Amahubo 114

1 Ekuphumeni kukaIsrayeli eGibhithe, indlu kaJakobe ebantwini bolimi lwezizwe,

When Israel left Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language,

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

Judah became his holy place, Israel his kingdom.

3 Ulwandle lwakubona lwabaleka, iJordani yabuyela emuva.

The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.

4 Intaba zaqolotsha njengezinqama, amaqaqa njengamawundlu.

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

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

Why did you flee, sea? Jordan, why did you turn back?

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

Mountains, why did you skip like rams? You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?

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

Tremble, earth, before the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.

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

He turned the rock into a pool of water, the hard rock into a spring of water.