Psalms 114

1 When the Israeli [people] left Egypt, when they who were descendants of Jacob left people who spoke a foreign/different language,

Mu thangu Iseli katotuka mu Ezipite, nzo yi Yakobi mu batu beti tuba mbembo yi nzenza;

2 [the land of] Judah became the place where people worshiped God; and Israel became the land (OR, the [Israeli people] became the people) that he ruled over.

Yuda dikituka buangu kinlongo ki Nzambi, Iseli tsi andi.

3 [When they came to] the [Red] Sea, [it was as though the water] saw [them] and ran away! When they came to the Jordan [River], that [water in the] river stopped flowing [so that the Israelis could cross it].

Mbu wumona ayi wutina; Yolidani yivutuka ku manima.

4 [When they came to Sinai Mountain and there was a big earthquake], [it was as though] the mountains skipped/jumped like goats do and the hills jumped around like lambs do.

Miongo midumuka banga mamemi mambakala; miongo mifioti banga bana ba mamemi.

5 [If someone asks], “What happened at the [Red] Sea that caused the water to run away? What happened that caused [the water in] the Jordan [River] to stop flowing?

A mbi bivangama, ngeyo mbu, muingi wutina ngeyo Yolidani, muingi wuvutuka ku manina e?

6 What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats and caused the hills to jump around like lambs?”

Ngeyo miongo, muingi wudumuka banga mamemi ma mbakala, miongo mifioti banga bana ba mememi e?

7 [I would reply that] it was the presence of the Lord that caused those things to happen! [Everyone/Everything on] the earth should tremble in the presence of God, whom (Jacob [worshiped]/the Israeli people [worship])!

Tita, a ntoto, va meso ma Yave va meso ma Nzambi yi Yakobi.

8 He is the one who caused pools of water [for the Israeli people to drink to flow] from a rock; he caused a spring [to flow] from a solid rock cliff!

Niandi wunkitulanga ditadi buindi ki nlangu, ditadi dingolo zitho zi nlangu.