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

¹Pakubuda kwaIsiraeri Imba yaJakove ichibuda pakati pavanhu vakanga vanorumwe rurimi;

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

²Judha akaitwa imba yake tsvene, Nalsiraeri ushe hwake.

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

³Gungwa rakazviona, rikatiza; Joridhani rwakadzokera shure.

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

⁴Makomo akapembera samakondobwe, Nezvikomo samakwayana.

⁵What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

⁵Unonzweiko iwe gungwa, zvaunotiza iwe? Newe Joridhani, zvaunodzokera shure?

⁶You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?

⁶nemwi makomo, zvamunopembera samakondobwe; nemwi zvikomo, samakwayana?

⁷Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁷Bvunda iwe pasi, pamberi paShe, Pamberi paMwari waJakove;

⁸who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

⁸Iye akashandura dombo, rikava dziva remvura,