Psalms 58
1 For the music director. According to “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm (miktam) of David. You leaders, do you really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?
Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Ku ddoboozi, “Tozikiriza.” Zabbuli ya Dawudi. Ddala mwogera eby’amazima oba musirika busirisi? Abaana b’abantu mubasalira emisango mu bwenkanya?
2 No, for in your minds you plan evil. You cause violence everywhere!
Nedda, mutegeka ebitali bya bwenkanya mu mitima gyammwe; era bye mukola bireeta obwegugungo mu nsi.
3 The wicked are sinners from birth; from the moment they're born they tell lies.
Abakola ebibi bakyama nga baakazaalibwa, bava mu lubuto nga balina ekibi, era bakula boogera bya bulimba.
4 They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,
Balina obusagwa ng’obw’omusota; bali ng’enswera etawulira ezibikira amatu gaayo;
5 refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmers or the spellbinders.
n’etawulira na luyimba lwa mukugu agisendasenda okugikwata.
6 God, break their teeth, and smash the jaws of these lions, Lord.
Ayi Katonda, menya amannyo gaabwe; owangulemu amannyo g’empologoma zino, Ayi Mukama.
7 May they vanish like water that flows away; when they shoot their arrows may they miss their mark.
Leka babule ng’amazzi agakulukuta ne gagenda. Bwe banaanuula omutego, leka obusaale bwabwe bwe balasa bufufuggale.
8 May they be like the slime of snails that dissolves away, like a stillborn child that never saw the light of day.
Babe ng’ekkovu erisaanuukira mu lugendo lwalyo. Babe ng’omwana azaaliddwa ng’afudde, ataliraba ku njuba!
9 Before the cooking pot is hot from burning thorns, whether fresh or dry, God will blow them away.
Nga n’entamu tennabuguma, alibayerawo n’obusungu obungi nga kibuyaga ow’amaanyi ennyo.
10 Those who live right will be happy when they see there is punishment; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Omutuukirivu alisanyuka ng’alabye bamuwalanidde eggwanga, olwo n’ebigere bye ne bisaabaana omusaayi ogw’abakola ebibi.
11 They will say, “There is definitely a reward for those who live right; there is certainly a God who judges fairly on earth.”
Awo abantu bonna balyogera nti, “Ddala, abatuukirivu balwanirirwa. Ddala waliwo Katonda alamula mu bwenkanya ku nsi.”
