Thaburi 90
1 Ihooya rĩa Musa, ndungata ya Ngai JEHOVA, nĩwe ũtũũrĩte ũrĩ gĩikaro giitũ kuuma njiarwa na njiarwa.
A prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.
2 O mbere ya irĩma kũgĩa kuo kana ũkĩũmba thĩ na mabũrũri, kuuma tene nginya tene, Wee ũrĩ o Mũrungu.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.
3 Wee ũcookagia andũ magatuĩka rũkũngũ, ũkoiga atĩrĩ, “Cookai rũkũngũ-inĩ, inyuĩ ciana ici cia andũ.”
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4 Nĩgũkorwo mĩaka ngiri harĩwe no ta mũthenya wa ira ũrĩa ũrahĩtũkire, kana ta ituanĩra rĩmwe rĩa arangĩri a ũtukũ.
For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
5 Ũhaataga andũ, ũkameeheria, magakoma toro wa gĩkuũ; andũ mahaana ta nyeki ĩrĩa ĩringũkaga rũciinĩ:
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep; in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth.
6 o na gũtuĩka rũciinĩ nĩĩringũkaga, hwaĩ-inĩ ĩhoohaga, ĩkooma.
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7 Tũniinagwo nĩ marakara maku, na tũkamakio mũno nĩ marũrũ maku.
For we are consumed by thy anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Nĩũigĩte wĩhia witũ o mbere yaku, mehia maitũ marĩa mahithe ũkamoimĩria o ũtheri-inĩ hau mbere yaku.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
9 Matukũ maitũ mothe maniinagwo nĩ mangʼũrĩ maku; tũninũkagia mĩaka iitũ na gũcaaya.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale [that is told].
10 Mũigana wa matukũ maitũ-rĩ, nĩ mĩaka mĩrongo mũgwanja, kana mĩrongo ĩnana, tũngĩkorwo tũrĩ na hinya; no rĩrĩ, mũigana wamo no thĩĩna na kĩeha, nĩgũkorwo mathiraga o narua, na ithuĩ tũgathiĩ, tũkabuĩria.
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.
11 Nũũ ũũĩ hinya wa marakara maku? Nĩgũkorwo mangʼũrĩ maku nĩ manene o ta gwĩtigĩrwo kũrĩa wagĩrĩire.
Who knoweth the power of thy anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
12 Tuonie gũtara matukũ maitũ wega, nĩgeetha tũgĩe na ngoro ya ũũgĩ.
So teach [us] to number [our] days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
13 Wee Jehova, hoorera! Nĩ nginya rĩ? Iguĩra ndungata ciaku tha.
Return, O LORD, how long? and repent thou concerning thy servants.
14 Rũciinĩ tũhũũnagie na wendo waku ũtathiraga, nĩguo tũinage nĩ gũkena na tũcanjamũkage matukũ maitũ mothe.
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Tũma tũkene matukũ maingĩ o ta marĩa ũtũnyamarĩtie, na mĩaka mĩingĩ o ta ĩrĩa tuonete thĩĩna.
Make us glad according to the days [in which] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [in which] we have seen evil.
16 Ndungata ciaku irokĩonio ciĩko ciaku, naguo riiri waku wonio ciana ciao.
Let thy work appear to thy servants, and thy glory to their children.
17 Wega wa Mwathani Ngai witũ ũrogĩa na ithuĩ; tũma wĩra wa moko maitũ ũgaacĩre, ĩĩ-ni, kĩrũmie wĩra wa moko maitũ.
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.
