Amahubo 90
1 Nkosi, wena ubuyindawo yethu yokuhlala kusizukulwana lesizukulwana.
Lord, thou have been our dwelling-place in all generations.
2 Zingakazalwa intaba, kumbe uveze umhlaba lelizwe, ngitsho kusukela ephakadeni kuze kube sephakadeni wena unguNkulunkulu.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or thou had ever formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God.
3 Uyambuyisela umuntu encithakalweni, uthi: Buyelani, bantwana babantu.
Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.
4 Ngoba iminyaka eyinkulungwane emehlweni akho injengelanga lezolo selidlulile, lanjengomlindo ebusuku.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Uyabakhukhula, banjengobuthongo, ekuseni banjengotshani obuhlumayo.
Thou carry them away as with a flood. They are as a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up.
6 Ekuseni buyakhahlela, bukhule, ntambama buyasikwa, bubune.
In the morning it flourishes, and grows up. In the evening it is cut down, and withers.
7 Ngoba siqedwa yikuthukuthela kwakho, langolaka lwakho sibhujiswe.
For we are consumed in thine anger, and in thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Ubekile iziphambeko zethu phambi kwakho, izono zethu ezifihlakeleyo ekukhanyeni kobuso bakho.
Thou have set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 Ngoba insuku zethu zonke ziyedlula elakeni lwakho; sichitha iminyaka yethu njengokubeka iphika.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
10 Insuku zeminyaka yethu, kuleminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa kuzo; njalo uba ngenxa yamandla zingamatshumi ayisificaminwembili, kanti ukuzigqaja kwayo kuyinhlupheko losizi, ngoba aphangisa aqunywe, sibe sesiphapha sinyamalale.
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.
11 Ngubani owaziyo amandla okuthukuthela kwakho? Lanjengokwesabeka kwakho lunjalo ulaka lwakho.
Who knows the power of thine anger, and thy wrath according to the fear that is due to thee?
12 Ngokunjalo sifundise ukubala insuku zethu, ukuze sizuze inhliziyo yenhlakanipho.
So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
13 Phenduka, Nkosi! Koze kube nini? Hawukela izinceku zakho.
Return, O Jehovah. How long? And relent concerning thy servants.
14 Sisuthise ekuseni ngomusa wakho, ukuze sithabe sijabule insuku zethu zonke.
O satisfy us in the morning with thy loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Sithokozise njengokwensuku owasihlupha ngazo, iminyaka esabona okubi kuyo.
Make us glad according to the days in which thou have afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil.
16 Umsebenzi wakho kawubonakale ezincekwini zakho, lenkazimulo yakho ebantwaneni bazo.
Let thy work appear to thy servants, and thy glory upon their sons.
17 Ubuhle beNkosi, uNkulunkulu wethu, kabube phezu kwethu; uqinise umsebenzi wezandla zethu kithi, yebo, umsebenzi wezandla zethu uwuqinise.
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.
