Mapisarema 114

1 Israeri akati abuda muIjipiti, imba yaJakobho ichibva kurudzi runo mutauro wokumwe,

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Judha akava imba tsvene yaMwari, Israeri ushe hwake.

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 Gungwa rakazviona rikatiza, Jorodhani rwakadzokera shure;

The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

4 makomo akakwakuka samakondobwe, zvikomo samakwayana.

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

5 Haiwa gungwa, wakatizeiko, iwe Jorodhani zvawakadzokera shure,

What ails thee, O thou sea, that thou flee? Thou Jordan, that thou turn back?

6 imi makomo zvamakakwakuka samakondobwe, nemi zvikomo, samakwayana?

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, ye little hills, like lambs?

7 Dedera, iwe nyika pamberi paShe, pamberi paMwari waJakobho,

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

8 akashandura dombo rikava dziva, dombo rakaoma rikava matsime emvura.

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