< Tingtoeng 114 >
1 Egypt lamloh Israel, kholong ol cal pilnam lamloh Jakob imkhui ha pai vaengah;
When Israel left Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language,
2 A hmuencim la Judah, a khohung la Israel a om pah.
Judah became his holy place, Israel his kingdom.
3 Tuitunli loh a hmuh vaengah rhaelrham tih, Jordan khaw a hnuk la mael.
The sea looked 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 skipped like lambs.
5 Tuitunli nang te bahamnim na rhaelrham, Jordan long khaw a hnuk la na mael?
Why did you flee, sea? Jordan, why did you turn back?
6 Tlang rhoek khaw som rhoek kah tutal rhoek neh, boiva ca bangla na cungpet uh.
Mountains, why did you skip like rams? You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?
7 Diklai nang Boeipa mikhmuh neh, Jakob Pathen mikhmuh ah thuen lah.
Tremble, earth, before 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.
He turned the rock into a pool of water, the hard rock into a spring of water.