Amahubo 114

1 Kwathi ekuphumeni kuka-Israyeli eGibhithe, indlu kaJakhobe isuka ebantwini bolimi lwezizweni,

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

2 uJuda waba yindlu engcwele kaNkulunkulu, u-Israyeli waba ngumbuso wakhe.

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

3 Ulwandle lwakubona lwabaleka, iJodani yabuyela emuva.

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 Izintaba zaqothuka njengenqama, amaqaqa enza njengamawundlu.

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 Kwakungani, we lwandle, wasuka wabaleka? Wena Jodani wabuyela emuva?

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

6 Lani zintaba laqolotsha njengenqama, lina maqaqa njengamawundlu?

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

7 Thuthumela, we mhlaba, phambi kukaThixo, phambi kukaNkulunkulu kaJakhobe,

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

8 owaphendula idwala laba lichibi, idwala eliqinileyo laba ngumthombo wamanzi.

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