Waiata 114

1 I te putanga mai o Iharaira i Ihipa, o te whare o Hakopa i te iwi reo ke,

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Ko Hura tona wahi tapu, ko Iharaira tona rangatiratanga.

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 I kite te moana, a whati ana: i whakahokia ki muri a Horano.

The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

4 Pekepeke ana nga maunga ano he hipi toa, nga pukepuke ano he reme.

The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.

5 I ahatia koe, e te moana, i whati ai koe e Horano, i whakahokia ai koe ki muri?

What ails thee, O thou sea, that thou flee? Thou Jordan, that thou turn back?

6 E nga maunga, i pekepeke ai koutou ano he hipi toa; e nga pukepuke, ano he reme?

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, ye little hills, like lambs?

7 E wiri, e te whenua, i te aroaro o te Ariki; i te aroaro o te Atua o Hakopa;

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

8 I meinga ai te toka hei hopua wai; te kiripaka hei puna wai.

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