Mapisarema 114

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

When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,

2 Judha akava imba tsvene yaMwari, Israeri ushe hwake.

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

3 Gungwa rakazviona rikatiza, Jorodhani rwakadzokera shure;

The sea saw it, and fled, Jordan river ran backwards.

4 makomo akakwakuka samakondobwe, zvikomo samakwayana.

Mountains skipped like rams, hills like the young of the flock.

5 Haiwa gungwa, wakatizeiko, iwe Jorodhani zvawakadzokera shure,

Why, sea, do you flee? Jordan, why run backwards?

6 imi makomo zvamakakwakuka samakondobwe, nemi zvikomo, samakwayana?

Mountains, why skip ram-like? Why, hills, like the young of the flock?

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

Earth, tremble before the Lord, at the presence of Jacob’s God,

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

who turns rocks into pools of water, and flint into fountains of water.