Mapisarema 114

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

When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

2 Judha akava imba tsvene yaMwari, Israeri ushe hwake.

Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.

3 Gungwa rakazviona rikatiza, Jorodhani rwakadzokera shure;

The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

4 makomo akakwakuka samakondobwe, zvikomo samakwayana.

The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.

5 Haiwa gungwa, wakatizeiko, iwe Jorodhani zvawakadzokera shure,

What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

6 imi makomo zvamakakwakuka samakondobwe, nemi zvikomo, samakwayana?

You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

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

Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

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

Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.