Faarfannaa 114

1 Yeroo sabni Israaʼel biyya Gibxii, manni Yaaqoobis saba afaan ormaa dubbatu keessaa baʼetti,

When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Yihuudaan mana qulqullummaa Waaqaa, Israaʼel immoo bulchiinsa isaa taʼe.

Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

3 Galaanni argee baqate; Yordaanosis duubatti deebiʼe;

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 tulluuwwan akka korbeeyyii hoolaa, gaarranis akkuma xobbaallaawwan hoolaa burraaqan.

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 Yaa galaana, ati maaliif baqatte? Yaa Yordaanos, atis maaliif duubatti deebite?

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

6 Yaa tulluuwwan, isin maaliif akka korbeeyyii hoolaa, yaa gaarran isinis maaliif akka xobbaallaawwan hoolaa burraaqxu?

O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

7 Yaa lafa, fuula Gooftaa duratti, fuula Waaqa Yaaqoob duratti holladhu;

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 inni kattaa gara harootti, kattaa jabaa immoo gara burqaa bishaaniitti geeddare.

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!