1 I srael came out of Egypt. The house of Jacob came from a people who spoke a strange language.

لَمّا تَرَكَ إسرائِيلُ مِصرَ لَمّا غادَرَ يَعْقُوبُ تِلكَ الأرْضَ الغَرِيبَةَ،

2 T hen Judah became His holy place, and Israel became the place of His rule.

صارَ بَنُو يَهُوذا وَبَنُو إسرائِيلَ شَعبَهُ المُقَدَّسَ.

3 T he sea looked and ran away. The Jordan turned back.

نَظَرَ البَحرُ ذَلِكَ فَهَرَبَ. وَنَهرُ الأُرْدُنِّ تَراجَعَ.

4 T he mountains jumped like sheep, the hills like lambs.

الجِبالُ رَقَصَتْ كَالماعِزِ البَرِّيِّ، وَالتِّلالُ كَالحِملانِ.

5 W hy did you try to get away, O sea? Why did you turn back, O Jordan?

لِماذا هَرَبْتَ يا بَحرُ؟ لِماذا تَوَقَّفَ نَهرُ الأُرْدُنِّ عَنِ الجَرَيانِ وَتَراجَعَ؟

6 O mountains, why did you jump like sheep? O hills, why did you jump like lambs?

أيَّتُها الجِبالُ، لِماذا رَقَصْتِ كَالكِباشِ، أيَّتُها التِّلالُ لِماذا رَقَصْتِ كَالحِملانِ؟

7 S hake in fear before the Lord, O earth, before the God of Jacob.

أيَّتُها الأرْضُ، ارتَعِدِي مِنْ حَضرَةِ الرَّبِّ، مِنْ حَضرَةِ إلَهِ يَعقُوبَ،

8 H e changed the rock into a pool of water. He made water flow out of hard rock.

الَّذِي حَوَّلَ الصَّخرَةَ إلَى بِرْكَةِ ماءٍ، وَالصُّوّانَ إلَى يُنبُوعَ.