Amahubo 114

1 Ekuphumeni kukaIsrayeli eGibhithe, indlu kaJakobe ebantwini bolimi lwezizwe,

Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

2 uJuda waba yindlu yakhe engcwele, uIsrayeli waba ngumbuso wakhe.

Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power.

3 Ulwandle lwakubona lwabaleka, iJordani yabuyela emuva.

The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again.

4 Intaba zaqolotsha njengezinqama, amaqaqa njengamawundlu.

The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep.

5 Ulani wena lwandle, ukuthi ubaleke? Wena Jordani, ukuthi ubuyele emuva?

What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again?

6 Lina zintaba, ukuthi liqolotshe njengezinqama? Lina maqaqa, njengamawundlu?

What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep?

7 Thuthumela, mhlaba, phambi kweNkosi, phambi kukaNkulunkulu kaJakobe,

Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.

8 owaphendula idwalalibe lichibi lamanzi, ilitshe elilukhuni libe ngumthombo wamanzi.

He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters.