Amahubo 121

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

[When we travel toward Jerusalem], I look up toward the hills [and I ask myself], “Who will help me?”

2 Usizo lwami luvela eNkosini, eyenza amazulu lomhlaba.

[And my answer is] that Yahweh is the one who helps me; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.

3 Kayiyikuvuma ukuthi unyawo lwakho lutshelele; umlondolozi wakho kayikuwozela.

He will not allow us to fall/stumble; God, who protects us, will not fall asleep.

4 Khangela, umlondolozi kaIsrayeli kayikuwozela njalo kayikulala.

The one who protects us Israeli people never gets sleepy, nor does he sleep [LIT].

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

Yahweh watches over us; he is like the shade [MET] [that protects us from the sun].

6 Ilanga kaliyikukutshaya emini, lenyanga ebusuku.

[He will not allow] the sun to harm us during the day, and [he will not allow] the moon to harm us during the night.

7 INkosi izakulondoloza kukho konke okubi; izalondoloza umphefumulo wakho.

Yahweh will protect us from being harmed in any manner; he will keep us safe.

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

He will protect us from the time that we leave [our houses in the morning] until we return [in the evening]; he will protect us now, and he will protect us forever.