Masalimo 90
1 Pemphero la Mose munthu wa Mulungu. Ambuye, mwakhala muli malo athu okhalamo pa mibado yonse.
[A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.] Jehovah, you have been our dwelling place for 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, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3 Inu mumabwezera anthu ku fumbi, mumati, “Bwerera ku fumbi iwe mwana wa munthu.”
You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you descendants of Adam."
4 Pakuti zaka 1,000 pamaso panu zili ngati tsiku limene lapita kapena ngati kamphindi ka usiku.
For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
5 Inu mumasesa anthu mʼtulo ta imfa, iwo ali ngati udzu watsopano wa mmawa,
You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
6 ngakhale kuti mmawa umaphuka watsopano, pofika madzulo wauma ndi kufota.
In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.
7 Ife tathedwa ndi mkwiyo wanu; ndipo taopsezedwa ndi kuyipidwa kwanu.
For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.
8 Mwayika mphulupulu zathu pamaso panu, machimo athu obisika poonekera pamaso panu.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 Masiku athu onse amatha ali pansi pa ukali wanu; timatsiriza zaka zathu ndi kubuwula.
For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
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 seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
11 Kodi ndani amadziwa mphamvu ya mkwiyo wanu? Pakuti ukali wanu ndi waukulu ngati ulemu umene uyenera Inu.
Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
12 Tiphunzitseni kuwerenga masiku athu molondola, kuti tikhale ndi mtima wanzeru.
So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Lezani mtima Inu Yehova! Kodi mudzatikwiyira mpaka liti? Achitireni chifundo atumiki anu.
Relent, Jehovah. How long? Have compassion on your servants.
14 Mutikhutitse mmawa ndi chikondi chanu chosatha, kuti tiyimbe ndi chimwemwe ndi kukhala okondwa masiku athu onse.
Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Tisangalatseni masiku ambiri monga masiku amene mwatisautsa, kwa zaka zambiri monga momwe tinaonera mavuto.
Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Ntchito zanu zionetsedwe kwa atumiki anu, kukongola kwanu kwa ana awo.
Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.
17 Kukoma mtima kwa Ambuye Mulungu wathu kukhale pa ife; tikhazikitsireni ntchito ya manja athu; inde, khazikitsani ntchito ya manja athu.
Let the favor of Jehovah our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
