Amahubo 91
1 Lowo ohlala ekusithekeni koPhezukonke uzaphumula emthunzini kaSomandla.
O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;
2 Ngizakuthi kuThixo, “Uyisiphephelo sami lenqaba yami, uNkulunkulu wami, engithemba kuye.”
I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust,
3 Ngempela uzakuphephisa emjibileni womthiyi lasesifeni esibi esibulalayo.
That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 Uzakusibekela ngezinsiba zakhe, uzuze isiphephelo ngaphansi kwamaphiko akhe; ukuthembeka kwakhe kuzakuba yisihlangu sakho lenqaba yakho.
He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.
5 Awuyikwesaba umnyama wobusuku, loba umtshoko ontweza emini,
Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day;
6 kumbe ingozi ehahabela emnyameni, kumbe umkhuhlane obhubhisayo emini enkulu.
Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 Abazinkulungwane bangawa eceleni lakho; itshumi lezinkulungwane esandleni sakho sokunene, kodwa kakusoze kusondele kuwe.
A thousand may fall at Thy side, and ten thousand at Thy right hand; it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Uzaphosa nje amehlo akho ubukele ubone ukujeziswa kwababi.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Ungenza oPhezukonke abe likhaya lakho yena uThixo oyisiphephelo sami
For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation.
10 lapho-ke akulangozi engakuwela, akulamonakalo ozasondela ethenteni lakho.
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
11 Ngoba uzayala izingilosi zakhe ngawe zikulinde kuzozonke izindlela zakho;
For He will give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 zizakuphakamisa ezandleni zazo, ukuze ungakhubeki elitsheni.
They shall bear thee upon their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Uzanyathela isilwane lephimpi; uzasigxoba isilwane esikhulu lenyoka.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.
14 “Ngoba uyangithanda,” kutsho uThixo, “ngizamkhulula; ngizamvikela, ngoba uyalinaka ibizo lami.
'Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known My name.
15 Uzangibiza, ngimphendule; ngizakuba laye ekuhluphekeni, ngizamkhulula ngimenzele udumo.
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and bring him to honour.
16 Ngizamsuthisa ngempilo ende ngimtshengise insindiso yami.”
With long life will I satisfy him, and make Him to behold My salvation.'
