Nnwom 114

1 Bere a Israelfo fii Misraim, na Yakobfifo fii ananafo asase so no,

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Yuda bɛyɛɛ Awurade kronkronbea na Israel bɛyɛɛ nʼaheman.

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 Po no hwɛe, na eguanee, Yordan san nʼakyi;

The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

4 Mmepɔw huruhuruwii sɛ adwennini, nkoko nso huruhuruwii sɛ nguantenmma.

The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.

5 Dɛn na ɛbae, ɛpo, na wuguanee? Yordan, adɛn, na wosan wʼakyi?

What ails thee, O thou sea, that thou flee? Thou Jordan, that thou turn back?

6 Mmepɔw, adɛn, na muhuruhuruw sɛ adwennini, na mo nkoko, muhuruhuruw sɛ nguantenmma yi?

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, ye little hills, like lambs?

7 Asase, ma wo ho mpopo wɔ Awurade anim, wɔ Yakob Nyankopɔn anim,

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 ɔno na ɔmaa ɔbotan no dan asubura, na ɔbotan dennen dan nsuwa aniwa no.

who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.