Mapisarema 114

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

At the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt, when the descendants of Jacob left that foreign country,

2 Judha akava imba tsvene yaMwari, Israeri ushe hwake.

the land of Judah became the Lord's sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

3 Gungwa rakazviona rikatiza, Jorodhani rwakadzokera shure;

The Red Sea saw them and ran away; the Jordan River retreated.

4 makomo akakwakuka samakondobwe, zvikomo samakwayana.

Mountains jumped in fright like rams, hills startled like lambs.

5 Haiwa gungwa, wakatizeiko, iwe Jorodhani zvawakadzokera shure,

Red Sea—why did you run away? Jordan River—why did you retreat?

6 imi makomo zvamakakwakuka samakondobwe, nemi zvikomo, samakwayana?

Mountains—why did you jump in fright? Hills—why did you startle like lambs?

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

Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, tremble in the presence of the God of Jacob!

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

He is the one who turned the rock into a pool of water; making water flow from the hard rock.