Psalms 58

1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. Is it true? O Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly?

Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Ungabhidlizi.” ElikaDavida. Imikithamu. Lina babusi, kambe likhuluma okuqondileyo na? Lahlulela ngobuqotho yini ebantwini?

2 Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.

Hatshi, ezinhliziyweni zenu lakha amacebo okubusa kubi, lezandla zenu zijezisa ngochuku emhlabeni.

3 The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.

Kwasekuzalweni ababi bayaphumputheka; kwasekuzalweni baxhwalile, beqamba amanga.

4 Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.

Itshefu yabo ifana letshefu yenyoka, ifana leyebululu elingezwa umsindo,

5 Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.

elingananzi lomculo wombumbi, loba lowombumbi eligabazi elinganani.

6 Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.

Khumula amazinyo emilonyeni yazo, awu Nkulunkulu; zikhumule, Oh Thixo, izingavula zezilwane!

7 Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.

Yekela zinyamalale njengamanzi agelezayo; zithi lapho zinweba idandili, kayithundubale imitshoko yazo.

8 Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.

Njengomnenke uncibilika uphele ulokhu uhamba, njengomphunzo, kabangaliboni ilanga.

9 As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.

Imbiza zakho zingakaqalisi ukutshisa ngomlilo wenkuni zameva loba ngezimanzi kumbe ngezomileyo ababi bazakhukhulelwa khatshana.

10 The righteous shall reioyce when he seeeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feete in the blood of the wicked.

Abalungileyo bazajabula nxa sebephindiselelwa, nxa sebegeza inyawo zabo egazini lababi.

11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

Lapho-ke abantu bazakuthi, “Ngempela abalungileyo bajinge bathole umvuzo; ngempela ukhona uNkulunkulu owahlulela umhlaba.”