詩篇 114

1 イスラエルがエジプトをいで、ヤコブの家が異言の民を離れたとき、

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

2 ユダは主の聖所となり、イスラエルは主の所領となった。

[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.

3 海はこれを見て逃げ、ヨルダンはうしろに退き、

[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].

4 山は雄羊のように踊り、小山は小羊のように踊った。

[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.

5 海よ、おまえはどうして逃げるのか、ヨルダンよ、おまえはどうしてうしろに退くのか。

[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?

6 山よ、おまえたちはどうして雄羊のように踊るのか、小山よ、おまえたちはどうして小羊のように踊るのか。

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

7 地よ、主のみ前におののけ、ヤコブの神のみ前におののけ。

[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])!

8 主は岩を池に変らせ、石を泉に変らせられた。

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!