UMose ukhuleka kuBaba ongunaphakade
Umkhuleko kaMose, umuntu kaBaba wethu.
UMose ubeka impilo yomuntu eceleni kukaBaba wakhe ongunaphakade: iminyaka eyinkulungwane idlula njengomlindo wobusuku obudlule, futhi abantu bakhukhulwa njengotshani basekuseni. Akaceli izinsuku eziningi kodwa ukuqonda ukuzibala, nenjabulo elingana neminyaka yosizi.
90 1Baba oyiNkosi, ube yindawo yethu yokuhlala kuzo zonke izizukulwane. 2Zingakazalwa izintaba, ungakawuvezi umhlaba nelizwe, kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade unguBaba wethu.
3Ubuyisela abantu othulini, uthi: “Buyelani, bantwana babantu.”
4Ngokuba iminyaka eyinkulungwane emehlweni akho injengosuku oseludlulile, njengomlindo webusuku. 5Ubakhukhula njengesikhukhula; banjengephupho, njengotshani obumila ekuseni, 6ekuseni buyahluma bukhule; kusihlwa buyabuna bome.
7Ngokuba siyaqedwa yintukuthelo yakho; siyethuswa ngulaka lwakho. 8Ubeke ububi bethu phambi kwakho, izono zethu ezifihlakele ekukhanyeni kobukhona bakho. 9Ngokuba zonke izinsuku zethu ziyadlula ngaphansi kolaka lwakho; siqeda iminyaka yethu njengokububula. 10Siphila iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa, noma abe ngamashumi ayisishiyagalombili uma amandla ethu esanele; kodwa iletha ukukhandleka nenkathazo kuphela—idlula masinyane, bese sindiza simuke. 11Ngubani owazi amandla entukuthelo yakho? Ulaka lwakho lukhulu njengovalo olukufanele. 12Sifundise ukubala izinsuku zethu, ukuze sithole inhliziyo yokuhlakanipha.
13Buya, Baba wethu! Koze kube nini? Yiba nesihawu ezincekwini zakho. 14Sisuthise ekuseni ngomusa wakho, ukuze sihlabelele ngenjabulo sijabule zonke izinsuku zethu. 15Sijabulise izinsuku ezilingana nalezo osihluphe ngazo, iminyaka elingana naleyo esibone ngayo usizi. 16Izinceku zakho mazibone umsebenzi wakho, nabantwana bazo babone inkazimulo yakho.
17Ubuhle bukaBaba oyiNkosi mabube phezu kwethu; usiqinisele umsebenzi wezandla zethu—yebo, qinisa umsebenzi wezandla zethu.
