< Psalms 82 >
1 A PSALM OF ASAPH. God has stood in the congregation of God, He judges among the gods.
Ihubo lika-Asafi UNkulunkulu usesihlalweni emhlanganweni omkhulu; nguye owahlulelayo phakathi kwabo “nkulunkulu”:
2 Until when do you judge perversely? And lift up the face of the wicked? (Selah)
“Koze kube nini livikela ababi na libonakala lithanda izigangi?
3 Judge the weak and fatherless, Declare the afflicted and the poor righteous.
Lamlelani ababuthakathaka lezintandane; melani amalungelo abayanga labahlukuluzwayo.
4 Let the weak and needy escape, Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
Lamlelani ababuthakathaka labaswelayo; bephuleni esandleni sababi.
5 They did not know, nor do they understand, They habitually walk in darkness, All the foundations of earth are moved.
Onkulunkulu kabazi lutho, kabazwisisi lutho. Bayantula emnyameni; zonke izisekelo zomhlaba zixukuxiwe.
6 I have said, “You [are] gods, And sons of the Most High—all of you,
Ngathi, ‘Lingo “nkulunkulu”; lonke lingamadodana akhe oPhezukonke.’
7 But you die as man, and you fall as one of the heads.”
Kodwa lizakufa lingabantu nje; lizakuwa njengamanye amakhosi wonke.”
8 Rise, O God, judge the earth, For You have inheritance among all the nations!
Phakama, Oh Nkulunkulu, yahlulela umhlaba, ngoba zonke izizwe ziyilifa lakho.