Zaburi 90
1 Maombi ya Mose, mtu wa Mungu. Bwana, wewe umekuwa makao yetu katika vizazi vyote.
BOOK FOURTH: “A prayer of Moses the man of God.” Lord, a place of refuge hast thou been unto us in all generations.
2 Kabla ya kuzaliwa milima au hujaumba dunia na ulimwengu, wewe ni Mungu tangu milele hata milele.
Before yet the mountains were brought forth, or thou hadst ever produced the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3 Huwarudisha watu mavumbini, ukisema, “Rudini mavumbini, enyi wanadamu.”
Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Return ye children of men.
4 Kwa maana kwako miaka elfu ni kama siku moja iliyokwisha pita, au kama kesha la usiku.
For a thousand years are in thy eyes but as the 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 grow] like the grass which changeth.
6 ingawa asubuhi yanachipua, ifikapo jioni huwa yamenyauka na kukauka.
In the morning it blossometh, and is changed: in the evening it is mowed off, and withereth.
7 Tumeangamizwa kwa hasira yako na tumetishwa kwa ghadhabu yako.
For [thus] are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified.
8 Umeyaweka maovu yetu mbele yako, dhambi zetu za siri katika nuru ya uwepo wako.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance.
9 Tumeishi siku zetu zote chini ya ghadhabu yako, tunamaliza miaka yetu kwa kuomboleza.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken.
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 in this life are seventy years; and if by uncommon vigor they be eighty, yet is their greatness trouble and mishap; for it soon hasteneth 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 strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee?
12 Tufundishe kuzihesabu siku zetu vizuri, ili tujipatie moyo wa hekima.
Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.
13 Ee Bwana, uwe na huruma! Utakawia hata lini? Wahurumie watumishi wako.
Return, O Lord, how long yet? and bethink thee concerning thy servants.
14 Tushibishe asubuhi kwa upendo wako usiokoma, ili tuweze kuimba kwa shangwe na kufurahi siku zetu zote.
O satisfy us in the morning with thy kindness, that we may be glad and rejoice throughout all our days.
15 Utufurahishe kulingana na siku ulizotuadhibu, kulingana na miaka tuliyotaabika.
Cause us to rejoice as many days as those wherein thou hast afflicted us, the years wherein we have seen unhappiness.
16 Matendo yako na yaonekane kwa watumishi wako, utukufu wako kwa watoto wao.
Let thy act be visible on thy servants, and thy majesty over their children.
17 Wema wa Bwana Mungu wetu uwe juu yetu; uzithibitishe kazi za mikono yetu: naam, uzithibitishe kazi za mikono yetu.
And may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and the work of our hands do thou firmly establish upon us: yea, the work of our hands—firmly establish thou it.
