Psalms 90

1 Lord, you have always (been [like] a home for us/protected us) [MET].

He inoi na Mohi, na te tangata a te Atua. E te Ariki, ko koe to matou nohoanga i nga whakatupuranga katoa.

2 Before you created the mountains, before you formed the earth and everything that is in it, you were eternally God, and you will be God forever.

Kahore ano i whanau noa nga maunga, kahore i hanga e koe te whenua me te ao, ko koe te Atua no tua whakarere a ake tonu atu.

3 [When people die], you cause their corpses to become soil again; you change their corpses to become dirt like [the first man] was created from.

E whakahokia ana e koe te tangata kia mongamonga noa, a e mea ana, E hoki, e nga tama a te tangata.

4 When you (consider/think about) time, 1,000 years are [as short as] [SIM] one day which passes; [you consider that] [HYP] they are as short as a few hours in the night.

Ki tau titiro hoki, he rite nga tau kotahi mano ki te ra onanahi, kua pahure atu nei, ki te mataaratanga hoki i te po.

5 You cause people suddenly to die [MET]; they [live only a short time], like a dream lasts only a short time. They are like grass/weeds [SIM] that grow up.

Me te mea na te waipuke tau kahakinga i a ratou; he moe ratou: i te ata ano he tarutaru e tupu ana.

6 In the morning [DOU] the grass sprouts and grows well, but in the evening it dries up and (completely withers/dies).

I te ata e tupu ana, e pihi ana: i te ahiahi kua kotia, kua maroke.

7 [Similarly], [because of the sins that we have committed], you become angry with us; you terrify us and then you destroy us.

Kua hemo nei hoki matou i tou riri: ka ohorere hoki i tou aritatanga.

8 [It is as though] you place our sins in front of you, you spread out even our secret sins where you can see them.

Kua maka e koe o matou kino ki tou aroaro, o matou mea huna ki te marama o tou mata.

9 Because you are angry with us, you cause our lives to end; the years that we live pass as quickly as a sigh does.

Ka pau o matou ra katoa, me te riri ano koe: hemo ake o matou tau ano he korero e korerotia ana.

10 People live for only 70 years; but if they are strong, some of them live for 80 years. But even during good years we have much pain and troubles; our lives soon end, and we die [EUP].

Ko nga ra o o matou tau e whitu tekau tau; a ki te whai kaha, ka waru tekau tau; heoi he mahi mauiui, he pouri to ratou kaha; ka hohoro hoki te hatepea atu, a ka rere atu matou.

11 No one [RHQ] has fully experienced the powerful things you can do to them when you are angry with them, and people are not afraid that you will greatly punish them because of your being angry with them.

Ko wai te matau ana ki te kaha o tou riri? Rite pu ki te wehi ki a koe tou riri.

12 So teach/help us to realize that we live for only a short time in order that we may [use our time] wisely.

Akona matou ki te tatau i o matou ra, kia anga ai te ngakau ki te whakaaro.

13 Yahweh, how long [will you be angry with us]? Pity us who serve you.

Hoki mai, e Ihowa, kia pehea ake te roa? A kia puta ke he whakaaro mou ki au pononga.

14 Each morning show us that your faithfully loving us is enough for us in order that we may shout joyfully and be happy for the rest of our lives.

Kia na matou i te ata i tau mahi tohu: kia hari ai matou, kia koa ai, i o matou ra katoa.

15 Cause us to now be as happy for as many years as you (afflicted us/caused us to be sad) and we experienced troubles.

Whakaharitia matou, kia rite ki nga ra i whakawhiua ai matou e koe, ki nga tau i kite ai matou i te kino.

16 Enable us to see the [great] things that you do and enable our descendants to [also] see your glorious power.

Kia puta mai tau mahi ki au pononga, me tou kororia ki a ratou tamariki.

17 Lord, our God, give us your blessings and enable us to be successful; yes, cause us to be successful in [everything] that we do [DOU]!

A hei runga i a matou te ataahua o Ihowa, o to matou Atua: whakapumautia ano ki a matou te mahi a o matou ringa, ae ra, te mahi a o matou ringa, whakapumautia e koe.