A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place
In all generations.
Wewe, Bwana, umekuwa makao yetu, Kizazi baada ya kizazi.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Kabla haijazaliwa milima, wala hujaiumba dunia, Na tangu milele hata milele ndiwe Mungu.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction;
And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Wamrudisha mtu mavumbini, usemapo, Rudini, enyi wanadamu.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday
When it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Maana miaka elfu machoni pako Ni kama siku ya jana ikiisha kupita, Na kama kesha la usiku.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep:
In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Wawagharikisha, huwa kama usingizi, Asubuhi huwa kama majani yameayo.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;
In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Asubuhi yachipuka na kumea, Jioni yakatika na kukauka.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger,
And by thy wrath are we troubled.
Maana tumetoweshwa kwa hasira yako, Na kwa ghadhabu yako tumefadhaishwa.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,
Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Umeyaweka maovu yetu mbele zako, Siri zetu katika mwanga wa uso wako.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:
We spend our years as a tale that is told .
Maana siku zetu zote zimepita katika hasira yako, Tumetowesha miaka yetu kama kite.
10 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.
Siku za miaka yetu ni miaka sabini, Na ikiwa tuna nguvu miaka themanini; Na kiburi chake ni taabu na ubatili, Maana chapita upesi tukatokomea mara.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger?
Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Ni nani aujuaye uweza wa hasira yako? Na ghadhabu yako kama ipasavyo kicho chako?
12 So teach us to number our days,
That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Basi, utujulishe kuzihesabu siku zetu, Tujipatie moyo wa hekima.
13 Return, O LORD, how long?
And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Ee Bwana urudi, hata lini? Uwahurumie watumishi wako.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy;
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Utushibishe asubuhi kwa fadhili zako, Nasi tutashangilia na kufurahi siku zetu zote.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,
And the years wherein we have seen evil.
Utufurahishe kwa kadiri ya siku ulizotutesa, Kama miaka ile tuliyoona mabaya.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants,
And thy glory unto their children.
Matendo yako na yaonekane kwa watumishi wako, Na adhama yako kwa watoto wao.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us:
And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Na uzuri wa Bwana, Mungu wetu, uwe juu yetu, Na kazi ya mikono yetu utufanyie thabiti, Naam, kazi ya mikono yetu uithibitishe.
