Psalms 90
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.
Nkosi, wena ubuyindawo yethu yokuhlala kusizukulwana lesizukulwana.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.
Zingakazalwa intaba, kumbe uveze umhlaba lelizwe, ngitsho kusukela ephakadeni kuze kube sephakadeni wena unguNkulunkulu.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Uyambuyisela umuntu encithakalweni, uthi: Buyelani, bantwana babantu.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
Ngoba iminyaka eyinkulungwane emehlweni akho injengelanga lezolo selidlulile, lanjengomlindo ebusuku.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep; in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth.
Uyabakhukhula, banjengobuthongo, ekuseni banjengotshani obuhlumayo.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Ekuseni buyakhahlela, bukhule, ntambama buyasikwa, bubune.
7 For we are consumed by thy anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Ngoba siqedwa yikuthukuthela kwakho, langolaka lwakho sibhujiswe.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
Ubekile iziphambeko zethu phambi kwakho, izono zethu ezifihlakeleyo ekukhanyeni kobuso bakho.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale [that is told].
Ngoba insuku zethu zonke ziyedlula elakeni lwakho; sichitha iminyaka yethu njengokubeka iphika.
10 The days of our years [are] seventy years; and if by reason of strength [they are] eighty years, yet [is] their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Insuku zeminyaka yethu, kuleminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa kuzo; njalo uba ngenxa yamandla zingamatshumi ayisificaminwembili, kanti ukuzigqaja kwayo kuyinhlupheko losizi, ngoba aphangisa aqunywe, sibe sesiphapha sinyamalale.
11 Who knoweth the power of thy anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
Ngubani owaziyo amandla okuthukuthela kwakho? Lanjengokwesabeka kwakho lunjalo ulaka lwakho.
12 So teach [us] to number [our] days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
Ngokunjalo sifundise ukubala insuku zethu, ukuze sizuze inhliziyo yenhlakanipho.
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and repent thou concerning thy servants.
Phenduka, Nkosi! Koze kube nini? Hawukela izinceku zakho.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Sisuthise ekuseni ngomusa wakho, ukuze sithabe sijabule insuku zethu zonke.
15 Make us glad according to the days [in which] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [in which] we have seen evil.
Sithokozise njengokwensuku owasihlupha ngazo, iminyaka esabona okubi kuyo.
16 Let thy work appear to thy servants, and thy glory to their children.
Umsebenzi wakho kawubonakale ezincekwini zakho, lenkazimulo yakho ebantwaneni bazo.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yes, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Ubuhle beNkosi, uNkulunkulu wethu, kabube phezu kwethu; uqinise umsebenzi wezandla zethu kithi, yebo, umsebenzi wezandla zethu uwuqinise.
