< Mapisarema 114 >
1 Israeri akati abuda muIjipiti, imba yaJakobho ichibva kurudzi runo mutauro wokumwe,
When Israel came 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 turned backward.
4 makomo akakwakuka samakondobwe, zvikomo samakwayana.
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep.
5 Haiwa gungwa, wakatizeiko, iwe Jorodhani zvawakadzokera shure,
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?
6 imi makomo zvamakakwakuka samakondobwe, nemi zvikomo, samakwayana?
Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep?
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.