< Amahubo 114 >
1 Ekuphumeni kukaIsrayeli eGibhithe, indlu kaJakobe ebantwini bolimi lwezizwe,
When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
2 uJuda waba yindlu yakhe engcwele, uIsrayeli waba ngumbuso wakhe.
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3 Ulwandle lwakubona lwabaleka, iJordani yabuyela emuva.
The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
4 Intaba zaqolotsha njengezinqama, amaqaqa njengamawundlu.
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5 Ulani wena lwandle, ukuthi ubaleke? Wena Jordani, ukuthi ubuyele emuva?
What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
6 Lina zintaba, ukuthi liqolotshe njengezinqama? Lina maqaqa, njengamawundlu?
You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
7 Thuthumela, mhlaba, phambi kweNkosi, phambi kukaNkulunkulu kaJakobe,
Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 owaphendula idwalalibe lichibi lamanzi, ilitshe elilukhuni libe ngumthombo wamanzi.
who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.