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, thou hast been our dwelling-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 brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
3 Huwarudisha watu mavumbini, ukisema, “Rudini mavumbini, enyi wanadamu.”
Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
4 Kwa maana kwako miaka elfu ni kama siku moja iliyokwisha pita, au kama kesha la usiku.
For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
5 Unawatowesha wanadamu katika usingizi wa kifo, nao ni kama majani machanga ya asubuhi:
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:
6 ingawa asubuhi yanachipua, ifikapo jioni huwa yamenyauka na kukauka.
In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
7 Tumeangamizwa kwa hasira yako na tumetishwa kwa ghadhabu yako.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.
8 Umeyaweka maovu yetu mbele yako, dhambi zetu za siri katika nuru ya uwepo wako.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
9 Tumeishi siku zetu zote chini ya ghadhabu yako, tunamaliza miaka yetu kwa kuomboleza.
For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.
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 days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Ni nani ajuaye nguvu za hasira yako? Kwa maana ghadhabu yako ni kubwa kama hofu tunayopaswa kuwa nayo kwako.
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
12 Tufundishe kuzihesabu siku zetu vizuri, ili tujipatie moyo wa hekima.
So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
13 Ee Bwana, uwe na huruma! Utakawia hata lini? Wahurumie watumishi wako.
Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 Tushibishe asubuhi kwa upendo wako usiokoma, ili tuweze kuimba kwa shangwe na kufurahi siku zetu zote.
Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Utufurahishe kulingana na siku ulizotuadhibu, kulingana na miaka tuliyotaabika.
Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
16 Matendo yako na yaonekane kwa watumishi wako, utukufu wako kwa watoto wao.
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.
17 Wema wa Bwana Mungu wetu uwe juu yetu; uzithibitishe kazi za mikono yetu: naam, uzithibitishe kazi za mikono yetu.
And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.
