Lumbo gwe Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi
1 Kwakati Iziraela edwa mu Egipiti,
ng'umba ya Jakubo idwa mu bathu be lulimi gupoga,
2 Juda wakabe bugalo gwe Ndzimu gwakayengemala,
Iziraela kabe bushe gwawo.
3 Gungwa gwakalinga gukatizha,
Jorodani gukashandukila shule.
4 Matombo akatjuluka se nyundo,
matuthu akatjuluka se pkhwizana.
5 Ini tjathama kuti utizhe iwe gungwa?
Iwe Jorodani, washandukila shule kene?
6 Imwi matombo, ini makatjuluka se nyundo,
imwi matuthu ini mutamba se pkhwizana kene?
7 Tetema, iwe shango, mbeli kwa Yahwe,
mbeli kwe Ndzimu wa Jakubo,
8 iwo wakashandula shongwe ikabe dziba le vula,
bgwe linopenya likashanduka nsenya we vula.
1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw it , and fled: Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.