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

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

2 K o Hura tona wahi tapu, ko Iharaira tona rangatiratanga.

Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

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

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

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

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

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

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

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

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

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

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

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

which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.