Zaburi 90
1 Maombi ya Mose, mtu wa Mungu. Bwana, wewe umekuwa makao yetu katika vizazi vyote.
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
2 Kabla ya kuzaliwa milima au hujaumba dunia na ulimwengu, wewe ni Mungu tangu milele hata milele.
Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
3 Huwarudisha watu mavumbini, ukisema, “Rudini mavumbini, enyi wanadamu.”
You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
4 Kwa maana kwako miaka elfu ni kama siku moja iliyokwisha pita, au kama kesha la usiku.
For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
5 Unawatowesha wanadamu katika usingizi wa kifo, nao ni kama majani machanga ya asubuhi:
6 ingawa asubuhi yanachipua, ifikapo jioni huwa yamenyauka na kukauka.
In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
7 Tumeangamizwa kwa hasira yako na tumetishwa kwa ghadhabu yako.
We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
8 Umeyaweka maovu yetu mbele yako, dhambi zetu za siri katika nuru ya uwepo wako.
You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
9 Tumeishi siku zetu zote chini ya ghadhabu yako, tunamaliza miaka yetu kwa kuomboleza.
For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
10 Siku zetu za kuishi ni miaka sabini, au miaka themanini ikiwa tuna nguvu, lakini yote ni ya shida na taabu, nazo zapita haraka, nasi twatoweka.
The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
11 Ni nani ajuaye nguvu za hasira yako? Kwa maana ghadhabu yako ni kubwa kama hofu tunayopaswa kuwa nayo kwako.
Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
12 Tufundishe kuzihesabu siku zetu vizuri, ili tujipatie moyo wa hekima.
So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Ee Bwana, uwe na huruma! Utakawia hata lini? Wahurumie watumishi wako.
Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
14 Tushibishe asubuhi kwa upendo wako usiokoma, ili tuweze kuimba kwa shangwe na kufurahi siku zetu zote.
In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.
15 Utufurahishe kulingana na siku ulizotuadhibu, kulingana na miaka tuliyotaabika.
Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
16 Matendo yako na yaonekane kwa watumishi wako, utukufu wako kwa watoto wao.
Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
17 Wema wa Bwana Mungu wetu uwe juu yetu; uzithibitishe kazi za mikono yetu: naam, uzithibitishe kazi za mikono yetu.
Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
