Masalimo 58

1 Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Potsata mayimbidwe a “Musawononge.” Ndakatulo ya Davide. Kodi inu olamulira mumayankhuladi molungama? Kodi mumaweruza mwachilungamo pakati pa anthu?

To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam. Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

2 Ayi, mʼmitima mwanu mumakonzekera zosalungama, ndipo manja anu amatulutsa zachiwawa pa dziko lapansi.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 Ngakhale kuchokera tsiku lawo lobadwa oyipa amasochera; kuchokera mʼmimba ya amayi awo, iwo ndi otayika ndipo amayankhula mabodza.

The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

4 Ululu wawo uli ngati ululu wa njoka, ngati uja wa mphiri imene yatseka mʼmakutu mwake.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

5 Imene simva liwu la munthu wamatsenga, ngakhale akhale wa luso lotani munthu wamatsengayo.

Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

6 Gululani mano mʼkamwa mwawo, Inu Mulungu, Yehova khadzulani mano a mikango!

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

7 Mulole kuti asowe ngati madzi oyenda pamene iwo akoka uta mulole kuti mivi yawo ikhale yosathwa.

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

8 Akhale ngati nkhono imene imasungunuka pamene ikuyenda; ngati mwana wakufa asanabadwe, iwo asaone dzuwa.

Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

9 Miphika yanu isanagwire moto waminga ya mkandankhuku, kaya iyo ndi yobiriwira kapena yowuma, oyipa adzachotsedwa.

Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away.

10 Olungama adzasangalala poona kubwezera chilango, pamene adzasambitsa mapazi awo mʼmagazi a anthu oyipa.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

11 Ndipo anthu adzanena kuti, “Zoonadi, olungama amalandirabe mphotho; zoonadi kuli Mulungu amene amaweruza dziko lapansi.”

And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.