Amahubo 114

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

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

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

Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 Ulwandle lwakubona lwabaleka, iJodani yabuyela emuva.

The sea saw it 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?

What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?

6 Lani zintaba laqolotsha njengenqama, lina maqaqa njengamawundlu?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?

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

Tremble, thou 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 of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.