Mapisarema 114

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

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

2 Judha akava imba tsvene yaMwari, Israeri ushe hwake.

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

3 Gungwa rakazviona rikatiza, Jorodhani rwakadzokera shure;

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 makomo akakwakuka samakondobwe, zvikomo samakwayana.

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 Haiwa gungwa, wakatizeiko, iwe Jorodhani zvawakadzokera shure,

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

6 imi makomo zvamakakwakuka samakondobwe, nemi zvikomo, samakwayana?

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

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

Tremble, O 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, the flint into a fountain of water!