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 foreign 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 was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

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

You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you 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, you 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 spring of waters.