Psalms 90
1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.
He inoi na Mohi, na te tangata a te Atua. E te Ariki, ko koe to matou nohoanga i nga whakatupuranga katoa.
2 Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
Kahore ano i whanau noa nga maunga, kahore i hanga e koe te whenua me te ao, ko koe te Atua no tua whakarere a ake tonu atu.
3 Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
E whakahokia ana e koe te tangata kia mongamonga noa, a e mea ana, E hoki, e nga tama a te tangata.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
Ki tau titiro hoki, he rite nga tau kotahi mano ki te ra onanahi, kua pahure atu nei, ki te mataaratanga hoki i te po.
5 Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
Me te mea na te waipuke tau kahakinga i a ratou; he moe ratou: i te ata ano he tarutaru e tupu ana.
6 In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
I te ata e tupu ana, e pihi ana: i te ahiahi kua kotia, kua maroke.
7 For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.
Kua hemo nei hoki matou i tou riri: ka ohorere hoki i tou aritatanga.
8 Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.
Kua maka e koe o matou kino ki tou aroaro, o matou mea huna ki te marama o tou mata.
9 For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
Ka pau o matou ra katoa, me te riri ano koe: hemo ake o matou tau ano he korero e korerotia ana.
10 [As for] the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
Ko nga ra o o matou tau e whitu tekau tau; a ki te whai kaha, ka waru tekau tau; heoi he mahi mauiui, he pouri to ratou kaha; ka hohoro hoki te hatepea atu, a ka rere atu matou.
11 Who knows the power of thy wrath?
Ko wai te matau ana ki te kaha o tou riri? Rite pu ki te wehi ki a koe tou riri.
12 and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
Akona matou ki te tatau i o matou ra, kia anga ai te ngakau ki te whakaaro.
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.
Hoki mai, e Ihowa, kia pehea ake te roa? A kia puta ke he whakaaro mou ki au pononga.
14 We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
Kia na matou i te ata i tau mahi tohu: kia hari ai matou, kia koa ai, i o matou ra katoa.
15 let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.
Whakaharitia matou, kia rite ki nga ra i whakawhiua ai matou e koe, ki nga tau i kite ai matou i te kino.
16 And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.
Kia puta mai tau mahi ki au pononga, me tou kororia ki a ratou tamariki.
17 And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.
A hei runga i a matou te ataahua o Ihowa, o to matou Atua: whakapumautia ano ki a matou te mahi a o matou ringa, ae ra, te mahi a o matou ringa, whakapumautia e koe.
