Mga Awit 114

1 Nang lumabas ang Israel sa Ehipto, ang sambahayan ni Jacob mula sa mga dayuhan na iyon,

When the Israeli [people] left Egypt, when they who were descendants of Jacob left people who spoke a foreign/different language,

2 ang Juda ang naging banal niyang lugar, ang Israel ang kaniyang kaharian.

[the land of] Judah became the place where people worshiped God; and Israel became the land (OR, the [Israeli people] became the people) that he ruled over.

3 Nakita ito ng dagat, at tumakas ito; umatras ang Jordan.

[When they came to] the [Red] Sea, [it was as though the water] saw [them] and ran away! When they came to the Jordan [River], that [water in the] river stopped flowing [so that the Israelis could cross it].

4 Ang mga bundok ay lumukso na parang mga tupa, ang mga burol ay lumukso na parang mga batang tupa.

[When they came to Sinai Mountain and there was a big earthquake], [it was as though] the mountains skipped/jumped like goats do and the hills jumped around like lambs do.

5 Bakit ka tumakas, O dagat? Jordan, bakit ka tumakas?

[If someone asks], “What happened at the [Red] Sea that caused the water to run away? What happened that caused [the water in] the Jordan [River] to stop flowing?

6 Mga bundok, bakit kayo lumukso na parang mga tupa? Kayong maliliit na burol, bakit kayo lumukso na parang batang tupa?

What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats and caused the hills to jump around like lambs?”

7 Mayanig ka, O lupa, sa harap ng Panginoon, sa presensiya ng Diyos ni Jacob.

[I would reply that] it was the presence of the Lord that caused those things to happen! [Everyone/Everything on] the earth should tremble in the presence of God, whom (Jacob [worshiped]/the Israeli people [worship])!

8 Ginawa niyang lawa ng tubig ang malaking bato, ginawa niyang bukal ng tubig ang matigas na bato.

He is the one who caused pools of water [for the Israeli people to drink to flow] from a rock; he caused a spring [to flow] from a solid rock cliff!