Psalms 58
1 TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID. Is it true, O silent one, that you speak righteously? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Isibili likhuluma okulungileyo yini, babusi? Lehlulela ngokuqonda yini, madodana abantu?
2 Even in heart you work iniquities, In the land you ponder the violence of your hands.
Yebo, enhliziyweni lenza okubi, lilinganisa udlakela lwezandla zenu emhlabeni.
3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
Ababi baba ngabemzini kusukela esiswini, bayaduha kusukela esizalweni, beqamba amanga.
4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf cobra shutting its ear,
Ubuhlungu babo bunjengobuhlungu benyoka, banjengebululu elingezwayo, elivimba indlebe yalo,
5 Which does not listen to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of most skillful charms.
ukuze lingezwa ilizwi labalumbi abalumba amalumbo ngokuhlakanipha.
6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, Break down the jaw-teeth of young lions, O YHWH.
Nkulunkulu, yephula amazinyo abo emlonyeni wabo, uphohloze amazinyo emihlathi yamabhongo ezilwane, Nkosi.
7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceeds as they cut themselves off.
Kabancibilike njengamanzi agelezayo; nxa egobisa idandili lakhe ukutshoka umtshoko wakhe, babe njengabaqunywe iziqa.
8 He goes on as a snail that melts, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
Kahambe njengomnenke oncibilikayo; njengomphunzo owesifazana, kabangaliboni ilanga.
9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As living, He whirls away in His burning anger.
Imbiza zenu zingakaluzwa ukhuni lwameva, uzabaphephula esiphephweni njengabaphilayo njengentukuthelweni.
10 The righteous rejoices that he has seen vengeance, He washes his steps in the blood of the wicked.
Olungileyo uzathokoza lapho ebona impindiselo, uzageza inyawo zakhe egazini lomubi.
11 And man says: “Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!”
Ukuze umuntu athi: Impela ukhona umvuzo wolungileyo; impela ukhona uNkulunkulu owahlulela emhlabeni.
