Amahubo 114

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

Alleluia. At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people,

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

Judea became his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.

3 Ulwandle lwakubona lwabaleka, iJodani yabuyela emuva.

The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

4 Izintaba zaqothuka njengenqama, amaqaqa enza njengamawundlu.

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

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

What [ailed] you, O sea, that you fled? and you Jordan, that you were turned back?

6 Lani zintaba laqolotsha njengenqama, lina maqaqa njengamawundlu?

[You] mountains, that you skipped like rams, and [you] hills, like lambs?

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

The earth trembled 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 pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water.