Psalms 58
1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Isibili likhuluma okulungileyo yini, babusi? Lehlulela ngokuqonda yini, madodana abantu?
2 No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Yebo, enhliziyweni lenza okubi, lilinganisa udlakela lwezandla zenu emhlabeni.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Ababi baba ngabemzini kusukela esiswini, bayaduha kusukela esizalweni, beqamba amanga.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
Ubuhlungu babo bunjengobuhlungu benyoka, banjengebululu elingezwayo, elivimba indlebe yalo,
5 which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.
ukuze lingezwa ilizwi labalumbi abalumba amalumbo ngokuhlakanipha.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Nkulunkulu, yephula amazinyo abo emlonyeni wabo, uphohloze amazinyo emihlathi yamabhongo ezilwane, Nkosi.
7 Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,
Kabancibilike njengamanzi agelezayo; nxa egobisa idandili lakhe ukutshoka umtshoko wakhe, babe njengabaqunywe iziqa.
8 as a snail which melts and passes away, as the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.
Kahambe njengomnenke oncibilikayo; njengomphunzo owesifazana, kabangaliboni ilanga.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Imbiza zenu zingakaluzwa ukhuni lwameva, uzabaphephula esiphephweni njengabaphilayo njengentukuthelweni.
10 A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
Olungileyo uzathokoza lapho ebona impindiselo, uzageza inyawo zakhe egazini lomubi.
11 so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.
Ukuze umuntu athi: Impela ukhona umvuzo wolungileyo; impela ukhona uNkulunkulu owahlulela emhlabeni.
