አራተኛ መጽሐፍ
ከመዝሙር 90–106
መዝሙር 90
የሰው ልጅ ሕይወት
የእግዚአብሔር ሰው የሙሴ ጸሎት።
1ጌታ ሆይ፤
አንተ ከትውልድ እስከ ትውልድ መጠጊያችን ሆንህልን።
2ገና ተራሮች ሳይወለዱ፣
ምድርንና ዓለምን ከመፍጠርህ በፊት፣
አንተ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም አምላክ ነህ።
3ሰዎችን ወደ ዐፈር ትመልሳለህ፤
“የሰው ልጆች ሆይ፤ ወደ ቦታችሁ ተመለሱ” ትላለህ፤
4ሺሕ ዓመት በፊትህ፣
እንዳለፈችው እንደ ትናንት ቀን፣
እንደ ሌሊትም እርቦ ነውና።
5እንደ ጐርፍ ጠርገህ ስትወስዳቸው፣ እንደ ሕልም ይበንናሉ፤
እንደ ማለዳ ሣር ታድሰው ይበቅላሉ፤
6ሣሩም ንጋት ላይ አቈጥቍጦ ይለመልማል፤
ምሽት ላይ ጠውልጎ ይደርቃል።
7በቍጣህ አልቀናልና፤
በመዓትህም ደንግጠናል።
8በደላችንን በፊትህ፣
የተሰወረ ኀጢአታችንንም በገጽህ ብርሃን ፊት አኖርህ።
9ዘመናችን ሁሉ በቍጣህ ዐልፏልና፤
ዕድሜያችንንም በመቃተት እንጨርሳለን።
10የዕድሜያችን ዘመን ሰባ ዓመት፣ ቢበዛም ሰማንያ ነው፤
ከዚያ በላይ ከሆነም ድካምና መከራ ብቻ ነው፤
ቶሎ ያልፋልና፤ እኛም ወዲያው እንነጕዳለን።
11የቍጣህን ኀይል ማን ያውቃል?
መዓትህም የመፈራትህን ያህል ታላቅ ነው።
12ጥበብን የተሞላ ልብ ይኖረን ዘንድ፣
ዕድሜያችንን መቍጠር አስተምረን።
13እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ ተመለስ፤ ይህ እስከ መቼ ይሆናል?
ለአገልጋዮችህም ራራላቸው።
14በዘመናችን ሁሉ ደስ እንዲለን፣ ሐሤትም እንድናደርግ፣
ምሕረትህን በማለዳ አጥግበን።
15መከራ ባሳየኸን ዘመን መጠን፣
ክፉም ባየንባቸው ዓመታት ልክ ደስ አሰኘን።
16ሥራህ ለአገልጋዮችህ፣
ክብርህም ለልጆቻቸው ይገለጥ።
17የጌታ የአምላካችን ሞገስ90፥17 ውበት ለማለት ነው። በላያችን ይሁን፤
የእጆቻችንን ሥራ ፍሬያማ አድርግልን፤
አዎን፣ ፍሬያማ አድርግልን።
Book IV
Psalms 90–106
Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
throughout all generations.
2Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3You turn people back to dust,
saying, ‘Return to dust, you mortals.’
4A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.
5Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death –
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.
7We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.
10Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
12Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13Relent, Lord! How long will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.
14Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendour to their children.
17May the favour90:17 Or beauty of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us –
yes, establish the work of our hands.
