Amahubo 114

1 Kwathi ekuphumeni kuka-Israyeli eGibhithe, indlu kaJakhobe isuka ebantwini bolimi lwezizweni,

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

2 uJuda waba yindlu engcwele kaNkulunkulu, u-Israyeli waba ngumbuso wakhe.

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 Ulwandle lwakubona lwabaleka, iJodani yabuyela emuva.

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

4 Izintaba zaqothuka njengenqama, amaqaqa enza njengamawundlu.

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

5 Kwakungani, we lwandle, wasuka wabaleka? Wena Jodani wabuyela emuva?

What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

6 Lani zintaba laqolotsha njengenqama, lina maqaqa njengamawundlu?

You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills, like lambs?

7 Thuthumela, we mhlaba, phambi kukaThixo, phambi kukaNkulunkulu kaJakhobe,

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

8 owaphendula idwala laba lichibi, idwala eliqinileyo laba ngumthombo wamanzi.

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