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

¹ Waato kaŋ Israyla fun Misira laabo ra, Yakuba dumo fun mebarawey ra,

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

² Yahuda ciya Rabbi se nangoray hanante, Israyla ciya a mayray hari.

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

³ Teeko n'a guna ka zuru, Urdun* mo bare ka ye banda,

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

⁴ Tondi kuukey soobay ka sar sanda feeji gaaruyaŋ cine, Tudu izey mo sanda feeji izeyaŋ cine.

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

⁵ Ya teeko, ifo ka du nin kaŋ se ni zuru? Da ni mo, ya Urdun, kaŋ ni ye da banda?

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

⁶ Araŋ mo, ya tondi kuukey, Kaŋ araŋ go ga sar sanda feeji gaaruyaŋ cine? Araŋ mo, ya tudu izey, sanda feeji izeyaŋ cine?

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

⁷ Ya nin ndunnya, ma jijiri Irikoy jine, Ma jijiri Yakuba Irikoyo jine,

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

⁸ Nga kaŋ na tondi daari bare ka ciya bangu hari, Captu tondi mo ciya hari zuru.