Halelu 114

1 KA hale o Iakoha hoi, mai waena aku o na kanaka olelo e;

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

2 O Iuda no kona keenakapu, A o Iseraela kona aupuni.

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

3 Ike mai la ke kai, a holo aku la; A huli hope o Ioredane.

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 Lelele ae la na mauna e like me na hipakane, A me na puu hoi e like me na keikihipa.

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 Heaha kau, e ke kai, i holo aku ai oe? E Ioredane hoi, i hoohuliia'i oe ihope?

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

6 E na mauna, i lelele ai oukou e like me na hipakane? A me na puu hoi e like me na keikihipa?

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

7 E naueue oe, e ka honua, imua o ka Haku, Imua hoi o ke Akua o Iakoha.

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

8 Ka mea i hoolilo i ka pohaku, i wai lana, A me ka pohaku paea, i punawai.

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