Halelu 114

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

When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,

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

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

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

The sea saw it, and fled, Jordan river ran backwards.

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

Mountains skipped like rams, hills like the young of the flock.

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

Why, sea, do you flee? Jordan, why run backwards?

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

Mountains, why skip ram-like? Why, hills, like the young of the flock?

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

Earth, tremble before the Lord, at the presence of Jacob’s God,

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

who turns rocks into pools of water, and flint into fountains of water.