Amahubo 121

1 Ngizaphakamisela amehlo ami ezintabeni, lapho usizo lwami oluzavela khona.

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” I lift up mine eyes to the hills: Whence cometh my help?

2 Usizo lwami luvela eNkosini, eyenza amazulu lomhlaba.

My help cometh from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

3 Kayiyikuvuma ukuthi unyawo lwakho lutshelele; umlondolozi wakho kayikuwozela.

He will not suffer thy foot to stumble; Thy guardian doth not slumber.

4 Khangela, umlondolozi kaIsrayeli kayikuwozela njalo kayikulala.

Behold, the guardian of Israel Doth neither slumber nor sleep.

5 INkosi ingumlondolozi wakho; iNkosi ingumthunzi wakho esandleni sakho sokunene.

The LORD is thy guardian; The LORD is thy shade at thy right hand.

6 Ilanga kaliyikukutshaya emini, lenyanga ebusuku.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

7 INkosi izakulondoloza kukho konke okubi; izalondoloza umphefumulo wakho.

The LORD will preserve thee from all evil; He will preserve thy life.

8 INkosi izalondoloza ukuphuma kwakho lokungena kwakho, kusukela khathesi kuze kube phakade.

The LORD will preserve thee, when thou goest out and when thou comest in, From this time forth for ever.