Halelu 121

1 E LEHA aku au i ko'u mau maka i na mauna, Mailaila mai ko'u kokua e hiki mai ai.

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

2 Mai Iehova mai ko'u kokua, Nana no i hana i ka lani, a me ka honua.

My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

3 Aole ia e haawi i kou wawae i ke kulanalana; O ka mea malama ia oe, aole ia e maluhiluhi.

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

4 Aia hoi, o ka mea malama i ka Iseraela, Aole ia e maluhiluhi, aole ia e hiamoe.

Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

5 O Iehova no kou kiai; O Iehova no kou malu, ma kou lima akau.

Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand,

6 Aole e hahau mai ka la ia oe i ke ao, Aole hoi o ka mahina i ka po.

By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.

7 E malama mai no o Iehova ia oe i ka ino a pau; Nana no e malama i kou uhane.

Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.

8 E kiai no o Iehova i kou puka ana iwaho a me kou komo ana iloko, Mai keia wa a ka manawa pau ole.

Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!