Amahubo 121

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiphakamisela amehlo ami ezintabeni usizo lwami luvela ngaphi na?

I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

2 Usizo lwami luvela kuThixo, uMenzi wezulu lomhlaba.

My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

3 Kayikuyekela unyawo lwakho lutshelela yena okulindayo kayikuwozela;

May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

4 ngempela yena olinda u-Israyeli akayikuwozela, akayikulala.

Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.

5 UThixo uyakulinda uThixo ungumthunzi wakho esandleni sakho sokunene;

The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

6 ilanga kaliyikukutshisa emini noma loba inyanga ebusuku.

The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

7 UThixo uzakuvikela kuzozonke izingozi uzalinda impilo yakho;

The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

8 uThixo uzalondoloza ukufika kwakho lokusuka kwakho manje kuze kube phakade.

May the Lord keep thy going in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.