Zaburi 90
1 Maombi ya Mose, mtu wa Mungu. Bwana, wewe umekuwa makao yetu katika vizazi vyote.
Lord, you have 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, before even you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3 Huwarudisha watu mavumbini, ukisema, “Rudini mavumbini, enyi wanadamu.”
You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, all of you 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 your sight are but 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:
You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.
6 ingawa asubuhi yanachipua, ifikapo jioni huwa yamenyauka na kukauka.
In the morning it flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and withers.
7 Tumeangamizwa kwa hasira yako na tumetishwa kwa ghadhabu yako.
For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.
8 Umeyaweka maovu yetu mbele yako, dhambi zetu za siri katika nuru ya uwepo wako.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
9 Tumeishi siku zetu zote chini ya ghadhabu yako, tunamaliza miaka yetu kwa kuomboleza.
For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
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 is their strength labour and sorrow; 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 knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath.
12 Tufundishe kuzihesabu siku zetu vizuri, ili tujipatie moyo wa hekima.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Ee Bwana, uwe na huruma! Utakawia hata lini? Wahurumie watumishi wako.
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.
14 Tushibishe asubuhi kwa upendo wako usiokoma, ili tuweze kuimba kwa shangwe na kufurahi siku zetu zote.
O satisfy us early with your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Utufurahishe kulingana na siku ulizotuadhibu, kulingana na miaka tuliyotaabika.
Make us glad according to the days wherein you have afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Matendo yako na yaonekane kwa watumishi wako, utukufu wako kwa watoto wao.
Let your work appear unto your servants, and your glory unto their children.
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 the LORD our God be upon us: and establish you the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish you it.
