Psalms 90
1 Lord, thou have been our dwelling-place in all generations.
Pemphero la Mose munthu wa Mulungu. Ambuye, mwakhala muli malo athu okhalamo pa mibado yonse.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or thou had ever formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God.
Mapiri asanabadwe, musanalenge nʼkomwe dziko lapansi ndi dziko lonse, kuyambira muyaya mpaka muyaya Inu ndinu Mulungu.
3 Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.
Inu mumabwezera anthu ku fumbi, mumati, “Bwerera ku fumbi iwe mwana wa munthu.”
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Pakuti zaka 1,000 pamaso panu zili ngati tsiku limene lapita kapena ngati kamphindi ka usiku.
5 Thou carry them away as with a flood. They are as a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up.
Inu mumasesa anthu mʼtulo ta imfa, iwo ali ngati udzu watsopano wa mmawa,
6 In the morning it flourishes, and grows up. In the evening it is cut down, and withers.
ngakhale kuti mmawa umaphuka watsopano, pofika madzulo wauma ndi kufota.
7 For we are consumed in thine anger, and in thy wrath are we troubled.
Ife tathedwa ndi mkwiyo wanu; ndipo taopsezedwa ndi kuyipidwa kwanu.
8 Thou have set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Mwayika mphulupulu zathu pamaso panu, machimo athu obisika poonekera pamaso panu.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
Masiku athu onse amatha ali pansi pa ukali wanu; timatsiriza zaka zathu ndi kubuwula.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.
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.
11 Who knows the power of thine anger, and thy wrath according to the fear that is due to thee?
Kodi ndani amadziwa mphamvu ya mkwiyo wanu? Pakuti ukali wanu ndi waukulu ngati ulemu umene uyenera Inu.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Tiphunzitseni kuwerenga masiku athu molondola, kuti tikhale ndi mtima wanzeru.
13 Return, O Jehovah. How long? And relent concerning thy servants.
Lezani mtima Inu Yehova! Kodi mudzatikwiyira mpaka liti? Achitireni chifundo atumiki anu.
14 O satisfy us in the morning with thy loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Mutikhutitse mmawa ndi chikondi chanu chosatha, kuti tiyimbe ndi chimwemwe ndi kukhala okondwa masiku athu onse.
15 Make us glad according to the days in which thou have afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil.
Tisangalatseni masiku ambiri monga masiku amene mwatisautsa, kwa zaka zambiri monga momwe tinaonera mavuto.
16 Let thy work appear to thy servants, and thy glory upon their sons.
Ntchito zanu zionetsedwe kwa atumiki anu, kukongola kwanu kwa ana awo.
17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us. And establish thou the work of our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Kukoma mtima kwa Ambuye Mulungu wathu kukhale pa ife; tikhazikitsireni ntchito ya manja athu; inde, khazikitsani ntchito ya manja athu.
