1Ishe, makanga muri ugaro bwedu Pamarudzi namarudzi.
1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.
2Makomo asati azvarwa, Musati matongosika nyika nevhu, Kubva pakusingaperi kusvikira pakusingaperi imwi muri Mwari.
2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3Munodzosera munhu kuguruva; Muchiti, Dzokai vana vavanhu.
3Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4nekuti kwamuri makore ane chiuru Akangofanana nezuva razuro kana rapfuura, Senguva yokurinda yousiku.
4For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
5Munovakukura semvura zhinji; vava sehope; Mangwanani vakaita souswa hunotunga.
5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6Mangwanani hunotumbuka, hunomera; Madekwana hunodzurwa, ndokusvava.
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7nekuti tinopedzwa nokutsamwa kwenyu, Tinotambudzika nehasha dzenyu.
7For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.
8Makaisa zvakaipa zvedu pamberi penyu, Zvivi zvedu zvakavanzika pachiedza chechiso chenyu.
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9Nekuti mazuva edu ose anopfuura makatsamwa; Makore edu anopera sebefu.
9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
10Mazuva amakore edu anosvika makore makumi manomwe, Kana tine simba makore makumi masere; Asi kunyange achikudzwa ndiko kutambudzika nenhamo chete. nekuti gare-gare aenda, nesu tabhururuka taenda.
10The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
11Ndianiko anoziva simba rokutsamwa kwenyu, Nehasha dzenyu, kuti mutyiwe zvakafanira here?
11Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?
12Tidzidzisei kunatsoverenga mazuva edu, Kuti tizviwanire moyo wakachenjera.
12So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
13Dzokai Jehovha; kusvikira rinhiko? nzwirai tsitsi varanda venyu.
13Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14Tigutsei mangwanani netsitsi dzenyu; Kuti tifarise, tive nomufaro mazuva edu ose.
14Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15Tifadzei zvinoenzana namazuva amakatitambudza, Namakore atakaona zvakaipa.
15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.
16Zvamakaita ngazvionekwe navaranda venyu, Nokubwinya kwenyu pamusoro pavana vavo.
16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.
17Kunaka kwaJehovha Mwari wedu ngakuve pamusoro pedu; Mutisimbisire basa ramaoko edu; Zvirokwazvo, basa ramaoko edu murisimbise.
17And let the favor 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.