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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 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.

1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation,

2 Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.

3 Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

4 For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

5 Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

6 In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

7 For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

9 For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.

10 Days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

11 Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath?

12 To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

13 Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

14 Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

15 Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

17 And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!