¹When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

¹¶ I te putanga mai o Iharaira i Ihipa, o te whare o Hakopa i te iwi reo ke,

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

²Ko Hura tona wahi tapu, ko Iharaira tona rangatiratanga.

³The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

³I kite te moana, a whati ana: i whakahokia ki muri a Horano.

⁴The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.

⁴Pekepeke ana nga maunga ano he hipi toa, nga pukepuke ano he reme.

⁵What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

⁵I ahatia koe, e te moana, i whati ai koe e Horano, i whakahokia ai koe ki muri?

⁶Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

⁶E nga maunga, i pekepeke ai koutou ano he hipi toa; e nga pukepuke, ano he reme?

⁷Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁷E wiri, e te whenua, i te aroaro o te Ariki; i te aroaro o te Atua o Hakopa;

⁸Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.

⁸I meinga ai te toka hei hopua wai; te kiripaka hei puna wai.