakob imkhui ha pai vaengah;

When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 A hmuencim la Judah, a khohung la Israel a om pah.

Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

3 Tuitunli loh a hmuh vaengah rhaelrham tih, Jordan khaw a hnuk la mael.

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 Tlang rhoek khaw som rhoek kah tutal rhoek neh, boiva ca bangla na cungpet uh.

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 Tuitunli nang te bahamnim na rhaelrham, Jordan long khaw a hnuk la na mael?

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

6 Tlang rhoek khaw som rhoek kah tutal rhoek neh, boiva ca bangla na cungpet uh.

O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

7 Diklai nang Boeipa mikhmuh neh, Jakob Pathen mikhmuh ah thuen lah.

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 Anih loh lungpang te tuibap tui la, hmailung khaw tuisih tui la a coeng sak.

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!