Amahubo 121

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

A song of ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. O whence shall help for me come?

2 Usizo lwami luvela eNkosini, eyenza amazulu lomhlaba.

From the Lord comes help to me the creator of heaven and earth.

3 Kayiyikuvuma ukuthi unyawo lwakho lutshelele; umlondolozi wakho kayikuwozela.

Your foot he will not let totter: he who guards you will not sleep.

4 Khangela, umlondolozi kaIsrayeli kayikuwozela njalo kayikulala.

The guardian of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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

The Lord is he who guards you your shelter upon your right hand.

6 Ilanga kaliyikukutshaya emini, lenyanga ebusuku.

The sun by day shall not strike you, nor the moon by night.

7 INkosi izakulondoloza kukho konke okubi; izalondoloza umphefumulo wakho.

From all evil the Lord will guard you, he will guard your life.

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

The Lord will guard your going and coming from now and for evermore.