Masalimo 90
1 Pemphero la Mose munthu wa Mulungu. Ambuye, mwakhala muli malo athu okhalamo pa mibado yonse.
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.
2 Mapiri asanabadwe, musanalenge nʼkomwe dziko lapansi ndi dziko lonse, kuyambira muyaya mpaka muyaya Inu ndinu Mulungu.
Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
3 Inu mumabwezera anthu ku fumbi, mumati, “Bwerera ku fumbi iwe mwana wa munthu.”
Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
4 Pakuti zaka 1,000 pamaso panu zili ngati tsiku limene lapita kapena ngati kamphindi ka usiku.
For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
5 Inu mumasesa anthu mʼtulo ta imfa, iwo ali ngati udzu watsopano wa mmawa,
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:
6 ngakhale kuti mmawa umaphuka watsopano, pofika madzulo wauma ndi kufota.
In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
7 Ife tathedwa ndi mkwiyo wanu; ndipo taopsezedwa ndi kuyipidwa kwanu.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.
8 Mwayika mphulupulu zathu pamaso panu, machimo athu obisika poonekera pamaso panu.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
9 Masiku athu onse amatha ali pansi pa ukali wanu; timatsiriza zaka zathu ndi kubuwula.
For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.
10 Kuchuluka kwa masiku athu ndi 70, kapena 80 ngati tili ndi mphamvu; komabe zaka zonsezi ndi za mavuto ndi nkhawa, zimatha mofulumira ndipo ife timawulukira kutali.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Kodi ndani amadziwa mphamvu ya mkwiyo wanu? Pakuti ukali wanu ndi waukulu ngati ulemu umene uyenera Inu.
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
12 Tiphunzitseni kuwerenga masiku athu molondola, kuti tikhale ndi mtima wanzeru.
So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
13 Lezani mtima Inu Yehova! Kodi mudzatikwiyira mpaka liti? Achitireni chifundo atumiki anu.
Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 Mutikhutitse mmawa ndi chikondi chanu chosatha, kuti tiyimbe ndi chimwemwe ndi kukhala okondwa masiku athu onse.
Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Tisangalatseni masiku ambiri monga masiku amene mwatisautsa, kwa zaka zambiri monga momwe tinaonera mavuto.
Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
16 Ntchito zanu zionetsedwe kwa atumiki anu, kukongola kwanu kwa ana awo.
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.
17 Kukoma mtima kwa Ambuye Mulungu wathu kukhale pa ife; tikhazikitsireni ntchito ya manja athu; inde, khazikitsani ntchito ya manja athu.
And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.
