Psalms 58
1 For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam. Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?
Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Usiharibu!” Utenzi wa Daudi. Enyi watawala, je, kweli mwanena kwa haki? Je, mnahukumu kwa unyofu miongoni mwa watu?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
La, mioyoni mwenu mnatunga udhalimu, na mikono yenu hupima jeuri duniani.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
Waovu ni wapotovu tangu kuzaliwa kwao, toka tumboni mwa mama zao ni wakaidi na husema uongo.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
Sumu yao ni kama sumu ya nyoka, kama ile ya fira ambaye ameziba masikio yake,
5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
ambaye hatasikia sauti ya kutumbuiza ya mwaguzi, hata kama mganga angecheza kwa ustadi kiasi gani.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Ee Mungu, yavunje meno katika vinywa vyao; Ee Bwana, vunja meno makali ya hao simba!
7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Na watoweke kama maji yapitayo kwa kasi, wavutapo pinde zao, mishale yao na iwe butu.
8 Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.
Kama konokono ayeyukavyo akitembea, kama mtoto aliyezaliwa akiwa mfu, wasilione jua.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
Kabla vyungu vyenu havijapata moto wa kuni za miiba, zikiwa mbichi au kavu, waovu watakuwa wamefagiliwa mbali.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Wenye haki watafurahi waonapo wakilipizwa kisasi, watakapochovya nyayo zao katika damu ya waovu.
11 And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'
Ndipo wanadamu watasema, “Hakika utulivu wa wenye haki bado una thawabu, hakika kuna Mungu ahukumuye dunia.”
