Amahubo 114

1 Ekuphumeni kukaIsrayeli eGibhithe, indlu kaJakobe ebantwini bolimi lwezizwe,

When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,

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

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

3 Ulwandle lwakubona lwabaleka, iJordani yabuyela emuva.

The sea saw it, and fled, Jordan river ran backwards.

4 Intaba zaqolotsha njengezinqama, amaqaqa njengamawundlu.

Mountains skipped like rams, hills like the young of the flock.

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

Why, sea, do you flee? Jordan, why run backwards?

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

Mountains, why skip ram-like? Why, hills, like the young of the flock?

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

Earth, tremble before the Lord, at the presence of Jacob’s God,

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

who turns rocks into pools of water, and flint into fountains of water.