Zaburi 90
1 Bwana, wewe umekuwa kimbilio letu 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 milima haijaumbwa, wala haujaumba nchi na dunia, tangu milele na milele, wewe ni Mungu.
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 Humrudisha mtu mavumbini, na kusema, “Rudi, ewe uzao wa mwanadmu.
Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Return ye children of men.
4 Kwa maana miaka elfu machoni pako ni kama jana ipitapo, na kama saa wakati wa 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 Huwafagia kama vile kwa mafuliko nao hulala; na wakati wa asubuhi wako kama majani yameayo.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning [they grow] like the grass which changeth.
6 Asubuhi yachipuka na kumea; jioni yakatika na kukauka.
In the morning it blossometh, and is changed: in the evening it is mowed off, and withereth.
7 Hakika, tumeangamizwa kwa hasira yako, na gadhabu yako inatuogopesha sana.
For [thus] are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified.
8 Umeudhihirisha uovu wetu mbele zako, na dhambi zetu zilizofichika katika nuru ya uwepo wako.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance.
9 Uhai wetu unatoweka chini ya gadhabu yako; Miaka yetu inapita haraka kama pumzi.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken.
10 Miaka yetu ni sabini, au themanini tukiwa na afya; lakini hata hivyo miaka yetu mizuri imetiwa alama ya taabu na huzuni. Ndiyo, inapita haraka, kisha tunatoweka.
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 kiwango cha hasira yako, na ghadhabu yako ambayo iko sawa na hofu yako?
Who knoweth the strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee?
12 Hivyo utufundishe sisi kuyafikiria maisha yetu ili kwamba tuweze kuishi kwa hekima.
Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.
13 Ugeuke, Ee Yahwe! Mpaka lini itakuwa hivi? Uwahurumie watumishi wako.
Return, O Lord, how long yet? and bethink thee concerning thy servants.
14 Ututosheleze sisi wakati wa asubuhi kwa uaminifu wa agano lako ili kwamba tuweze kufurahi na kushangilia siku zote za maisha yetu.
O satisfy us in the morning with thy kindness, that we may be glad and rejoice throughout all our days.
15 Utufurahishe kwa uwiano sawa na zile siku ulizo tutesa na kwa ile miaka tuliyopitia taabu.
Cause us to rejoice as many days as those wherein thou hast afflicted us, the years wherein we have seen unhappiness.
16 Watumishi wako na waione kazi yako, na watoto wetu wauone ukuu enzi yako.
Let thy act be visible on thy servants, and thy majesty over their children.
17 Na neema ya Bwana Mungu wetu iwe yetu; fanikisha kazi za mikono yetu; hakika, fanikisha kazi ya 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.
