1¶ I te putanga mai o Iharaira i Ihipa, o te whare o Hakopa i te iwi reo ke,
1When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
2Ko Hura tona wahi tapu, ko Iharaira tona rangatiratanga.
2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3I kite te moana, a whati ana: i whakahokia ki muri a Horano.
3The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
4Pekepeke ana nga maunga ano he hipi toa, nga pukepuke ano he reme.
4The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5I ahatia koe, e te moana, i whati ai koe e Horano, i whakahokia ai koe ki muri?
5What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
6E nga maunga, i pekepeke ai koutou ano he hipi toa; e nga pukepuke, ano he reme?
6You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
7E wiri, e te whenua, i te aroaro o te Ariki; i te aroaro o te Atua o Hakopa;
7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8I meinga ai te toka hei hopua wai; te kiripaka hei puna wai.
8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.